SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg,

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

(today Kaliningrad, Russia). The club was founded in early 1904 as ''Fußball-Club Prussia Königsberg'' and in 1908 merged with ''Sportzirkel Samland Königsberg 1904'' to form ''Sportvereinigung Prussia-Samland Königsberg''. The combined side captured its first

Baltenverband The Baltic football championship () was the highest association football competition in the Prussian provinces of East Prussia, Pomerania and West Prussia. The competition was disbanded in 1933. It should not be confused with the Baltic Cup, a ...

championship in 1910 by beating ''

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'' 2:1 and went on to take part in opening qualification round of the national championship. ''SV'' took additional regional titles in 1913 and 1914 and in both seasons was able to advance to the national quarterfinals before being put out by '' Viktoria 89 Berlin'' (1:6) and '' VfB Leipzig'' (1:4). The club played at Sportplatz Prussia-Samland on Steffeckstraße on the western outskirts of

Amalienau The Villa Schmidt, built in 1903, has been maintained in Kaliningrad Amalienau was a suburban quarter of western Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Tsentralny District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Amalienau originally con ...

. ''Königsberg'' made just two more appearances in the Baltenverband end round through the 1920s before again capturing regional titles and making national level playoff showings in 1931 and 1933. The club became part of the first division Gauliga Ostpreußen, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933. They won their group in 1935, but lost the subsequent division final to '' Yorck Boyen Insterburg'' (1:5, 1:2). Playing in the Gauliga Königsberg within the Gauliga Ostpreußen, ''SV'' took group titles in 1936 and 1938, but was unable to win the overall division. They took part in the opening round of the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup), in 1941Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag . The team played out its existence as a mid- to lower table side in the Gauliga Ostpreußen and disappeared in 1945 after the area was annexed by the Soviet Union following World War II.

Honours

* Baltic football champions: 1910, 1913, 1914, 1931, 1933

References

External links

Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig
(en:Football in East Prussia and Danzig)
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Konigsberg, Prussia-Samland Football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in former German territories Association football clubs established in 1904 Association football clubs disestablished in 1945 Sport in Königsberg