Werderaner FC Viktoria 1920 is a
German football club based in
Werder (Havel)
Werder (Havel) (official name derived from ''Werder an der Havel'' ("Werder upon Havel"), colloquially just ''Werder'') is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the sta ...
,
Brandenburg.
Werderaner FC Viktoria 1920 is the only football club in Brandenburg that plays on an
island.
History
The club was established on 11 July 1920 as the football department of ''Brandenburger Sport Club Victoria 1889''. The footballers became independent in 1923 and were active in local competition.
After World War II, sports and football clubs throughout Germany were disbanded by
occupying Allied authorities. The Werder side was reestablished in 1946 as ''Sportgemeinschaft Vorwärts Werder'' and became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied
East Germany, playing in the Bezirksklasse Brandenburg Süd-West (III). Like other East German clubs, the team underwent frequent name changes playing as ''
Betriebssportgemeinschaft
Sports Associations (german: Sportvereinigung (SV), ) in East Germany were nation-wide sports agencies for certain economic branches of the whole society, which were members of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB) Members of biggest social em ...
Rat der Stadt Werder'' (1949), ''BSG Chemie Werder'' (1951) and ''BSG Werder Rotation'' (1953). In 1959, a number of local sports clubs were merged to create ''BSG Einheit Werder'' which included a football department.
Following
German reunification
German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...
, the football department again became independent as ''Werder Fußball Club Viktoria 1920''. The current day sports club has over 450 members and the football side was part of the
Landesliga
The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore ...
Brandenburg-Nord (VII) until earning promotion to the
Brandenburg-Liga in 2011, where it plays today.
[Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv]
Historical German domestic league tables[Werderaner FC Viktoria at Fussball.de]
Tables and results of all German football leagues
Honours
The club's honours:
* Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord
** Champions: 2011
References
External links
Werderaner FC Viktoria 1920
Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Brandenburg
Association football clubs established in 1920
Sport in Potsdam
1920 establishments in Germany
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