Budissa Bautzen
Encyclopedia
FSV Budissa Bautzen is a German association football club
from Bautzen
, Saxony
. Founded as Fußball Klub Budissa Bautzen on 24 May 1904, the club was part of East German competition
after World War II
.
After the war occupying Allied authorities banned existing organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. Budissa was re-established in 1946 as Sparte Süd, but was soon playing as Sportgemeinde Bautzen-Süd. In 1949, that club merged with SG Bautzen-West (successor of Bautzner SC) to form BSG Einheit Bautzen. The following year the club was re-named BSG Motor Bautzen.
The team soon earned a Bezirksliga (III) title that advanced them to East Germany's second division DDR-Liga
in 1954. League re-structuring the next season saw Bautzen in the third division 2.DDR-Liga where they would compete until winning their way back to the DDR-Liga (II) in 1958. After a couple of close brushes with relegation the club was sent back down after the 1960 campaign, but immediately re-claimed a place in second tier play, remaining there until the 1967–68 season. Except for a brief return to the DDR-Liga in 1974–1976, Motor spent the next two dozen seasons bouncing between third and fourth division play.
Throughout this period, the club was a regular participant in the opening rounds of the FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup), but did not enjoy any success in play there.
After German re-unification in 1990 the club re-claimed its heritage and re-established itself as Fußballspielvereinigung Budissa Bautzen. They made a brief two-season appearance in the Landesliga Sachsen (V) in 1992–94. FSV was promoted to the Landesliga a second time in 2002 and this time captured the 2005 championship to advance to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd where they currently play.
as Budissa Bautzen
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 Bautzen
Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. Founded as Fußball Klub Budissa Bautzen on 24 May 1904, the club was part of East German competition
Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR
The Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR was since the 1950s the football association of the German Democratic Republic, fielding the East Germany national football team until 1990 before rejoining its counterpart, the German Football Association DFB, which had been founded in 1904....
after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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History
FK played in the VMBV (Verband Mittledeutschland Ballspiel Vereins or Central German Federation of Ballsport Teams), one of the country's early regional leagues. They were re-named Sportverein Budissa 04 in 1907 and went on to claim several local championships in the Gau Oberlausitz in the 1910s and again in the early 1930s. This led to several appearances in the regional championship round where they were eliminated in the early going. By the time World War II broke out in 1939 SVB was playing third tier ball on the local circuit.After the war occupying Allied authorities banned existing organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs. Budissa was re-established in 1946 as Sparte Süd, but was soon playing as Sportgemeinde Bautzen-Süd. In 1949, that club merged with SG Bautzen-West (successor of Bautzner SC) to form BSG Einheit Bautzen. The following year the club was re-named BSG Motor Bautzen.
The team soon earned a Bezirksliga (III) title that advanced them to East Germany's second division DDR-Liga
DDR-Liga
The DDR-Liga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Bundesliga in West Germany.-1950-1955:The league was established with two divisions of ten teams each in 1950...
in 1954. League re-structuring the next season saw Bautzen in the third division 2.DDR-Liga where they would compete until winning their way back to the DDR-Liga (II) in 1958. After a couple of close brushes with relegation the club was sent back down after the 1960 campaign, but immediately re-claimed a place in second tier play, remaining there until the 1967–68 season. Except for a brief return to the DDR-Liga in 1974–1976, Motor spent the next two dozen seasons bouncing between third and fourth division play.
Throughout this period, the club was a regular participant in the opening rounds of the FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup), but did not enjoy any success in play there.
After German re-unification in 1990 the club re-claimed its heritage and re-established itself as Fußballspielvereinigung Budissa Bautzen. They made a brief two-season appearance in the Landesliga Sachsen (V) in 1992–94. FSV was promoted to the Landesliga a second time in 2002 and this time captured the 2005 championship to advance to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd where they currently play.
Honours
as Motor Bautzen- 2.DDR-Liga Süd champions: 1957
as Budissa Bautzen
- Landesliga SachsenLandesliga SachsenThe Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as Landesliga Sachsen, is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony,...
champions: 2005 - Bezirksliga Dresden champions: 1992, 2002
- Bezirkspokal champions: 1996, 2002