FC Preußen Gumbinnen
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| Full name | Football Club Prussia Gumbinnen | ||
| place | Gumbinnen | ||
| Founded | 1907 | ||
| Dissolved | 1945 | ||
| Club colors | White black | ||
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| Top league | Gauliga East Prussia | ||
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FC Preußen Gumbinnen was a German sports club in the East Prussian city of Gumbinnen .
history
The club, founded in 1907, played within the Baltic Lawn and Winter Sports Association . In 1912/13 the district league Insterburg / Gumbinnen could be won for the first time , which entitled to participate in the Baltic football final. There Prussia Gumbinnen was defeated by SC Lituania Tilsit with 0: 3. The league system was changed for the coming season, the Insterburg-Gumbinnen district was now part of District I East Prussia , and the winners of the district league only qualified for the East Prussian finals. In 1913/14 Prussia Gumbinnen reached the final of East Prussia, but was clearly defeated by SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg with a score of 1: 7. In the following years the local rivals from Gumbinnen and Insterburg were stronger, it was not until 1922/23 that the district league was again won. In the soccer finals of East Prussia, the other clubs from East Prussia were stronger. In 1924/25 the district league could be won again, but in the Sot Prussian finals the club failed at the series champion VfB Königsberg . In 1925/26 , the club missed the qualification in the top East Prussian league, which was newly introduced for the coming season, and thus played second class. A return to the top division of the BRWV was no longer successful,
In 1929/30 Prussia Gumbinnen should have been relegated to the third-class district league Insterburg-Gumbinnen by taking the penultimate place in the Staffelliga Ost , but changes in the league system made this district league second class. In the last season of 1932/33 the club rose again to the first-class division league II North . It should be noted here that the association played the league games from the early 1930s a year earlier than the actual finals. This was due to the often bad weather conditions. Therefore, the division league II North for the season 1933/34 was also played (from autumn 1932). It was only after the league was over that it became apparent that the previous football associations would be dissolved and replaced by Gauligen when the National Socialists came to power . Here was Prussia Gumbinnen lucky because to qualify for Gauliga Prussia 1933/34 the standings of the originally played for the finals 1933/34 leagues were taken ( Prussia Gumbinnen was third) and not the standings of leagues that were for the final round in 1932/33 (Gumbinnen played second rate).
The first Gauliga season in 1933/34 ended on the penultimate place in Group B, but due to the use of a player who was not eligible to play, the club was transferred to the district class. The return to the first-class Gauliga succeeded Preußen Gumbinnen for the 1935/36 season , benefiting from the fact that the Gauliga was increased from 14 to 28 teams. After the 1937/38 season , the Gauliga was reduced from 28 to 10 teams, Prussia Gumbinnen was only fourth in the Gumbinnen group, which meant relegation to the second division. The club did not succeed in returning to the top class.
After the Second World War , the formerly German Gumbinnen was annexed by the Soviet Union and was named Gussew in 1946 . Like all other German clubs and institutions, the club was forcibly dissolved.
successes
- Participation in the Gauliga East Prussia : 1933/34 , 1935/36 , 1936/37 , 1937/38
- Participation in the Baltic football final : 1912/13
- District winner Insterburg-Gumbinnen: 1913 , 1914 , 1923 , 1925
swell
- DSFS : Football in the Baltic Sports Association, Part 1: 1903/04 - 1932/33 . DSFS, 2018, p. 34 ff .
- Udo Luy: Football in East Prussia, Danzig and West Prussia 1900 - 1914. , 2015.
- Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 .
- Hardy Greens: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .