SV Hindenburg Allenstein was a German football club from the city of Allenstein, East Prussia (present-day

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). The club was formed in 1921 as ''Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein'' and was named for German field marshal and Reichs President

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. Sometime in 1935 it became a military side and played as ''Standort-Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein''. The team first came to notice in 1932 by capturing the Baltenverband title and advancing to the national playoff round where they were put out in an eighth-final match by ''

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'' (0:6). They repeated as division champions again the next season and beat ''

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'' 4:1 on their way to a re-match with ''Eintracht'' in the quarterfinals. ''Frankfurt'' again came away victorious this time drubbing ''Allenstein'' by a 12:2 score. In 1933, German football was re-organized under the

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into sixteen top-flight regional divisions and ''SV'' joined the

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. They finished atop their group within the division before going down 2:3 to ''

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'' in the division final. Now playing as ''Standort-Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein'', the team won the Gauliga Allenstein group within the Gauliga Ostpreußen in 1935, and this time emerged as overall division champions by beating '' SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg'' (2:0, 7:2). However, they fared poorly in their subsequent national playoff round appearance. ''SSV'' repeated their group and division wins in the 1936–37 season and again advanced to the opening round of the national playoffs, this time by defeating ''

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'' (0:0, 7:0). The team also made appearances in play for the Tschammerspokal, predecessor to the present day

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(German Cup) in three consecutive years from 1936 to 1938.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ''Allenstein'' won the Gauliga Ostpreußen outright in 1939 and made one last appearance in the national playoffs before military sides were no longer permitted to take part in general competition. Following the end of World War II in 1945 the club disappeared when the city and parts of East Prussia became part of Poland.

Honours

* Baltic football champions: 1932 *

champions: 1936, 1937, 1939

References

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables

External links

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