VfL 93 Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier three

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 ...

, where it played for three seasons between 1994 and 1998.

History

Formed in 1893, ''VfL'' played for much of its history as a local amateur club before making a brief appearance in the Landesliga Hamburg, then the highest league in the state of Hamburg, from 1973 to 1975. The club began its rise through the league system once more in the late 1980s when a local Bezirksliga championship in 1989 took the team up to the tier five

Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa The Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the ''Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia''. It is named after the Hanseatic League (''Hanse''), ...

. In this league it immediately won another championship and earned promotion to the Hamburg's highest league, the

Verbandsliga Hamburg The Oberliga Hamburg, sometimes referred to as ''Hamburg-Liga'', is the highest league in the German state of Hamburg, incorporating some of its surrounding districts. It is one of fourteen Oberligen in German football, the fifth tier of the Germa ...

. The team became a dominant side at this level, too but missed out on a third consecutive promotion in 1991 despite winning the league. The following season it finished runners-up but, this time, was promoted. The club played the next two seasons in the tier three

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 ...

, finishing eleventh on both occasions. The later one, in 1994, qualified the team for the newly introduced

, the new third tier in Northern Germany.Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 3 February 2015 ''VfL'' played three seasons in the Regionalliga, finishing twelfth in 1995 but being relegated the season after when it came only sixteenth. Back in the Oberliga, now the

Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein 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 Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the re-formation of the Oberliga No ...

, the club won promotion back to the Regionalliga. The 1997–98 season became the club's best at this level, finishing eleventh but choosing to withdraw from the league at the end of season. ''VfL'' stepped down two levels, entering the Verbandsliga for the 1998–99 season. It dropped another level after being relegated in 1999, won promotion back up in 2000 and played in the Verbandsliga for the next six season until a league title took it back up to the re-introduced Oberliga Nord. ''VfL'' dropped from this level back to the Verbandsliga and stayed in the league for another season when it was renamed to Oberliga Hamburg after the Oberliga Nord was disbanded again in 2008. The club dropped from there as far as the tier seven Bezirksliga, recovered and won the

Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia The Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the ''Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa''. It is named after the Latin word for Hamburg, Ha ...

in 2014 but instead of taking up promotion to the Oberliga opted to drop down to the tier nine Kreisklasse, where its reserve team previously played.Aktuell: VfL 93 meldet nur für die Kreisklasse
sportnord.de, published: 29 May 2014, accessed: 3 February 2015VfL 93 Hamburg at Fussball.de
accessed: 3 February 2015 A league championship in the Kreisklasse in 2015–16 took the club back up to the Kreisliga Hamburg.

Honours

The team's honours: *

** Champions: 1997 *

** Champions: 1991 ** Runners-up: 1992 *

** Champions: 1990 *

** Champions: 2000, 2014 *

Hamburg Cup The Hamburger Pokal ( en, Hamburg Cup) is an annual football cup competition, shortly known as Hamburg pokal, held by the ( en, Hamburg Football Association) since 1982. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is ODDSET-Poka ...

** Runners-up: 1990, 1994, 1997, 2007

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: * With the introduction of the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. The Verbandsliga Hamburg became the Oberliga Hamburg after the Oberliga Nord was disbanded in 2008.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburg, Vfl Football clubs in Hamburg Association football clubs established in 1893 1893 establishments in Germany German workers' football clubs