Altonaer FC von 1893

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Altona 93
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Full nameAltonaer Fußball-Club von 1893 e. V
Nickname(s)AFC
Founded1893
GroundAdolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn
Capacity8.000
ChairmanDirk Barthel
CoachBerkan Algan
League Oberliga Hamburg (V)
2021–22 19th (Regionalliga Nord, relegated)
Website Club website

Altonaer FC von 1893, commonly known as Altona 93 and abbreviated to AFC, is a German association football club based in the Altona district of the city of Hamburg. The football team is a department of a larger sports club which also offers handball, karate, table tennis, and volleyball.

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History

Late in the nineteenth century, a number of sports having their origins in England – including cricket, rugby, and football – were introduced to continental Europe where they enjoyed considerable popularity. This club was founded on 29 July 1893 as Altonaer Cricketclub by a group of students who also demonstrated an early interest in football. In 1894, the club was renamed Altonaer Fussball und Cricket Club and then Altonaer Fussball Club in quick succession.

Altona is one of Germany's oldest football clubs: they were part of the Altona-Hamburg football league formed in 1894, as well as one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900. In 1903 at their home ground, they hosted the first-ever German national championship final played between VfB Leipzig and DFC Prague . The match was refereed by AFC player Franz Behr, who also served as the vice-chairman of the newly formed DFB until 1904. The club rescued the match by providing a new ball when the original one proved to be unsuitable for play. The hosts of the country's first title match never won or even played in a national final, being able to advance only as far as the semi-finals in 1903 and 1909, and the quarter-finals in 1914.

In 1919, the club merged with Altonaer TS 1880 in a union that lasted until 1922, during which time they were known as VfL Altona. After the break-up the team played as Altonaer FC 1893 VfL. Another merger in 1938 with Borussia 03 Bahrenfeld created Altonaer FC 93 Borussia. Between the end of World War I and the end of World War II the team played continuously in the country's top-flight leagues. Under the Third Reich German football was re-organized into sixteen Gauliga and AFC played first in the Gauliga Nordmark, and later in the Gauliga Hamburg.

After the war the club picked up play in the Stadtliga Hamburg before earning promotion to the first tier Oberliga Nord. Their best results were a pair of third-place finishes in 1954 and 1958, and semi-final appearances in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1955 and 1964. After the formation of the Bundesliga  – Germany's new professional league – in 1963, Altona found itself in the second-tier Regionalliga Nord where they played until 1968. Between 1969 and 1981 Altona played third and fourth division ball before slipping to Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia (V). They returned to using their old name, Altona FC, in 1979.

The club has moved up and down between the third and fifth tiers since the mid-1980s. In 1997, they found they were unable to sustain themselves financially in the Regionalliga Nord (IV) and after a single season at the professional level voluntarily withdrew to lower league play. The club is currently again playing in the Regionalliga Nord after promotion in 2019.

Fans

Altona despite their current low division have a relatively large local following, having the third largest fan-base in Hamburg. Their origins are similar of that of neighbours FC St Pauli and therefore the fans are of a similar left-wing political persuasion, which means that there are little tensions between the two local teams, but they do contest a local derby with Hamburger SV although mainly with their reserve team.

Recent seasons

Historical chart of Altonaer FC league performance Altona Performance Chart.png
Historical chart of Altonaer FC league performance
YearDivisionPosition
1999–2000 Verbandsliga Hamburg (VI)2nd
2000–01Verbandsliga Hamburg3rd
2001–02Verbandsliga Hamburg2nd ↑
2002–03 Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (V)8th
2003–04Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein2nd ↑
2004–05 Oberliga Nord (IV)12th
2005–06Oberliga Nord7th
2006–07Oberliga Nord5th
2007–08Oberliga Nord2nd
2008–09 Regionalliga Nord (IV)16th ↓
2009–10 Oberliga Hamburg (V)3rd
2010–11Oberliga Hamburg5th
2011–12Oberliga Hamburg9th
2012–13Oberliga Hamburg2nd
2013–14Oberliga Hamburg3rd
2014–15Oberliga Hamburg7th
2015–16Oberliga Hamburg6th
2016–17Oberliga Hamburg3rd ↑
2017–18Regionalliga Nord18th ↓
2018–19Oberliga Hamburg1st ↑
2019–20Regionalliga Nord16th
2020-21Regionalliga Nord11th
2021-22Regionalliga Nord19th
2022-23Oberliga Hamburg(5th)
Key
Promoted Relegated

Current squad

As of 2 April 2023 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julian Bergman
30 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julian Quack
31 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Yannick Petzschke
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tim Buhr
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Steffen Neelsen
2 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Theo Behrmann
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Abdul Saibou
8 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Marco Heskamp
20 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Moritz Grosche
22 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Ambrosius
13 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Martin Schauer
13 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Peer Mahncke
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Prince Hüttner
No.Pos.NationPlayer
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fynn Rathjen
15 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Minou Tsimba-Eggers
27 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Bujar Sejdija
21 MF Flag of Armenia.svg  ARM Narek Abrahamyan
16 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mika Feigenspan
23 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jeremy Wachter
26 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Marcus Borgmann
11 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Gries
7 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alexander Vojtenko
26 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Prince von Anhalt
17 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Randy Gyamenah
18 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Akagne Armel Gohoua
33 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alex Rieseler

Honours

The club's honours:

Stadium

Since 1909 the team has played in the AFC-Kampfbahn, renamed the Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn (AJK) in 1944. Jäger was killed trying to defuse an Allied bomb in Altona while working as a volunteer in a bomb squad, within weeks of the stadium-naming ceremony honouring him. The facility has a capacity of 8,000 spectators (1,500 seats). Germany's first national championship was played at the club's original grounds, Exerzierweide, in Altona's Bahrenfeld quarter (known today as Schnackenburgallee) on 31 May 1903.

The stadium was featured as a stop during the German leg of The Amazing Race 16, an American television program, in which participants had to kick footballs through targets.

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References

  1. "Spielerteam 2017/18" (in German). Altonaer FC von 1893. Retrieved 13 February 2018.