Stern Breslau was a German association football club from the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia (today

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). It was established in 1920 as the workers' club ''BSG Großmarkhalle Breslau'' and by 1921 was playing as ''Sportverein Stern Breslau''. It was part of the

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, (ATSB or en:Workers Gymnastics and Sports Federation), a leftist national sports organization which organized a football competition and championship separate from that of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:

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). ''Stern'' is notable as the losing side in the 1924 league final where they were beaten by '' Dresdner SV 10'' 6:1.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag This was the first of four consecutive titles for the Dresden club. In 1933, workers' and faith-based teams were banned by the

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as politically undesirable. The membership of ''Stern'' reorganized itself as '' 1. Fußball Club Breslau'' which went on to play a single season in the top-flight regional Gauliga Niederschlesien in 1938–39. ''1. FC'' disappeared following

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when the city became part of Poland.

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