Vorwärts Leipzig
Full name | Armee-Sportgemeinschaft Vorwärts Leipzig | ||
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Founded | 1951 | ||
League | defunct | ||
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ASG Vorwärts Leipzig was an
Football department
History
Following World War II Germany was
In their debut season in 1951–52 SV competed as part of the first division which was by then known as the DDR-Oberliga. The club was renamed in December 1952 as Sportvereinigung Vorwärts der Kasernierten Volkspolizei Leipzig and in April 1953 the first team players were transferred en masse to Berlin to become
The remaining footballers carried on under the original club's name and on 1 January 1955 the team assumed the place of SC DHfK Leipzig II in the DDR-Liga (II). In July 1955 the entire first team squad was again transferred, this time to
ASG bounced back after a last place finish and relegation in 1970 to win the Bezirksliga Leipzig (III) title in 1970–71. In 1973, two seasons after their return to second-tier play, they won their division and subsequently took part in a failed Oberliga promotion playoff. Vorwärts played one more season in Leipzig and in 1974 the squad was again transferred, this time to Dessau where they became
Vorwärts Leipzig regularly took part in the preliminary rounds of the
The Leipzig team's unusual history has left a legacy of teams linked to the original 1951 club including current day clubs Vorwärts Dessau and 1. FC Frankfurt, as well as defunct sides Vorwärts Berlin, Vorwärts Cottbus, and Vorwärts Kamenz.
Honours
- 2. DDR-Liga (III)
- Divisional champions: 1960, 1962
- Bezirksliga Leipzig (III)
- Champions: 1971
- DDR-Liga (II)
- Divisional champions: 1973
References
- ISBN 3-89784-147-9
External links
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)