Sportfreunde Lotte

VfL Sportfreunde Lotte
Full name	Verein für Laufspiele Sportfreunde; Lotte e.V. von 1929
Nickname(s)	Blau-Weiß
Founded	1929; 95 years ago
Ground	Stadion am Lotter Kreuz
Capacity	10,059
Chairman	Hans-Ulrich Saatkamp
Manager	Imke Wübbenhorst
League	Regionalliga West (IV)
2023–24	Oberliga Westfalen (V), 1st (promoted)
Website	http://www.sf-lotte.de/
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 (IV)
- Champions: 2013, 2016
Oberliga Westfalen (V)
- Champions: 2024
Verbandsliga Westfalen (V)
- Champions: 2004
Landesliga Westfalen
- Champions: 1996
Bezirksliga Westfalen
- Champions: 1989
Westphalia Cup
- Winners: 2015

Players

Current squad

As of 15 September 2024^[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	Steffen Westphal
3	DF	GER	Beytullah Özer
4	MF	GER	Philip Fontein
5	DF	GER	Jeff Mensah
6	MF	GER	Niklas Determann
7	FW	NED	Lars Spit
8	DF	GER	Johannes Sabah
10	MF	GER	Fatlum Elezi
11	FW	GER	Burinyuy Nyuydine
12	GK	GER	Laurenz Beckemeyer
13	MF	TUR	Tugay Gundogan
15	DF	CRO	Hans-Juraj Hartmann
16	MF	GER	Nico Thier
17	MF	KOS	Kamer Krasniqi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Leonel Brodersen]
20	FW	USA	Marc Heider
22	DF	GER	Denis Milic
24	MF	GER	Fatih Ufuk
25	DF	GER	Nico Lübke
26	DF	GER	Felix Mensing
27	MF	GER	Elario Ghassan
28	FW	GER	Leon Demaj
29	FW	GER	Samuel Owusu Addai
31	FW	GER	Kevin Holzweiler
37	DF	GER	Albin Thaqi
39	MF	GER	Florian Wendt
44	GK	GER	Luis Hillemeier
77	FW	GER	Vincent Schaub

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.