VfB Auerbach

The association was founded as the Auerbacher Fußball Club on 17 May 1906 making it the second-oldest side in Vogtland. They won their first title in the second class Gau Vogtland, part of the VMBV (Verband Mittledeutschland Ballspiel Verein or Federation of Central German Ballgame Clubs), in 1908. AFC was officially registered on 20 June 1913 and after World War I on 18 April 1919, with the introduction of departments for athletics, tennis, and winter sports re-made itself as the sportsclub VfB Auerbach 1906.

In the aftermath of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of existing organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. In the fall of 1945 the club was re-established as the football department of Sport- und Kultur-Kartell Auerbach i.V.. A new sportsclub known as BSG KWU Auerbach was created out of SuKK Auerbach in 1949 and renamed BSG Einheit Auerbach on 6 January 1951. BSG was an unheralded local side in and out of the lower division Berziksliga Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) in East Germany. In 1989, shortly before the end of the DDR-era BSG was the largest sports club in Auerbach with departments for bowling, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, hiking, roller skating, tennis, and table tennis.

The club returned to its roots after German re-unification when it was re-established as VfB Auerbach and continued to play in what was now the sixth division Berzirksliga Chemnitz. By the mid-90s they were playing in the Landesliga Sachsen (V), and after three second-place finishes (1996, 2001, 2002), finally captured the division title in 2003 to earn promotion to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV). VfB played in the Oberliga for nine seasons, initially struggling but then achieving three runners-up finishes in its last four seasons there. The last of those, in 2012, qualified the team for the reformed Regionalliga Nordost, where it plays today.[1][2]

As of 14 February 2018[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  GER Felix Kunert 4 MF  GER Felix Lietz 5 DF  GER Alexander Mattern 6 DF  CZE Vaclav Heger 7 MF  BIH Amer Kadrić 8 MF  GER Andre Herold 9 MF  GER Philipp Kötzsch 10 MF  KVX Arlind Shoshi 11 FW  GER Danny Wild 12 GK  GER Maximilian Rosenkranz 13 DF  GER Kilian Müller

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GER Sebastian Schmidt 16 FW  GER Luca Jung 18 MF  GER Tim Hoffmann 20 GK  GER Christian Leucht 21 DF  GER Philipp Müller 22 MF  CZE Lukáš Novy 25 MF  GER Albert Löser 26 DF  GER Marcin Sieber 30 GK  GER Stefan Schmidt 31 MF  GER Marcel Schlosser

• NOFV-Oberliga Süd
  • Runners-up: 2009, 2011, 2012
• Landesliga Sachsen
  • Champions: 2003
  • Runners-up: 1996, 2001, 2002

The club plays in the VfB Stadion built in 1921. It has a capacity of 5,000 and after renovations features 750 seats (1993) and floodlighting (1995).

• Official website
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)