Sportfreunde Lotte

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Full nameVerein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde
Lotte e.V. von 1929
NicknameBlau-Weiß
Founded1929 (1929)
GroundStadion am Lotter Kreuz
Capacity10,059
ChairmanHans-Ulrich Saatkamp
ManagerImke Wübbenhorst
LeagueRegionalliga West (IV)
2024–25Regionalliga West, 3rd of 17
Websitehttp://www.sf-lotte.de/

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.

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:

Players

Current squad

As of 5 February 2026[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Luca Böggemann (on loan from VfL Osnabrück)
2 DF  GER Jonas Kehl
3 DF  GER Louis Hiepen
4 DF  GER Fabian Rüth
5 DF  GER Anes Dziho
6 MF  GER Ben Klefisch
7 DF  GER Andreas Wiegel
8 MF  GER Max Ritter
9 FW  GER Samuel Owusu Addai
10 MF  KOS Kamer Krasniqi
11 FW  KOS Diamant Berisha
12 GK  GER Laurenz Beckemeyer
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  GER Isaak Nwachukwu (on loan from Verl II)
19 DF  GER Leonel Brodersen
21 MF  GER Marius Zentler
22 DF  GER Denis Milic
23 FW  GER Shkrep Stublla
24 DF  GER Luca Kerkemeyer
28 FW  GER Leon Demaj
31 MF  GER Kaan Kurt
33 MF  GER Luca Horn
39 DF  GER Jonathan Riemer
44 GK  GER Luis Hillemeier

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW  GER Ruwen Albrecht (at 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder until 30 June 2026)

Notable coaches

References

  1. ^ "Regensburg, Lotte und Zwickau steigen in die 3. Liga auf" (in German). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Absteiger Sportfreunde Lotte" (in German). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mannschaft". SF Lotte. Retrieved 24 September 2024.


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