VfL Wolfsburg II

The team first rose above local amateur level when it won promotion to the tier five Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost in 1995, where it played for the next four seasons, then under the name of VfL Wolfsburg Amateure. Wolfsburg rose above regional Lower Saxony level after winning the tier five Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost in 1998–99. It played the next five seasons in the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen as an upper table side before winning the league in 2003–04 and earning promotion to the Regionalliga Nord for the first time. Relegated from this level after just a single season Wolfsburg entered the Oberliga Nord for two seasons before winning it in 2006–07 and returning to the Regionalliga. In the early 2000s the team made four appearances in the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, in 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2005–06. In 2001–02 it eliminated Borussia Dortmund in the first round and, in 2003–04, Energie Cottbus, but was knocked out in the second on both occasions. The 2007–08 season was the last of the Regionalliga as a tier three league, the 3. Liga having been introduced at the end of season. Despite finishing 19th, the team was allowed to remain in the Regionalliga Nord because of a general league restructuring. Wolfsburg played in the Regionalliga from 2008 onwards, finishing runners-up in 2010, 2011 and 2015 and winning the league in 2014, 2016 and 2019. The league wins entitled the club to participate in the promotion play-offs to the 3. Liga, but the…

The club's honours:

Regionalliga Nord Champions: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19 Runners: 2009–10, 2014–15, 2018–20 Oberliga Nord Champions: 2006–07 Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen Champions: 2003–04 Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost Champions: 1998–99 Lower Saxony Cup Winners: 2002, 2003