BSG Motor Meuselwitz
BSG Motor Meuselwitz was a German company sports association (BSG) that was based in the Saxon-Thuringian city of Meuselwitz . It became known throughout the GDR in the 1950s and 1960s for its football and handball sections .
precursor
On May 1, 1910, the sports association (SV) Meuselwitz was founded as the second football club after FC Sportlust Meuselwitz (1900). As part of the Central German soccer championships , the sports association initially played in the lower class of the Leipzig Ball Game Association . Since 1925 Meuselwitz belonged to the third class 2a class in the Großgau Leipzig. In 1931 he won the relay and was promoted to the second class 1b class. In the seasons 1931/32 (5th place) and 1932/33 (6th place) that was the membership in the highest league in the history of the sports association. When the soccer leagues in National Socialist Germany were reorganized in 1933 , SV Meuselwitz, like the neighboring clubs in Altenburger Land, was no longer part of the Leipzig Soccer Association. Between 1933 and 1945 there were no reliable findings regarding results and class affiliation.
BSG foundation
In 1945 the Meuselwitz sports association fell under the association ban of the occupying powers. In the Soviet Zone of Occupation (SBZ) the ban was permanent, and in the sports sector initially only the establishment of loosely organized sports communities was permitted. In Meuselwitz, the SG Zipsendorf and SG Meuselwitz emerged as the successor to SV Meuselwitz. The SG Meuselwitz transformed in 1949 by the Maschinenfabrik Meuselwitz as carriers operating to Compatible Operating Sportgemeinschaft metal Meuselwitz. As is customary for company sports groups, the BSG maintained several sports sections, in addition to football, among other things, boxing, handball, chess and table tennis.
Soccer
The BSG first had to compete with their soccer teams in the Thuringian league system, as Meuselwitz had come to the state of Thuringia after the newly formed states . From 1948/49, Metal Meuselwitz played in the Thuringia district class, one of the four second-rate football leagues in the Soviet Zone. In 1950 the first team won the relay and achieved qualification for the Thuringia national class in 1951/52 by finishing second in the promotion round . This had become the third division after the introduction of the GDR Oberliga and the GDR League .
After the end of the 1951/52 season, the BSG changed its name to "Motor Meuselwitz" according to the parent sports association Motor . Also in 1952, the states in the GDR were abolished and replaced by districts . From 1952/53 on, BSG Motor played in the Leipzig District League , where it was able to assert itself until 1956. In the season 1956 (introduction of the calendar year season) Motor Meuselwitz was last in the district league and had to relegate to the district class, which was only fifth class after the introduction of the 2nd GDR league . From 1960 to the 1963/64 season, the BSG was represented again for four seasons in the district league. Then the footballers played with short breaks in the district area in the district class Leipzig, which has now become fourth class again. In 1984 they had to relegate again to the district league, from which there was no promotion until the end of the GDR soccer game .
Handball
In the era of field handball , BSG Metall Meuselwitz achieved its first successes with its men's team in the early 1950s, such as winning the Thuringian men's handball championship in 1951. Then the team played as BSG Motor until 1958 in the second-rate GDR field handball league. In 1952 the Meuselwitzer qualified for the promotion games to the field handball league, but did not make it to the top handball division. When indoor handball became more important in the 1970s, the handball section of BSG Motor was characterized by its intensive work with youngsters, both among the female and male youth, which led to success at the district level.
resolution
As a result of the economic changes after the political change of 1989/90 , the system of company sports associations collapsed in the GDR. In 1990, the Meuselwitz machine factory stopped supporting BSG Motor, whereupon the BSG dissolved. Some of their previous sports sections founded new clubs, the footballers the FSV Meuselwitz and the handball players the handball club Meuselwitz.
literature
- DFSF (Ed.): GDR Chronicle - GDR Football 1949–1991 (Volumes 1–6). Berlin 2007/11