List of East German football clubs
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The history of East German football is complex, and that of its clubs particularly so. After World War II, the occupying allies disbanded most German organisations, including football clubs. While some were re-formed, others were not, and many that were emerged having been renamed, merged with their neighbours, or even split. The instability continued throughout the DDR era, with many clubs being moved to new towns, and with very frequent name-changes, soviet-sounding names like Dynamo and Lokomotive replacing more traditional names. After re-unification, many clubs reverted to their pre-East German names, but some stuck with them, and others have changed back again. This page lists all prominent East German clubs, along with their original name, their present day name, and a list of name changes and mergers that they underwent.
| DDR name | Pre-DDR name | Current name | Other names | DDR Titles | DDR Cups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Babelsberg | SC Nowawes | SV Babelsberg | SpVgg Potsdam (1943-48) SG Drewitz (??-1948) Karl-Marx Babelsberg (1948-49)[1] |
0 | 0 |
| Dynamo Berlin | None (formed 1966)[2] | Dynamo Berlin | FC Berlin (1990-99) | 10 | 3 |
| Union Berlin | Union Berlin | Union Berlin | SC Olympia 06 Oberschönweide (1906-1920) Union Oberschöneweide (1950-51) BSG Motor Oberschöneweide (1951-55) SC Motor Berlin (1955-57) TSC Oberschöneweide (1957-63) TSC Berlin (1963-66) |
0 | 1 |
| Vorwärts Berlin Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder[3] |
None (founded 1951) | Viktoria Frankfurt/Oder | Vorwärts Leipzig (1951-53)[4] | 6 | 2 |
| Stahl Brandenburg | None (founded 1950) | Stahl Brandenburg | Einheit Brandenburg (1950-55) BSV Brandenburg (1993-98) |
0 | 0 |
| Energie Cottbus | Sturm Marga[5] | Energie Cottbus | Glückauf Marga (1919-1925) Franz Mehring Marga (1949-50) BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost (1950-54) SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg (1954-63) |
0 | 0 |
| Motor Dessau | SV Dessau 05 | SV Dessau 05 | FC Adler (1905) Dessauer FC (1905-1919) SV BAMAG Dessau (?-1919) VfR Dessau (1919-21)[6] SpVgg Dessau (?-1921)[7] Blau-Weiss Dessau (1945-47) Sport-Union Dessau (1947-48) SG Dessau-Nord (1948-49) Waggonbau Dessau (1949) Waggonfabrik Dessau (1949-50) |
0 | 1 |
| Dynamo Dresden | None (founded 1948) | Dynamo Dresden | Volkspolizei Dresden (1948-52) | 8 | 7 |
| Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | None (founded 1950) | Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | Stahl Fuerstenberg Ost (1950-53) Stahl Stalingrad (1953-61) |
0 | 0 |
| Rot-Weiss Erfurt | SC Erfurt 1895 | Rot-Weiss Erfurt | SG Erfurt West (1946-49)[8] Fortuna Erfurt (1949-50) KWU Erfurt (1950-51) Turbine Erfurt (1951-66)[9] |
2 | 0 |
| SG Friedrichstadt | Dresdner SC | Dresdner SC | None (disbanded 1950-91)[10] | 0 | 0 |
| Wismut Gera | SV Gera 04 | 1.SV Gera | 1.VfR Gera (?-1922) Allgemeinen Turngemeinde Gera (?-1922) SpVgg Gera 04[11] Concordia Gera-Reuß (?-1936)[12] SG Gera-Pforden (1945-49) RFT Gera (?-1950) Mechanik Gera (1950-51)[13] Motor Gera (1951-53) |
0 | 0 |
| Chemie Halle | Hallescher FC Wacker | Hallescher FC | Freiimfelde Halle (1948-49) Union Halle (1949-53) Turbine Halle (1953-57) Chemie Halle-Leune (1957-58) |
2 | 2 |
| Empor Halle | VfL Halle | VfL Halle | Hallescher FC (1896-1900) SG Giebichenstein (1946-1949) Genossenschaften Halle (1949-51) |
0 | 0 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 1.SV Jena | Carl Zeiss Jena | FC der Firma Carl Zeiss (1903-11) Carl Zeiss Jena (1911-17, 1966-) Ernst-Abbe Jena (1946-48) Stadion Jena (1948-49) Schott Jena (1949-50) Chemie Jena (1950-51) Mechanik Jena (1951) Motor Jena (1951-66) |
3 | 4 |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt[14] | None (founded 1946) | Erzgebirge Aue | Pneumatik Aue (1946-49) Zentra Wismut Aue (1949-51) Wismut Aue (1951-54, 1990-93) |
3 | 1 |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | PSV Chemnitz | Chemnitzer FC | SG Chemnitz Nord (1945-48) Fewa Chemnitz (1948-51) BSG Chemie (1951-53) Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953-63) SC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1963-66) |
1 | 0 |
| Chemie Leipzig | TuRa Leipzig | Sachsen Leipzig | Britannia Leipzig (1899-1919) Hertha Leipzig (1905-19) Leipziger SV (1919-1938)[15] SG Leipzig-Leutzsch (1945-49) Industrie Leipzig (1949-50)[16] Dissolved (1954-63)[17] Grün-Weiß Leipzig (1990) Olefine Böhlen (?-1990)[18] |
2 | 1 |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | VfB Leipzig | Lokomotive Leipzig | SG Probstheida (1946-54) Rotation Leipzig (1946-63)[19] SC Leipzig (1963-65)[20] VfB Leipzig (1896-1946, 1991-2004)[21] |
0 | 4 |
| 1.FC Magdeburg | None (founded 1945) | 1.FC Magdeburg | SG Sudenburg (1945) SG Lemsdorf (1945) SAG Krupp Grusson (1945-50) Eintracht Sudenburg (1945-51)[22] Stahl Magdeburg (1951-52) Motor Mitte Magdeburg (1952-57) Aufbau Magdeburg (1957-65) SC Magdeburg (1965) |
3 | 8[23] |
| Einheit Pankow | VfB Pankow | VfB-Einheit zu Pankow | SG Pankow Nord (1945-51) | 0 | 0 |
| Motor WEMA Plauen | VFC Plauen | VFC Plauen | SG Plauen-West (1946-49) Sachsenverlag Plauen (1949-51)[24] Rotation Plauen (1951-55) Wismit Plauen (1955-63) |
0 | 0 |
| Stahl Riesa | Riesaer SV | Stahl Riesa | SC Riesa (1903-05) FC Wettin (?-1917)[25] SG Riesa (1945-48) Riesaer SV (1905-45, 1991-2000)[26] |
0 | 0 |
| Hansa Rostock | None (founded 1945/54/65)[27] | Hansa Rostock | Empor Lauter (1945-54)[28] Empor Rostock (1954-65) |
1 | 1 |
| Lokomotive Stendal | Viktoria Stendal | Lok Stendal | SG Stendal-Nord (1945-48) Blau-Weiss Stendal (1948-49) Eintracht Stendal (1949) Hans Wendler Stendal (1949-50)[29] Lok Altmark Stendal (1990-2002)[30] |
0 | 0 |
| Sachsenring Zwickau | SC Planitz | FSV Zwickau | SG Planitz (1945-1949) Horch Zwickau (1949-50) Motor Zwickau (1950-68)[31] |
1 | 3 |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ In 1949, SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg merged with SG Drewitz, forming BSG Motor Babelsberg.
- ^ Dynamo Berlin were formed in 1966, when the authorities decided to move the successful Dynamo Dresden team to Berlin. The reserve team continued as Dynamo Dresden.
- ^ Vorwärts Berlin were moved to Frankfurt (Oder) in 1971, with a change of name to match.
- ^ In 1953, Vorwärts Leipzig were moved to Berlin and were renamed accordingly.
- ^ Sturm Marga disbanded in 1933, having been banned by the Nazis. Franz Mehring Marga, considered to be the continuation of this club, were founded in 1949.
- ^ Dessauer FC and SV BAMAG Dessau merged in 1919, forming VfR Dessau 1905.
- ^ SpVgg Dessau and VfR Dessau merged in 1921, forming SV Dessau 05
- ^ SG Erfurt West encompassed the area of the city once served by SC Erfurt 1895 and VfB Erfurt and drew footballers who had played for these clubs.
- ^ Turbine Erfurt absorbed Optima Erfurt in 1965, one year before becoming Rot-Weiss Erfurt.
- ^ SG Friedrichstadt (aka Dresdner SC) were disbanded by the authorities in 1950, considered too bourgeoisie. A new Dresdner SC was formed in 1991, after reunification.
- ^ AGTG Gera and VfR Gera merged in 1922, forming SpVgg Gera 04
- ^ In 1936, Concordia Gera-Reuss merged with SpVgg Gera to form SV Gera 04.
- ^ RFT Gera, and Gera-Pforden merged in 1950, forming BSG Mechanik Gera.
- ^ Despite being named Karl-Marx-Stadt for much of their time in the DDR-Oberliga, Wismut continued to play in Aue.
- ^ Britannia and Hertha Leipzig merged in 1919, becoming Leipziger SV 1899. In 1938, LSV merged with SV Tura Leipzig, forming Tura 1899 Leipzig.
- ^ Industrie Leipzig was in fact, the result of a merger of five teams, SG Lindenau-Aue, SG Lindenau-Hafen, SG Leipzig-Mitte, SG Böhlitz-Ehrenberg and Leipzig-Leutzsch. Leutzsch are considered the closest descendant to TuRa Leipzig.
- ^ Chemie Leipzig were dissolved in 1954, with its players assigned to SC Leipzig, later Lokomotiv. The club was re-formed in 1963.
- ^ In 1990 GW Leipzig merged with Olefine (formerly Chemie) Böhlen, forming FC Sachsen Leipzig.
- ^ SG Probstheida merged into Rotation Leipzig in 1954.
- ^ In 1963, Leipzig's two teams, Lokomotive and Rotation, were merged and split into two new sides, SC Leipzig and Chemie Leipzig. SC Leipzig were renamed Lokomotiv Leipzig in 1965.
- ^ Lokomotive Leipzig reverted to their old name of VfB after re-unification, but in 2004 were declared bankrupt. The same year, they were re-established by fans, again as Lokomotive Leipzig.
- ^ BSG Eintracht Sudenburg were formed from a merger of SG Sudenburg and SG Lemsdorf in 1945. They absorbed SAG Krupp Grusson in 1950.
- ^ 1. FC Magdeburg also won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, the only European trophy to go to East Germany.
- ^ BSG Sachsenring Plauen absorbed SG-Plauen West in 1949 and Zellwolle Plauen in 1950.
- ^ FC Wettin were swallowed up by Riesaer SV in 1917.
- ^ Riesaer SV also absorbed Riesaer SV Blau-Weiss Riesa in 1996 and SC Riesa-Röderau (formerly Chemie Riesa) in 1998.
- ^ FC Hansa Rostock were officially founded in 1965, split from SC Empor Rostock, which had been founded in 1954 and included 1945 founded Empor Lauter's soccer team.
- ^ SC Empor Lauter were moved to Rostock in 1954, and renamed Empor Rostock.
- ^ SG Hans Wendler Stendal were formed in 1949 after a merger of Eintracht Stendal with two railway sides, Reichsbahn Stendal and RAW Stendal.
- ^ FSV Lokomotive Altmark Stendal went bankrupt in 2002, but merged with neighbours 1.FC Stendal, forming 1.FC Lokomotive Stendal.
- ^ BSG Sachsenring Zwickau were formed in 1968, from a merger between BSG Motor Zwickau and Aktivist Karl Marx Zwickau.
[edit] References
- John Dwyer. The Abseits Guide to German Soccer. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- Kicker Sonderheft various issues, 1989-2006.
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