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1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905, Verein für Leibesübungen e.V., called 1. FC Schweinfurt 05, Schweinfurt 05, or simply FC 05, is a German association football club established in Schweinfurt (Bavaria) in 1905. It has sections for netball, fistball, field hockey, badminton, gymnastics, rugby, American football, futsal, and athletics. The club is well known due to successful years in top and second-tier football leagues from the 1930s to the 1970s, and thanks to outstanding individuals. During the late 1930s, Schweinfurt's midfielders Albin Kitzinger and Andreas Kupfer, today considered as two of the best half-back players of all time, formed the core of the Germany national football team and represented their country at the 1938 FIFA World Cup and within the premiere FIFA continent selection Europe XI. The FC 05 first team, which competes in the tier-four Regionalliga Bayern since the 2013–14 season, is organized within ''1. FC Schweinfurt 1905 Fußball GmbH''. The club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachs-Stadion
Sachs-Stadion (formerly known as Willy-Sachs-Stadion) is a multi-functional football stadium in Schweinfurt, Germany. Since 1936, it has been home stadium to the German football club 1. FC Schweinfurt 05. History The stadium, built by German architect Paul Bonatz, was a donation from local industrialist Willy Sachs to the City of Schweinfurt. As the club's patron, Willy Sachs designated a privileged right of use of all facilities for 1. FC Schweinfurt 05. Leading politicians of Nazi Germany attended the opening ceremony on 23 July 1936. Three days later, the new ''Willy-Sachs-Stadion'' saw its first game, a 2–2 draw between 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and 1935 German champion FC Schalke 04. The stadium has been top-tier venue all the time between 1936 and 1963, and was home stadium to second tier football for many of the following years, most recently during the 2001–02 season. In addition, from 1939 on Schweinfurt 05 played a larger number of German Cup matches at the stadium. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Kitzinger
Albin Kitzinger (1 February 1912 in Schweinfurt – 6 August 1970) was a German football player. He played his whole career for 1. FC Schweinfurt 05. Career On the national level he played for Germany national team (44 matches/2 goals), and was a participant at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He was a member of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win 10 out of 11 games played during that year. Kitzinger distinguished himself with assuredness on the ball and the calmness in which he distributed the ball. Together with Andreas Kupfer and Ludwig Goldbrunner he formed one of the best halves trios of the late-1930s. In 1937 he was called up to represent Western Europe in Amsterdam against Central Europe, and a year later he was selected to play in a FIFA Europe XI against England at Highbury Stadium.Bitter, Jürgen. ''Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler'', Sportverlag, 1997, p. 235. Altogether he starred in 826 games for his club Schwein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreisliga Bayern
The Kreisliga Bayern (English: ''District league Bavaria'') was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Bavaria and, later, the state of Bavaria from 1909 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Bayern in 1923. Overview 1907 to 1914 The league was formed in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany in the early 1900s. Within the structure of the Southern German football championship, four regional leagues were gradually established from 1907, these being: * Ostkreis-Liga, ''covering Bavaria'' * Nordkreis-Liga, ''covering Hesse'' * Südkreis-Liga, ''covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace'' * Westkreis-Liga, ''covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province'' In 1909, a first ''Ostkreis-Liga'' (English: ''Eastern District League'') was established, consisting of only four clubs and playing a home-and-away season, these clubs being: * Bayern Munich * 1. FC Nürnberg * MTV 1879 Mà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfR 07 Schweinfurt
Verein für Rasenspiele 1907 Schweinfurt e.V., called VfR 07 Schweinfurt, VfR Schweinfurt, or simply VfR 07, was a German association football club established in Schweinfurt (Bavaria) in 1907. The club dissolved in 2015 after it had gone bankrupt. VfR Schweinfurt experienced a number of successful years from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. The club appeared in the top-tier Gauliga Bayern for four seasons overall, and made it into the second round of the German Cup in 1940. After the Second World War, VfR 07 was not able to play any role on the national level. The club's home games were held at Stadion am Hutrasen in Schweinfurt from 1928 on. History Early years The football club was founded in May 1907 as ''1. FV Viktoria 1907 Schweinfurt''. After a fusion with ''FC Union 1909 Schweinfurt'' in May 1926, it obtained its name, lasting until 2015. In 1928 the team moved to Hutrasen, which was expanded to become a football stadium with a capacity of 6,000 (1941).Hardy Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main (river)
The Main () is the longest tributary of the Rhine. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, Hesse. The cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden are close to the confluence. The largest cities on the Main are Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main and Würzburg. It is the longest river lying entirely in Germany (if the Weser-Werra are considered separate). Geography The Main flows through the north and north-west of the state of Bavaria then across southern Hesse; against the latter it demarcates a third state, Baden-Württemberg, east and west of Wertheim am Main, the northernmost town of that state. The upper end of its basin opposes that of the Danube where the watershed is recognised by natural biologists, sea salinity studies (and hydrology science more broadly) as the European Watershed. The Main begins near Kulmbach in Franconia at the joining of its two headst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadion Am Hutrasen
Stadion am Hutrasen was a football stadium and is now a sports ground in Schweinfurt, Germany. It was the venue of 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and VfR 07 Schweinfurt, and is today used by ''Türkiyemspor SV-12 Schweinfurt'' for its home games. History In 1905, the City of Schweinfurt donated a lawn at Hutrasen, south of river Main, to newly established 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 as training ground and for its home games. At the end of the First World War, however, the club had to move to a court in close proximity. After interim use as agricultural area, in 1928 Hutrasen became the home to local competitor VfR 07 Schweinfurt, who expanded the ground into a football stadium with a capacity of 6,000 in 1941. At that time, the club of Germany international footballer Robert Bernard had a couple of successful seasons in the top tier Gauliga Bayern. In 1940, VfR Schweinfurt defeated Mühlheimer SV 06 2–1 at Stadion am Hutrasen in its first round match to the German Cup ( Tschammerpokal). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweinfurt 1905 First Team
Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agglomeration has 100,200 (2018) and the city's catchment area, including the Main-Rhön region and parts of South Thuringia, 759,000 inhabitants. Schweinfurt was first documented in 791 and is one of the oldest cities in Bavaria. Around 1000 the Margraves of Schweinfurt controlled large parts of northern Bavaria. From the 12th century until 1802 Schweinfurt was a Free imperial city within the Holy Roman Empire, around 1700 a humanistic centre and in 1770 began the 250-year industrial history. During World War II, the Americans suffered their biggest air defeat over Schweinfurt in the Second Raid on Schweinfurt ''(Black Thursday)''. On 11 April 1945, the US Army invaded the city. During the Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Regionalliga
The 2013–14 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the Regionalliga, the second under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga Nord – Holstein Kiel – and Regionalliga Nordost – RB Leipzig – as well as Regionalliga Südwest runners-up SV Elversberg were promoted to the 3. Liga. Alemannia Aachen, Babelsberg 03 and Kickers Offenbach were relegated from 3. Liga. Regionalliga Nord 18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga – Niedersachsenliga champions Eintracht Braunschweig II and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners Eintracht Norderstedt (4th place Oberliga Hamburg) and SV Eichede (champions Schleswig-Holstein-Liga). Three teams were relegated, unless the number of teams decreased below 18 for the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe XI
The Europe XI is an association football scratch team mainly consisting of players from the UEFA region but, on occasion, players hailing from other continents playing for European teams are invited to play. The European XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of other confederations, or a World XI made up of players from all the other continents. Because of this, no governing body in the sport officially recognises the team and each incarnation of the team is not seen as a continuation of any other. The causes for these games are anniversaries, testimonials or for charity Charity may refer to: Giving * Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons * Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing * Ch .... Proceeds earned from the games are donated to good causes and the players, coaching staff, and stadium owners are not paid for the event. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beating Hungary 4–2. Italy's 1934 and 1938 teams hold the distinction of being the only men's national team to win the World Cup multiple times under the same coach, Vittorio Pozzo. It would be the last World Cup until 1950 due to the disruption from World War II. Host selection France was chosen as host nation by FIFA in Berlin on 13 August 1936. France was chosen over Argentina and Germany in the first round of voting. The decision to hold a second consecutive tournament in Europe (after Italy in 1934) caused outrage in South America, where it was believed that the venue should alternate between the two continents. This was the last World Cup to be staged before the outbreak of the Second World War. Qualification Because of anger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
