Askania Forst
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Askania Forst was a German association football club
in what was the city of Forst (Lausitz), Brandenburg
and is today Zasieki
, Poland
. Established in 1901, the team earned a number of championships in the 1910s, but disappeared from top flight German football after 1920.
The following year, Askania again advanced to the final and this time came away victorious with a 3:2 win over Germania Breslau
. The result stood despite a protest by the Breslauer side and Askania moved on to the opening round of the national championship where they were put out (2:3) by eventual finalists VfB Leipzig.
Forst won its second title in 1913 in a playoff contested as much off the pitch as on. After beating Preußen Görlitz in qualifying, Forst defeated Preußen Breslau
2:1 and moved on to the final after Breslaus protest was denied. In the title match Askania was beaten 1:2 by Preußen Kattowitz but filed a protest of their own, which was successful. In the rematch they reversed the earlier result and came away as Südostdeutschland champions with a 4:0 win. In national quarterfinal play Forst was again put out by VfB Leipzig who would advance to the national final once more, but this time come away as German champions.
In the final season before regular competition was interrupted by World War I, Forst won the last of its three regional titles. After solid victories over DSV Posen
(6:0) and Preußen Görlitz (9:0), they defeated Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde
3:1. In German championship play they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by BBC 03 Berlin
.
Once domestic competition resumed after the war, Forst made one more appearance in the Südostdeutschland playoffs and bowed out 0:1 to Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde in a semifinal match. The team continued to compete through the interwar period, but was lost in the aftermath of World War II.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
in what was the city of Forst (Lausitz), Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
and is today Zasieki
Zasieki
Zasieki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brody, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Brody, west of Żary, and west of Zielona Góra....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Established in 1901, the team earned a number of championships in the 1910s, but disappeared from top flight German football after 1920.
History
Fußballclub Askania Forst first came to prominence in the 1909–10 season, advancing to the regional Südostdeutschland final where they were beaten 1:3 by VfR Breslau.The following year, Askania again advanced to the final and this time came away victorious with a 3:2 win over Germania Breslau
Germania Breslau
SC Germania Breslau was a German association football club from the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia . The team spent several seasons in upper tier regional play in the Südostdeutscher Fußball-Verband and advanced to the league playoffs in 1911 and 1912.In both appearances Germania advanced to the...
. The result stood despite a protest by the Breslauer side and Askania moved on to the opening round of the national championship where they were put out (2:3) by eventual finalists VfB Leipzig.
Forst won its second title in 1913 in a playoff contested as much off the pitch as on. After beating Preußen Görlitz in qualifying, Forst defeated Preußen Breslau
Preußen Breslau
SC Preußen Breslau was a German association football club from the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia . The club was briefly part of the top flight regional Südostdeutscher Fußball-Verband in the early 1900s.Established 15 December 1902 the team made its only appearance in the playoffs at the end of...
2:1 and moved on to the final after Breslaus protest was denied. In the title match Askania was beaten 1:2 by Preußen Kattowitz but filed a protest of their own, which was successful. In the rematch they reversed the earlier result and came away as Südostdeutschland champions with a 4:0 win. In national quarterfinal play Forst was again put out by VfB Leipzig who would advance to the national final once more, but this time come away as German champions.
In the final season before regular competition was interrupted by World War I, Forst won the last of its three regional titles. After solid victories over DSV Posen
DSV Posen
DSV Posen was a German association football club from the City of Posen, in German Reich. The club dominated competition in the city in the period leading up to World War I.-History:...
(6:0) and Preußen Görlitz (9:0), they defeated Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde
Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde
Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde was a German association football club from what was at the time the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia in Germany and is today Wroclaw, Poland. The club was established in 1919 through the merger of predecessor sides SC Preußen Breslau and Verein Breslauer Sportfreunde...
3:1. In German championship play they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by BBC 03 Berlin
BBC 03 Berlin
Berliner BC 03 was a German association football club from the city of Berlin. In the 1920s and 1930s, the club was known as BBC Brandenburg 92 Berlin and then FV Brandenburg 92 Berlin before eventually becoming part of current day side VfB Lichterfelde.-History:The team was established 18...
.
Once domestic competition resumed after the war, Forst made one more appearance in the Südostdeutschland playoffs and bowed out 0:1 to Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde in a semifinal match. The team continued to compete through the interwar period, but was lost in the aftermath of World War II.
Honours
- South Eastern German championsSouth Eastern German football championshipThe South Eastern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the Prussian provinces of Silesia, which was divided into the Province of Lower Silesia and the Province of Upper Silesia after 1919, and Posen, which mostly became part of Poland in 1919...
(3): 1911, 1913, 1914