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45-524: Fussball Klub Straßburg was founded on 19 May 1890 and played in the VSFV (Verband Süddeutscher Fussballvereine or Federation of South German Football Teams). A merger with FC Celeritas Straßburg on 24 December 1898 led to the team being renamed Fussball Verein Straßburg . The club won the league title in 1899 with a 4:3 victory over Karlsruher FV . The two teams played a re-match in the following year's final, but

90-515: A French amateur side through the 60s. Their latest honours, nearly a quarter century old, are a fourth division national title and a Coupe d'Alsace win in the early 80s. In addition to fielding a football team, the club also has athletics and basketball departments. Karlsruher FV The Karlsruher Fußball-Verein e. V. is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg . Established on 17 November 1891, KFV

135-661: A German international match record that still stands. Fuchs and his fellow player Julius Hirsch were the only Jewish players to ever represent the Germany national team. KFV made its re-appearance after the First World War, first in the Kreisliga Südwest and then in the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden , Gruppe Baden with the capture of the league championship in 1926. While they went on to dominate their division,

180-570: A football that was in good condition. The host, FC 93 Altona Hamburg , provided a new ball, and 11 minutes in, DFC Prag scored the first goal. At the end of the first half, the score stood at 1–1, but VfB Leipzig then pulled away to emerge as the first winners of the Viktoria Meisterschaftstrophäe ("Victoria Championship Trophy"), representative of German football supremacy, on the strength of a decisive 7–2 victory. VfB Leipzig played themselves into another final appearance in 1904, but

225-439: A general reorganization in 1965, creating football clubs as centres of high-level football, during which the football department of SC Leipzig was separated from the sports club and reformed into football club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , while rival Chemie Leipzig continued as a Betriebssportgemeinschaft (BSG) , or corporate team. Like most East German clubs, it was assigned to a publicly owned enterprise as its "sponsor". In

270-577: A hand in founding the Frankfurter Kickers a predecessor side to Eintracht Frankfurt . As well, Bensemann established kicker , Germany's first football magazine. KFV was one of Germany's most successful sides in the years before the First World War . The club captured the South German title eight times from 1901 to 1912, leading to national final appearances in 1905, 1910, and 1912. KFV figures in

315-559: A neutral venue. Ultimately, the DFB cancelled the final and the Viktoria trophy was not awarded that year. KFV reached the final in 1905 for the first time and lost against Union 92 Berlin 2–0. KFV's championship was earned under the direction of English coach William Townley , a prominent figure in the early history of the game in Germany. In 1912, KFV lost the final against Holstein Kiel, 1–0. From 1908,

360-483: A relegation play-off with Schönberg , winning the first leg 2–1 at Schönberg. In the return leg, in front of almost 10,000 spectators, the club lost 0–1 but still gained Oberliga promotion via the away goals rule. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig finished the Oberliga in third place in 2008–09, 12th in 2009–10, and eighth in 2010–11. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was promoted to Regionalliga Nordost after finishing Oberliga sixth due to

405-399: Is the only city with two different teams that won the championship in two subsequent years. Julius Hirsch , together with Fritz Förderer and Gottfried Fuchs , formed an attacking trio for the team. He helped Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship . While playing for the national team in 1912, KFV's Gottfried Fuchs scored 10 goals in a contest against Russia to set

450-604: The 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1951–52 and played second division football there until being relegated in 1957. The club won two titles in the Amateurliga Nordbaden (III) in 1952 and 1974 but after this the team fell to tier V Kreisliga play before being disqualified from league operations in October 2004, after collapsing financially. The club was not dissolved at any time after the disqualification from league operations and returned to amateur league football in 2007, finishing 9th in

495-509: The NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) by 2001. They were bankrupted in 2004, their results were annulled, and the club was dissolved. In late 2003, the club was re-established by a group of fans as 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig . The renewed side had to start in the lowest league, eleventh-tier 3. Kreisklasse, Staffel 2, in 2004–05. Even so, they continued to receive solidly enthusiastic fan support: their match against Eintracht Großdeuben's second team in

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540-456: The Southern German football championship from 1901 to 1905 and from 1910 to 1912. After a financial collapse and a resulting disqualification from league operations in 2004, the club continued its activities in 2007. KFV co-founder Walther Bensemann established Internationaler FC Karlsruhe, the first football team in south Germany, in 1889. This club became part of KFV in 1894. He also had

585-647: The 1943–44 season, after which the rump of the division struggled through just one more truncated season as Allied forces rolled through Germany in the last days of World War II. KFV played in the Oberliga Süd where they finished dead last, five points in back of rivals Phönix Karlsruhe . Not immediately relegated as the league was being re-structured, the club played another season in the Oberliga Süd, and this time both Karlsruhe sides were relegated, although FV did manage to finish ahead of Phönix. Karlsruher FV emerged in

630-456: The 2006–07 Landespokal by winning the Bezirkspokal. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig finished as champions of their group and were promoted to the fifth-tier Landesliga Sachsen Group for the 2007–08 season. The club finished second to Erzgebirge Aue and missed out on direct promotion to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd by two points in the 2007–08 season. It still had the chance to regain Oberliga status through

675-569: The Cup final in 1970, 1973, and 1977. They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1966 and made an appearance in the 1987 final of the European Cup Winners' Cup , falling 0–1 to Johan Cruyff 's Ajax after a Marco van Basten goal. The re-unification in 1990 was followed by the merger of the football leagues of the two Germanies a year later. A poor season led to a seventh-place finish in

720-620: The Kreisklasse C, Staffel 3 – Kreis Karlsruhe (X), the lowest division in the North Baden region, in 2007–08. The 2008–09 season proved disastrous for the club, coming last in its division with only one win and 21 losses in 24 games. After a tenth place in 2009–10, in 2010–11, the side finished 15th and last once more, with only two wins, a draw and 27 defeats and 127 goals conceded. The club came last in its division once more in 2011–12 but conceded less than 100 goals in this season. In 2017-18

765-517: The Leipzig Zentralstadion on 9 October 2004, broke the world record for lower-league attendance with 12,421 spectators. Thanks to a merger with SSV Torgau, the club could play in the seventh-tier Bezirksklasse Leipzig, Staffel 2, in 2005–06. Finishing this league as champions, the team qualified for the sixth-tier Bezirksliga. In 2006, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig also played a friendly match against FC United of Manchester (4–4) and qualified for

810-598: The Viktoria again in 1906 and 1913 and also played in the 1911 and 1914 finals. In the period leading up to World War II, VfB Leipzig was unable to repeat its early success. Gyula Kertész coached the side from 1932 to 1933. After the reorganization of German football leagues under the Third Reich in 1933, the club found itself in Gauliga Sachsen , one of the 16 upper-tier divisions. While they earned strong results within their own division, they were unable to advance in

855-583: The case of Lokomotive, the providing enterprise was Deutsche Reichsbahn —the East German state railways—hence the name. The club's fortunes improved somewhat as they almost always finished well up the league table, but they were unable to win the top honour in the DDR-Oberliga , with losing final appearances in 1967, 1986, and 1988. Lok earned a clutch of East German Cups (FDGB Pokal) with victories in 1976, 1981, 1986, and 1987, against failed appearances in

900-479: The club played in the new Südkreis-Liga , which it won in 1910, 1911 and 1912. In 1909, Phönix Karlsruhe, known today as Karlsruher SC , brought the city its first national championship. KFV's win the following year makes Karlsruhe one of only three cities in Germany that have been home to two or more national football champions. The others are Munich ( FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München ) and Berlin ( Union 92 Berlin , BFC Viktoria 1889 , Hertha BSC ). Karlsruhe

945-527: The club to participate in the matches for the German football championship in those years. In 1933, Karlsruher FV took up play in the Gauliga Baden , one of the sixteen first division leagues established in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich . The club was relegated in 1937, but made a prompt return to the top flight after a one-year absence. Sent down again in 1941 they came back to play

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990-471: The club went on to finish 2nd and was promoted to the Kreisklasse B after two victories in the play-offs. The club's honours: The recent season-by-season performance of the club: VfB Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig , Saxony . The club was previously known as VfB Leipzig and

1035-498: The club's history, especially during the post-World War II era, their exact establishment date remains a source of contention. The club was formed as VfB Leipzig on 13 May 1896, out of the football department of the gymnastics club Allgemeine Turnverein 1845 Leipzig. However, the club laid claim to an earlier date of origin by referring back to a club that was merged with VfB Leipzig in 1898, the SC Sportbrüder Leipzig , which

1080-576: The final match of the season, Lok supporters stormed the field after their club had fallen behind 2–0, forcing the match to be abandoned and the club to finish outside of the promotion ranks. The club finished in first place in the southern group of the NOFV-Oberliga and returned to the Regionalliga Nordost for the 2016–17 season. The club's fans share a fierce and often violent rivalry with the supporters of Chemie Leipzig . When both teams met in

1125-476: The final under circumstances that had allowed them to avoid playing a single playoff match, while VfB Leipzig had come through some hard-fought matches. Arriving in Hamburg for the match, the heavily favoured Pragers took themselves off on an ill-advised pub crawl the night before the contest and so arrived on the pitch in less than ideal match shape. The contest was delayed by half an hour as officials scrambled to find

1170-433: The former DDR-Oberliga , VfB Leipzig faced financial difficulties in reunified Germany and a steady decline soon followed. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was relaunched in 2003 and began climbing through the divisions. As of 2021, the team competes in the fourth-tier division, Regionalliga Nordost . The 1. in front of the club's name indicates that it was the first to be founded in the city. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig claims to be

1215-408: The game had been rescheduled. Prag was awarded a win by forfeit when their opponents failed to show, and so made an uncontested advance to the final in spite of vehement protests by KFV. It has never been discovered who sent the telegram and people from Karlsruhe still search to this day to find who was responsible. Even Günter Grass wrote about this incident in his book My Century . Denied a place in

1260-439: The interwar period AS Strasbourg played in the top flight regional Division d'Honneur Alsace and regularly delivered top-three finishes there. They participated in the league championship in 1926, 1927, and 1928, coming away as winners in 1926. After re-organization of French football leagues in 1932 Strasbourg played in lower divisions. The region was conquered and held briefly by Germany during World War II and FV Straßburg

1305-589: The league playoff rounds, losing the 1917 final to Stuttgarter Kickers and going out in the semi-finals in 1918. After World War I Strasbourg was ceded to France as part of the territory of Alsace-Lorraine and FV Straßburg was removed from the German football scene in 1920 to play in the French leagues, first as Strasbourger FV , and following a union that same year with Strasbourger FC Donar (established 22 November 1899), as Association Sportive de Strasbourg . During

1350-482: The match was never contested. A protest by FV Karlsruhe over their disputed semi-final with Britannia Berlin was never resolved, and the DFB called off the final only hours before its scheduled start. There would be no champion that year. The following season, VfB Leipzig found themselves unable to cover the expense of travelling to participate in their scheduled first-round playoff match and so were eliminated from that year's competition. However, they did go on to raise

1395-453: The national final, Karlsruhe did manage to arrange to challenge Leipzig the following year in a match representing the contest that might have been, but lost the game 3–7. KFV also played a key role in the incomplete national final of 1904. Beaten 1–6 by Britannia Berlin in a semi-final match played in Berlin, Karlsruhe protested the result as under league rules the match was to have been played at

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1440-497: The occupying Soviets. After playing as BSG Erich Zeigner Probstheida and then BSG Einheit Ost , the club merged with sports club SC Rotation Leipzig in 1954 and played in the DDR-Oberliga , East Germany 's top-flight league, but earned only mediocre results. In 1963, the city of Leipzig's two most important sports clubs, SC Rotation and SC Lokomotive Leipzig, were merged, resulting in the founding of two new sides: SC Leipzig and BSG Chemie Leipzig. East German football went through

1485-516: The playoff rounds. In 1937, they won the Tschammerpokal, known today as the DFB-Pokal , in a match against Schalke 04 , the dominant side of the era. The club, like most other organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs, was dissolved by the occupying Allied authorities in the aftermath of the war. Club members reconstituted the team in 1946 as SG Probstheida under the auspices of

1530-970: The quarter finals of the Sachsenpokal in 2016, German daily newspaper Die Welt called the match the "German hooligan summit". An additional reason for the enmity between some fan groups (namely their ultras ) is a political one. Whereas certain Chemie fan clubs express left-wing and anti-fascist political views, Lok has vocal supporters from the right and far-right of the political spectrum. Lok also have lesser local rivalry with RB Leipzig . BSG Leipzig-Ost SC Rotation Leipzig SC Leipzig 1. FC Lok Leipzig VfB Leipzig 1. FC Lok Leipzig Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig has undergone several reorganizations during its history and has taken several different forms and names. The club

1575-500: The reserve teams of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt , Dynamo Dresden , and FC Carl Zeiss Jena being ineligible for promotion. Lokomotive finished in tenth place in the 2012–13 season but were relegated to Oberliga Nordost after finishing 15th in 2013–14. The club stayed in contention for promotion back up to the Regionalliga during the 2014–15 season, having hired former German international Mario Basler as director of sports in early 2015. In

1620-508: The result has been lost to history. That same year FV became one of the founding members of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig . In 1902 the club's second team captured the VSFV second division title. From 1909 to 1912, the club played in the tier-one Südkreis-Liga . The team's performance fell off over the next decade, but by 1917 Straßburg had resurfaced in

1665-465: The strange story of Germany's first national championship in 1903 which was won by VfB Leipzig in a 7–2 victory over DFC Prague . The Karlruhers were scheduled to play a semi-final match against Prag in Leipzig , but cancelled their travel plans when they received a telegram – allegedly from the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German football Association) – indicating that

1710-475: The successor to the VfB Leipzig and SC Sportbrüder Leipzig teams, established in 1896 and 1893, respectively, and therefore, one of the oldest clubs of the German Football Association . However, they are not nominal successors. In 2018, 1. FC Lokomotive announced a merger with the formally extant but dormant VfB Leipzig in order to be entitled to the forerunner's titles. Due to the significant breaks and turmoil in

1755-453: The team became again known as VfB Leipzig. VfB Leipzig were immediately successful at their chosen sport and made their way to the first German national championship final held in 1903. Their opponents were DFC Prag , a German-Jewish side from Prague , which was then part of Austria-Hungary . The DFB had invited "German" clubs of this sort from other countries to boost numbers in their new national association. DFC Prag had made their way to

1800-411: The team was not able to make its way out of the South German league playoffs and back onto the national stage. From 1925 to 1931 Jimmy Lawrence , the record holding former Newcastle United goal keeper and Preston North End manager relocated to Germany to manage Karlsruher FV. With the club he won the regional championships of Württemberg/Baden in 1926 and of Baden in 1928, 1929 and 1931 which qualified

1845-516: The transitional league, but an unexpectedly strong playoff propelled the club into the 2. Bundesliga . 1. FC Lokomotive grasped at their former glory by reclaiming the name VfB Leipzig . A third-place finish in 1993 advanced the team to the top-flight Bundesliga , where they finished last in the 1994 season . The new VfB began a steady slide down through the 2. Bundesliga into the Regionalliga Nordost (III) by 1998 and then further still to

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1890-459: Was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund) in 1900 and is the oldest still existing football club in Southern Germany. The club was one of the leading German football clubs before the First World War. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel , but lost the final in 1905 and 1912. The KFV claimed

1935-509: Was one of four football clubs formed in Leipzig in 1893. Following the merger with SC Sportbrüder Leipzig, the club competed under the name VfB Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig. VfB Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig was one of the original 86 teams that came together in the city on 28 January 1900 to form the German Football Association (DFB). On 2 May 1900, the Sportbrüder 1893 part of the name was dropped, and

1980-523: Was one of several former German sides that returned to play in that country's football competition. Once again playing as Sportverein Straßburg 1890 the club made a single season appearance in the top flight Gauliga Elsaß in 1940–41. They won promotion back to the weakened Gauliga in 1944 but the division collapsed as conflict overtook the area. The club resumed play as the Association Sportive de Strasbourg in late 1944 and enjoyed some success as

2025-523: Was the first national champion of Germany. It has also been known as SC Leipzig . The club won four titles in the FDGB-Pokal and the 1965–66 Intertoto Cup during the East German era. It also finished runner-up in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup . 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was renamed VfB Leipzig after German re-unification and managed to qualify for the Bundesliga in 1993. However, like many clubs of

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