Sportbrüder Leipzig was a German association football club

Football in Germany

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 from the city of Leipzig

Leipzig

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, Saxony

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History

Founded in November 1893 as Sport Club Sportbrüder Leipzig it was one of Germany's earliest football clubs and a founding member

Founding Clubs of the DFB

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 of the German Football Association

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 (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in 1900.

Sportbrüder merged briefly with VfB Leipzig in 1898 to form VfB Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig in a union that lasted until 2 May 1900 when the two clubs separated again. Little else is known about the football team beyond their participation in the Verband Leipziger Ballspiel Vereine (Federation of Leipzig Ballgame Teams) in 1899 and 1900.

The athletic department of Sportbrüder organized the country's first marathon

Marathon

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 on 5 September 1897. The first national marathon championship was held in 1925 with the course beginning in Halle

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

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 and ending in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

to commemorate this contribution to the sport by the club.