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
Lüneburger SK Hansa
Lüneburger SK Hansa is a football club from the Lower Saxon Hanseatic town of Lüneburg in Northern Germany. The club was founded in spring 2008 as part of the planned merger of the football divisions of the two sports clubs Lüneburger SK and ...
.
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
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 ...
on goal difference to
VSK Osterholz-Scharmbeck
VSK Osterholz Scharmbeck is a German association football club from the district of Osterholz-Scharmbeck in Lower Saxony
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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
Ralf Sievers
Ralf Sievers (born 30 October 1961) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Career
Like his brother Jörg Sievers, Jörg he began his career at Lower Sax ...
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
DFB-Pokal 2008–09
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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
FC Hansa Lüneburg
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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
*
Marinus Bester
Marinus Bester (born 16 January 1969) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Coaching career Hamburger SV
From February 2002 to August 2004, Bester worked as a press officer for Hamburger SV. Retiring from football ...
*
Elard Ostermann
Elard Ostermann (born 15 October 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up ...
*
Patrick Owomoyela
*
Jens Scharping
*
Sebastian Selke
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*
Ralf Sievers
Ralf Sievers (born 30 October 1961) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Career
Like his brother Jörg Sievers, Jörg he began his career at Lower Sax ...
*
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
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** Champions: 1998
*
Verbandsliga Niedersachsen
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** Champions: 1980
References
External links
Ultrá Gruppierung des LSK
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Football clubs in Germany
Defunct football clubs in Germany
Defunct football clubs in Lower Saxony
Association football clubs established in 1901
Association football clubs disestablished in 2008
1901 establishments in Germany
2008 disestablishments in Germany