1. FC Frankfurt
Full name | 1. Fußballclub Frankfurt (Oder) E.V. e.V. | ||
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Founded | 2 August 1951 | as SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig||
Ground | Stadion der Freundschaft | ||
Capacity | 12,000 | ||
President | Markus Derling | ||
Manager | Michael Pohl | ||
League | Brandenburg-Liga | ||
2022–23 | NOFV-Oberliga Nord, 16th of 18 (relegated) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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1. FC Frankfurt is a
History
1. FC Frankfurt originally began as the football department of sports club SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig. The sports club was founded on 2 August 1951 and its first team was admitted to the 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga.
One of the characteristics of East German football after World War II, under the Soviet occupation and the socialist East German regime, was the willingness of the authorities to manipulate teams and clubs in various ways for political or other reasons.[2]
The first team of SV Vorwärts der KVP Leipzig was relocated to East Berlin in 1953 and continued as SV Vorwärts der KVP Berlin[3] The football team that began the 1952–53 DDR-Oberliga in Leipzig thus finished the season based in East Berlin. The sports club would undergo several name changes in the following years, before it was finally known as ASK Vorwärts Berlin.
The club began a run of success in 1954 which included an FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) that year, East German championships in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1965, as well as losing appearances in the 1956 FDGB-Pokal, and the 1957 and 1959 national finals. Their success continued after the team was again renamed as the football department of ASK Vorwärts Berlin was separated from the sports club and reformed as FC Vorwärts Berlin, one of the new centralized football clubs formed to increase the level of performance throughout the country. Vorwärts won another two championships (1966, 1969) and in 1970 again made a losing appearance in the FDGB-Pokal final. Throughout the entire period from 1951 to 1971, the side played in the DDR Oberliga (top tier).[3]
In 1971, the club was moved again, this time from the capital to Frankfurt an der Oder on the German-
After German reunification in 1990, the club dropped its affiliation with the army and became FC Victoria Frankfurt/Oder. After financial problems and re-organization in 1993 the side emerged as Frankfurter FC Viktoria (FFC Viktoria 91). In the early 1990s, they played a couple of seasons in tier III before slipping to division IV and V level play. The side then played in the Brandenburg-Liga (VI) before, on 1 July 2012, merging with MSV Eintracht Frankfurt to become 1. FC Frankfurt.[8][1] The new club took over Viktoria in the Brandenburg-Liga and was aiming for promotion to the higher leagues. Their first success was winning the league in 2015, earning promotion to the NOFV-Oberliga for the first time in 12 years.
Nomenclature
FC Vorwärts Berlin and its forerunners in Berlin were not related to the historical football club
The "E.V." in the present club name stands for the names of the two predecessors "Eintracht" and "Viktoria" respectively.
Forms and names
Date | Full name | Short name |
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2 August 1951 | Sportvereinigung Volkspolizei Vorwärts Leipzig | SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig |
27 April 1952 | Sportvereinigung Vorwärts der Hauptverwaltung Ausbildung Leipzig | SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig |
2 November 1952 | Sportvereinigung Vorwärts der Kasernierten Volkspolizei Leipzig | SV Vorwärts der KVP Leipzig |
3 April 1953 | Sportvereinigung Vorwärts der Kasernierten Volkspolizei Berlin | SV Vorwärts der KVP Berlin |
27 September 1953 | Zentraler Sportklub Vorwärts der Kasernierten Volkspolizei Berlin | ZSK Vorwärts der KVP Berlin |
7 March 1954 | Zentraler Sportklub Vorwärts Berlin | ZSK Vorwärts Berlin |
31 October 1956 | Zentraler Armeesportklub Vorwärts Berlin | ZASK Vorwärts Berlin |
1 February 1957 | Armeesportklub Vorwärts Berlin | ASK Vorwärts Berlin |
18 January 1966 | Fußballclub Vorwärts Berlin | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
14 August 1971 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt |
7 February 1991 | FC Victoria 91 Frankfurt (Oder) e.V. | FC Victoria 91 |
29 August 1992 | Frankfurter FC Viktoria 91 e.V. | FFC Viktoria 91 |
1 July 2012 | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) E. V. e.V. | 1. FC Frankfurt |
Honours
Domestic
- East German Champions
- Winners: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969
- Runners-up: 1957, 1959, 1970, 1983
- FDGB-Pokal
- Winners: 1954, 1970
- Runners-up: 1956, 1976, 1981
- DDR-Liga (II)
- Winners: 1954, 1979, 1990
International
- European Cup
- Quarter-finals: 1969-70
- Quarter-finals:
- European Cup Winners' Cup
- Quarter-finals: 1970-71
- Quarter-finals:
Regional
- Brandenburg-Liga (VI)
- Winners: 1997, 2003, 2015, 2022
- Runners-up: 1996, 2021
European competitions
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score |
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1959-60
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European Cup | First round | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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2–1, 0–2 | |
1960-61 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Rudá Hvězda Brno | 2–1, 0-2 | |
1961-62
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European Cup | Preliminary round | Linfield | 3-0, n/p | |
First round | Rangers | 1-2, 1-4 | |||
1962-63
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European Cup | Preliminary round | Dukla Prague | 0-3, 0-1 | |
1966-67
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European Cup | Preliminary round | Waterford F.C. | 6-1, 6-0 | |
First round | Górnik Zabrze | 1-2, 2–1, 1-3 (replay) | |||
1970-71 | Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Bologna
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0-0, 1-1 | |
Second round | Benfica | 2-0, 0-2 | |||
Quarter Finals | PSV | 0-2, 1-0 | |||
1974-75 | UEFA Cup | First round | Juventus | 2-1, 0-3 | |
1980-81 | UEFA Cup | First round | Ballymena United | 1-2, 3-0 | |
Second round | VfB Stuttgart | 1-5, 1-2 | |||
1982-83 | UEFA Cup | First round | Werder Bremen | 1-3, 2-0 | |
1983-84 | UEFA Cup | First round | Nottingham Forest | 0-2, 0-3 | |
1984–85 | UEFA Cup | First round | PSV | 2-0, 0-3 |
See also
References
- ^ a b Eberhard, Hans (26 May 2012). "Fusion zum 1. FC Frankfurt perfekt". Märkische Oderzeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ The Darth Vaders of East German Soccer: BFC Dynamo, Beyond The Last Man, 12 August 2016
- ^ a b Forward With Vorwärts Berlin, East Germany’s Team Of The 60s – Part One, Beyond The Last Man, 15 April 2015
- ^ Schwaß, Robert (14 August 2021). "Frankfurter DDR-Kicker feiern ihren Verein und alte Erfolge". www.rbb24.de (in German). Berlin: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ISBN 978-3-86284-206-3.
- ^ Teichler, Hans Joachim (4 May 2006). "Fußball in der DDR". bpb.de (in German). Bonn: Federal Agency for Civic Education. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
Letztlich landen alle Spekulationen immer wieder bei MfS-Chef Erich Mielke, der den Verteidigungsminister Heinz Hoffmann irgendwie überzeugt haben musste, dass zwei Clubs der "bewaffneten Organe" in Berlin zuviel waren.
- ISBN 978-0-230-22784-2.
- ^ a b Forward With Vorwärts Berlin, East Germany’s Team Of The 60s – Part Two, Beyond The Last Man, 21 April 2015
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer