SV Prussia-Samland Koenigsberg

Prussia-Samland Koenigsberg
Full name	Sports Association Prussia-Samland Königsberg
place	Koenigsberg
Founded	1904
Dissolved	1945
Club colors	Black-white-blue
Stadion	Steffeckstrasse (6,000)
Top league	Gauliga East Prussia
successes	5 participations in the final round of the German championship , 5 times Baltic champion
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The SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg was a German sports club from the Amalienau district of the East Prussian capital Königsberg . With five Baltic football championship titles and eleven seasons in the Gauliga East Prussia , the club was one of the leading football teams in East Prussia.

history

1904 to 1918 merger and first championship title

On April 17, 1904, members of the SC Ostpreußen Königsberg who had left the club due to disagreements founded the FC Prussia 1904 Königsberg . In the same year, the best high school students at the Königsberg educational institutions founded the Sports Association in Königsberg . However, the life of this club was only short, some players joined FC Königsberg , the others formed in October 1904 the club Samland 1904 Königsberg . Both clubs were founding members of the Königsberger Ballspiel-Vereine , founded in 1904, but were unable to win the Königsberg football championship. With the establishment of the Baltic Lawn Sports Association on January 26, 1908, which both clubs joined, football championships were held outside of Königsberg for the first time. In the first season of the new association, the Königsberg participant in the Baltic football finals between the four participating teams was played in the knockout system due to a deadline. Both clubs met in the semi-finals, Samland sports club clearly got the upper hand with 10: 1. In the final, however, the sports circle failed at VfB Königsberg with 2: 6.

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(1908–1945)

In July 1908 both clubs merged to form the game association Prussia-Samland 1904 Königsberg . In 1909/10 the first class in Königsberg could be won for the first time, the decisive factor was a play-off between VfB Königsberg and Prussia-Samland for the victory in Königsberg. Since VfB Königsberg could not provide a playable ball, Prussia-Samland was declared the winner. The club moved into the Baltic football finals, where the BuEV Danzig waited in the final . In an even game, the half-time result was 1: 1, Königsberg was able to prevail in the end with a goal from Friedrich, whereby the first Baltic football championship was won. Thus Königsberg qualified for the German soccer championship 1909/10 , but already retired there in the elimination round with a 1: 5 home defeat against FC Tasmania Rixdorf . In the next two seasons the club in Königsberg had to surrender again to VfB Königsberg , and it was not until 1912/13 that the first class Königsberg could be won with a five point lead . In the Baltic football finals, the club met defending champion BuEV Danzig after victories over SV Allenstein and SC Lituania Tilsit . The same final pairing as three years earlier was unspectacular this season, Prussia-Samland Königsberg was far superior to Danzig and won the second Baltic football championship thanks to a 7-1 victory. In the German football championship 1912/13 , however, the club was eliminated in the first game, against BTuFC Viktoria 1889 it was a 6-1 defeat. 1913/14 long-term rivals VfB Königsberg were beaten in three play-off games for victory in Königsberg. In the final round of the Baltic Sea, Prussia-Samland prevailed against Stettiner SC and BuEV Danzig . Nevertheless, the clubs in East Prussia were still qualitatively inferior to the clubs in the rest of the German Empire, even in the German soccer championship 1913/14 Königsberg was eliminated in the quarter-finals (1: 4 defeat against VfB Leipzig ). Due to the First World War , there was no association final in the years to come.

1919 to 1933 second force in Königsberg

25th anniversary logo

After the First World War, association games were held again for the 1919/20 season . The SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg continued in the district league Konigsberg by, in the East Prussian football finals could SV Masovia Lyck in the final 7: beaten 0th As a result, Königsberg qualified again for the Baltic football finals, but after two defeats against Stettiner FC Titania (1: 2) and Danziger SC (0: 1) only the third place in the table jumped out. In the early 1920s , the club even fell behind Concordia Königsberg and SV Rasensport-Prussia Königsberg . 1923/24 returned Prussia-Samland back to its former strength in the district league Konigsberg , the association had only two points the series winner VfB Königsberg beaten. For the 1926/27 season , the top single-track East Prussian league was introduced, the district leagues fell back to the second league level. With second place in the table in 1925/26 , SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg qualified for this league, in which it was possible to compete with the strongest East Prussian clubs from the start of the season. In 1926/27 , Königsberg qualified again for the Baltic football finals thanks to second place in the table, but only came in a disappointing fifth. In the next two seasons, the club was third in the East Prussian League behind VfB Königsberg and the strengthened SpVgg Memel .

This East Prussian league was dissolved from 1930/31 , in its place were three equal division leagues, the winners and runners-up of these three leagues then faced each other in the East Prussian football final to determine the two participants in the Baltic football championship. 1930/31 was Prussia-Samland unbeaten winner of Division League Konigsberg , East Prussia in the soccer finals had to get though the VfB Königsberg admit defeat, also rose as a district runner-up but in the Baltic finals. Here Prussia-Samland was again able to prevail against local competitors and was Baltic football champions for the fourth time. The round of 16 of the German soccer championship 1930/31 was very unfortunate. Against the German soccer champions of 1912, Holstein Kiel , Prussia-Samland Königsberg was already leading 2-0 at halftime, before Kiel was able to score three more goals in the second half and thus threw Königsberg out of the competition. 1932/33 could Prussia-Samland celebrate his last Baltic football championship. In the East Prussian finals still inferior to the defending champion SV Hindenburg Allenstein , in the Baltic finals the first place in the round-robin tournament could be won before Allenstein, although both games were lost in a direct comparison. Königsberg also had no luck at the German soccer championship 1932/33 , the club was eliminated again in the round of 16. Due to the long winter, the league games were played from the beginning of the 1930s a year before the actual finals. As a result, the games in the Königsberg departmental league took place from autumn 1932 for a possible final round in 1933/34 . Here, too, Prussia-Samland came first. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, however, the football associations were dissolved and replaced by 16 football districts.

1933 to 1945 three times Gauvizemeister

For the first edition of the Gauliga East Prussia , among others, the three best clubs from the Königsberg division league qualified for the 1933/34 season. Thus the SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg received a starting place for the Gauliga East Prussia 1933/34 , which was played in two groups. In the first season Koenigsberg did not get above the third place in the table, surprisingly Prussia Danzig prevailed and could also win the gaufinale. 1934/35 won Prussia-Samland then the Group A with four points ahead of the newly promoted SV police Gdansk and well ahead of the surprisingly bad this season VfB Königsberg . In the Gaufinale Königsberg met the military sports club Yorck Boyen Insterburg . The first leg was already lost 5-1, in the second leg Königsberg was able to fight for a 2-1 victory, but insterburg won the Gaume Championship. For the 1935/36 season , the Gauliga East Prussia was expanded to four districts with seven teams each, Prussia-Samland from then on played in the Königsberg district. This could be won in 1935/36, also in the final group A, the club prevailed. In the final, Königsberg met SV Hindenburg Allenstein , who had been strengthened since the early 1930s , lost both games (0: 2 and 2: 7) and again missed the Gaumeist title. As a result, Königsberg continued to lose contact with the top teams, in 1936/37 the club did not get beyond third place in Königsberg, in 1937/38 the final group was reached, but retired from last place in this group.

1938/39 escaped SV Prussia-Samland Konigsberg with a point distance from the SV turf sports Prussia Konigsberg almost the descent into the second-class Bezirksklasse. With the beginning of the Second World War , the Gauligen were restructured, the Danziger and West Prussian clubs switched to their own Gauliga, and the strong military sports clubs Yorck Boyen Insterburg and Hindenburg Allenstein withdrew. Nevertheless, Prussia-Samland could not win the Gaume Championship, the city rival VfB Königsberg was too dominant and won all Gaume championship titles until 1944. The best place in the table during this time was second place in 1942/43 .

After the Second World War , the former German Königsberg was annexed by the Soviet Union . The SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg was, like all other German clubs and institutions, forcibly dissolved. It is noteworthy that the club had always played in the highest possible division in its 41 years of existence.

The most famous football player of SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg was Fritz Ruchay , born on December 12th, 1909 , who also played for the German national team and later worked as a coach at SV Waldhof Mannheim , the Stuttgarter Kickers and VfR Kaiserslautern .

Handball

The field handball team of Prussia-Samland won the Gauliga East Prussia in 1943 and thereby took part in the German field handball championship in 1942/43 , but lost in the elimination round with 11:13 against LSV Rahmel and was eliminated.

successes

• Soccer:
  • 5 × participation in the final round of the German championship : 1910, 1913, 1914, 1931, 1933
  • 5 × Baltic football champions : 1910 , 1913 , 1914 , 1931 , 1933
• Handball:
  • 1 × participation in the final round of the German championship: 1943
  • 1 × Gaumeister East Prussia: 1943

National player

• Fritz Ruchay

swell

• DSFS : Football in the Baltic Sports Association, Part 1: 1903/04 - 1932/33 . DSFS, 2018.
• Udo Luy: Football in East Prussia, Danzig and West Prussia 1900–1914. , 2015.
• Jürgen Bitter : Germany's football. The lexicon . Sportverlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8 .
• 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 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ German field handball championship 1942/43. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 24.8 ″  N , 20 ° 27 ′ 14.2 ″  E