VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from

Halberstadt Halberstadt ( Eastphalian: ''Halverstidde'') is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district. Located north of the Harz mountain range, it is known for its old town center that was greatly destroyed by Allied bomb ...

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

History

The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as ''Betriebssportgemeinschaft Reichsbahn Halberstadt'' before being renamed ''BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt'' in 1950. Through the 1970s the team played in the East German third division DDR-Bezirksliga. After German reunification in 1990 the team was re-established as ''Eisenbahnsportverein Halberstadt'' and spent two seasons in the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (IV) before slipping to the Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt in 1992. Formed as a sports club for railway workers, the number of rail workers actually represented in the membership of the club dropped below 20% and it lost its affiliation with the Railway Sports Federation in 1993. The club became ''VfB Halberstadt'' that year while the footballers went their own way in 1994 as ''Fußball Club Germania Halberstadt'', adopting the heritage of a local pre-war side. ''VfB Germania Halberstadt'' was formed when the two clubs were reunited in 1997. A third-place result in the Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt Mitte (VI) and successful promotion playoff returned ''Halberstadt'' to Verbandsliga (V) competition in 2000, and after winning the division title in 2003, they advanced to the

Oberliga Nordost-Süd 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 ...

(IV). They went on to win the Oberliga (V) in 2011 and advance to the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

(IV). That league saw ''Germania'' and other northeastern clubs move to the

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...

on its refoundation in 2012 where it played for the next four seasons until relegation in 2016.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesVfB Germania Halberstadt at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues It was immediately promoted back to the Regionalliga Nordost in 2017 after finishing runners-up in the Oberliga Süd and beating Optik Rathenow in a play-off.

Current squad

Honours

The club's honours: *

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 ...

(V) ** Champions:

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

** Runners-up: 2016–17 *

Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt The Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the ...

(V) ** Champions: 2002–03 *

Saxony-Anhalt Cup The Saxony-Anhalt Cup (German: Landespokal Sachsen-Anhalt) is an annual football cup competition in Saxony-Anhalt. The Football Association of Saxony-Anhalt (German: Fußballverband Sachsen-Anhalts, short: FSA) is its governing body. All non-pro ...

** Runners-up: 2009–10, 2012–13, 2016–17,

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References

External links

Official website

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