Mittweidaer Ballspielclub, or simply Mittweidaer BC, was a
German association football club from the town of
Mittweida,
Saxony. The club is notable as the first side in the city and as a
founding member of the
DFB (Deutsche Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at
Leipzig in 1900.
History
Mittweidaer Ballspielclub was founded on 5 May 1896 by 12 students of the
Mittweida technical school in Mittweida. The club's first chairman was
Udo Steinberg
Udo Steinberg Werle (13 June 1877 – 25 December 1919) was a German engineer, athlete and sports official who played football as a forward for the Spanish club FC Barcelona between 1902 and 1910. He is best known for being the author of Barça's ...
, one of the founding members. On 28 January 1900, Steinberg was sent to
Leipzig as one of Mittweida's delegates at the founding meeting of the DFB in the restaurant ''Zum Mariengarten''.
Another well-known member of the MBC is the multiple German champion in the 110 meter hurdles
Vincenz Duncker. The team played in the Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Verband as an anonymous local side through most of its history with few exceptions.
Mittweida BC was the breeding from of some of the very first Spanish football stars, such as
Antonio Alonso and
Adolfo Uribe
Adolfo Miguel Ángel de Uribe Olano (29 September 1882 – after 1907) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club. He is best known for scoring Bilbao's only goal in the 1906 Copa del Rey Final.
Playing career Mittweida
...
from
Vigo,
Juan Arzuaga
Juan Sandalio Arzuaga Anitua (3 September 1880 – 26 August 1951) was a Spanish Association football, footballer who played as a Association football positions#Defender, defender for Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club, and later a Manager (associatio ...
from
Bilbao, and
Virgilio Da Costa and Udo Steinberg from
Barcelona.
''BC'' took part in the 1909–10 playoffs and were put out 6–0 by
VfB Leipzig in a semi-final contest. Their next league playoff appearance was in the 1915–16 season, when they were eliminated 7–0 by
Eintracht Leipzig.
In the 1944–45 season, they were united with
Germania Mittweida as the wartime side (Kriegspielgemeinschaft) ''KSG Mittweida''. "BC" was lost after
World War II, while ''Germania'' re-emerged as ''SG Mittweida'' and appeared in the first division Landesliga Sachsen in 1948–49 before slipping to lower level play.
References
* Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag
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Football clubs in Germany
Defunct football clubs in Saxony
Association football clubs established in 1896
1896 establishments in Germany
Association football clubs disestablished in 1945
1945 disestablishments in Germany
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