Lüneburger Sport-Klub von 1901 e. V. was one of the oldest and most successful football clubs from the

Lüneburg Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German Bundesland (Germany), state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city, Hambur ...

area until it merged with Lüneburger SV in 2008 to become Lüneburger SK Hansa.

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 fr ...

, 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 The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

for the first time. In 2000–01, the club played in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () 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 Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

. In 2005–06 the club was second in the Niedersachsen Liga Ost, and missed out on promotion to the

on goal difference to VSK Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Again in 2006–07, the club was second, this time to TuS Heeslingen. In the club's final season, 2007–08, with Ralf Sievers 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.

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. 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 * Elard Ostermann * Patrick Owomoyela * Jens Scharping * Sebastian Selke * Ralf Sievers * Jan-André Sievers * Jörg Sievers * Rainer Zobel * Hans-Jürgen Ripp

Honours

The club's honours: * Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen ** Champions: 1998 * Verbandsliga Niedersachsen ** Champions: 1980

References

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Ultrá Gruppierung des LSK
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