List of football clubs in East Germany

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The history of East German football is complex, and that of its clubs particularly so. After World War II, the occupying Allies disbanded most German organisations, including sports clubs.

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While some clubs were re-formed, others were not, and many that emerged had been renamed, merged with their neighbours, or even split. The instability continued throughout the East German era, with clubs being moved to new towns, and with very frequent name-changes, Soviet-sounding names like Dynamo and Lokomotive replacing more traditional names.

After re-unification, many clubs reverted to their pre-East German names, but some stuck with them, and others have changed back again. This page lists all prominent East German clubs, along with their original name, their present-day name, and a list of name changes and mergers that they underwent.

GDR namePre-GDR nameCurrent nameOther namesGDR TitlesGDR Cups
BSG Wismut Aue Pneumatik AueFC Erzgebirge AueBSG Pneumatik Aue (1946–49)
BSG Zentra Wismut Aue (1949–51)
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1954–63) [1]
FC Wismut Aue (1990–93)		31
BSG Rotation Babelsberg SG BabelsbergFortuna BabelsbergSG Babelsberg (1946–49)
BSG Märkische Volksstimme Potsdam-Babelsberg (1949–50)
BSG DEFA Babelsberg (1969–90)		--
Berliner FC Dynamo°None (formed 1966)Berliner FC Dynamo SC Dynamo Berlin (1954–66) [nb 1]
FC Berlin (1990–99)		103
1. FC Union Berlin°SC Union Oberschöneweide1. FC Union BerlinFC Olympia Oberschöneweide (1906–1906)
BTuFC Helgoland (1906-07)
BTuFC Union 1892 (1907-09)
SC Union Oberschöneweide (1909-45)
SG Oberschöneweide (1945–48)
SG Union Oberschöneweide (1948–51)
BSG Motor Oberschöneweide (1951–55)
SC Motor Berlin (1955–57)
TSC Oberschöneweide (1957–63)
TSC Berlin (1963–66)		-1
BSG Chemie Böhlen None (founded 1969)SV Chemie Böhlen [2] BSG Brennstoff Böhlen (1949–52) [3]
BSG Benzinwerk Böhlen (1949–52) [4]
BSG Aktivist Böhlen (1952–68) [5]
SV Chemie Böhlen (1990) [2] 		--
FC Vorwärts Berlin°
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder° [nb 2] 		None (founded 1951)1. FC FrankfurtSV VP Vorwärts Leipzig (1951–53)
SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig (1952-52)
SV Vorwärts der KVP Leipzig (1952-53)
SV Vorwärts der KVP Berlin (1953-53)
ZSK Vorwärts der KVP Berlin (1953-54)
ZSK Vorwärts Berlin (1954–56)
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin (1956-57)
ASK Vorwärts Berlin (1957–66) [nb 3]
FC Victoria 91 Frankfurt (1991–92)
FFC Viktoria 91 (1992–2012) [nb 4] 		62
BSG Stahl Brandenburg None (founded 1950)FC Stahl BrandenburgBSV Stahl Brandenburg (1990–93)
BSV Brandenburg (1993–98)		--
BSG Energie Cottbus None (founded 1963)FC Energie CottbusBSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost (1950–54)
SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg (1954–63) [6]
SC Cottbus (1963–66)		--
BSG Motor Dessau SV Dessau 05SV Dessau 05FC Adler (1905)
Dessauer FC (1905–1919)
SV BAMAG Dessau (?–1919)
VfR Dessau (1919–21) [7]
SpVgg Dessau (?–1921) [8]
Blau-Weiss Dessau (1945–47)
Sport-Union Dessau (1947–48)
SG Dessau-Nord (1948–49)
BSG Waggonbau Dessau (1949)
BSG Waggonfabrik Dessau (1949–50)
SG Waggonbau 05 Dessau (1990–95)		-1
SG Dynamo Dresden°°None (founded 1953)SG Dynamo DresdenSG Volkspolizei Dresden (1948–50)
SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden (1950-1953) [nb 5]
1. FC Dynamo Dresden (1990–2007)
87
SG Friedrichstadt Dresdner SCDresdner SCDresdner SC (1898-1945)
None (disbanded 1950–91) [nb 6] 		--
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstädt None (founded 1950)FC EisenhüttenstädtBSG Stahl Fürstenberg Ost (1950–53)
BSG Stahl Stalinstadt (1953–59)
Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl (1990–2016) [14] 		--
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt°SG Erfurt WestRot-Weiss ErfurtSG Erfurt West (1946–48) [15]
SG Fortuna Erfurt (1948–49)
KWU Erfurt (1949–50)
BSG Turbine Erfurt (1950–54)
SC Turbine Erfurt (1954–65) [16] 		2-
BSG Wismut Gera SG Gera-PfordenBSG Wismut Gera1. VfR Gera (?–1922)
Allgemeinen Turngemeinde Gera (?–1922)
SpVgg Gera 04 [17]
Concordia Gera-Reuß (?–1936) [18]
SG Gera-Pforden (1945–49)
RFT Gera (?–1950)
BSG Mechanik Gera (1950–51) [19]
BSG Motor Gera (1951–52)
FSV Wismut Gera (1990–93)
1. SV Gera (1993–2007)
FV Gera Süd (2007–09)		--
Hallescher FC Chemie°SG Freiimfelde HalleHallescher FCSG Freiimfelde Halle (1945–49)
ZSG Union Halle (1949–50)
BSG Turbine Halle (1950–54)
SC Chemie Halle-Leune (1954–58)
SC Chemie Halle (1958–66)		22
FC Carl Zeiss Jena°1. SV JenaFC Carl Zeiss JenaFC der Firma Carl Zeiss (1903–11)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1911–17, 1966–)
Ernst-Abbe Jena (1946–48)
Stadion Jena (1948–49)
BSG Carl Zeiss Jena (1949–51)
Mechanik Jena (1951)
BSG Motor Jena (1951–54)
SC Motor Jena (1954–66)		34
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt°None (founded 1945)Chemnitzer FCSG Chemnitz Nord (1945–48)
BSG Fewa Chemnitz (1948–51)
BSG Chemie Chemnitz (1951–53)
SC Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953–56)
SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt (1956–63)
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1963–66)		1-
BSG Chemie Leipzig TuRa Leipzig BSG Chemie Leipzig [nb 7] TuRa Leipzig (1938-44)
KSG Leipzig (1944-45) [nb 8]
SG Leipzig-Leutzsch (1945–49)
ZSG Industrie Leipzig (1949–50) [nb 9]
Dissolved (1954–63) [nb 10]
BSG Chemie Leipzig (1963-90)
FC Grün-Weiß Leipzig (1990)
FC Sachsen Leipzig (1990-2011)
SG Leipzig-Leutzsch (2011-13)
SG Sachsen Leipzig (2013-14)		21
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig°VfB Leipzig1. FC Lokomotive LeipzigVfB Leipzig (1896-98)
VfB 1893 Sportbrüder Leipzig (1898-1900)
VfB Leipzig (1900-45)
SG Probstheida (1946–50)
BSG Erich Zeigner Probstheida (1950-53)
BSG Einheit Ost (1953-45)
SC Rotation Leipzig (1954–63) [nb 11]
SC Leipzig (1963–65) [nb 12]
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (1966-1991) [nb 13]
VfB Leipzig (1991–2004 [nb 14] 		-4
1. FC Magdeburg°None (founded 1945)1. FC MagdeburgSG Sudenburg (1945)
SG Lemsdorf (1945)
SAG Krupp Grusson (1945–50)
Eintracht Sudenburg (1945–51) [20]
BSG Stahl Magdeburg (1951–52)
BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg (1952–57)
SC Aufbau Magdeburg (1957–65)
SC Magdeburg (1965)		38 [21]
BSG Einheit Pankow SG Pankow-NordVfB Einheit zu Pankow [22] VfB Pankow (1893–1945, 1949–50)
SG Pankow Nord (1945–51)
PSV Einheit Pankow (1990–91)		--
BSG Motor WEMA Plauen VFC PlauenVFC PlauenSG Plauen-West (1946–49)
Sachsenverlag Plauen (1949–51) [23]
Rotation Plauen (1951–55)
Wismut Plauen (1955–63)		--
BSG Stahl Riesa Riesaer SVBSG Stahl RiesaSC Riesa (1903–05)
FC Wettin (?–1917) [24]
SG Riesa (1945–48)
Riesaer SV (1905–45)
Stahlwerk Riesa (1945–48)
FC Stahl Riesa (1990–91)
Riesaer SV Blau-Weiß (1991–98) [25]
FC Stahl Riesa (1998–2003) [26]
TSV Stahl Riesa (2003–12)		--
FC Hansa Rostock°SG LauterF.C. Hansa RostockSG Lauter (1946–49)
BSG Freihet Wismut Lauter (1950–51)
BSG Empor Lauter (1951–54) [nb 15]
SC Empor Rostock (1954–65) [nb 16] 		11
BSG Lokomotive Stendal Viktoria Stendal1. FC Lok StendalSG Stendal-Nord (1945–48)
Blau-Weiss Stendal (1948–49)
SG Eintracht Stendal (1949)
SG Blau-Weiß Stendal (1949)
BSG "Hans Wendler" Stendal (1949–50) [29]
FSV Lok Altmark Stendal (1990–2002) [30] 		--
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau SG PlanitzFSV ZwickauSC Planitz (-1945)
SG Planitz (1945–49)
ZSG Horch Zwickau (1949–50)
BSG Motor Zwickau (1950–68) [31] 		13

° Football clubs (FC), which were founded 1965-66 as centers of high-level football in the GDR.
°° SG Dynamo Dresden was a sports community with FC status.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ BFC Dynamo originally began as a football department of SC Dynamo Berlin. The team of SC Dynamo Berlin was formed in 1954, when the team of SG Dynamo Dresden and its place the DDR-Oberliga was relocated to East Berlin.
  2. ↑ FC Vorwärts Berlin were relocated to Frankfurt an der Oder on 31 July 1971 and continued as FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder.
  3. ↑ FC Vorwärts Berlin originally began as a football department of ASK Vorwärts Berlin.
  4. ↑ FFC Viktoria 91 and MSV Eintracht Frankfurt merged in 2012 to become 1. FC Frankfurt.
  5. ↑ When SG Friedrichstadt was dissolved after the 1949-50 DDR-Oberliga season, the playing right in the DDR-Oberliga was given to SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden. SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden only played in the lower tier Stadtliga Dresden at the time. [9] The team was thus able to enter the DDR-Oberliga without having to progress through divisions. [10] In order to put together a strong team for SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden to the 1950-51 DDR-Oberliga, the 40 best players of the various Volkspolizei teams in East Germany were brought together for a training session in Forst in July 1950. Coaches Fritz Sack and Paul Döring picked out 17 players from 11 different cities who were delegated to Dresden to form the team. [11] [12] [9] SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Potsdam lost five players. [10] SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Potsdam was severely weakened by the delegations to Dresden. [13] SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden became SG Dynamo Dresden on 12 April 1953.
  6. ↑ SG Friedrichstadt was the successor to Dresdner SC. SG Friedrichstadt was disbanded by the authorities in 1950. The club was considered too bourgeoisie. Many player, including player-coach Helmut Schön, fled to West Germany. Its place in the DDR-Oberliga was given to SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden, which became SG Dynamo Dresden in 1953. A new Dresdner SC was formed in 1991, after German reunification.
  7. ↑ FC Grün-Weiß Leipzig merged with SV Chemie Böhlen (formerly BSG Chemie Böhlen) in 1990, forming FC Sachsen Leipzig.
  8. ↑ TuRa Leipzig was paired with SpVgg 1899 Leipzig to form the war time side KSG Leipzig.
  9. ↑ ZSG Industrie Leipzig was in fact, the result of a merger of five teams: SG Lindenau-Aue, SG Lindenau-Hafen, SG Leipzig-Mitte, SG Böhlitz-Ehrenberg and SG Leipzig-Leutzsch. SG Leipzig-Leutzsch is considered the closest descendant to TuRa 1899 Leipzig.
  10. ↑ BSG Chemie Leipzig was dissolved in 1954, with its players assigned to SC Lokomotive Leipzig. BSG Chemie Leipzig was re-formed in 1963.
  11. ↑ SG Probstheida was joined with the new sports club SC Rotation Leipzig in 1954.
  12. ↑ The two sport clubs SC Lokomotive and SC Rotation were merged in 1963 to form SC Leipzig. The supposedly best football players of the two clubs would play for SC Leipzig. The remainder formed the team of re-established BSG Chemie Leipzig.
  13. ↑ The football department of SC Leipzig was separated from the sports club in 1966 to form football club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.
  14. ↑ 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig took the historic name VfB Leipzig after German re-unification, but the club was declared bankrupt in 2004. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was re-established by fans in late 2003 and began play in 2004.
  15. ↑ The football team of BSG Empor Lauter in Lauter in the Ore Mountains was relocated Rostock in Bezirk Rostock in 1954. The team and its place in the DDR-Oberliga was transferred to sports club SC Empor Rostock. [27] Then SED First Secretary in Bezirk Rostock Karl Mewis and SED funcionary Harry Tisch were instrumental in the relocation of BSG Empor Lauter to Rostock. [28] [27]
  16. ↑ FC Hansa Rostock originally began as a football department of SC Empor Rostock.
  1. ↑ Despite being named Karl-Marx-Stadt for much of their time in the DDR-Oberliga, Wismut continued to play in Aue.
  2. 1 2 In 1990 the first team of SV Chemie Böhlen merged with GW Leipzig, forming FC Sachsen Leipzig. The reserve team continued as SV Chemie Böhlen.
  3. ↑ BSG Brennstoff Böhlen were renamed Aktivist Mitte Böhlen in 1951.
  4. ↑ BSG Benzinwerk Böhlen were renamed Aktivist West Böhlen in 1951.
  5. ↑ Aktivist Mitte Böhlen and Aktivist West Böhlen were merged in BSG Chemie Böhlen on 1 January 1969.
  6. ↑ SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg was being moved from Senftenberg to Cottbus in 1963
  7. ↑ Dessauer FC and SV BAMAG Dessau merged in 1919, forming VfR Dessau 1905.
  8. ↑ SpVgg Dessau and VfR Dessau merged in 1921, forming SV Dessau 05
  9. 1 2 "Dynamo Dresden - Gestern und Heute". dynamo-dresden.de (in German). Dresden: SG Dynamo Dresden e.V. n.d. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  10. 1 2 Mike, Dennis; Grix, Jonathan (2012). Sport under Communism – Behind the East German 'Miracle' (1st ed.). Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan Publishers Limited). p. 136. ISBN   978-0-230-22784-2.
  11. ↑ "Die Geschichte Dynamo Dresdens". 3-liga.com (in German). Lübeck: Niels-Frederik Popien. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  12. ↑ Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich (2003). Tor!: The Story of German Football (3rd ed.). London: WSC Books Ltd. p. 226. ISBN   095401345X.
  13. ↑ Grüne, Hardy (1 June 2020). "Der angefeindete Serienmeister des Ostens". Fußball-Woche (de) (in German). Hamburg: SPM Sportplatz Media GmbH. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  14. ↑ FC Eisenhüttenstadt absorbed Eisenhüttenstadt FC Stahl in 2016.
  15. ↑ SG Erfurt West encompassed the area of the city once served by SC Erfurt 1895 and VfB Erfurt and drew footballers who had played for these clubs.
  16. ↑ SC Turbine Erfurt absorbed Optima Erfurt in 1965, one year before becoming Rot-Weiss Erfurt.
  17. ↑ ATG Gera and VfR Gera merged in 1922, forming SpVgg Gera 04
  18. ↑ In 1936, Concordia Gera-Reuss merged with SpVgg Gera to form SV Gera 04.
  19. ↑ RFT Gera and Gera-Pforden merged in 1950, forming BSG Mechanik Gera.
  20. ↑ BSG Eintracht Sudenburg were formed from a merger of SG Sudenburg and SG Lemsdorf in 1945. They absorbed SAG Krupp Grusson in 1950.
  21. ↑ 1. FC Magdeburg also won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, the only European trophy to go to East Germany.
  22. ↑ In 1991 PSV Einheit Pankow and VfB Pankow were merged in VfB-Einheit zu Pankow.
  23. ↑ BSG Sachsenring Plauen absorbed SG-Plauen West in 1949 and Zellwolle Plauen in 1950.
  24. ↑ FC Wettin were swallowed up by Riesaer SV in 1917.
  25. ↑ Riesaer SV absorbed SC Riesa-Röderau (formerly Chemie Riesa) in 1998.
  26. ↑ FC Stahl Riesa were declared bankrupt in 2003. The same year, they were re-established by fans as TSV Stahl Riesa.
  27. 1 2 Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich (2003). Tor!: The Story of German Football (3rd ed.). London: WSC Books Ltd. pp. 225–226. ISBN   095401345X.
  28. ↑ Mike, Dennis; Grix, Jonathan (2012). Sport under Communism – Behind the East German 'Miracle' (1st ed.). Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan Publishers Limited). p. 138. ISBN   978-0-230-22784-2.
  29. ↑ SG "Hans Wendler" Stendal were formed in 1949 after a merger of Eintracht Stendal with two railway sides, Reichsbahn Stendal and RAW Stendal.
  30. ↑ FSV Lokomotive Altmark Stendal went bankrupt in 2002, but merged with neighbours 1. FC Stendal, forming 1. FC Lokomotive Stendal.
  31. ↑ BSG Sachsenring Zwickau were formed in 1968, from a merger between BSG Motor Zwickau and Aktivist Karl Marx Zwickau.

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