Greifswalder FC

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

Greifswalder FC
Full nameGreifswalder FC e. V.
Founded1 July 2015
GroundVolksstadion Greifswald
Capacity8,000
ChairmanHeiko Jaap
ManagerRoland Kroos
LeagueRegionalliga Nordost
2021–22NOFV-Oberliga Nord, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club can be traced back to Greifswalder SC, which was founded in 1911, 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 Pommern Greifswald's team was withdrawn from the NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the entire club was dissolved.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 10 February 2022[1][2]

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 Poland POL Adam Marczuk
3 DF Germany GER Kristoffer Stockhaus
4 DF Germany GER Robert Müller
5 DF Germany GER Julian Rüh
6 DF Germany GER Jannis Farr
7 MF United States USA Joe-Joe Richardson
8 MF Germany GER Tom Selchow
9 MF Germany GER Azat Selçuk
10 DF Germany GER Marco Kröger
11 MF Germany GER Lukas Knechtel
13 MF Germany GER Hannes Mietzelfeld
15 MF Germany GER Tom Zastrow
16 FW Kosovo KOS Fatlind Memaj
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Ghana GHA Peterson Appiah
19 MF United States USA Bleon Salihu
20 DF Germany GER Mike Bütterich
21 DF Germany GER Rudolf Sanin
22 FW United States USA Michael Scavuzzo
23 GK Germany GER Mika Schneider
24 MF Croatia CRO Lovro Šindik
26 MF Germany GER Matteo Hecker
27 MF Germany GER Ronny Garbuschewski
28 MF Latvia LVA Artis Lazdiņš
36 FW Serbia SRB Velimir Jovanović
MF Germany GER Clemens Schröder

Managers

  • Hagen Reeck (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2017)
  • Roland Kroos (1 July 2017 – April 2021)
  • Martin Schröder (April 2021 – October 2021)[3]
  • Roland Kroos (October 2021 – present)[4]

Notable former players

References

  1. "Mannschaft". sport.de (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. "I. Herren – Team". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. "Trainerwechsel bei unserem GFC". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Greifswalder FC. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. "Greifswalder FC trennt sich von Trainerduo". greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Greifswalder FC. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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