1. FC Poznan

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The 1. FC Posen was a German football club in the Second World War by the German Reich annexed, formerly Polish city of Poznan .

The association was founded in February 1940 by the authorities of the Reichsgau Wartheland . The former Polish national player Friedrich Scherfke , who had registered as an ethnic German , was used as first chairman and team captain at the same time . Were among the players according to press reports, both German nationals and German people and as part of the resettlement action " Heim ins Reich " has come to Poznan Baltic German . Poles were not allowed to become members, they were prohibited from participating in organized sport.

1. FC was one of eight German clubs that played their championship in the newly founded Poznan District League in 1940. After the round of the first leg he was unbeaten in 1st place in early summer. He finished the season in late autumn in second, behind Post SG Posen .

Several friendlies have been recorded, including 1. FC Posen beating a Berlin city selection 4: 2 to the surprise of the specialist press and BuEV Danzig , in which the national player Adolf Urban played at the time , 4: 3.

In October 1940, the 1. FC Posen was renamed the Air Force Sports Club (LSV) Posen, Scherfke left the squad. The NS authorities apparently regarded him as unreliable because of his contacts with club mates from his former Warta Poznań Club .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ East German Observer , January 8, 1940, p. 5.
  2. ↑ a b The kicker. June 18, 1940, p. 23.
  3. ↑ see: Thomas Urban : Black Eagle, White Eagle. German and Polish footballers at the heart of politics. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89533-775-8 , pp. 69, 78–79.
  4. ↑ The kicker. February 24, 1940, p. 23.
  5. ↑ The kicker. July 9, 1940, p. 10.
  6. ↑ East German Observer , April 15, 1940, p. 7.
  7. ↑ The kicker. November 26, 1940, p. 27.
  8. ↑ see: Thomas Urban: Black Eagle, White Eagle. German and Polish footballers at the heart of politics. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89533-775-8 , pp. 70–72.