FC St. Georg Hamburg

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FC St. Georg Hamburg is a German football club playing in Hamburg. The club was established 3 June 1895 and shares a common origin with FC Hammonia Hamburg: both sides arose out of the students group Seminarvereinigung Frisch-Auf with St. Georg being formed first on the left bank of the Alster River, and Hammonia appearing later on the right bank. Like their brother side, St. Georg was a founding member of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900. However, while Hammonia folded after only a short existence, St. Georg still plays today.

St. Georg played first class ball in the Hamburg league throughout the early part of the century until relegated at the end of the 1912-13 season. The club quickly recovered and emerged as city champions of the Hamburger-Altonaer Fussball Bund (Hamburg-Altona Football Association) in 1916 before going on to win the Norddeutscher Fussball Verband (North German Football League) regional championship. Two years later they would repeat as HAFB and NDFV champions as part of the combined wartime side KVgg St.Georger/SC Sperber.

Normally, the capture of the North German regional titles would have led St. Georg to participation in the national final rounds. However, the country was embroiled in World War I and national championship play was suspended from 1915 to 1919 with league play in general being significantly reduced.

After the war, SC Sperber resumed play as an independent side and St. George entered into a new union with Hamburger TS 1816 to form the club SpVgg. (SV) St. Georg. Initially a strong side in the city league, the team soon slipped and was not able to advance again to regional level play.