SV Borussia-Preußen Stettin
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SV Borussia Preußen Stettin was a German association football club
from the city of Stettin, Pomerania Province (today Szczecin
, Poland
).
The club was established in 1937 after a merger of 1. Stettiner Borussia-Poseidon and SC Preußen Stettin
.
After two seasons in the Gauliga Pommern
(I) the team was demoted to the Bezirksliga, but returned to the top flight after one season, only to again be immediately sent down. They also played in the final Gauliga season (1944–45) which was cancelled after just three matches as World War II was drawing to a close. After the conflict all German teams in Stettin disappeared as the territory became part of Poland.
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 Stettin, Pomerania Province (today Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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The club was established in 1937 after a merger of 1. Stettiner Borussia-Poseidon and SC Preußen Stettin
SC Preußen Stettin
SC Preußen Stettin was a German association football club from the city of Stettin, Pomerania Province .The club was formed in 1901 as FC Preußen Stettin and later adopted the name Sport-Club Preußen Stettin and became part of the Verbands Stettiner Ballspiel-Vereine .In 1928, the team became...
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After two seasons in the Gauliga Pommern
Gauliga Pommern
The Gauliga Pommern was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Pomerania from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Pomerania replaced the province of Pomerania.-Overview:The league was...
(I) the team was demoted to the Bezirksliga, but returned to the top flight after one season, only to again be immediately sent down. They also played in the final Gauliga season (1944–45) which was cancelled after just three matches as World War II was drawing to a close. After the conflict all German teams in Stettin disappeared as the territory became part of Poland.