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History

The club was founded 5 September 1909 in the Gastwirtschaft Franz Squar as ''Sportverein Viktoria Stolp'' and the next year grew with the addition of ''Fußball-Club Britannia Stolp''. In the 1911–12 season, the team made its first appearance in the playoffs of the Baltenverband where they were convincingly put out (0:7) in a quarterfinal match versus '' BuEV Danzig''. They slipped into obscurity for the next two decades before becoming champions of the Pommern division in 1932. They beat ''

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'' where they lost 0:3. The next year, German football was re-organized under the

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into sixteen top-flight divisions known as Gauliga and ''Viktoria'' joined the eastern group of the

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where they enjoyed considerable success through the 1930s, winning four division championships. However, they were unable to translate those victories into success on the national stage, failing to advance out of opening round group play in the German championship. The team also took part in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to today's

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(German Cup), in 1936, 1939, and 1941, being put out in the second round in each appearance. ''Stolp'' continued to field strong sides in the early 1940s, but were only able to capture the Gauliga Pommern-Ost group title once more in 1942 before losing the overall division final 1:6 to '' Luftwaffe Sport-Verein Pütnitz''. Play in the Gauliga Pommern ended after the 1943–44 season as World War II overtook the region. ''Victoria Stolp'' disappeared after the war when the city and surrounding area became part of Poland.

Honours

*Baltenverband (Pommern) champions: 1932 *

champions: 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939

Stadium

''SV Viktoria Stolp'' played its earliest home matches in the Auker-Sportplatz (1909–23) which had a capacity of 2,500. Between 1923 and 1937 they played in the Viktoria-Sportplatz Elysium (capacity 3,000) until the facility was demolished.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag They inaugurated the Hindenburg-Kampfbahn on the occasion of a visit by Reichspräsident Hindenburg (capacity 15,000, 1,600 seats).

References

Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig
(en: Football in East Prussia and Danzig)
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Stolp, Viktoria Football clubs in Germany Association football clubs established in 1909 Association football clubs disestablished in 1945 Defunct football clubs in former German territories History of Pomerania Sport in Słupsk