Greifswalder FC

Greifswalder FC
Full name	Greifswalder FC e. V.
Founded	1 July 2015
Ground	Volksstadion Greifswald
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Heiko Jaap
Manager	Lars Fuchs
League	Regionalliga Nordost
2023-24	Regionalliga Nordost, 2nd of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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 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 Pommern Greifswald's team was withdrawn from the NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the entire club was dissolved.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

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	IV	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

The club's honours:

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup
- Winners: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2024

Stadium

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

Current squad

As of 19 September 2024^[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	CZE	Jakub Jakubov
3	DF	GER	Lorenz Hollenbach
5	DF	GER	Bastian Strietzel
6	DF	GER	Jannis Farr
7	FW	TUR	Guido Koçer
8	MF	GER	Niklas Brandt
9	FW	GER	Corvin Kosak
10	FW	PLE	Ali Abu-Alfa
11	MF	GER	Lukas Lämmel
13	DF	GER	Jacob Engel
14	MF	GER	Tom Weilandt
16	MF	GER	Finn Hetzsch (on loan from Erzgebirge Aue)
17	DF	GER	Lukas Griebsch


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GER	Elias Kratzer
19	MF	GER	Ogechika Heil
20	MF	GER	David Vogt
21	DF	GER	Rudolf Sanin
23	FW	GER	Johannes Manske
24	DF	GER	Pascal Schmedemann
25	MF	GER	Oliver Daedlow
27	FW	GER	Mats Facklam
29	DF	GER	Mike Eglseder
37	GK	GER	Luca Petzold
44	GK	GER	Noah-Joel Hoffmann
90	FW	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

Christian Person (2015–2018)
Sven Hartwig (2016–2018)
Sascha Schünemann (2020–2021)

External links

Official website of Greifswalder FC

References

^ "Team". Greifswalder-fc.de (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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.