Sportfreunde Lotte

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Full name	Verein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde; Lotte e.V. von 1929
Nickname(s)	Blau-Weiß
Founded	1929
Ground	Frimo Stadion
Capacity	10,059
Chairman	Hans-Ulrich Saatkamp
Manager	Imke Wübbenhorst
League	Regionalliga West
2018–19	18th (3. Liga, relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.

History

The association was established as the gymnastics club Turnverein Lotte in 1929. After World War II the club was re-established as VfL Sportfreunde Lotte on 9 February 1946 and was built around football and handball departments.

Historical chart of Sportfreunde Lotte league performance

Lotte reached the Verbandsliga Westfalen (V) in 1996 and after a title there in 2004 were promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen (IV), later Regionalliga West. They won that league in 2012–13 but lost the promotion play-off to RB Leipzig. In 2013–14, the club finished in second place. They won the Regionalliga West once more in 2015–16 and, after defeating Waldhof Mannheim in the play-off, earned promotion to the 3. Liga for the first time.^[1] On 18 May 2019, they were relegated back to the Regionalliga.^[2]

Sportfreunde plays their home matches in the Frimo Stadion (formerly the Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz) which holds 10,059 spectators.

Honours

The club's honours:

Regionalliga West
- Champions: 2013, 2016
Verbandsliga Westfalen
- Champions: 2004
Landesliga Westfalen
- Champions: 1996
Bezirksliga Westfalen
- Champions: 1989
Westphalia Cup
- Winners: 2015

Players

Current squad

As of 4 January 2020

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Tom Planitz
3	DF	GER	Dimitrios Ioannidis (on loan from Fortuna Sittard)
4	DF	TUR	Sertan Yigenoglu
5	DF	GER	Luca Menke
6	MF	GER	Timo Brauer
7	MF	JPN	Ryoya Ito
8	MF	GER	Dino Bajric
9	FW	GER	Conrad Azong
10	MF	GER	Leon Demaj
11	FW	GER	Rami Kanjo
12	DF	ITA	Nino Lacagnina


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Mika Becker
18	FW	GER	Selim Ajkic
19	FW	GER	Bennet van den Berg
22	MF	GER	Marvin Wema
23	MF	GER	Exauce Andzouana
24	GK	GER	Jhonny Peitzmeier
27	DF	CRO	Filip Lišnić
29	FW	GER	Drilon Demaj
31	DF	GER	Justin Plautz
36	DF	GER	Jakob Duhme

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Notable coaches

Manfred Wölpper (2008)
Maik Walpurgis (2008–2013)

References

^ "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ "Absteiger Sportfreunde Lotte" (in German). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

External links

Official website
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)
Racism accusations against SF Lotte players

[1] "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[2] "Absteiger Sportfreunde Lotte" (in German). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

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