Inter Leipzig is a German association football club located in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

. Their first team competes in the

NOFV-Oberliga The NOFV- Oberliga is a division at step 5 of the German football league system. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it became the successor of the DDR-Oberliga, and functions today as a 5th division in the former territory of East Germany and the ...

, the fifth tier of German football.

History

According to the Inter Leipzig mission statement, the club claims to become the "international and open-minded" Leipzig football team. The former mayor of Leipzig,

Wolfgang Tiefensee Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 4 January 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 an ...

, serves on the economic board. In order to participate in the 2014–15

Sachsenliga The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as ''Landesliga Sachsen'', is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony (German: ''Sachsen''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was ...

season, Inter Leipzig merged with SV See 90 from the Upper Lusatian town

Niesky Niesky (; Polish and Sorbian: ''Niska'' ; ) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz. Historically considered part of Upper Lusatia, it was a ...

. Previously, the club had unsuccessfully attempted to merge with TuS Leutzsch of Leipzig. The first official match was played in the opening round of the

Saxony Cup The Saxony Cup (''Sachsenpokal'') is a regional German association football, football competition established in 1991 for clubs from Saxony who play in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nordost, the NOFV-Oberliga, the Landesliga Sachsen (the Saxon League ...

2014–15 against SV Lipsia Eutritzsch, which ended in a 2–0 win for Inter Leipzig.FC International Leipzig at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues On the last day of the 2014–15 season, the team was promoted to the

NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Ob ...

after a 7–0 win against Heidenauer SV. In July 2015 the team introduced a new team logo. The unicorn was replaced by a lion, which is the heraldic animal of the city of Leipzig.

Logo

File:Logo_FC_International_Leipzig.png, File:New_Inter_Leipzig_Logo_2015.png,

Past seasons

Current squad

International players

Nerijus Astrauskas appeared in two games for

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References

External links

Official website
Leipzig Inter Football clubs in Saxony

Inter Inter may refer to: Association football clubs * Inter Milan, an Italian club * SC Internacional, a Brazilian club * Inter Miami CF, an American club * Inter Playa del Carmen, a Mexican club * FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club * FC Inter Turku, ...

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