FC Anker Wismar is a German association football club based in

Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

, Germany, currently playing in the

Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the ...

History

The club's origins date back to 1904 when ''FC Elite Wismar'' were established. The following year, the club was renamed to ''Wismarer FC 1905''. From 1909 the club was known as ''Germania Wismar'' and during the World War II, ''TSV Wismar'' played in the

Gauliga Nordmark The Gauliga Nordmark was the highest football league in the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and the German states of Hamburg, Lübeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and parts of Oldenburg from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the ...

. After the war, the club was renamed no less than four more times (''SG Wismar Süd'', ''ZSG Anker Wismar'', ''BSG Anker Wismar'' and ''BSG Motor Wismar'') before settling on the name ''TSG Wismar'' under which they played in the

DDR-Liga The DDR-Liga (English: GDR League or ''East German League'') was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic, commonly East Germany), bei ...

(prior to

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

) up until 1997 when the club was finally renamed FC Anker Wismar and as such they have become champions of the

four times – in 2000, 2004, 2010 and 2015. On each occasion the club won promotion to the

NOFV-Oberliga Nord The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of the former East Germany and West Berlin. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and northern Saxony ...

but was relegated back to the Verbandsliga again the previous three times after a short time.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesFC Anker Wismar at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Honours

The club's honours: *

** Champions: 2000, 2004, 2010, 2015

References

External links

* Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Germany Works association football clubs in Germany {{Germany-footyclub-stub