FC Germania 06 Schwanheim
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FC Germania 06 Schwanheim is a German association football club
based in Schwanheim
, Frankfurt
.
They enjoyed some success playing locally and by 1910 had become part of the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (South German Football League). The club paid a heavy price in World War I with over 50 club members losing their lives in the conflict. Following the war the area was under French administration and permission had to be sought from authorities to play each match. However, the club was able to thrive, playing A-class football at the local level. They won consecutive titles in 1921, 1922, and 1923 and moved up to higher level city competition before a championship there in 1935 elevated them to regional play. Following World War II Germania played for the most part in city level leagues and while they stayed competitive, they were unable to advance to higher level play. The club was promoted to the Bezirksoberliga Wiesbaden (VII) in 1998 and, after a second place result there in 2003, took part in the promotion rounds for the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (VI) but was unsuccessful in their attempt to move up. They would later succeed, advancing on the strength of a 2005 Berzirksoberliga title, but a last place Landesliga finish in 2006–07 has returned the team to Berzirksliga play.
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...
based in Schwanheim
Schwanheim (Frankfurt am Main)
Schwanheim is a district or Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk West, and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Schwanheim, Goldstein-Ost and Goldstein-West....
, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
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History
The club was formed on 3 November 1906 by a group of a dozen of the local youth who preferred to play football on their Sunday afternoons rather than spend more time in church.They enjoyed some success playing locally and by 1910 had become part of the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (South German Football League). The club paid a heavy price in World War I with over 50 club members losing their lives in the conflict. Following the war the area was under French administration and permission had to be sought from authorities to play each match. However, the club was able to thrive, playing A-class football at the local level. They won consecutive titles in 1921, 1922, and 1923 and moved up to higher level city competition before a championship there in 1935 elevated them to regional play. Following World War II Germania played for the most part in city level leagues and while they stayed competitive, they were unable to advance to higher level play. The club was promoted to the Bezirksoberliga Wiesbaden (VII) in 1998 and, after a second place result there in 2003, took part in the promotion rounds for the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte (VI) but was unsuccessful in their attempt to move up. They would later succeed, advancing on the strength of a 2005 Berzirksoberliga title, but a last place Landesliga finish in 2006–07 has returned the team to Berzirksliga play.
External links
- Official team site
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (historical German domestic league results)