Lüneburger SK Hansa
| Full name | Lüneburger Sport-Klub Hansa von 2008 e.V. | ||
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| Nickname | LSK | ||
| Founded | March 1, 2008 | ||
| Ground | Sportanlage VfL Lüneburg, Lüneburg | ||
| Capacity | 4000 | ||
| President | Raphael Marquardt | ||
| Head Coach | Tarek Gibbah | ||
| League | Oberliga Niedersachsen | ||
| 2024-2025 | 1st of 18 (champions, promoted) | ||
| Website | lsk-hansa | ||
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Lüneburger SK Hansa is a football club from the Lower Saxon Hanseatic town of Lüneburg in Northern Germany. The club was founded in spring 2008 as part of the planned merger of the football divisions of the two sports clubs Lüneburger SK and Lüneburger SV.
History
The former Oberliga team, Lüneburger SK, got into financial difficulties after its relegation from Regional League North (Regionalliga Nord) in 2001, which eventually led in 2002 to the initiation of insolvency proceedings. To resolve the club's debts, its president, Manfred Harder, looked for suitable partners. After three months of negotiations, he announced in early 2008 with the committee of the district league team, Lüneburger SV, the foundation of a new club, FC Hansa Lüneburg.[1]
In the 2008/09 season, the new club merged the football divisions of both clubs fully. FC Hansa Lüneburg took over the position held by Lüneburger SK in the Lower Saxony League (Niedersachsenliga) and its right to participate in the first main round of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal, playing VfB Stuttgart (result 0–5). In the Lower Saxony League, the club achieved 4th place in its first season.
In the 2013/14 season of the Niedersachsenliga, Lüneburg SK Hansa was the champion and have thus played since the 2014/15 season again in the 4th league, the Regionalliga Nord (4th league).
In the 2017/18 season, LSK again played in the DFB-Pokal, as runner-up of the Niedersachsenpokal. The club was beaten in the first main round, with a 1–3 defeat against Bundesliga side Mainz 05, however, midfielder Felix Vobejda scored the first goal for the club in the cup's history.
From 2014/15 until 2021/22, LSK played in the Regionalliga Nord (4th tier). After the 2021/22 season, they were relegated to the Oberliga Niedersachsen (5th tier) and in 2022/23 they were relegated again to the Landesliga Lüneburg (6th tier). In 2023/24, LSK finished 2nd. In 2024/25, they finished 1st and were promoted back to the Oberliga Niedersachsen, where they are playing now.[2][3]
The first team has been using the Heinrich-Langeloh-Platz (shared with TSV Bardowick) since 2014, after Wilschenbruch stadium was demolished following its sale to make way for new residential homes.[4] They then briefly relocated to VfL Lüneburg, then TuS Neetze and then again to VfL Lüneburg. Their current stadium is the Sports facility of VfL Lüneburg.[5]
Players
Current Players
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Past Players
2018
As of 13 February 2018[7]
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Personnel
Last updated: 18 January 2026
Source: LSK Hansa official website
Honours
The club's honours:
- League:
- Oberliga Niedersachsen
- Champions: 2013/14
- Landesliga Lüneburg
- Champions: 2024/25
- Runners-up: 2023/24
- Oberliga Niedersachsen
- Cup:
- Niedersachsenpokal
- Runners-up: 2026/17
- Niedersachsenpokal
Name
Then team manager, Christos Dovas, and the then president of Lüneburger SK, Manfred Harder, chose the name of the newly founded football club, FC Hansa Lüneburg. The name was supposed to reflect Lüneburg's past as a member of the Hanseatic League – since 2007 Lüneburg has once again been officially recognised as a Hanseatic town. After the first critical comments about the club name were made,[8] especially its similarity to the name of F.C. Hansa Rostock, in February 2008 a local paper, Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide, ran a poll in which over 700 readers took part. 59% voted against the name FC Hansa, 33% for and 8% had no view either way.[9]
On 1 July 2011, the club was officially renamed Lüneburger SK Hansa.[10]
References
- ^ "Verein". Lüneburger SK Hansa (in German). Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ Poersch, Jürgen (18 September 2025). "Nach 50 Jahren: Wieder Klassiker LSK gegen Atlas". Lüneburger SK Hansa (in German). Archived from the original on 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Lüneburger SK Hansa » Statistik". www.weltfussball.at (in German). Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ Ahlburg, Benjamin (6 March 2014). "Stadion Wilschenbruch – Tod einer Kultstätte". Abseits Magazin (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2015.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Meine Stadt. Mein Verein". Lüneburger SK Hansa (in German). Archived from the original on 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ "1. Herren – Oberliga Niedersachsen". Lüneburger SK Hansa (in German). Archived from the original on 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ "Team 1. Herren". Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ luebberstedt, frank. "Mit neuer Euphorie, aber ohne Druck". www.lzsport.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ luebberstedt, frank. "Gellersen II und Ilmenau II ärgern zwei Favoriten". www.lzsport.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ lsk-hansa.de: Der FC Hansa heißt wieder Lüneburger SK! (in German) Archived 6 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine