VfL Wolfsburg (club)
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| Surname | Association for physical exercises Wolfsburg e. V. |
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| Club colors | Green white |
| Founded | September 12, 1945 |
| Place of foundation | Wolfsburg , Lower Saxony |
| Members | 5019 (as of June 1, 2015) |
| Departments | 29 |
| Chairman | Peter Haase |
| Homepage | VfL-Wob.de |
The association for physical exercises Wolfsburg e. V. , commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg , is (as of June 1, 2015) with more than 5000 members in 29 departments one of the largest and most broadly based sports clubs in Lower Saxony .
For decades, VfL Wolfsburg was able to assert itself in various sports at national level and won numerous German championship titles; The club is also known for its successful youth work. However, the club gained broader national and international awareness primarily through its professional football department, which was spun off into VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH in 2001 and has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG independent of the club since 2007 .
history
society
The club was founded on September 12, 1945, a few months after the end of World War II , under the name Volkssport- und Kulturverein (VSK) Wolfsburg. A short time later, the VSK was renamed the Verein für Leibesübungen Volkswagenwerk and then transferred to the Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg . The first departments of VfL Wolfsburg included football, handball, gymnastics, tennis, cycling, boxing and chess. Many of these departments had sporting successes.
Club colors
The then district youth worker Bernward Elberskirch still had ten soccer jerseys on hand, they were green. The trousers were sewn from privately donated sheets by the players' wives. When the city flag of Wolfsburg was introduced in 1955, the colors green and white were chosen. These have also become the official Wolfsburg city colors.
GmbH
The profit-oriented professional football company was founded on January 16, 2001. On May 23, 2001, the Wolfsburg District Court spun off the club's licensed players department into VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH. Since Volkswagen AG had previously sponsored the club for more than 20 years, it was allowed - contrary to the 50 + 1 rule - to take over 90 percent of the shares in VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH through a special regulation. The association held 10 percent of the shares. Since the approval of 93 of the 94 club delegates at the delegates' meeting of the club on November 28, 2007, the GmbH has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG.
Club structure
The association VfL Wolfsburg e. V. consists of the following 29 departments:
- Armwrestling , since 1993
- Badminton , since 1956
- Basketball , since 1957
- Bowling , since 1978
- Boxing , since 1955
- Cheerleading since 1998
- Darts , since 2010
- Fencing , since 1955
- Promotional sport of motor skills , since 2007
- Football , from 1945 to 2001
- Weightlifting since 1954
- Handball , since 1945
- Hockey , since 1946
- Jazz / Modern Dance , since 1975
- Judo / Ju-Jutsu , since 1953
- Karate / Capoeira
- Athletics , since 1946
- Motorsport , since 2005
- Cycling since 1987
- Rehabilitation - disabled sports , since 1959
- Wrestling , since 1952
- Figure skating since 1982
- Swimming since 1947
- Dancing since 1976
- Diving since 1984
- Triathlon , since 1986
- Gymnastics , since 1945
- Volleyball , since 1973
- Diving since 1947
- Wushu / Taijiquan , since 1976
The approximately 17,000 members of the WölfeClub and the WölfiClub of VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH are not full members of the club.
badminton
In badminton , Willi Braun , Harald Klauer, Volker Renzelmann, Elke Weber, Cathrin Hoppe and Ingrid Thaler-Morsch were particularly responsible for Wolfsburg's successes. Willi Braun was one of the most successful German badminton players internationally in the 1970s . Together with Roland Maywald, he won the European title in men's doubles in 1972 and 1974, after having won bronze medal in the same discipline with Franz Beinvogl in 1968. In 1976 he retired from the international stage with bronze at the European Championships.
German championship title
| event | season | discipline | master |
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| German individual championship | 1967/68 | Men's doubles | Franz Beinvogl / Willi Braun ( MTV 79 Munich / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1971/72 | Men's doubles | Michael Schnaase / Rolf Würfel ( SC Union 08 Lüdinghausen / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1973/74 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Roland Maywald (VfL Wolfsburg / 1st BC Beuel ) |
| German individual championship | 1974/75 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Roland Maywald (VfL Wolfsburg / 1st BC Beuel) |
| German individual championship | 1975/76 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Roland Maywald (VfL Wolfsburg / 1st BC Beuel) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1975/76 | Ladies singles | Elke Weber (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1976/77 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Roland Maywald (VfL Wolfsburg / 1st BC Beuel) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1976/77 | Ladies doubles | Elke Weber / Jutta Vogel (VfL Wolfsburg / PSV Grün Weiß Wiesbaden) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1977/78 | Ladies singles | Elke Weber (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1977/78 | Ladies doubles | Elke Weber / Jutta Vogel (VfL Wolfsburg / TV Mainz-Zahlbach) |
| German individual championship | 1978/79 | Mixed | Michael Schnaase / Ingrid Thaler ( 1st BV Mülheim / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1978/79 | Men's doubles | Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger (VfL Wolfsburg / SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1978/79 | Mixed | Harald Klauer / Dorett Hökel (VfL Wolfsburg / TV Pforzheim) |
| German individual championship | 1979/80 | Ladies doubles | Brigitte Steden / Elke Weber (TSV Glinde / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1979/80 | Men's doubles | Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger (VfL Wolfsburg / SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| German individual championship | 1980/81 | Ladies doubles | Brigitte Steden / Elke Weber (TSV Glinde / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1984/85 | Ladies doubles | Mechtild Hagemann / Cathrin Hoppe-Hofmann (TV Mainz-Zahlbach / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1984/85 | Mixed | Volker Renzelmann / Cathrin Hoppe-Hofmann (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1984/85 | Ladies doubles | Birgit Schilling / Cathrin Hoppe-Hofmann (SV Fortuna Regensburg / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship O32 | 1988/89 | Men's singles | Hans Werner Niesner (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship O45 | 1992/93 | Men's singles | Joachim Schimpke (VfL Wolfsburg) |
German runner-up title
| event | season | discipline | Runner-up |
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| German individual championship U18 | 1960/61 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Dietrich Franke (VfL Wolfsburg / TSV Ehmen) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1960/61 | Men's singles | Willi Braun (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1965/66 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Peter Kretschmer (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1966/67 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Detlev Würfel (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1966/67 | Men's singles | Willi Braun (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1969/70 | Mixed | Hans Werner Niesner / Ilse Brigitte Riekhoff (VfL Wolfsburg / VfB Lübeck ) |
| German individual championship | 1970/71 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Roland Maywald (VfL Wolfsburg / 1st BC Beuel) |
| German individual championship | 1971/72 | Men's doubles | Willi Braun / Roland Maywald (VfL Wolfsburg / 1st BC Beuel) |
| German individual championship U14 | 1973/74 | Mixed | Sbrisny / Angelika Gose (TuS Wunstorf / VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1976/77 | Ladies singles | Elke Weber (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship | 1977/78 | Ladies doubles | Jutta Vogel-Rosenow (GW Wiesbaden) / Elke Weber (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1977/78 | Men's doubles | Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger (VfL Wolfsburg / SV Fortuna Regensburg) |
| German individual championship | 1978/79 | Ladies doubles | Ingrid Morsch (VfL Wolfsburg) / Marie Luise Schulta-Jansen ( 1. BV Mülheim ) |
| German individual championship | 1979/80 | Ladies doubles | Marie Luise Schulta-Jansen ( 1. BV Mülheim ) / Ingrid Morsch (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1981/82 | Men's singles | Volker Renzelmann (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1982/83 | Men's singles | Volker Renzelmann (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U18 | 1982/83 | Mixed | Volker Renzelmann (VfL Wolfsburg) / Katrin Schmidt (1st PBC Neustadt) |
| German individual championship | 1983/84 | Mixed | Volker Renzelmann (VfL Wolfsburg) / Cathrin Hoppe (VfL Wolfsburg) |
| German individual championship U22 | 1983/84 | Mixed | Volker Renzelmann / Cathrin Hoppe (VfL Wolfsburg) |
Handball
Indoor handball
The men's team of VfL Wolfsburg reached the finals in 1957 , 1958 , 1959 and 1961 for the German indoor handball championship, the last three times as North German champions. In 1961 the "Wolves" reached the final against Frisch Auf Göppingen , which however was lost 3: 5. 1958 and 1959 each failed in the semi-finals, in 1957 VfL was third in the preliminary group.
The women's team at VfL Wolfsburg played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2006/07 season , but was relegated back to the Regionalliga Nord at the end of the season. In 2010 the team managed to return to the second division. The team is also called "Hurricanes". At the end of the 2011/12 season, VfL voluntarily withdrew from the 2nd Bundesliga. The first team is currently playing in the Lower Saxony Oberliga.
Field handball
The greatest success of the handball department was achieved on the large field , where VfL Wolfsburg became German champions in 1963 . In the final in Wuppertal on October 27th of that year BSV Solingen 98 was defeated 9: 6. Already in the championship finals in 1958 , the team had advanced into the final, but then lost to Hamborn 07 with 9:10. Peter Baronsky and Paul Schwope from VfL became world champions with the all-German team at the 1959 field handball world championship.
From 1956 to 1962, VfL Wolfsburg was champion of the Lower Saxony Association League seven times in a row (at that time the highest division) and won the finals for the North German Championship six times in a row from 1958 to 1963, in which the champions and runners-up of the four association leagues in Northern Germany (apart from Lower Saxony, the North Sea and Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein) participated. From 1957 to 1965, the "Wolves" also qualified nine times in a row for the final round of the German championship, which was held in the knockout system with the best placed in the respective regional championships.
In the 1967 season VfL Wolfsburg was one of the founding members of the Feldhandball-Bundesliga , but rose after the first season with only one win (10: 7 against TuS Wellinghofen) and a draw (12:12 at BSV Solingen 98) at 16 Defeats and made it back to the top division in the episode no more.
VfL Wolfsburg in the final round of the German field handball championship:
| season | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Endgame |
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| 1956/57 | (A) 18:12 Police SV Berlin | (H) 14: 9 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | (A) 14:15 SG Leutershausen | - |
| 1957/58 | (H) 20:12 RSV Mülheim | (A) 19:13 Fresh on Göppingen | (H) 14:10 BSV Solingen 98 | (N) 9:10 SV Hamborn 07 |
| 1958/59 | (H) 22:11 SG Leutershausen | (A) 11:14 TuS Lintfort | - | - |
| 1959/60 | (H) 19:15 VfL Gummersbach | (H) 17: 8 Charlottenburger HC | (A) 8:10 TSV Ansbach | - |
| 1960/61 | (A) 16:10 SG Dietzenbach | (H) 12:13 TuS Lintfort | - | - |
| 1961/62 | (H) 17:10 SG Leutershausen | 17:15, 12:16 Green-White Dankersen | - | - |
| 1962/63 | (H) 18:15 TuS Lintfort | 20:10, 16:11 TSG Ketch | 18:14, 15:14 Green and white Dankersen | (N) 9: 6 BSV Solingen 98 |
| 1963/64 | 16:13, 19:17 TV Oppum | 14: 9, 12:14 TB Esslingen | 10: 9, 10:15 TuS 05 Wellinghofen | - |
| 1964/65 | 10: 9, 10:13 TSV Birkenau | - | - | - |
| 1965/66 | not qualified | |||
| 1966/67 | Bundesliga Gr.Nord | 10th place (relegation) | 1 S - 1 U - 16 N | 180: 270 d. / 3:33 pts. |
Judo
The judo division has existed at VfL Wolfsburg since 1953 . The best-known judoka in the club was Klaus Glahn , who was second at the Judo World Championships in 1971, silver medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and 15 times German champion.
Frank Wieneke achieved the gold medal in his weight class at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He also became European champion in 1986 and won the silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
The judo team of VfL Wolfsburg won the German team championship eleven times between 1972 and 1990. In 1979 and 1980 she won the European Cup.
Alexander von der Groeben was a successful judo fighter in the 1980s. In addition to titles at the German championships in both the individual and the team of VfL Wolfsburg, his most important sporting successes were the victories at the European championships in 1984 in Liège and 1985 in Hamar as well as third place at the 1989 world championships in Belgrade. In 1984 and 1988 he took part in the Olympic Games, but did not win a medal.
athletics
Numerous successful track and field athletes were members of VfL Wolfsburg. One of them is Hildegard Falck , who won the gold medal in the women's 800 meter run at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . She was also a world record holder for this distance. The sprinter and long jumper Sven Knipphals was one of the few athletes at VfL Wolfsburg in the 2010s .
hockey
The national hockey player and world champion from 1976 and eight-time German champion Margit Müller played for the VfL Wolfsburg team from 1960 to 1966 and from 1978.
Water polo
A swimming department was launched in 1947, but the first indoor pool in Wolfsburg did not open until 1963. However, the club's water polo team came second in Arpke in 1958 in the very popular German best fights for clubs without a winter pool (VoW). The water polo group switched to VfL Wittingen in 1994 .
Triathlon
The triathlete Konstantin Bachor starts for VfL Wolfsburg.
darts
Since June 1, 2010, Darts has been a department of VfL Wolfsburg with 10 boards in the VfL restaurant. A portable board system is available for tournaments. Around the former Bundesliga players René Grützmacher and Thorsten Rösler, the first team of the new darts department, initially consisting of six players, formed five teams in the BBDV e. V. could report. After 5 promotions in a row, the A-team has since played in the Lower Saxony league for promotion to the Bundesliga. A regular series of tournaments and association tournaments have also been held since 2012. The greatest successes for VfL Wolfsburg so far have been 3rd place in the "Waterkant Trophy" in doubles, 5th place in the German championship in doubles and winning the men's team and national cup with Lower Saxony at the German Masters 2013. In addition a variety of titles at the state and district level.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b wolfsburger-nachrichten.de: 2015 membership
- ↑ History on vfl-wob.de
- ^ [1] VfL Wolfsburg website.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the city of Wolfsburg.
- ↑ Chronicle of VfL Wolfsburg (football) - see key data of the history
- ↑ Volkswagen AG is the sole shareholder of Fußball GmbH with immediate effect
- ↑ see information in the article Honorary membership for Thomas Röttgermann in the WölfeClub
- ↑ General Terms and Conditions WölfeClub
- ^ The 3rd women's handball league (ed.): The next second division will voluntarily go to the 3rd division. (No longer available online.) April 23, 2012, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; Retrieved May 22, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website of the darts department
