Germania Halberstadt

Football club infobox
clubname = VfB Germania Halberstadt


fullname = VfB Germania Halberstadt e. V.
nickname =
founded = 1949
ground = Friedensstadion
capacity = 5,000
chairman = Olaf Herbst
manager =
league = NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 9th
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VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt.

History

The club was founded on October 26 1949 as "BSG Reichsbahn Halberstadt" before being re-named "BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt" in 1950. Through the 70s the team played in the East German third division DDR-Liga, occasionally dropping down to the Berzirksliga Magdeburg (IV).

After German re-unification in 1990 the team was re-established as "ESV Halberstadt" and spent two seasons in the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (IV) before slipping to the Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt in 1992. The club was twice re-named (as "VfB Halberstadt" in 1993 and as "FC Germania Halberstadt" in 1994) before taking on its current identity in 1997.

A third place result in the Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt Mitte (VI) and successful promotion playoff returned "Halberstadt" to the Verbandsliga in 2000 and after winning the division title in 2003 advanced to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd where they play today. The club earned its best result in 2005-06 with a 6th place finish.

Honours

*Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt champions: 2003

External links

* [http://www.germaniahalberstadt.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/halberstadt.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German football league tables (in German)
* [http://www.eufo.de/ eufo.de] European football club profiles