SV 1899 Mühlhausen is a German sportsclub from Mühlhausen

Mühlhausen

Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.-History:...

, Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

. The team is actif in athletics, volleyball, football, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, badminton, darts, capoeira and sports for the disabled.

Football

The club was founded as FC Germania 1899 Mühlhausen on 23 February 1899 by a group of 14 school boys who had been playing football on the army drill field since 1893–94. They played their first match in April 1899 against SC Erfurt

FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt

FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt is a German association football club based in Erfurt, Thuringia.-Foundation to World War II:The club has roots that go back to a cricket club founded in 1895. As they broadened their interests they came to be called Sport Club Erfurt...

and dropped a 0:2 decision. Germania is notable as a founding member

Founding Clubs of the DFB

The DFB was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 62:22 in favour . Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may...

 of the German Football Association

German Football Association

The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...

 (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 in 1900.

In 1918 the club merged with Fußball Club 1901 Teutonia Mühlhausen to form Sportvereinigung 1899 Mühlhausen. Over the next three decades the name of the club changed several times and the lineage of the club became somewhat murky. Following World War II the team disappeared and other team were formed.

In 1994 SV Union Mühlhausen and Fitniss 90 merged and took the historic name SV 1899 Mühlhausen. In 1997 the football department became independent als FC Union Mühlhausen

FC Union Mühlhausen

FC Union Mühlhausen is a German footbalclub from Mühlhausen, Thuringia.The club was founded in 1972 after the merger of BSG Post and BSG Motor. As BSG Union Mühlhausen the team played most of the times in the Bezirksliga, the third level. In 1989 the team promoted to the DDR-Liga but was demoted...

. However SV 1899 remained also actif in football and plays in lower levels.