Lüneburger Sport-Klub von 1901 e. V. was one of the oldest and most successful football clubs from the Lüneburg area until it merged with Lüneburger SV in 2008 to become

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History

The club was established on 1 April 1901 as Lüneburger Fußball-Club. Its name was changed to Lüneburger Sport-Klub in 1912. In the season 1951–52, it played in the

Oberliga Nord The Oberliga Nord was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the introduction of the 3. Liga, the league ceased to exist f ...

, which was one of the leagues belonging to the highest level in West Germany at the time. In 1992–93, the club qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal for the first time. In 2000–01, the club played in the Regionalliga Nord. In 2005–06 the club was second in the Niedersachsen Liga Ost, and missed out on promotion to the

on goal difference to

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. Again in 2006–07, the club was second, this time to

TuS Heeslingen TuS Heeslingen was a German association football club from the town of Heeslingen, Lower Saxony. The footballers were part of a larger sports club that had departments for aerobics, athletics, badminton, bowling, gymnastics, Pilates, table ten ...

. In the club's final season, 2007–08, with

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as trainer, the qualification for the first round of the DFB-Pokal was achieved for the second time, but the new merged club took the place of Lüneburger SK in the

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Merger

Manfred Harder, the club president and a former Bundesliga referee, merged Lüneburger SK with the football section of Lüneburger SV to form a new club called

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. The new club took Lüneburger SK's place in both the Oberliga Niedersachsen Ost and in the DFB-Pokal.

Notable players

* Riccardo Baich *

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* Patrick Owomoyela * Jens Scharping *

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Jan-André Sievers Jan-André Sievers (born 5 August 1987) is a German footballer who plays for TuS Hartenholm. Career Born in Frankfurt am Main, Sievers began his career with MTV Treubund Lünerburg, later signing with Lüneburger SV. He joined the Hamburger S ...

* Jörg Sievers * Rainer Zobel *

Hans-Jürgen Ripp Hans-Jürgen Ripp (24 June 1946 – 4 July 2021) was a German professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV. In August 2017, he was the player with the fourth most number of Bundesl ...

Honours

The clubs honours: *

Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen The Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany, existing from 1994 to 2004. It covered the states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. With the re-formation of the Oberliga Nord in 2004, t ...

** Champions: 1998 *

Verbandsliga Niedersachsen The Oberliga Niedersachsen ( en, Upper League Lower Saxony), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (ge ...

** Champions: 1980

References

External links

Ultrá Gruppierung des LSK
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