VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt.

VfB Germania Halberstadt

Full name	Verein für Bewegungsspiele Germania Halberstadt e. V.
Founded	1949
Ground	Friedensstadion
Capacity	4,999
Chairman	Olaf Herbst
Manager	Maximilian Dentz
League	Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
2021–22	15th
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as Betriebssportgemeinschaft Reichsbahn Halberstadt before being renamed BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 1950. Through the 1970s the team played in the East German third division DDR-Bezirksliga.

After German reunification in 1990 the team was re-established as Eisenbahnsportverein Halberstadt and spent two seasons in the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (IV) before slipping to the Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt in 1992. Formed as a sports club for railway workers, the number of rail workers actually represented in the membership of the club dropped below 20% and it lost its affiliation with the Railway Sports Federation in 1993. The club became VfB Halberstadt that year while the footballers went their own way in 1994 as Fußball Club Germania Halberstadt, adopting the heritage of a local pre-war side. VfB Germania Halberstadt was formed when the two clubs were reunited in 1997.

A third-place result in the Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt Mitte (VI) and successful promotion playoff returned Halberstadt to Verbandsliga (V) competition in 2000, and after winning the division title in 2003, they advanced to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd (IV). They went on to win the Oberliga (V) in 2011 and advance to the Regionalliga Nord (IV). That league saw Germania and other northeastern clubs move to the Regionalliga Nordost on its refoundation in 2012 where it played for the next four seasons until relegation in 2016.[1][2] It was immediately promoted back to the Regionalliga Nordost in 2017 after finishing runners-up in the Oberliga Süd and beating Optik Rathenow in a play-off.[3]

Current squad

As of 31 January 2022[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  GER Moritz Singbeil 5 DF  GER Hendrik Kuhnhold 6 MF  GER Nils Schätzle 7 MF  GER Julian Weigel 8 FW  GER Paul Grzega 9 FW  CAN Maksym Kowal 10 MF  GER Finn Modler 11 FW  GER Stefan Korsch 16 DF  GER Marcel Kohn 18 FW  GER Tim Heike 19 FW  GER Louis Malina

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  GER Julian Bache 21 MF  GER Jannis Lisowski 22 MF  GER David Vogt 23 MF  GER Paul Minkmar 24 DF  GER Fabian Henke 27 DF  GER Jannik Bachmann 28 DF  GER Patrick Baudis 29 DF  GER Fabian Wenzel 30 GK  GER Lukas Cichos 32 GK  GER Paul Niehs 37 FW  GER Felix Stumpe

Honours

The club's honours:

• NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
  • Champions: 2010–11
  • Runners-up: 2016–17
• Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (V)
  • Champions: 2002–03
• Saxony-Anhalt Cup
  • Runners-up: 2009–10, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2019

References

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer

На других языках

[ru] Германия (футбольный клуб, Хальберштадт)