Inter Leipzig is a
German association football club located in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
,
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
. Their first team competes in the
NOFV-Oberliga
The NOFV- Oberliga is a division at step 5 of the German football league system. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it became the successor of the DDR-Oberliga, and functions today as a 5th division in the former territory of East Germany and the ...
, the fifth tier of German football.
History
According to the Inter Leipzig mission statement, the club claims to become the "international and open-minded" Leipzig football team. The former
mayor of Leipzig
This is a list of mayors of Leipzig since 1778. Since 1877, their title is ''Oberbürgermeister'', rather than ''Bürgermeister''.
*1778–1801: Carl Wilhelm Müller
*1794–1813?: Christian Gottfried Hermann
*1814–1830: Ludwig Ferdinand Weber
...
,
Wolfgang Tiefensee
Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 4 January 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 and ...
, serves on the economic board.
In order to participate in the 2014–15
Sachsenliga
The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as ''Landesliga Sachsen'', is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony (German: ''Sachsen''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it wa ...
season, Inter Leipzig merged with SV See 90 from the
Upper Lusatian town
Niesky
Niesky ( Sorbian and pl, Niska, cz, Nízké) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz.
Historically considered part of Upper Lusatia, it was ...
. Previously, the club had unsuccessfully attempted to merge with TuS Leutzsch of Leipzig.
The first official match was played in the opening round of the
Saxony Cup
The Saxony Cup (''Sachsenpokal'') is a regional German football competition established in 1991 for clubs from Saxony who play in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nordost, the NOFV-Oberliga, the Landesliga Sachsen (the Saxon League), the four Landeskl ...
2014–15 against SV Lipsia Eutritzsch, which ended in a 2–0 win for Inter Leipzig.
[FC International Leipzig at Fussball.de]
Tables and results of all German football leagues On the last day of the 2014–15 season, the team was promoted to the
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberl ...
after a 7–0 win against
Heidenauer SV
Heidenauer SV are a sports team from Heidenau, Saxony in Germany. Their football team compete in the Sachsenliga, at the sixth tier of German football.
History
The club was founded in 1948 as BSG Motor Heidenau and took up their current name ...
. In July 2015 the team introduced a new team logo. The unicorn was replaced by a lion, which is the heraldic animal of the city of Leipzig.
Logo
File:Logo_FC_International_Leipzig.png,
File:New_Inter_Leipzig_Logo_2015.png,
Past seasons
Current squad
International players
Nerijus Astrauskas
Nerijus Astrauskas (born 18 October 1980) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Honours
Lithuania
* Baltic Cup: 2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf ...
appeared in two games for
Lithuania.
References
External links
Official website
Leipzig Inter
Football clubs in Saxony
Inter
Inter may refer to:
Association football clubs
* Inter Milan, an Italian club
* SC Internacional, a Brazilian club
* Inter Miami CF, an American club
* FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club
* FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club
* FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...
Association football clubs established in 2014
2014 establishments in Germany
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