# 2022–23 VfL Osnabrück season

The 2022–23 VfL Osnabrück season is the club's 124th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Osnabrück are participating in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 18 September 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Daniel Adamczyk |
| 3 | DF | GER | Florian Kleinhansl |
| 4 | DF | GER | Maxwell Gyamfi |
| 5 | DF | LTU | Benas Šatkus |
| 6 | MF | GER | Sven Köhler |
| 7 | FW | GER | Sören Bertram |
| 8 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche |
| 9 | FW | GER | Erik Engelhardt |
| 10 | MF | GER | Oliver Wähling |
| 11 | FW | GER | Ba-Muaka Simakala |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lukas Kunze |
| 15 | MF | GER | Paterson Chato |
| 16 | DF | GER | Henry Rorig |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GER | Felix Higl |
| 19 | FW | GER | Leandro Putaro |
| 20 | FW | GER | Marc Heider (captain) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Laurenz Beckemeyer |
| 22 | GK | GER | Philipp Kühn |
| 23 | DF | GER | Omar Haktab Traoré |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Manuel Haas |
| 25 | MF | GER | Emeka Oduah |
| 27 | FW | GER | Jannik Zahmel |
| 28 | MF | GER | Noel Niemann |
| 29 | DF | GER | Davide Itter |
| 32 | MF | GER | Jannes Wulff |
| 33 | DF | GER | Timo Beermann |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Luis Sprekelmeyer (at Sportfreunde Lotte) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 3. Liga | 22 July 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 055.26 |
| Lower Saxony Cup | 27 July 2022 | | Round 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 058.54 |
Last updated: 27 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SV Elversberg (C, P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 40 | +40 | 74 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | SC Freiburg II | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 73 | |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück (P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 70 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 70 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
* ↑ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2023. Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.