Rot-Weiss Braunschweig
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| Full name | VfB Rot-Weiß 04 Braunschweig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Madamenweg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Berzirksliga Braunschweig (VII) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rot-Weiss Braunschweig is a German football club from the city of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony and is part of a larger sports club with departments for women's and youth football, gymnastics, handball, table tennis, and tennis.
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[edit] History
The club was founded as FC Einigkeit Braunschweig on April 16, 1904 and on September 14, 1905 merged with FC Viktoria 05 Braunschweig to form Braunschweiger FV 05. This club merged with FC Vorwärts 1908 Braunschweig to become FC Sportfreunde Braunschweig on September 7, 1912. Sportfreunde then joined Sportverein 07 Braunschweig on January 1, 1919 to create VfB 1904 Braunscweig.
From 1907 to 1914, SV had played as FC Britannia Braunschweig, acknowledging the roots of the game in Britain, until the club changed its name with the onset of World War I when that country became a wartime foe. In 1907, SV was joined by FC Germania Braunschweig which was one of the founding clubs of the DFB (Deutsche Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900.
VfB played lower level regional football and made a fleeting appearance (1943-44) in the war-weakened first division Gauliga Südhannover, Gruppe Braunschweig which was formed in 1942 after the split of the Gauliga Niedersachsen.
Following World War II the club became SV Rot-Weiss Braunschweig and fused with SV Brunswiek 1936 Braunschweig to play the 1945-46 season in the Oberliga Niedersachsen Süd (I) as VfB Brunswiek 04 Braunschweig. They resumed their identity as SV Rot-Weiss the next year and slipped into lower tier competition. In 1953 the club again changed its name, this time to VfB Rot-Weiß 04 Braunschweig. They currently play in the Berzirksliga Braunschweig (VII).
[edit] External links
- Official team site
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
