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Gymnastics Society Sibiu (, ) was a German sport club based in
Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...
. At that time the city was part of
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History

The Sibiu Gymnastics Club was founded on 30 October 1862 and aimed at youth education. With a decree of 1865, school gymnastics was a compulsory subject, so that the Gymnastics Society Sibiu initially functioned almost exclusively as an academic club from that date. From about 1870 the fencing operations began and in 1891 the Gymnastics Society of Sibiu changed the named in Sibiu Men Turnverein (in German). From 1890 Turnfeste were organized regularly, their general interest led to the creation of a women's team in the girls' gymnastics in September 1896. In 1897, they return to the name of Hermannstädter Turnverein (in German). In 1903 first tennis matches was carried out by the Gymnastics Society Sibiu. Until the outbreak of
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was a lively turning operation, which could then be resumed only in January 1919. In the spring of 1919 the first football matches were held in Sibiu. They played four seasons in Romanian Football Final Championship, and the best performance is playing the final in 1930–31. They lost the final against
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. The football team disbanded after
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Divizia A


Performances

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Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
Runners-up (1): 1930–31 *
Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...
(1): 1934–35


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Societatea Gimnastica Sibiu Association football clubs disestablished in 1945 Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Association football clubs established in 1919 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Sibiu County Sport in Sibiu 1919 establishments in Romania 1945 disestablishments in Romania German organizations in Romania