Malchower SV is a German association football club based in Malchow,

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord. The club was established on 26 July 1990, but traces its tradition back to the city's earliest sides.

History

''Malchower Fussballclub'' and the worker's sports club ''Arbeitersportverein Kloster-Malchow'' were established in 1911. Worker's clubs were regarded as politically undesirable under the Third Reich and these two sides were merged in 1938 to form the ideologically palatable club ''Verein für Leibesübungen Malchow''. Following World War II, organizations across the country, including football and sports clubs, were disbanded by occupying Allied authorities as part of the postwar

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program. ''Sportgemeinde Malchow'' was formed in 1946 out of the memberships of the pre-war clubs. On 6 August 1949, ''SG'' was split into two clubs: ''SG Malchow'' and ''BSG Tufama''. Just a year later the football sides of these two clubs were reunited as ''BSG Fortschritt Malchow''. The city was located in the Soviet occupation zone and the football club was part of the separate football competition that emerged in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. ''SV'' was a lower tier local side throughout its history in East German competition. With the reunification of the country in 1990, the membership of ''Fortschritt'' organized themselves as ''Malchower Sportverein'' and became part of the single national competition in the Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI) out of the Bezirksliga Neubrandenburg. The Landesliga became the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1996. ''SV'' was relegated for a single season in 1996 with their best result coming as a second-place finish in 2007 and 2009. The latter result advanced the team to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) where they play today.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesMalchower SV at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Honours

The club's honours: * Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ** Runners-up: 2007, 2009

References

External links

Malchower SV
{{NOFV-Oberliga Nord Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Association football clubs established in 1990 1990 establishments in East Germany