VfL Sindelfingen is a German sports club from Sindelfingen, Baden–Württemberg. With more than 9,000 members, the club, which was established in 1862, is one of the largest sporting organizations in Germany. VfL Sindelfingen has departments for various sports including football (soccer), volleyball, basketball, swimming, athletics, table tennis, and badminton.
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| Full name | VfL Sindelfingen 1862 e.V. |
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| Founded | 1862 |
| Ground | Floschenstadion (Sindelfingen) |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman | Martina Schmid |
| Head Coach | Saban Uzun |
| League | 2. Bundesliga |
| 2015–16 | 8th |
The women's football section is one of the most successful departments in the club. They played in the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league for women, from its inception in 1990 till 1997. They were relegated after the 1996–97 season and struggled for some years. When the second Bundesliga was incepted in 2004 Sindelfingen was one of the founding members and even managed promotion to the Bundesliga after the first season. After a year in the Bundesliga they were relegated back to the second league, where they played 2012, when they were again promoted to the premier category.
The team's current kit is light blue-white for home games and white or black-red for away games.
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | DFB-Pokal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Bundesliga Süd (I) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 17 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 1991–92 | Bundesliga Süd | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 26 | 3rd round | ||
| 1992–93 | Bundesliga Süd | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 3rd round | ||
| 1993–94 | Bundesliga Süd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 13 | 3rd round | ||
| 1994–95 | Bundesliga Süd | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 17 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 1995–96 | Bundesliga Süd | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 20 | 2nd Round | ||
| 1996–97 | Bundesliga Süd | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 16 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 1997–98 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (II) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 54 | 32 | not qualified | ||
| 1998–99 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 29 | not qualified | ||
| 1999–00 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 43 | 29 | not qualified | ||
| 2000–01 | unknown | not qualified | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | unknown | not qualified | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (III) | 1 | unknown | not qualified | |||||||
| 2003–04 | Regionalliga Süd (II) | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 32 | not qualified | ||
| 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga Süd (II) | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 19 | 50 | not qualified | ||
| 2005–06 | Bundesliga (I) | 11 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 72 | 11 | 3rd round | ||
| 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga Süd | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 81 | 22 | 46 | 2nd round | ||
| 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga Süd | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 14 | 56 | 2nd round | ||
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga Süd | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 16 | 55 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga Süd | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 12 | 52 | 3rd round | ||
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga Süd | 5 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 31 | 2nd round | ||
| 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga Süd | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 14 | 56 | 3rd round | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
The men's team gained promotion to the Verbandsliga Württemberg (VI) after the 2006–07 season, where they are still playing.
The swimming team of Sindelfingen is a member of the Bundesliga. The women are part of the second Bundesliga.
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