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Schwaben Cup
The Schwaben Cup (German: ''Schwäbischer Pokal'') was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (German: ''Schwaben''), played from 1947 to 2009. Overview The competition was first played in 1947, before the reintroduction of the German Cup. With the introduction of the national cup competition, the Schwaben Cup also became a qualifying competition for it. The Schwaben Cup has been played annually since 1947 with the exception of 1956 and 1957, when it was not held. The competition was open to all senior men's teams from the Bezirk of Schwaben and clubs that play in the Schwaben football league system. However, it was not open to professional teams, meaning a club in the Bundesliga or 2. Bundesliga could not take part. The FC Augsburg, record winner of the competition, currently in the second division, would therefore not have been able to enter its first team. The competition was also open to reserve sides. From 1998, the Schwaben Cup winner w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. Taking place from August until May, the winner qualifies for the DFL-Supercup and the UEFA Europa League unless the winner already qualifies for the UEFA Champions League in the Bundesliga. The competition was founded in 1935, then called the '' Tschammer-Pokal''. The first titleholders were 1. FC Nürnberg. In 1937, Schalke 04 were the first team to win the double. The Tschammer-Pokal was suspended in 1944 due to World War II and disbanded following the demise of Nazi Germany. In 1952–53, the cup was reinstated in West Germany as the ''DFB-Pokal'', named after the DFB, and was won by Rot-Weiss Essen. (FDGB-Pokal, the East German equivalent, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allgäu
The Allgäu (Standard German: , also Allgovia) is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia, southeastern Baden-Württemberg, and parts of Austria. The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the Alps. The main rivers flowing through the Allgäu are the Lech and Iller. Allgäu is not an administrative unit. The alpine regions of the Allgäu rise over 2,000 metres in elevation and are popular for winter skiing. The Allgovian area is notable for its beautiful landscapes and is popular for vacations and therapeutic stays.Its scenic countryside can be seen in Asmus, C. and Bufe, S. "Dampflokomotiven im Allgau" (1977, Hermann Merker). It is well known in Germany for its farm produce, especially dairy products including ''Hirtenkäse'' ("herdsman's cheese") and Bergkäse ("mountain cheese"). Besides tourism and dairy products, another important economic sector is the building of industrial equipment and machines. Fendt tractors, develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Aichach
The BC Aichach is a German association football club from the town of Aichach, Bavaria. The club has been part of the Landesliga Bayern-Süd over most of the past five decades, playing 29 seasons there since 1963. Only ''TSV 1860 Rosenheim'' (36 seasons) and ''FC Gundelfingen'' (31 seasons) have spent more time in the league. In 1988, ''BCA'' won the Schwaben Cup, a qualifying competition for the German Cup, but failed to advance out of the preliminary rounds. ''Aichach'' should not be confused another club out of Bavarian Swabia also commonly referred to as ''BCA'', the now defunct side ''BC Augsburg'', whose logo was very similar in appearance. History The club was formed on 17 October 1917. Because of its connection to the Catholic church, ''BC'' was forced to merge with the gymnastics club ''TSV Aichach'' in 1933 by the Nazis who opposed faith-based and left-leaning workers' clubs. It regained its independence in 1945 following World War II. ''BCA'' became a founding membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSV Rain Am Lech
The TSV Rain am Lech is a German association football club from the town of Rain am Lech, Bavaria. The club's most notable achievement has been qualifying for the tier four Regionalliga Bayern in 2012, where it played for two seasons before relegation in 2014. It returned to this league for a single season after a Bayernliga title in 2015. The club has also qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, once, courtesy of a runners-up finish in the Bavarian Cup. History The club was formed in 1896 under the name TV Rain am Lech as a gymnastics club. A football department was however not formed, instead, the FC Rain am Lech came into being on 31 August 1920 and took up the sport. While the two clubs existed independently for many years, in 1941 a forced merger formed the TSG Rain am Lech. The worsening war situation had made this step necessary but activities were severely limited in the coming years. With the end of the Second World War, this forced merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSV Gersthofen
The TSV Gersthofen is a German association football club from the town of Gersthofen, Bavaria. The club's most outstanding achievements were six seasons spend in the third-division Amateurliga Bayern South in the late 1950s and early 1960s and qualifying for the first round of the German Cup in 1980. Experiencing a revival in recent years, ''TSV'' achieved promotion back to Bavaria's highest league in 2011 for the first time in almost 50 years. History While the club itself dates back to 1909, the football department was only formed in 1926, initially as an independent club, the Eintracht Gersthofen. In 1934, this club then joined TSV Gersthofen.Chronik TSV Gersthofen website – Club history, accessed: 22 June 2011 ''Eintracht'', and later ''TSV'', played in the local amateur leagues of Swabia, never quite breaking through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfL Günzburg
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It includes teams from clubs based in the eastern states of Australia: Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, and includes reserves teams for the east coast AFL clubs. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and it has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present-day VFL is referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present-day Australian Football League, which in turn was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is thus referred to as the VFL/AFL. The VFA was formed in 1877 and is the second-oldest Australian rules football league, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the early years of the game. Initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TG Viktoria Augsburg
TG Viktoria Augsburg is a German association football club based in the Hochfeld quarter of Augsburg, Bavaria. History The club's roots are traced to an ancestor club ''ATV Augsburg'' which was established on 22 April 1897 and was renamed ''Turngemeinschaft Augsburg'' in 1919. In 1910 gymnasts from ''TV 1847 Augsburg'' and ''MTV Augsburg'' founded another club ''Fußballverein Viktoria Augsburg''. ''FV'' won the Southern German cup in 1921. ''ATV'' was forced to fold in 1933 under the Nazi prohibition of faith-based and workers' clubs which were deemed politically unacceptable. Due to wartime conditions, ''FV'' closed down in 1939 and did not re-open until 1946, when it was merged with a refounded ''TG Augsburg'' to become ''Turngemeinschaft Viktoria Augsburg''. The footballers first came to prominence after the Second World War when they played in the then-second tier Amateurliga Bayern The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SpVgg Kaufbeuren
SpVgg Kaufbeuren is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the town of Kaufbeuren, Bavaria. The roots of the association are in the establishment on 8 August 1858 of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade Turnfeuerwehr Kaufbeuren. __TOC__ History They later became simply a gymnastics club known as Turnverein Kaufbeuren and in 1909 a football department was established. This department became independent as Spielvereinigung Kaufbeuren in 1920. The footballers have played quietly as a local side for most of their existence. In 1939 they took part in a promotion playoff for the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen top-flight divisions created in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The attempt to advance failed as they went down 1–11 and 1–7 to TSV Schwaben Augsburg. The team also made an appearance in 1941 in the preliminary round of play for the Tschammer-Pokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup), that ended in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Memmingen
FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria. History The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club ''Memminger Turnvereins 1859'' and became independent in the fall of that year. They re-joined ''TV'' on 14 February 1919 before regaining their independence in March 1924 as ''FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Rasensport und Leibesübungen''. The association later adopted its current name, ''FC Memmingen 07 Verein für Leibesübungen''. Prior to World War II the team captured seven local titles at various levels of play. In 1933 it took part in qualification play for the Gauliga Bayern, one of sixteen new top-flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich, but dropped a 2:3 decision to ''BC Augsburg''. ''FCM'' made a first appearance in the top-league of Bavaria in 1953, when, after finishing second in the 2nd Amateurliga Schwaben, the club was admitted to the new Amateu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Kempten
FC Kempten is German association football club based in Kempten, Bavaria. History The team was established in 1903 as the football department of gymnastics club ''Männerturnvereins Kempten''. In 1907 the parent association merged with two other local gymnastics clubs to form ''Turnverein 1856 Kempten'' and on 21 September 1908 the footballers went their own way as an independent side known as ''Fußball Club Kempten''. The footballers briefly re-joined ''TV'' in 1923, but resumed their independence two years later. Following World War II ''FC Kempten'' played in the Amateurliga Bayern-Süd (III) between 1957 and 1963 where they earned mid-table results. As a result of league restructuring in 1963 they slipped to fourth-tier play in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd. Over the next several decades ''Kempten'' played as an unremarked side in fourth- and fifth-tier competition. In 1999 the club emerged as the champions of the Landesliga Süd (V) and won promotion to the Bayernliga (IV) f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSV 1861 Nördlingen
The TSV 1861 Nördlingen is a German football club in the town of Nördlingen, Schwaben, formed in 1861. It plays its home games at the Gerd-Müller-Stadion which has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. Apart from football, the club offers 14 other sports departments, the most successful by far being the basketball-department which currently has a men's and women's team in the 2. Basketball Bundesliga (II). Basketball The club has two very successful basketball teams, the men's team now named Giants Nördlingen and the women's WWK Donau-Ries Nördlingen. Both the men's and women's team played in the 2. Basketball Bundesliga in 2008. The women's team belonged to the Basketball-Bundesliga for many years from 1989 before voluntarily withdrawing to the second division. The men's team won the Basketball-Regionalliga South-East (III) in 2003 and played in the 2. Bundesliga-Süd (II) which now is called 2. Bundesliga Pro-A until 2008, when the team achieved promotion to the Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BSK Olympia Neugablonz
The BSK Olympia Neugablonz is a German association football club from the Neugablonz suburb of the city of Kaufbeuren, Bavaria. The suburb of Neugablonz in Kaufbeuren was formed after the Second World War, when refugees from the former German speaking territories in the Czech Republic, mainly from the region around the city of Gablonz, now Jablonec nad Nisou, settled there. While the name Neugablonz quickly became the common name for the suburb, it was not until August 1952, that it was officially recognised, almost two years after the football club BSK Neugablonz was formed by the former residents of Gablonz.Historie – Chronik des BSK Olympia BSK Neugablonz website – History, accessed: 9 July 2009 During the Second World War, the area that was to become Neugablonz was an |
