Leipziger BC 1893
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Leipziger Ballspiel-Club was a German association football club
from Leipzig
, Saxony
. Founded on 6 March 1893 in the Keglerheim (Nordstraße) as a football and cricket club at the instigation of a group of three Englishmen, it is notable as a founding member
of the German Football Association
(Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900 where it was represented by Oskar Büttner.
Prior to this LBC played a prominent role in the formation of Verband Leipziger Ballspiel-Vereine in 1896 with Büttner serving as the city league's first president. This circuit was part of the larger regional Verbande Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine (Federation of Central German Ballgame Associations).
The footballers played in the city's Sportplatz in white-and-yellow vertically-striped jerseys and dark blue shorts. They generally earned lower-to-mid table results with their best finish coming in 1907–08 when they appeared in the city final losing 1:6 to VfB Leipzig. VfB also notes in their history that their first ever match was a victory over LBC (3:1) on 5 July 1896. After a long string of poor finishes LBC slipped to lower tier play in the mid-20s before disappearing towards the end of World War II.
The association also had a tennis department.
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 Leipzig
Leipzig
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, 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 on 6 March 1893 in the Keglerheim (Nordstraße) as a football and cricket club at the instigation of a group of three Englishmen, it 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
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(Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900 where it was represented by Oskar Büttner.
Prior to this LBC played a prominent role in the formation of Verband Leipziger Ballspiel-Vereine in 1896 with Büttner serving as the city league's first president. This circuit was part of the larger regional Verbande Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine (Federation of Central German Ballgame Associations).
The footballers played in the city's Sportplatz in white-and-yellow vertically-striped jerseys and dark blue shorts. They generally earned lower-to-mid table results with their best finish coming in 1907–08 when they appeared in the city final losing 1:6 to VfB Leipzig. VfB also notes in their history that their first ever match was a victory over LBC (3:1) on 5 July 1896. After a long string of poor finishes LBC slipped to lower tier play in the mid-20s before disappearing towards the end of World War II.
The association also had a tennis department.
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