Eintracht Duisburg is a German sportsclub from the city of
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in Nor ...
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
. Founded in 1848 it is one of the country's oldest sport associations.
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History
The history of the club includes the mergers of a number of earlier clubs, the most important of these being the ''Duisburger Turngemeinde für Erwachsene von 1848'' – predecessor of the ''Duisburger Spielverein'' – and ''TuS Duisburg 48/99''. It was these two sides that fused to create today's club on 24 July 1964.
Duisburger Spielverein
![Duisburger SV](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Duisburger_SV.png)
Duisburger SV was one of the most successful sides of early football in western Germany. The team was formed out of Duisburger TfE on 22 March 1900 on the initiative of Gottfried Hinz, who would later go on to become president of the
German Football Association
The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of t ...
(Deutscher Fußball Bund). Between 1900 and 1913, SV made regular appearances in the national playoffs, twice advancing to the semi-finals, and contesting the final in 1913 against