VfB Friedrichshafen

VfB Friedrichshafen
	Logo VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball
Full name	Verein für Bewegungsspiele Friedrichshafen
Short name	Häfler
Founded	1969
Ground	SPACETECH ARENA
Chairman	Jochen Benz
Manager	Adam Swaczyna
Captain	Marcus Böhme
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 Friedrichshafen 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

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

Domestic

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

CEV Champions League

Winners (1): 2006–07

CEV European Champions Cup

Silver (1): 1999–2000

CEV Challenge Cup

Bronze (1): 1993–94

Team

As of 2023–24 season^[4]

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	José Israel Masso Alvarez	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997	middle blocker
3	Sergio Carrillo	(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000	setter
4	Tim Peter	(1997-09-08) 8 September 1997	outside hitter
6	Michał Superlak	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993	opposite
8	Aleksa Batak	(2000-01-18) 18 January 2000	setter
9	Severi Savonsalmi	(2000-08-21) 21 August 2000	middle blocker
10	Nikola Peković	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990	libero
11	Marcus Böhme	(1985-08-25) 25 August 1985	middle blocker
12	Jan Fornal	(1995-01-14) 14 January 1995	outside hitter
14	Marc-Anthony Honoré	(1984-06-12) 12 June 1984	middle blocker
15	Simon Kohn	(2004-08-05) 5 August 2004	outside hitter
16	Jackson Young	(2001-07-29) 29 July 2001	outside hitter
18	Simon Tabermann Uhrenholt	(2004-06-17) 17 June 2004	opposite
Head coach:		Mark Lebedew