BuEV Danzig was a German association football club

Football in Germany

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 formed in 1903, from the city of Danzig, West Prussia

West Prussia

West Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773–1824 and 1878–1919/20 which was created out of the earlier Polish province of Royal Prussia...

 (today Gdańsk

Gdansk

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, Poland

Poland

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).

History

The city's first football side, Fußball Club Danzig was established 18 April 1903, and by 1905 was playing as Ballspiel- und Eislauf-Verein Danzig to reflect the club's interest in both football and ice skating

Ice skating

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. Between 1916 and 1930 the association was called Verein für Leibesübungen Danzig before again playing as BuEV.

The footballers were a prominent side in Baltenverband competition in the early 20th century, appearing in five league finals between 1908 and 1913. However, the team only came away victorious in one of those title matches when they finally defeated VfB Königsberg

VfB Königsberg

VfB Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg, East Prussia.-History:The club was established on 7 July 1900 as Fußball-Club Königsberg, later being renamed VfB Königsberg in 1907...

 (3:2) in 1912 after being beaten by that club in 1908 and 1909 (0:11, 0:1). BuEVs regional title put them onto the national stage where they were put out in a quarterfinal contest versus Viktoria 89 Berlin

Viktoria 89 Berlin

Berliner Fußball-Club Viktoria 1889 is a German sports club based in the Tempelhof district of Berlin. Football, rugby, and cricket came to continental Europe in the late 19th century, and these "English games" became immediately popular in many countries. Viktoria is the oldest club in Germany...

 (0:7).

Following the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions, BuEV became part of the Gauliga Ostpreußen

Gauliga Ostpreußen

The Gauliga Ostpreußen was the highest football league in the Prussian province of East Prussia and the Free City of Danzig from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau East Prussia the Prussian province...

 (I). They then joined the Gauliga Danzig (I), a regional division of the Gauliga Ostpreußen, in 1935 and captured a division title there, before losing the overall Gauliga Ostpreußen championship to Yorck Insterburg

Yorck Boyen Insterburg

Yorck Boyen Insterburg was a German association football club from the city of Insterburg, East Prussia .The team was founded in 1921 as Sport-Verein Yorck Insterburg and was merged in 1934 with Militär Sport-Verein von Boyen Tilsit to form the army side Militär Sport-Verein Yorck von Boyen...

 (0:2). The club also made appearances in the early rounds of the Tschammerpokal competition, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal

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 (German Cup), in 1937 and 1940.

The team played out its existence in the Gauliga Ostpreußen (1938–40) and Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen

Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen

The Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen was the highest football league in the former Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia , a Nazi administrative unit established partly from German and partly from annexed territory.-Overview:...

(1940–45) as a middling side. BuEV disappeared with the end of World War II when the city of Danzig and surrounding territory became part of Poland.

External links

• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
• Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig (en: Football in East Prussia and Danzig)