BFC Frankfurt Berlin was a German association football club that played in

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. Founded on 5 May 1885, the club's unusual name was taken from the hometown of founder and president George Leux. The Leux family was well known as sportsmen in

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and George had come to Berlin to order to be better able to pursue his career as an artist. Initially, the team played

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becoming popular in continental Europe at the time, but by the end of the decade rugby had been given up for association football. ''Frankfurt'' played in several of Berlin's early football leagues and were city champions in the Allgemeiner Deutscher Sport Bund in 1898 after finishing second to '' BTuFC Britannia 1892'' the year before. The first match known to be played between clubs from two different German cities saw ''BFCF'' defeat ''Bremer FC Teutonia'' 5:0 on 11 March 1894. ''BFC Frankfurt'' folded after only a brief existence with the club's members leaving to join ''

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'', which in turn became part of current day club '' Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin''. Nonetheless, ''BFC Frankfurt'' is recognized as one of the earliest football clubs formed in Germany – with some sources marking it as the country's first – and it was also one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at

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in 1900.

Honours

* Allgemeinen Deutschen Sport Bundes champions: 1898 * Allgemeinen Deutschen Sport Bundes vice-champions: 1897 {{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin Frankfurt BFC Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in Berlin Association football clubs established in 1885 Defunct rugby union clubs in Germany Rugby union in Berlin

BFC Frankfurt BFC Frankfurt Berlin was a German association football club that played in Berlin. Founded on 5 May 1885, the club's unusual name was taken from the hometown of founder and president George Leux. The Leux family was well known as sportsmen in ...