| Clubname: | Rostocker FC |
| Fullname: | Rostocker Fußballclub von 1895 e. V. |
| Founded: | 1895 |
| Ground: | Sportpark am Damerower Weg |
| Capacity: | 3,000 |
| League: | NOFV-Oberliga Nord |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Position: | 2nd |
| Website: | https://www.rfc-1895.de/ |
Rostocker Fußballclub von 1895 e. V.[1] is a German football club from Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Founded in 1895, the club plays in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord in the fifth tier of the German football league system.
The club was founded in 1895.[2] The club has had several names; as TSG Bau Rostock it competed in the DDR-Liga, the second division of East German football, from 1973 to 1986. In 1978–79, it won its group, but came last in the play-off group for promotion to the DDR-Oberliga.[3] [4]
Rostocker FC won the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup for the first time in 2023, defeating in the final.[5] This qualified the team for the first time to the DFB-Pokal, where they were drawn for the first round at home to newly promoted Bundesliga side 1. FC Heidenheim, with the game at FC Hansa Rostock's Ostseestadion;[6] they lost 8–0.[7]