VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the sixth level of the German football league system. The club has over 2,000 members in nine different sports departments including handball, American football, badminton, athletics, gymnastics and volleyball.

History

VfL Oldenburg were relegated from the German fifth tier (Oberliga) in 2009–10. In 2013, they returned to the Oberliga Niedersachsen as Landesliga Weser-Ems champions. In 2018, the club achieved promotion to the Regionalliga Nord. It was relegated back to the Oberliga after the 2018–19 season.

In June 2021, it was announced that VfL Oldenburg had qualified for 2021–22 DFB-Pokal. The club was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth after a draw between the remaining participants of the Lower Saxony Cup, which had been abandoned amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Local derby rivalry

VfL Oldenburg has a local derby rivalry with VfB Oldenburg.

Current squad

As of April 18, 2026[citation needed]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK GER Thilo Pöpken 2 DF GER Tassilo Thiele 3 DF GER Niklas Onnen 5 MF GER Niklas Isserstedt 6 MF GER Louis Triphaus 7 FW GER Diego Frers 8 MF GER Lonis Hutson 9 FW GER Tade Niehues 11 MF GER Marcel Raßmann 12 GK GER Joshua Voigt 13 DF GER Maurice Scholz 14 MF GER Henri Hitrez 15 FW IRQ Ordi KhederNo. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF GER Christian Schneider 18 FW GER Pascal Richter 19 MF GER Mika Nienaber 20 MF GER Diego Raykov 21 DF GER Niklas Waskow 23 DF GER Phillip Onnen 24 MF GER Bent Janßen 25 MF GER Mathias Comes 26 DF GER Tobias Behnsen 27 MF GER Dennis Flechtner — DF GER Carsten Abbes — FW GER Johann Kühling
1GKGERThilo Pöpken
2DFGERTassilo Thiele
3DFGERNiklas Onnen
5MFGERNiklas Isserstedt
6MFGERLouis Triphaus
7FWGERDiego Frers
8MFGERLonis Hutson
9FWGERTade Niehues
11MFGERMarcel Raßmann
12GKGERJoshua Voigt
13DFGERMaurice Scholz
14MFGERHenri Hitrez
15FWIRQOrdi Kheder
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16MFGERChristian Schneider
18FWGERPascal Richter
19MFGERMika Nienaber
20MFGERDiego Raykov
21DFGERNiklas Waskow
23DFGERPhillip Onnen
24MFGERBent Janßen
25MFGERMathias Comes
26DFGERTobias Behnsen
27MFGERDennis Flechtner
—DFGERCarsten Abbes
—FWGERJohann Kühling

Honours

External links

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