VfB Pößneck

Football club infobox
clubname = VfB Pößneck


fullname = Verein für Bewegungsspiele 1909 Pößneck e.V.
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founded = 1909
ground = Sportpark Warte
capacity = 2,500
chairman = Rudi Wohlfahrt
manager = Jörn Schwinkendorf
league = NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 15th
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VfB Pößneck is a German football club from the city of Pößneck, Thuringia with a membership of roughly 400.

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History

"Vereins für Bewegungsspiele Pößneck" was founded August 2, 1909 and established its own ground at Sportpark an der Warte in May, 1925. All organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by Allied authorities in the aftermath of World War II. The club was re-established in 1950 and played as "BSG Fortschritt Pößneck" until being re-named "BSG Rotasym Pößneck" in 1980. East German clubs were typically connected to a local industry, service, or branch of government and these name changes reflect the club's affiliation with a fabrics factory, and later, the Rotasym firm.

Following German re-unification in 1990 the football departments of "Rotasym" and "BSG Rotation Pößneck" merged to form "Sportgemeinschaft Pößneck". This club was re-christened "SV WSD Pößneck" in 1991 and on May 27, 2004 re-claimed its traditional identity as "VfB 09 Pößneck". The team played its way into the fifth division Landesliga Thüringen (V) in 1996 and after a championship season there in 2001-02 joined the Oberliga Nordost-Süd (IV). Former DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic) star player Lothar Kurbjuweit became trainer in 2003 and led the club to a solid 7th place finish in Oberliga play, but left the club after a disagreement with management.

Honours

* Landesklasse Thüringen (VI) champions: 1996
* Landesliga Thüringen (V) champions: 2002

External links

* [http://www.vfb09.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/possneck.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