Lituania Tilsit
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Lituania Tilsit was a German association football club
from the city of Tilsit, West Prussia
(today Sovetsk
, Russia
).
The club was established in 1907, and by 1911 had claimed the title of the Baltischen Rasensport-Verbandes (BRV) by defeating Ostmark Danzig
4-2. That earned the team the right to take part in the opening round of the German national championship. However, Lituania could not afford the cost of travel, and so forfeited the match to opponent Berliner TuFC Viktoria.
The Tilsit side advanced twice more to the Baltenverband playoff round, in 1912 and 1913, but were put out early in both appearances. They played through 1920s without much success before merging Verein für Körperübungen Tilsit in 1929 to form Sportclub Tilsit.
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 the city of Tilsit, West Prussia
West Prussia
West Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773–1824 and 1878–1919/20 which was created out of the earlier Polish province of Royal Prussia...
(today Sovetsk
Sovetsk
Sovetsk may refer to:*Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia: formerly named Tilsit*Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia*Sovetsk, Tula Oblast, a town in Tula Oblast, Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
).
The club was established in 1907, and by 1911 had claimed the title of the Baltischen Rasensport-Verbandes (BRV) by defeating Ostmark Danzig
Ostmark Danzig
Ostmark Danzig was a German association football club from the city of Danzig, West Prussia . Established sometime in the early 1900s, the club was notable only for its advance to the regional first division Baltenverband final in 1910-11...
4-2. That earned the team the right to take part in the opening round of the German national championship. However, Lituania could not afford the cost of travel, and so forfeited the match to opponent Berliner TuFC Viktoria.
The Tilsit side advanced twice more to the Baltenverband playoff round, in 1912 and 1913, but were put out early in both appearances. They played through 1920s without much success before merging Verein für Körperübungen Tilsit in 1929 to form Sportclub Tilsit.
External links
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
- Der Fußball in Ostpreussen und Danzig football in East Prussia and Danzig