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Introduction Of The 2. Bundesliga
The Introduction of the 2. Bundesliga was the step of establishing a professional second tier association football league in Germany in 1974. The new league, the 2. Bundesliga, played its first season in 1974–75 2. Bundesliga, 1974–75 and continues to be the second-highest league in the country. Its introduction reduced the number of second divisions in Germany from five to two and the number of teams at this level from 83 to 40. It eliminated the necessity of having a Promotion to the Bundesliga, promotion round at the end of the season to determine the two teams promoted to the Bundesliga. History Germany's second tier of football, the Regionalliga, had been established in 1963 with the introduction of the Bundesliga. The Regionalliga was played in five regional divisions, Regionalliga Nord (1963–74), North, Regionalliga West (1963–74), West, Regionalliga Süd (1963–74), South, Regionalliga Südwest (1963–74), South-West and Regionalliga Berlin (1963–74), Berlin. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The club has its origins in the coming together on 17 April 1899 of the memberships of the "wild" clubs Antipodia, Germania, and Minerva to create Fußball Club 1899 Osnabrück. This group joined Osnabrücker Ballverein 05 in 1920 to play as BV 1899 Osnabrück. Predecessor Osnabrücker BV 05 was the product of the 1905 merger of Fußball Club Edelweiß 1902 Osnabrück and Fußball Club Alemannia Osnabrück. This club made an appearance in the quarterfinals of the regional Westdeutsche (West German) final in 1910 where they were decisively put out (2–9) by Duisburger SV. The merger that created Verein für Leibesübungen Osnabrück took place in 1924 when BV was joined by Spiel- und Sport Osnabrück. Prior to 1921, SuS had played as the footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SC Concordia Hamburg
SC Concordia von 1907 was a German football club from Marienthal, a quarter in the Wandsbek borough of the city of Hamburg. In 2013, the club has merged with neighbours TSV Wandsbek-Jenfeld 81'(already having used their ground for a couple of years), renaming itself Wandsbeker TSV Concordia. History Early years The club was formed in 1907 as SC Concordia by a small group of seven enthusiastic cycle polo players, with football being only the second sport of the new association. However, cycle polo soon became unfashionable due to frequent crashes and football took over as the club's main interest. The club's name Concordia originated by Walter Stautz who saw it engraved in a medal. In 1923, when Wandsbeck, as it was spelt at the time, was still a town in Schleswig-Holstein, the club merged with another local club, Germania, and from 1937, when the town became a part of Greater Hamburg, the press started referring to them as Concordia Hamburg although officially, it was just SC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itzehoer SV
Itzehoer SV was a German association football club from the town of Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein. The club's greatest success was promotion to the tier-one Oberliga Nord, where it spent a single season in 1950–51. It also played in the then-second division Regionalliga Nord from 1965 to 1974. Itzehoe also made five appearances in the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, advancing to the second round just once, in 1977–78. In later times the club suffered from financial difficulties, merging with another local club and changing its name to Itzehoer FC but reverting to the old name in early 2015 until its folding in 2018. History Itzehoer SV was established on 3 October 1909 as FC Preußen 1909 Itzehoe and renamed to SV Preußen 1909 Itzehoe in 1919. In 1945 Preußen, VfL Eintracht Itzehoe and SC Askania Itzehoe 1911 merged to form Itzehoer SV. The club won the Schleswig-Holstein championship in 1920 but remained otherwise undistinguished. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSV Hannover
OSV Hannover is a German association football club based in the Oststadt district of Hanover, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded in 1923 as ''Freie Sportvereinigung Hannover Ost''. The club was dissolved in 1933 in the course of the Nazi regime's politically motivated reorganization of sport and football clubs throughout the country and re-constituted as ''Oststädter Sportverein Hannover''. In 1937, the club merged with the older side ''MTV Groß Buchholz'', which had been founded in 1923. After World War II the football side was associated with ''TuS Bothfeld 04'' until re-establishing themselves as an independent club in 1953. The club has an unremarkable history, noted only for three seasons spent in Regionalliga Nord from 1972 to 1974, and another two in the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979 and 1980. ''OSV'' re-established a facility sharing partnership with ''TuS Bothfeld 04'' in the mid-1970s, and had a close brush with bankruptcy in the early 1980s. The club slipped i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heider SV
Heider SV is a German association football club from the city of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was founded 14 October 1925 by what was the reserve side of '' VfL 05 Heide''. The reservists thought they were the better side and challenged the first team to a match, which they won. Despite this, no changes were made to the first team roster, so the reservists left to form ''SV''. __TOC__ History Small town on the big stage The team is known popularly as ''kleiner HSV'' (en: Little HSV), a play on the name of better known Hamburger SV. They represented the smallest town competing in top-flight German competition in the regional Oberliga Nord (I) in 1956–57 and 1960–61 against the likes of larger clubs including Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Werder Bremen, and FC St. Pauli. The club's appearances in the top flight were brief, but they were enthusiastically supported, regularly drawing large crowds. The highlight of Heider SV's 1956–57 season was a 2–0 victory over Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Meppen
SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football branch left ''TuS Meppen'' in 1921 to create a separate club called ''Sport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.''. SV Meppen spent a total of 11 years in the 2. Bundesliga. History Meppen have had a relatively quiet history playing in III and IV level circles, winning their first title of any sort when they claimed the Amateurliga Lower Saxony (IV) championship in 1961. They claimed a second title there in 1968 and then qualified for the Regionalliga Nord (II) in 1972. After league re-structuring in 1974 the team played in the Oberliga Nord (III) where they won the championship in 1987 and then emerged out the promotion playoffs to join the 2. Bundesliga. Generally, the side ended up in mid-table with their best finishes being 7th in 1994 and 6th i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TuS Bremerhaven 93
OSC Bremerhaven is a German sports club based in Bremerhaven, in the federal state of Bremen. History The club was founded in 1972 as ''Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven'' in a merger of various local football clubs including ''ATS Bremerhaven'', which has roots going back to 1859, ''Polizei Sportverein'', ''TuS Bremerhaven 93'', and the ''Judo-Klub''. They are the largest sports club in the city, claiming some 4500 members, but football is not their primary focus. Their minor league side currently competes at the tier V level after a decade spent in tiers II and III, from the mid-70s through to the mid-80s. OSC can make a strong claim to being the successor to ''TuS Bremerhaven 93'', which was officially disbanded in 1974. While many members of ''TuS 93'' joined OSC, others continued to field a separate football team until 1977. In 1991, the football players left OSC en masse to form ''FC Bremerhaven'', leaving OSC with just a rump side. The ''TuS 93'' was a quite successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfL Oldenburg
VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which plays in the Niedersachsenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system. The club has over 2,000 members in nine different sports departments including handball, American football, badminton, athletics, gymnastics and volleyball. History VfL Oldenburg were relegated from the German fifth tier (Oberliga) in 2009–10. In 2013, they returned to the Oberliga Niedersachsen as Landesliga Weser-Ems champions. In 2018, the club achieved promotion to the Regionalliga Nord. It was relegated back to the Oberliga after the 2018–19 season. In June 2021, it was announced that VfL Oldenburg had qualified for 2021–22 DFB-Pokal. The club was awarded the DFB-Pokal berth after a draw between the remaining participants of the Lower Saxony Cup, which had been abandoned amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Local derby rivalry VfL Oldenburg has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Arminia Hannover
SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded in 1910 as ''FC Arminia Hannover'' and merged with ''Rugby-Verein Merkur'' in 1918, becoming ''SV Arminia-Merkur''. Two years later they renamed themselves ''SV Arminia Hannover'' and captured the North German title. Through the 1920s and 1930s the club grew to include a number of other sports, but the football side did not earn any significant result, apart from the 1932–33 season when the club, under the English coach William Townley, advanced as far as the quarterfinals of the German Championship, where they were ousted by the eventual winners Fortuna Düsseldorf. During the Third Reich, the club played in the Gauliga Niedersachsen, later the Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig, generally as a top of the table side without winning another local championship. For the most part, the club played second tier ball through the 1950s and 1960s with their best pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis. History Foundation to WW II The earliest origins of the club go back to a pair of predecessor sides; ''Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck'' established on 1 April 1919 and ''Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck'' founded in 1921. ''SV Polizei Lübeck'' was the local police sports club. In 1931 it was merged with ''Verein für Rasensport Lübeck'', which was the product of the 1923 union of ''Fußball Club Alemannia 1905 Lübeck'' and ''Lübecker Fußball Club Germania 1913''. ''SVP'' played well enough to earn appearances in the playoff rounds of the senior north German circuit, but did not enjoy any success. ''VfR'' made only a single such appearance, in 1924. ''BSV Vorwärts Lübeck'' played in the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holstein Kiel
Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s the club was one of the most dominant sides in northern Germany. Holstein appeared regularly in the national playoffs, capturing their most important title, the German football championship in 1912, and finishing as vice-champions in 1910 and 1930. Holstein also won six regional titles and finished as runners-up another nine times. They remained a first-division side until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. History Foundation to WWII Holstein Kiel is the product of the merger of predecessor sides Kieler Fußball-Verein von 1900 and Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein. The earliest of these two sides was Kieler Fußball-Verein (later 1. KFV) established on 7 October 1900 out of the membership of the gymnastics club Kieler Mä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
