FV 1897 Linden

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FV 1897 Linden
Full nameFussball Verein 1897 Linden e.V.
Union German Rugby Federation
Founded1897
Location Hanover, Germany
ChairmanAlbert Kumm
Official website
www.linden1897.de

The FV 1897 Linden is a German rugby union club from Hanover. As well as rugby, the club also offers other sports, such as American football and gymnastics.

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The club has four German rugby union championships to its name, won in 1932, 1937, 1940 and 1978 but has not appeared in a championship final since 1980. [1]

In recent seasons, the club has not fielded a team in competitive senior rugby.

History

FV 1897 Linden was formed on 2 September 1897 as a football club. In March 1898, the club then switched codes and adopted rugby as its sport instead but retained its name Fussball Verein. [2]

FV made its first trip to a German championship final in 1932, defeating RG Heidelberg 6-5. It lost the 1934 final to fellow Hanover club VfR Döhren before winning its second title, again beating RG Heidelberg, in 1937. [1]

A third championship was won in 1940, during the Second World War, when Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby was defeated 19-6. [1]

It took the club 38 years to appear in another final, when, in 1978, TSV Handschuhsheim was beaten 24-16 and FV's fourth and so far last championship was won. It made one more finals appearance, in 1980, but this time RG Heidelberg triumphed 16-10. [1] In between those two finals, it appeared in the 1979 German rugby union cup final, where it lost to DSV 78 Hannover. [3]

The club has since disappeared from the Rugby-Bundesliga and not fielded a side in competitive senior rugby, but continues to be listed as a member of the Lower Saxony Rugby Federation. [4]

Club honours

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Die Deutschen Meister der Männer Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in German)DRV website - German champions (men), accessed: 15 April 2010
  2. ↑ Zur Geschichte (in German) FV 1897 Linden website, accessed: 15 April 2010
  3. ↑ Die DRV-Pokalsieger Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German)DRV website - German cup winners, accessed: 15 April 2010
  4. ↑ List of member clubs Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Lower Saxony Rugby Federation website, accessed: 16 April 2010
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