1. Münchner FC 1896 was a German association football club in

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whose origins were in the formation on 5 September 1896 of the club ''Terra Pila'' (Latin: earth + ball)Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag by a group of students playing football on the city's

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, which is today the official ground of the Munich

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. Both ''1. FC'' and '' FC Nordstern München'' laid claim to being the earliest football club in the city and were made up primarily of students. Alongside '' FC Bavaria 1899 München'', these clubs are notable as founding members of the

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(Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at

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in 1900. ''1. FC'' was split in two in 1898 when a number of members whose enthusiasm was for climbing left to form the ''Bergaffen'' or ''Mountain Monkeys''. The footballers of ''Terra Pila'' carried on, with some leaving to become part of the football department of '' TV München 1860'' while others formed ''1. Münchner Fußball-Club von 1896'' in 1899. This team provided the opposition in the first ever match played by ''

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'' in March 1900, who won the game 5:2. ''1. FC'' continued to play in local and regional football competition until 1910 when for some reason not explained in the club chronicle they abandoned the game. However, the association remained active until 1960 as a

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club. A later, unrelated club was formed in 1933 out of the merger of ''Deutscher SV München'' and ''FC Teutonia München'' to play as ''1. FC München'' in the

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. The union was short-lived and ended in 1936.

References

* "München und der Fußball",

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