Britannia Posen
Encyclopedia
FC Britannia Posen was a German association football club
from the City of Posen
, in German Reich. The short-lived club was established sometime within the first decade of the 20th century and lost in 1920 under the Polish rule.
. The following season the team lost the district Niederschlesien final 3:4 to DSV Posen
.
Football competitions in many parts of Germany were disrupted between 1914–18 by World War I. The country was in disorder following its defeat in the conflict and an uprising
succeeded in restoring an independent Polish republic built around Poznań, which was the historic center of the country.
Competition in the SOFV was greatly reduced, but was resumed in the 1919–20 season. Play in the Posen district circuit collapsed and they did not send a representative to the regional playoffs. Britannia was one of many German football clubs in the area that was lost at the time.
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...
from the City of Posen
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, in German Reich. The short-lived club was established sometime within the first decade of the 20th century and lost in 1920 under the Polish rule.
History
Britannia joined the top-flight regional Südostdeutscher Fußballverband (SOFV, en:Southeast German Football Association) as the league grew to include Posen in 1909. The club made just a single appearance in the playoffs in 1912–13 when they were eliminated 1:0 in the qualifying round to Preußen BreslauPreußen 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...
. The following season the team lost the district Niederschlesien final 3:4 to 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:...
.
Football competitions in many parts of Germany were disrupted between 1914–18 by World War I. The country was in disorder following its defeat in the conflict and an uprising
Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919)
The Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918–1919 or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region against Germany...
succeeded in restoring an independent Polish republic built around Poznań, which was the historic center of the country.
Competition in the SOFV was greatly reduced, but was resumed in the 1919–20 season. Play in the Posen district circuit collapsed and they did not send a representative to the regional playoffs. Britannia was one of many German football clubs in the area that was lost at the time.