From Wikipedia - Reading time: 3 min
| Full name | Verein für Bewegungsspiele Friedrichshafen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | Häfler | ||
| Founded | 1969 | ||
| Ground | Hangar R | ||
| Chairman | Jochen Benz | ||
| Manager | Mark Lebedew | ||
| Captain | Dejan Vinčić | ||
| League | Bundesliga | ||
| 2022–23 | 2nd place | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
| |||
VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friefdrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Bundesliga and the CEV Champions League.
The team won the 2006–07 CEV Champions League title. From 2005 to 2011 they won the German league seven times in a row. In total, VfB Friedrichshafen won the championship 13 times and the German cup 17 times.
Just before the start of the 2020–21 season the city of Friedrichshafen announced the ZF Arena, home of VfB Friedrichshafen since 2004, is closed immediately due to possible rust in the roof structure.[1] After being forced to train in small gyms and to swap home games with the opponents, VfB Friedrichshafen moved to Zeppelin Cat Hall A1 which is a hall of the Friedrichshafen fair. The first match in the new arena was against Berlin Recycling Volleys, and took place on 21 November 2020.[2][3]

Currently, the club has about 3,500 members in 23 sections and 30 disciplines, making it the largest multi-discipline and multi-generational club in Friedrichshafen and one of the largest in Baden-Württemberg. VfB Friedrichshafen sees itself as a sports club for all social groups. With its diverse range of sports, it is a lifelong promoter of health, exercise and sport and, through the cultivation of social togetherness, an essential social pillar of the common good in Friedrichshafen. The men's main volleyball team is the most successful team in the Bundesliga.
Continuously playing in the 1st Volleyball Bundesliga since 1987, they have won the German Championship 13 times, the German Cup 17 times and the German Supercup three times. In 2007 they won the Champions League. In 2000, VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH, a commercial enterprise, was founded to realize the separation of the professionals from the amateurs. The team of the badminton section also played in the first Bundesliga. In addition, there are 21 other sections, including the soccer team, which also played in the first division in the 1930s and 1940s. The club has a full-time office, but is run on a voluntary basis.
Jochen Benz has been president since December 21, 2022.
As of 2022–23 season[4]
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 October 1997 | middle blocker | ||
| 4 | 8 September 1997 | outside hitter | ||
| 5 | 19 May 1992 | setter | ||
| 6 | 16 November 1993 | opposite | ||
| 7 | 4 April 2000 | outside hitter | ||
| 8 | 26 February 1988 | libero | ||
| 9 | 15 September 1986 | setter | ||
| 10 | 6 March 1990 | libero | ||
| 11 | 25 August 1985 | middle blocker | ||
| 13 | 31 March 1990 | outside hitter | ||
| 14 | 2 January 1994 | outside hitter | ||
| 16 | 5 August 2004 | libero | ||
| 17 | 23 October 2003 | opposite | ||
| 17 | 24 August 1990 | middle blocker | ||
| Head coach: | ||||