ASV Bergedorf 85
Full name | Allgemeiner Sportverein Bergedorf- Lohbrügge von 1885 e.V. | ||
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Nickname(s) | Elstern | ||
Founded | 29 March 1885 | ||
Ground | Sander Tannen | ||
Capacity | 12,000 | ||
Chairman | Klaus Hinz | ||
Managers | Patrick and Jürgen Paap | ||
League | Bezirksliga Hamburg Ost (VII) | ||
2018–19 | 10th | ||
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ASV Bergedorf is a
History
The association was founded on 29 March 1885 as the gymnastics club Allgemeine Turnverein Bergedorf after breaking away from parent club Bergerdorfer Mannerturnverein 1860. It merged with another gymnastics club, Arbeiter Turnverein Phönix Sande, to form Freien Turnerschaft Bergedorf-Sande in 1911. A football department was formed within this club the following year. The renaming of the city district of Sande in 1929 led to the association adopting the name Freie Turnerschaft Bergedorf-Lohbrügge.
The club enjoyed some success immediately after the war advancing out of fourth tier city league play into the second division Verbandsliga Alster by 1948. The team continued to play at that level in the Amateurliga Hamburg (II) until earning promotion to the top flight Oberliga Nord in 1958. They earned lower table results there until the 1963 formation of the
Nowadays the club plays in the tier seven Bezirksliga, for a time not having fielded its own team at all after the football department left the club in 2009 to join newly formed FC Bergedorf 85.[2]
Honours
The club's honours:
- Verbandsliga Hamburg
- Champions: 1972, 1976, 1978
- Verbandsliga Hamburg-Germania (III)
- Champions: 1948
- Hamburger Pokal
- Winners: 1992, 2003
Stadium
ASV plays its home fixtures in the Sander Tannen stadium. in Lohbrügge in Hamburg.
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View from south to north
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Back straight
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Main bridge
References
- ISBN 3-89784-147-9
- ^ Geschichte (in German) FC Bergedorf 85 website – Club history, accessed: 18 March 2015
External links
- Official team site
- Homepage of the gym sector Archived 2 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)