Greifswalder FC
Full nameGreifswalder FC e. V.
Founded1 July 2015
GroundVolksstadion Greifswald
Capacity8,000
ChairmanHeiko Jaap
ManagerLars Fuchs
LeagueRegionalliga Nordost
2022–2314th
WebsiteClub website

Greifswalder FC is a German association football club from Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

History

The club can be traced back to Greifswalder SC, which was founded in 1890, forcibly dissolved in 1945 and re-founded in 1990. Greifswalder SC had to file for insolvency in 2002 and was dissolved in 2003 after the insolvency proceedings were concluded; subsequently, Greifswalder SV was founded in 2004. Greifswalder FC was formed on 1 July 2015 through the merger of Greifswalder SV with Pommern Greifswald, after talks had already been held about a merger of the two clubs before the 2014–15 season. Pommern Greifswald's team was withdrawn from the NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the entire club was dissolved. The members joined Greifswalder SV, which was renamed Greifswalder FC.

Despite being eligible to play in the Oberliga, the club decided to take over the place of Greifswalder SV in the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. After two runner-up finishes in a row, Greifswalder FC was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord in the 2017–18 season. In the 2018–19 season, Greifswalder FC finished third behind Berlin-based clubs SV Lichtenberg and Tennis Borussia Berlin.

Since the 2020–21 season of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup was abandoned, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Football Association decided that the best-placed team in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's league system would take part in the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal. Since Hansa Rostock had already qualified for the DFB-Pokal via the 2020–21 3. Liga, Greifswalder FC was awarded the spot. In the first round, the team was eliminated by Bundesliga team FC Augsburg after a 4–2 home loss.

Recent seasons

SeasonLeaguePositionGDPts.
2015–16Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern2nd78–2263
2016–17Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern2nd103–2771
2017–18Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1st98–2278
2018–19NOFV-Oberliga Nord3rd67–4459
2019–20NOFV-Oberliga Nord2nd137–1542
2020–21NOFV-Oberliga Nord3rd121–717
Green: promotion; red: relegation

1 The 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Greifswalder FC was ranked based on 2.33 (2019–20) and 1.89 (2020–21) points per game.

Stadium

Volksstadion Greifswald (2005)

Greifswalder FC plays its home matches at Volksstadion Greifswald with a capacity of 8,000 seats.

Current squad

As of 21 August 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Jakub Jakubov
2 DF United States USA Tobi Adewole
5 DF Germany GER Julian Rüh
6 DF Germany GER Jannis Farr
7 FW Turkey TUR Guido Koçer
8 MF Germany GER Niklas Brandt
9 FW Germany GER Jonas Marx (on loan from Hallescher FC)
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Manassé Eshele
11 MF Germany GER Jorik Wulff
12 GK Germany GER Flynn Schönmottel
14 MF Germany GER Tom Weilandt
15 DF Germany GER Niclas Kubitz
17 DF Turkey TUR Can Coşkun
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Germany GER Elias Kratzer
20 MF Germany GER David Vogt
21 DF Germany GER Rudolf Sanin
22 FW Sierra Leone SLE Abu-Bakarr Kargbo
24 DF Germany GER Pascal Schmedemann
25 MF Germany GER Oliver Daedlow
27 DF Germany GER Jannik Bandowski
29 DF Germany GER Mike Eglseder
31 MF Germany GER Fabio Schneider
35 DF Germany GER Aleksandar Bilbija
68 MF Germany GER Moritz Rosenberg
73 GK Germany GER Jannes Vonier
90 FW Germany GER Soufian Benyamina

Managers

  • Hagen Reeck (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2017)
  • Roland Kroos (1 July 2017 – April 2021)
  • Martin Schröder (April 2021 – October 2021)[2]
  • Roland Kroos (October 2021 – February 2023)[3]
  • Roland Vrabec (February 2023 – April 2023)
  • Lars Fuchs (April 2023 – present)

Notable former players

References

  1. "Team". Greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. "Trainerwechsel bei unserem GFC". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Greifswalder FC. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. "Greifswalder FC trennt sich von Trainerduo". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Greifswalder FC. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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