VfR Neumünster

Football club infobox
clubname = VfR Neumünster


fullname = Verein für Rasensport Neumünster von 1910 e.V.
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founded = 1910
ground = VfR-Stadion an der Geerdtsstraße
capacity = 10,000
chairman = Herbert Sander
manager = Thomas Möller
league = Schleswig-Holstein-Liga (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 2nd
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VfR Neumünster is a German football club based in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was established on March 3, 1910 as "FV Neumünster" by members of "FC Germania 1907 Neumünster" and "FC Viktoria 1909 Neumünster". In 1924, "FV" was joined by "VfR 1923 Neumünster" – which was the football department of "TV Gut-Heil Neumünster" – to form the present day club.

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History

, Germany's first top flight professional league, in 1963, "VfR" found itself in the second division Regionalliga, but quickly slipped from the professional ranks. During the late 50s and early 60s, until the formation of the Bundesliga, the club's amateur side played second-division football in the Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein.

In the mid-90s the team returned to the Oberliga Nord (IV) and finished as vice-champions in 2002-03. That earned the club a place in the promotion playoffs for the Regionalliga Nord where they beat "Kickers Emden" to move up. Their third division adventure lasted only a single season and they were promptly relegated after an 18th place finish. This was followed by financial problems leading to bankruptcy proceedings in 2005. "VfR" briefly recovered itself but was forced back into bankruptcy in 2007, which will likely lead to forcible relegation to the fifth tier Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein despite an 14th place Oberliga result in 2006-07.

tadium

The club plays its home fixtures in the VfR-Stadion an der Geerdtsstraße built in 1927 and having a current capacity of 10,000.

Honours

*Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein (III) champions: 1966
*Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein (IV) champions: 1976
*Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein (IV) champions: 1980
*Verbandsliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) champions: 2000
*Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein champions (IV): 2003
*Schleswig-Holstein Pokal (Schleswig-Holstein Cup) winner: 1975, 2004

External links

* [http://www.vfr-neumuenster.de Official team site]

References

Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
* [http://www.vfr-neumuenster.de Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://eufo.de/football/ger/vfr_ster.htm eufo.de] European football club profiles and current team rosters
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)