Märkischer Football Association

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The Märkische Fußball-Bund (MFB) is a former football association from Berlin . It was founded on August 24, 1901 as the Free Berlin Football Association and existed until 1911. For a short time, the association operated under the name of the Berlin Football Association before it was given its final name in 1902. In 1911, the MFB merged with two other Berlin associations, the Association of Berlin Ball Game Associations and the Association of Berlin Athletics Associations , to form the Association of Brandenburg Ball Game Associations.

history

1901–1902: foundation and first season

On July 11, 1901, a contemporary sports newspaper published an appeal to form an association for the duration of one season, initiated by Richard Schröder from Berlin. The first meeting took place on August 17, 1901, and the foundation was completed on August 24, 1901, “in order to create organized games for clubs that do not belong to any association. It was decided to merge a loose association for this season, which pursues no other principles than the management and organization of competitions in championship rounds. The Free Association should not be a competitor, but only form a complementary link in the Berlin football movement. ” Five clubs joined the association on the same day. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the association at the beginning of August 1901, contemporary sports newspapers only reported on the meeting on August 24th.

The Free Berlin Football Association was intended as a local football association for Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg . The first elected board of the association on September 3, 1901 consisted of: Chairman Richard Schröder ( Rapide 93 ), Secretary F. Brüning (Germania Moabit), Treasurer J. Scharfe ( BFC Preussen ) and the deputies Ostermann ( Minerva 93 ) and Redlich ( Corso 99 ).

The association's strategy quickly turned out to be problematic, which was reflected in the lack of discipline in a number of associations that did not appear on the scheduled dates or that resigned. The first championships were held as diploma games in several series. The first series began in the autumn of 1901 with eight teams, several of which withdrew in the course of the round. Champion was Rapide 93 ahead of BFC Norden-West . In the second series, which took place in the summer of 1902, 14 clubs took part, including two members of the Association of Berliner Ballspielvereine (VBB) who, however, withdrew from participation under pressure from their association. Clubs from Cottbus , Forst and Nauen also took part in this series . A novelty was the awarding of extra points to the clubs that competed in Cottbus and Nauen and did not have to do without due to the travel costs and time. Here, after the end of the single round, two teams were tied, Vorwärts 90 won the decisive game against Viktoria Cottbus with 2: 1. Furthermore, a cup competition, the so-called hat tournament, was held.

1902–1905: renaming and growth

Confirmed by the interest of the smaller associations, the association continued to exist beyond the planned first year. In 1902 the name was changed to Berlin Football Association and soon afterwards to Märkischer Fußball-Bund . For the third series, 12 teams registered for the diploma games. In addition, a Gauliga with 18 teams and a hat tournament with 19 teams were played. The new board consisted of Richard Schröder (Toscana), Seipel (Belle Alliance), Ballnath (Vorwärts 90), Rämisch (Neuhellas) and Stachel (Westende Hamburg).

The Märkische Fußball-Bund grew slowly and attracted more new clubs through advertisements like this one in the sports press: “The Märkische Fußball-Bund is still accepting soccer clubs from Berlin and the surrounding area. Its accommodating conditions and the sporting endeavor to employ and strengthen younger and weak clubs too, make it possible for every club to become a member. The federal government refrains from fines and focuses particularly on good athletic performance. ” In the autumn of 1903, another message appeared that not only redefined the championship title, but also testified to the increased self-confidence of the MFB: “ Because the Association of Berlin Ball Game Clubs allows his championship to be called 'Football Championship of Berlin' by his clubs, we hereby lay claim to 'the football championship for the Mark Brandenburg'. "

In 1904 the MFB already had 30 associations with around 900 members. At the Bundestag held on January 12, 1904, the board of directors was newly appointed: First Chairman Pollen (Alemannia 90), Second Chairman Poser (Weißensee), First Secretary Rohde (Norden), Second Secretary Winkelmann (Alemannia 90), Cashier Stock (Alemannia 90 ), National game warden Stenzel (north) - later replaced by Bade (BFC 93). An application for admission to the German Football Association (DFB) was rejected by the VBB's objection. In the new elections in autumn, the following were elected to the board: first chairman Pollen (Alemannia 90), second chairman Lorenz (north), first secretary Winkelmann (Alemannia 90), second secretary Sellheim (Libertas), first cashier Ballnath (forward 90), second Cashier Bothmann (North), Federal Game Room Poser (Weissensee) and Genzow (Eintracht).

From the 1904/05 season onwards, the divisions were redistributed, and the division of the first class into districts was canceled. Ten clubs each played with their first teams in the first and second class, and ten reserves in the third class. It was unusual that it was voted on the climbers from the third class and not the table position decided. In the same season, three further associations were formed in Berlin: the Football and Athletics Association Berlin (FABB), the Association of Berlin Athletics Associations (VBAV) and the Berlin Ball Game Association (BBB). The influx of new member associations to the MFB (as well as to other associations) was nevertheless high. In the 1905/06 season, for the first time in the third class, newly joined clubs played with their first teams against the reserves of the first class. In the course of the season, the fifth class had to be expanded by an additional season in order to offer eleven newly joined clubs and two reserves to play.

1905–1910: Participation in the German championship

On June 12, 1905, it was decided to include the MFB in the DFB. The Association of Berliner Ballspielvereine saw its classes as the strongest in Berlin, which was certainly the case. Nevertheless, the level of play in the Märkischer Fußball-Bund also continued to develop, and an MFB club was also represented in the final round of the 1906 German championship . The participating BFC Norden-Nordwest lost clearly 1: 9 against the eventual champions VfB Leipzig .

In the 1906/07 season a final of the Berlin championship was held for the first time, in which the masters of the two associations faced each other and determined the participants of Berlin / Brandenburg in the championship finals. Viktoria 89 clearly won 5-0 against Alemannia 90 . Just a year later, Alemannia (with another club) left the MFB and joined the VBB. Also in 1908 the MFB master lost in the final of the Berlin championship against Viktoria 89, but the 3: 4 defeat of the BFC Norden-Nordwest was narrow. In the following year, the VBB refused to let its title holder compete against the MFB in the finals of the Berlin championship in order not to upgrade the rival association. The DFB then allowed both associations to participate in the finals.

In any case, the Brandenburg champions had only been determined a week before the start of the final round of the German championship. Due to revaluations and repetitions, a decision game had to decide on the award of the title. After several extra times and a total of three hours of playing time, Tasmania 1900 prevailed 4: 3 against SC des Westens 1897 . In the subsequent final round , Tasmania was eliminated in the first round on a neutral place in Braunschweig against Altonaer FC from 1893 with 2: 4.

In the 1909/10 season, in addition to the VBB master, another Berlin representative was again admitted to the finals of the German championship. This had to be determined through playoffs between the masters of the BBB, VBAV and MFB. In the final, the MFB master Tasmania 1900 prevailed 4-1 against the Berliner SC 1895/96 and qualified again for the finals . In the preliminary round, Tasmania clearly won 5-1 against SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg and even reached the semi-finals with a 2-1 home win in the quarter-finals against VfR 1897 Breslau . In Hamburg the Tasmanians had no chance in the 0: 6 against Holstein Kiel .

1910–1911: dissolution

In the final season of the MFB, 1910/11, Tasmania won its third championship in a row in 1900. Because of the tie with North-Northwest 1898, another decider was necessary to determine the champion, which Tasmania clearly won 4: 1. After a 4-2 victory in the qualifying game against the champions of VBAV, Tasmania reached the final of the German championship for the third time in a row . In the Fürth Ronhof , however, the quarter-finals against Karlsruher FV came out 4-0.

At the request of the VBB, the DFB decided at its extraordinary Bundestag in March 1911 to recognize only one football association for Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg from Whitsun of that year . Under the leadership of Gottfried Hinze , the 1st chairman of the DFB, the three Berlin associations, the Association of Berlin Ball Game Clubs , the Märkischer Fußball-Bund and the Association of Berlin Athletics Associations, merged to form the Association of Brandenburgischer Ballspielvereine (also VBB) on April 29, 1911 . After exactly ten years, the MFB came to an end, which had grown to 51 member clubs during this time. Only the VBB with 86 active clubs was bigger in the 21-year history in which various championships were fought in the capital . In the classification for the following season, the MFB got off relatively badly. Of the 20 places in the two-part first class, he was only awarded three permanent places, while the VBB was able to provide 13 clubs. A number of clubs from the former associations therefore did not join the new VBB.

Champion of the Märkischen Football Association

Diploma games 1901–1902 and Gauliga 1903–1911

society title year
BFC of the North, North-Northwest 3 1903, 1906, 1908
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin.png FC Tasmania Rixdorf 3 1909, 1910, 1911
Logo BFC Forward 1890.gif BFC Forward 1890 2 1902, 1903
BFC Alemannia 1890.svg BTuFC Alemannia 1890 2 1905, 1907
BTuFC Rapide 1893 1 1902
Weißenseer FC.png Weißenseer FC 1 1904

Cup winner of the Märkischer Fußball-Bund

Hat tournament 1902–1903

society title year
Logo Hertha 07/25/1892 - 08/07/1923.gif BFC Hertha 1892 1 1902
BFC Ascania 1 1903

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