VfB Oldenburg

Not to be confused with VfL Oldenburg.

VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. In the 2022–23 season, they played in the 3. Liga, the third level of football in Germany.

VfB Oldenburg

Full name	Verein für Bewegungsspiele e.V. Oldenburg
Founded	1897; 128 years ago (1897)[1]
Ground	Marschweg-Stadion
Capacity	15,200
Chairman	Helmut Jordan
Manager	Dario Fossi
League	Regionalliga Nord (IV)
2024–25	Regionalliga Nord, 11th of 18
Website	vfb-oldenburg.de
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Historical chart of VfB Oldenburg league performance

Founded by a group of high school boys as FC 1897 Oldenburg on 17 October 1897, they merged with FV Germania 1903 Oldenburg in 1919 and adopted their current name. Their interests were football, cricket and track. Within a year the club acquired an old velodrome in Donnerschwee – part of the town of Oldenburg today – and converted it to a football ground.

The club played for two seasons in the Gauliga Weser-Ems (I), just before the end of the war, from 1942 to 1944.

After again restoring their ground in the aftermath of World War II, the club was able to pick up play in the Oberliga Nord in the 1949–50 season, but immediately found themselves relegated to tier II. They made another single season appearance in the upper league in 1955–56, before returning for a run of three seasons from 1960 to 1963 in the lead up to the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league. Oldenburg did not qualify for the new circuit and found themselves in the Regionalliga Nord (II). They played at that level until the mid-1970s when they slipped into the Amateur Oberliga Nord (III).

They enjoyed their highest league finish in 1991–92. They finished bottom of the third level in 1999–2000, and came close to being dissolved due to financial problems.^[1] After a decade of lower division play following relegation from the Regionalliga Nord in 2000, the club returned to this level in 2012 and played there until they were promoted to the 3. Liga in 2022 by beating BFC Dynamo in a promotion play-off.

Stadium

Since 1991 VfB Oldenburg has been playing in the Marschweg-Stadion, which was opened in 1951.^[2] It has a capacity of 15,200, of which 4,500 are seats and 10,700 standing places.^[3] Its record attendance of 32,000 was achieved before reconstruction.^[3]

Local derby rivalry

VfB Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfL Oldenburg.^[4][5]

Players

Current squad

As of 22 August 2025^[6]

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 Jhonny Peitzmeier 3 DF  GER Nico Mai 4 DF  GER Leon Deichmann 5 DF  GER Anouar Adam 7 FW  CRO Vjekoslav Taritaš 8 MF  GER Rafael Brand 9 MF  GER Drilon Demaj 10 MF  GER Julian Boccaccio 11 MF  GER Julian Meier 13 FW  GER Linus Schäfer 17 MF  AUT Patrick Möschl 19 MF  GER Vincent Hagen

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  GER Marc Schröder 21 DF  GER Nick Otto 22 GK  TOG Steven Mensah 23 MF  GER Willem Hoffrogge 28 GK  NGA Jude Chikere 29 FW  GER Mats Facklam 30 FW  GER Moses Otuali 33 DF  GER Ngufor Anubodem 34 DF  GER Ermal Pepshi 36 GK  GER Liam Tiernan 40 MF  GER Louis Hajdinaj 44 DF  GER Nico Knystock

Honours

• German amateur championship
  • Runners-up: 1988
• Niedersachsenliga West
  • Champions: 1952, 1957, 1959, 2007 (V)
• Niedersachsenliga
  • Champions: 1972, 2009 (V)
• Oberliga Nord (III)
  • Champions: 1975, 1980, 1990
• Regionalliga Nord
  • Champions: 1996 (III), 2022 (IV)
• Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen
  • Champions: 2002 (IV)