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Greifswalder FC

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Greifswalder FC
Full nameGreifswalder FC e. V.
Founded1 July 2015
GroundVolksstadion Greifswald
Capacity8,000
ChairmanHeiko Jaap
ManagerMarkus Zschiesche
LeagueRegionalliga Nordost
2023–24Regionalliga Nordost, 2nd of 18
Websitehttps://greifswalder-fc.de/

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

History

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The club can be traced back to Greifswalder SC, which was founded in 1926, 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 Pommern Greifswald's team was withdrawn from the NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the entire club was dissolved.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

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Season Division Tier Position
2015–16 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern VI 2nd
2016–17 Versbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2nd
2017–18 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1st ↑
2018–19 NOFV-Oberliga Nord V 3rd
2019–20 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 2nd1
2020–21 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 3rd1
2021–22 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 1st ↑
2022–23 Regionalliga Nordost IV 14th
2023–24 Regionalliga Nordost 2nd

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.

Honours

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The club's honours:

Stadium

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Volksstadion Greifswald (2005)

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

Current squad

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As of 19 September 2024[1]

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. Nation Player
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Jakub Jakubov
3 DF Germany GER Lorenz Hollenbach
5 DF Germany GER Bastian Strietzel
6 DF Germany GER Jannis Farr
7 FW Turkey TUR Guido Koçer
8 MF Germany GER Niklas Brandt
9 FW Germany GER Corvin Kosak
10 FW State of Palestine PLE Ali Abu-Alfa
11 MF Germany GER Lukas Lämmel
13 DF Germany GER Jacob Engel
14 MF Germany GER Tom Weilandt
16 MF Germany GER Finn Hetzsch (on loan from Erzgebirge Aue)
17 DF Germany GER Lukas Griebsch
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Germany GER Elias Kratzer
19 MF Germany GER Ogechika Heil
20 MF Germany GER David Vogt
21 DF Germany GER Rudolf Sanin
23 FW Germany GER Johannes Manske
24 DF Germany GER Pascal Schmedemann
25 MF Germany GER Oliver Daedlow
27 FW Germany GER Mats Facklam
29 DF Germany GER Mike Eglseder
37 GK Germany GER Luca Petzold
44 GK Germany GER Noah-Joel Hoffmann
90 FW Germany GER Soufian Benyamina

Managers

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  • 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 – October 2024)
  • Markus Zschiesche (October 2024 – present)

Notable former players

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References

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  1. ^ "Team". Greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Trainerwechsel bei unserem GFC". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Greifswalder FC. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Greifswalder FC trennt sich von Trainerduo". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Greifswalder FC. 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2021.