BuEV Danzig
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| Full name | Ballspiel- und Eislauf-Verein Danzig e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1903 | ||
| Dissolved | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Reichskolonie | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
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BuEV Danzig was a
Danzig, West Prussia (today Gdańsk
, Poland).
History
The city's first football side, Fußball Club Danzig was established 18 April 1903, and by 1905 was playing as Ballspiel- und Eislauf-Verein Danzig to reflect the club's interest in both football and ice skating. Between 1916 and 1930 the association was called Verein für Leibesübungen Danzig before again playing as BuEV.[1]
The footballers were a prominent side in
Viktoria 89 Berlin
(0:7).
Following the re-organization of German football under the
Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions, BuEV became part of the Gauliga Ostpreußen (I). They then joined the Gauliga Danzig (I), a regional division of the Gauliga Ostpreußen, in 1935 and captured a division title there, before losing the overall Gauliga Ostpreußen championship to Yorck Insterburg (0:2).[2] The club also made appearances in the early rounds of the Tschammerpokal competition, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal
(German Cup), in 1937 and 1940.
The team played out its existence in the Gauliga Ostpreußen (1938–40) and Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen (1940–45) as a middling side. BuEV disappeared with the end of World War II when the city of Danzig and surrounding territory became part of Poland.
Honours
External links
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)
- Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig (en: Football in East Prussia and Danzig)
References
- ISBN 3-89784-147-9
- ISBN 3-928562-85-1