{{short description|German sports club}} {{About|the football team|the handball team|VfL Oldenburg (handball)}} {{distinguish|VfB Oldenburg}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{infobox football club | clubname = VfL Oldenburg | image = VfL Oldenburg Logo.svg | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Verein für Leibesübungen Oldenburg | founded = 1894 | ground = Hans-Prull-Stadion | capacity = 4,000 | owntitle = | owner = | chrtitle = | chairman = | mgrtitle = | manager = | league = Landesliga Weser-Ems (VI) | season = 2024–25 | position = Oberliga Niedersachsen 18th of 18 (relegated) | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = ffffff | body1 = 008000 | rightarm1 = ffffff | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = 008000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = FF0000 | body2 = FF0000 | rightarm2 = FF0000 | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FF0000 | website = {{URL|https://www.vfl-oldenburg-fussball.de}} }}
'''VfL Oldenburg''' is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the sixth level of the German football league system.<ref>{{cite web |title=VfL Oldenburg {{!}} Landesliga Weser-Ems 2025/26 {{!}} Teaminfo |url=https://www.kicker.de/niedersachsen-landesliga-weser-ems-fb-1/spieltag/2025-26/1 |website=kicker |access-date=4 December 2025 |language=de}}</ref> The club has over 2,000 members in nine different sports departments including handball, American football, badminton, athletics, gymnastics and volleyball.
==History== VfL Oldenburg were relegated from the German fifth tier (Oberliga) in 2009–10.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Busch |first1=Henning |title=Fußball-Oberliga NORDHORN: VfL kann Klassenerhalt rechnerisch nicht mehr packen |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/oldenburg/lokalsport/vfl-kann-klassenerhalt-rechnerisch-nicht-mehr-packen_a_1,0,2663487437.html |access-date=1 June 2021 |work=NWZ |date=8 May 2010 |language=de}}</ref> In 2013, they returned to the Oberliga Niedersachsen as Landesliga Weser-Ems champions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mietzon |first1=Manfred |title=Fußball Oldenburg: Oberliga-Aufsteiger setzt auf Überraschungseffekt |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/oldenburg/lokalsport/oberliga-aufsteiger-setzt-auf-ueberraschungseffekt_a_8,2,3358038569.html |access-date=1 June 2021 |work=NWZ |date=3 August 2013 |language=de}}</ref> In 2018, the club achieved promotion to the Regionalliga Nord.<ref>{{cite news |title=4:0-Sieg In Brinkum: VfL Oldenburg schafft Aufstieg in Regionalliga |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/oldenburg-brinkum-4-0-sieg-in-brinkum-vfl-oldenburg-schafft-aufstieg-in-regionalliga_a_50,1,2966178247.html |access-date=1 June 2021 |work=NWZ |date=31 May 2018 |language=de}}</ref> It was relegated back to the Oberliga after the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mietzon |first1=Manfred |title=Regionalliga Nord: 0:3-Pleite besiegelt Abstieg des VfL Oldenburg |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/rehden-regionalliga-nord-0-3-pleite-besiegelt-abstieg-des-vfl-oldenburg_a_50,4,2712689839.html |access-date=1 June 2021 |work=NWZ |date=4 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref>
In June 2021, it was announced that VfL Oldenburg had qualified for 2021–22 DFB-Pokal. The club was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth after a draw between the remaining participants of the Lower Saxony Cup, which had been abandoned amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |title=Erster Amateurvertreter: VfL Oldenburg jubelt über DFB-Pokal-Teilnahme |url=https://www.kicker.de/zweiter-amateurvertreter-vfl-oldenburg-jubelt-ueber-dfb-pokal-teilnahme-806354/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=1 June 2021 |language=de |date=1 June 2021}}</ref>
==Local derby rivalry== VfL Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfB Oldenburg.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zur Brügge |first1=Jan |title=Neuer Stürmer schießt VfL zum 1:1 gegen VfB |url=https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/regionalliga/oldenburg-derby-in-oldenburg-neuer-stuermer-schiesst-vfl-zum-1-1-gegen-vfb_a_50,2,1794278043.html |access-date=1 June 2021 |work=NWZ |date=10 September 2018 |language=de |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228214707/https://www.nwzonline.de/fussball/regionalliga/oldenburg-derby-in-oldenburg-neuer-stuermer-schiesst-vfl-zum-1-1-gegen-vfb_a_50,2,1794278043.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=VfL Oldenburg vs VfB Oldenburg: Die Fotos vom hitzigen Regionalliga-Nord-Derby in der Huntestadt |url=https://www.nordbuzz.de/niedersachsen/oldenburg-ort703376/oldenburg-oldenburg-regionalliga-nord-derby-stadion-alexanderstrasse-10226990.html |website=Nordbuzz |access-date=1 June 2021 |language=de |date=9 September 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603025907/https://www.nordbuzz.de/niedersachsen/oldenburg-ort703376/oldenburg-oldenburg-regionalliga-nord-derby-stadion-alexanderstrasse-10226990.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Current squad == :''As of April 18, 2026''{{citation needed|date=April 2026}}
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=GER|name=Thilo Pöpken|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=GER|name=Tassilo Thiele|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GER|name=Niklas Onnen|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=GER|name=Niklas Isserstedt|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=GER|name=Louis Triphaus|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=GER|name=Diego Frers|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=GER|name=Lonis Hutson|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=GER|name=Tade Niehues|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=GER|name=Marcel Raßmann|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 12|nat=GER|name=Joshua Voigt|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no= 13|nat=GER|name=Maurice Scholz|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=GER|name=Henri Hitrez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=15 |nat=Iraq|name=Ordi Kheder|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=GER|name=Christian Schneider|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=GER|name=Pascal Richter|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=GER|name=Mika Nienaber|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=GER|name=Diego Raykov|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21 |nat=GER|name=Niklas Waskow|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23 |nat=GER|name=Phillip Onnen|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=GER|name=Bent Janßen|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=GER|name=Mathias Comes|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=26 |nat=GER|name=Tobias Behnsen|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=GER|name=Dennis Flechtner|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= |nat=GER|name=Carsten Abbes|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= |nat=GER|name=Johann Kühling|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}
==Honours== * Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-West: 2008 * Landesliga Weser-Ems: 1984, 2004, 2013
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.vfloldenburg.de/ Official Website Sportsclub] {{in lang|de}} *[https://www.vfl-oldenburg-fussball.de Official Football Website] {{in lang|de}} *[https://www.fussballdaten.de/vereine/vfl-oldenburg/ Team information at Fussballdaten] *[https://www.oldenburgknights.de Official Website Oldenburg Knights (American football team)] {{in lang|de}}
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