1. FSV Cologne 1899

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1. FSV Cologne 1899
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Basic data
Surname 1. Soccer Association Cologne 1899 eV
Seat Cologne - Weidenpesch ,
North Rhine-Westphalia
founding May 6, 1899
Colours black red
Website koeln99.de
First soccer team
Head coach Alessandro Puzzo
Venue Scheibenstrasse sports facility
Places nb
league District league B1 Cologne
2019/20 2nd place
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The 1. FSV Cologne 1899 (officially: 1. Soccer Sports Club Cologne 1899 eV ) a Cologne sports club from the north of the city and at the same time the oldest soccer club in Cologne.

history

The parent clubs

On May 6, 1899, Cologne's first football club was founded with the International Football Club of Cologne. Shortly after it was founded, the club was renamed the Cölner Fußball-Club 1899 (Cölner FC 1899) and after the Orthographic Conference of 1901 it was renamed the Kölner Fußball-Club 1899 (Kölner FC 1899). First of all, the game was played at Neusser Tor, opposite the Agneskirche . In 1903, however, the team moved to Weidenpescher Park . The club was based there for a full 99 years.

In 1903 and 1906 the club became West German champions and in 1906 was the first club from Cologne to reach the final round of the German championship, where it was eliminated in the first round. In 1916 the club was renamed the Cologne Sport Club 1899 . Also in May 1899, members of the Cologne gymnastics club set up their own business under the name Borussia Cologne , which in 1914 founded the Cologne club for lawn games . The boards of both clubs decided to merge in 1937. On July 13, 1937, the founding meeting of the newly named VfL Cologne 1899 took place in the festival hall of the Wolkenburg .

VfL Cologne 1899

Coat of arms of VfL Cologne 1899

In the 1920s and 1930s, the stadium held 16,000 spectators and was the venue for several games for the German soccer championship. The club recorded great sporting successes before and during the Second World War. From 1903 to 1944 the club members were able to celebrate eight regional championships and celebrate the club's greatest success in 1941, when they made it to the semi-finals of the German championship. A crowd of 35,000 was then, however, had to be in Dusseldorf the FC Schalke 04 with 4: 1 beaten. In 1936, 1941 and 1942 the club reached the championship finals as champions of the Gauliga Mittelrhein , as well as in 1944 in a war sports association with Sülz 07 , a predecessor club of 1. FC Cologne . In total, the club provided six national players, including Peco Bauwens , who later became president of the DFB .

After the Second World War, the club was quickly overtaken by the newly founded major clubs 1. FC Cologne , SC Fortuna Cologne and SC Viktoria Cologne . In 1950 VfL managed to climb up to the second-class 2nd division West together with Fortuna , but despite a respectable 8th place (out of 16), they did not continue in the 2nd division. Then you could hold yourself for a few years in the Mittelrhein Association League, the third division at that time and the highest amateur class. In the next few decades the decline followed up to the relegation to the district league A. In the seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10, the sporting downturn led the 1st men's team even to the lowest league, the 11th class district league C at the time the team has been playing since the 2010/11 season.

1. FSV Cologne 1899

On July 1, 2013, VfL 1899 merged with FSV Köln-Nord, which was founded in 1991, to form 1. FSV Köln 1899 . This took over the place of the FSV Köln-Nord in the district league B and had to relegate in 2017. After the direct resurgence, the 1st FSV 2020 was runner-up in the district league B1 behind the CfB Ford Niehl .

present

Since 2002, the club's premises are no longer in the traditional Weidenpescher Park , but a few hundred meters away in the district sports facility in the Weidenpesch district of Cologne . The club's youth work still has a good reputation in Cologne and the handball department is known nationwide.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Kleefisch: Merger in Weidenpesch. Rheinfussball.de, accessed on July 19, 2020 .

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