AS Strasbourg
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| FV Straßburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fussball Verein 1890 Straßburg Association Sportive de Strasbourg |
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| Nickname(s) | ASS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stade Tivoli (de la Rotonde) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Ligue Alsace/Bas-Rhin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FV Straßburg was a German football club from Straßburg, Elsaß-Lothringen. Today the club plays as the French club Association Sportive de Strasbourg in what is now Strasbourg, Alsace.
[edit] History
Fussball Verein Straßburg was founded in 1890 and played in the VSFV (Verband Süddeutscher Fussballvereine or Federation of South German Football Teams). The club won the league title in 1899 with a 4:3 victory over Karlsruher FV and defeated Karlsruhe again in a re-match in the following season's final. That same year FV became one of the founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig. In 1902 the club's second team captured the VSFV second division title.
The team's performance fell off over the next decade, but by 1917 Straßburg had resurfaced in the league playoff rounds, losing the 1917 final to Stuttgarter Kickers and going out in the semi-finals in 1918. After World War I Strasbourg was ceded to France as part of the territory of Alsace-Lorraine and FV Straßburg was removed from the German football scene to play in the French leagues.
During the interwar period the club played as AS Strasbourg in the top flight regional Division d'Honneur Alsace and regularly delivered top-three finishes there. They participated in the league championship in 1926, 1927, and 1928, coming away as winners in 1926. After re-organization of French football leagues in 1932 Strasbourg played in lower divisions.
The region was conquered and held briefly by Germany during World War II and FV Straßburg was one of several former German sides that returned to play in that country's football competition. Once again playing as Sportverein Straßburg 1890 the club made a a single season appearance in the top flight Gauliga Elsaß in 1940-41. They won promotion back to the weakened Gauliga in 1944 but the division collapsed as conflict overtook the area.
After the war the club resumed play as the Association Sportive de Strasbourg and enjoyed some success as a French amateur side through the 60s. Their latest honours, nearly a quarter century old, are a fourth division title and a Coupe d'Alsace win in the early 80s.
In addition to fielding a football team, the club also has athletics and basketball departments.
[edit] Honours
- South German champions: 1899, 1900
- South German vice-champions: 1917
- South German II division champions: 1902
- French IV division champions: 1982
- Alsace champions: 1926, 1961, 1966, 1970
- Coupe d'Alsace (Alsace Cup): 1954, 1965, 1966, 1983
- Bas-Rhin champions: 1956
[edit] Trivia
- FV goalkeeper Eberhard Illmer was capped for Germany in 1909.
- From 1932 to 1950 Straßburg native and onetime FV player Ivo Schricker served as Secretary-General of FIFA (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association or International Federation of Association Football), the sport's worldwide governing body.
