TSG Bergedorf is a German association football club from the borough of

Bergedorf Bergedorf () is the largest of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany, named after Bergedorf quarter within this borough. In 2020 the population of the borough was 130,994. History The city of Bergedorf received town privileges in 1275, then ...

in the city of

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. The origins of the club are in the formation of the gymnastics club ''Bergerdorfer Mannerturnverein'' in 1860. In the 1880s two other clubs emerged from this parent association; ''Bergedorfer Turnerschaft 1880'' and '' Allgemeiner Turnerverein Bergedorf von 1885''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag __TOC__

History

''MTV'' remained active and in 1915–16 during

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was part of the wartime sports club ''Kriegsverein Bergedorf'' alongside partner ''Bergedorfer TS 1880''. After the war ''TS'' was joined by ''Fußball Club Eintracht 1910 Bergedorf'' in 1919 and two years later re-joined ''MTV'' to form ''Bergedorfer Turnerschaft 1860''. The short-lived club ''Sportverein Stern Bergedorf'' was formed out of ''BTS 1860'' in 1925, but was lost in 1929. On 20 February 1965, ''BTS 1860'' was joined by ''Spiel- und Sport Bergedorf 1902'' to form the present-day side ''Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft Bergedorf von 1860''. The merger with ''SuS'' brought together again a number of successor sides that had emerged from ''BTS 1880''. ''Bergedorfer Fußball Club'' was formed out of ''1880'' in 1902 and ''Bergedorfer Sportverein'' followed in 1904. These two clubs merged in 1918 to form ''SuS''. During

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''SuS'' played alongside ''Bergedorfer Sportverein 1933'' (today ''SV Nettelnburg-Allermöhe'') as ''Kriegspielgemeinschaft SuS Bergedorf-33'' from 1939 to 1944. In 1944 and 45 ''SuS'' was briefly partnered with '' VfL Lohbrügge 1892'' as ''KSG SuS Bergedorf/Lohbrügge''. Following the war ''SuS'' was a longtime third division club playing without any real distinction in the Bezirksklasse Hamburg and Verbandsliga Hamburg from the late 1940s, through the 1950s and on into the early 1960s. The formation of the new first division

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in 1963 and the related reorganization of German football saw ''SuS'' become a fourth tier side. The merger that created ''TSG'' helped propel the club to the Amateurliga Hamburg (III) by way of a

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(IV) title in 1965. They played 6 season there from 1965 to 1969 and 1971 to 1973. Nowadays the club plays in the tier eight Kreisliga after a Kreisklasse championship in 2015.

Honours

Verbandsliga Hamburg-Hammonia The Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the ''Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa''. It is named after the Latin word for Hamburg, Hamm ...

(IV) ** Champions: 1965

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables Football clubs in Hamburg Sport in Hamburg 1860 establishments in Germany Association football clubs established in 1860 {{Hamburg-stub