ATSV 1860 Bremen
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ATSV 1860 Bremen was a German association football club
playing in Bremen. Today the sports club no longer fields a football side and has departments for badminton, basketball, cheerleading, dancing, fencing, handball, Judo, Karate, pool-billards, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby union
, skating, Taekwon-do, and volleyball.
The club was formed as ABTS Bremen in 1920 out of the union of football club Bremer SC 1891, gymnastics club ATV 1860 Bremen, and aquatics club Bremer Schwimm-Club. This combined association fielded competitive sides in the Westkreisliga / Bezirksliga Weser-Jade through the 20s, capturing a league title in 1922. ABTS was bankrupted in 1929 and re-formed as Sportfreund 85/91 Bremen.
Spfr Bremen briefly played top flight football from 1942 to the end of World War II in the Gauliga Weser-Ems. The Gauliga Weser-Ems had emerged out of the split of the Gauliga Niedersachsen
, one of the top flight divisions formed in the earlier re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933. After World War II most organizations in Germany, including sport and football clubs, were disbanded by the order of occupying Allied authorities.
Sportfreunde would later be re-formed as ATSV 1860 Bremen in 1945, and while other Bremen-based teams would go on to play in the first division Oberliga Nord, ATSV re-appeared in the lower division Amateurliga Bremen in 1949. The club immediately impressed with a strong second place finish and went on to earn a number of top three finishes through the early 50s, including championships in 1953, 1954, and 1955. Their performance faded and they become just a mid-table side in the years leading up to the formation of Germany's first professional football league – the Bundesliga – in 1963 and in 1968 ATSV was relegated. The team recovered to some degree and returned to Amateurliga play in 1970 until again being relegated in 1974. ATSV made a single season appearance in the Verbandsliga Bremen in 1986–87.
as ATSV 1860 Bremen
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
playing in Bremen. Today the sports club no longer fields a football side and has departments for badminton, basketball, cheerleading, dancing, fencing, handball, Judo, Karate, pool-billards, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, skating, Taekwon-do, and volleyball.
The club was formed as ABTS Bremen in 1920 out of the union of football club Bremer SC 1891, gymnastics club ATV 1860 Bremen, and aquatics club Bremer Schwimm-Club. This combined association fielded competitive sides in the Westkreisliga / Bezirksliga Weser-Jade through the 20s, capturing a league title in 1922. ABTS was bankrupted in 1929 and re-formed as Sportfreund 85/91 Bremen.
Spfr Bremen briefly played top flight football from 1942 to the end of World War II in the Gauliga Weser-Ems. The Gauliga Weser-Ems had emerged out of the split of the Gauliga Niedersachsen
Gauliga Niedersachsen
The Gauliga Niedersachsen was the highest football league in the Prussian Province of Hanover and the German states of Bremen, Brunswick, Schaumburg-Lippe and Oldenburg from 1933 to 1945...
, one of the top flight divisions formed in the earlier re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933. After World War II most organizations in Germany, including sport and football clubs, were disbanded by the order of occupying Allied authorities.
Sportfreunde would later be re-formed as ATSV 1860 Bremen in 1945, and while other Bremen-based teams would go on to play in the first division Oberliga Nord, ATSV re-appeared in the lower division Amateurliga Bremen in 1949. The club immediately impressed with a strong second place finish and went on to earn a number of top three finishes through the early 50s, including championships in 1953, 1954, and 1955. Their performance faded and they become just a mid-table side in the years leading up to the formation of Germany's first professional football league – the Bundesliga – in 1963 and in 1968 ATSV was relegated. The team recovered to some degree and returned to Amateurliga play in 1970 until again being relegated in 1974. ATSV made a single season appearance in the Verbandsliga Bremen in 1986–87.
Team triva
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of the German Football AssociationGerman Football AssociationThe German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
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in 1900.
Honours
as Bremer SC 1891- Verbandes Bremer Fußball-Vereine champions: 1900
as ATSV 1860 Bremen
- Amateurliga Bremen champions: 1953, 1954, 1955