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 wel ...

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 was ...

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 Landesk ...

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 afte ...

. 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 A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

appeared in two games for

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. 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 form ...

Association football clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in Germany {{Germany-footyclub-stub