FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg
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FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg is a German football club
from Senftenberg
in Brandenburg
, currently playing in the Landesliga
Brandenburg-Süd (VII).
(I) in the early 1940s. After World War II the club was known as SG Grube Marga, BSG Franz Mehring Grube and SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg and played in the DDR-Oberliga
(I). SC Aktivist then merged with SC Cottbus, the predecessor team of FC Energie Cottbus. Their reserve team then merged with BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost to form BSG Aktivist Senftenberg in February 1972 and went on to play in the DDR-Liga
(II).
After German reunification
in 1990, the club renamed itself FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg and became one of the founding members of the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
(III).
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 Senftenberg
Senftenberg
Senftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.-Geography:Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony...
in 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...
, currently playing in the Landesliga
Landesliga
The Landesliga is the 7th tier of football in most of Germany, one division below the Verbandsliga. In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thüringen, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the 6th tier...
Brandenburg-Süd (VII).
History
FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg was founded on 19 January 1919 under the name FV Grube Marga. Five years later the club was renamed to SV Sturm Grube Marga and played two seasons in the Gauliga Berlin-BrandenburgGauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest football league in the provinces of Brandenburg and Berlin in the German state of Prussia from 1933 to 1945...
(I) in the early 1940s. After World War II the club was known as SG Grube Marga, BSG Franz Mehring Grube and SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg and played in the DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
(I). SC Aktivist then merged with SC Cottbus, the predecessor team of FC Energie Cottbus. Their reserve team then merged with BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost to form BSG Aktivist Senftenberg in February 1972 and went on to play in the 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...
(II).
After German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
in 1990, the club renamed itself FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg and became one of the founding members of the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was the third tier of the German football league system in the central states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. The league existed from 1991 to 1994...
(III).