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BFC Frankfurt
BFC Frankfurt Berlin was a German association football club that played in Berlin. Founded on 5 May 1885, the club's unusual name was taken from the hometown of founder and president George Leux. The Leux family was well known as sportsmen in Frankfurt and George had come to Berlin to order to be better able to pursue his career as an artist. Initially, the team played rugby, one of several English sports including association football and cricket becoming popular in continental Europe at the time, but by the end of the decade rugby had been given up for association football. ''Frankfurt'' played in several of Berlin's early football leagues and were city champions in the Allgemeiner Deutscher Sport Bund in 1898 after finishing second to '' BTuFC Britannia 1892'' the year before. The first match known to be played between clubs from two different German cities saw ''BFCF'' defeat ''Bremer FC Teutonia'' 5:0 on 11 March 1894. ''BFC Frankfurt'' folded after only a brief existenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin FC Frankfurt
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this status after the United Kingdom's, and thus London's, departure from the European Union. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany, and is the third smallest state in the country in terms of area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.5 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, and the fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Berlin was built along the banks of the Spree river, which flows into the Havel in the western bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
