VfB Friedrichshafen

German sports club

VfB Friedrichshafen

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
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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]

## History[edit]

VfB Friedrichshafen (on the right) wins 2015 DVV-Pokal

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.

## Honours[edit]

### Domestic[edit]

* Volleyball Bundesliga

Winners (13): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15

* German Cup

Winners (17): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22

* German SuperCup

Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

### International[edit]

* CEV Champions League

Winners (1): 2006–07

* CEV European Champions Cup

Silver (1): 1999–2000

* CEV Challenge Cup

Bronze (1): 1993–94

## Team[edit]

As of 2022–23 season[4]

No.  | Name  | Date of birth  | Position

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1 |  Aleksandar Nedeljković |  (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 25) | middle blocker
4 |  Tim Peter |  (1997-09-08) 8 September 1997 (age 26) | outside hitter
5 |  Mateusz Biernat |  (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 31) | setter
6 |  Michał Superlak |  (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 29) | opposite
7 |  Luciano Vicentín |  (2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 23) | outside hitter
8 |  Blair Bann |  (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 (age 35) | libero
9 |  Dejan Vinčić |  (1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 37) | setter
10 |  Nikola Peković |  (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 33) | libero
11 |  Marcus Böhme |  (1985-08-25) 25 August 1985 (age 38) | middle blocker
13 |  Vojin Ćaćić |  (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 (age 33) | outside hitter
14 |  Žiga Štern |  (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 (age 29) | outside hitter
16 |  Simon Kohn |  (2004-08-05) 5 August 2004 (age 19) | libero
17 |  Miguel Angel Martínez |  (2003-10-23) 23 October 2003 (age 19) | opposite
17 |  Andre Brown |  (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 33) | middle blocker
Head coach: |  Mark Lebedew

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Stadt Friedrichshafen: Nachricht (25.09.2020): ZF Arena wird geschlossen". www.friedrichshafen.de. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
2. ^ "Keine Heimspiele im Oktober « VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball". Retrieved 2021-04-16.
3. ^ "VfB Volleyballsport erhält alternative Spielmöglichkeit in der Messe Friedrichshafen « VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball". Retrieved 2021-04-16.
4. ^ "Mannschaft der Saison 2022/2023". VfB Friedrichshafen (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in German)
* Team profile at Volleybox.net