ASV Bergedorf is a German association football club from the borough of Bergedorf in the city state of

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. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that includes departments for Aikido,

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, dance, gymnastics,

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, swimming,

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, tennis, and

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History

The association was founded on 29 March 1885 as the gymnastics club ''Allgemeine Turnverein Bergedorf'' after breaking away from parent club ''Bergerdorfer Mannerturnverein 1860''. It merged with another gymnastics club, ''Arbeiter Turnverein Phönix Sande'', to form ''Freien Turnerschaft Bergedorf-Sande'' in 1911. A football department was formed within this club the following year. The renaming of the city district of Sande in 1929 led to the association adopting the name ''Freie Turnerschaft Bergedorf-Lohbrügge''. As a workers club, the team played in the

Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund The Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund (ATSB or Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation) was a national German sports organization active between 1893-1933. The organization actively promoted leftist political views built around class struggle and na ...

(ATSB). With the rise to power of the

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this league was dissolved and many workers clubs disappeared or became part of associations that were more politically palatable to the regime. ''FT'' slipped to lower-tier play until the end of World War II when all organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were ordered dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. The club was re-established on 20 January 1946 as ''ASV Bergedorf 1885''. The club enjoyed some success immediately after the war advancing out of fourth tier city league play into the second division Verbandsliga Alster by 1948. The team continued to play at that level in the Amateurliga Hamburg (II) until earning promotion to the top flight Oberliga Nord in 1958. They earned lower table results there until the 1963 formation of the

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, Germany's first professional football league, when ''ASV'' became part of the new Regionalliga Nord (II). The club continued to earn lower table finishes here until finally relegated to the

Verbandsliga Hamburg The Oberliga Hamburg, sometimes referred to as ''Hamburg-Liga'', is the highest league in the German state of Hamburg, incorporating some of its surrounding districts. It is one of fourteen Oberligen in German football, the fifth tier of the Germa ...

(III) in 1969. Their slide continued as the Verbandliga became a fourth-tier circuit in 1974 and fifth tier in 1994 through league re-structuring. Nowadays the club plays in the tier seven Bezirksliga, for a time not having fielded its own team at all after the football department left the club in 2009 to join newly formed FC Bergedorf 85.Geschichte
FC Bergedorf 85 website – Club history, accessed: 18 March 2015

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 1972, 1976, 1978 *

Verbandsliga Hamburg-Germania The Verbandsliga Hamburg-Germania was the fourth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the Verbandsliga Hamburg-Hansa and Verbandsliga Hamburg-Hammonia, until its dis ...

(III) ** Champions: 1948 *

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** Winners: 1992, 2003

Stadium

''ASV'' plays its home fixtures in the ''Sander Tannen'' stadium. in Lohbrügge in Hamburg. Image:Sander tannen.jpg, View from south to north Image:Sander tannen 2.jpg, Back straight Image:Sander tannen 3.jpg, Main bridge

References

External links

Official team siteHomepage of the gym sectorDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergedorf 85, Asv Football clubs in Hamburg Association football clubs established in 1912 Sports clubs established in 1885 1885 establishments in Germany