SV Concordia Königsberg
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SV Concordia Königsberg was a German association football club
from the city of Königsberg
, East Prussia
.
, one of several top-flight regional divisions in Germany. SV finished fourth in the 1936–37 and 1938-38 campaigns and returned to lower level play in 1938–39 when the Gauliga was reorganized.
The Königsberg club disappeared in 1945 following the end of World War II when the city was annexed by the Soviet Union
and renamed Kaliningrad
.
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 Königsberg
Königsberg
Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
, East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
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History
Established in 1911, the team played two seasons in the Bezirk Königsberg, a city-based circuit that was part of the Gauliga OstpreußenGauliga Ostpreußen
The Gauliga Ostpreußen was the highest football league in the Prussian province of East Prussia and the Free City of Danzig from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau East Prussia the Prussian province...
, one of several top-flight regional divisions in Germany. SV finished fourth in the 1936–37 and 1938-38 campaigns and returned to lower level play in 1938–39 when the Gauliga was reorganized.
The Königsberg club disappeared in 1945 following the end of World War II when the city was annexed by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and renamed Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
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