SC Victoria Hamburg
Encyclopedia
SC Victoria Hamburg is a German association football club
from the city of Hamburg
. The football team is part of a larger sports club that has departments for badminton
, handball
, hockey
, athletics, tennis, table tennis
(playing as SG Victoria Eppendorf), gymnastics, baseball (the Wildcats), and softball
(the Oysters).
of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association
at Leipzig
in 1901. Victoria joined the HAFV (Hamburg-Altonaer Fussball Verband or Hamburg-Altona Football Federation) a year later, capturing the league title in 1905. The team won two consecutive north German championships in 1907 and 1908 and advanced as far as the quarterfinals in national championship play in both seasons.
The club was re-named SC Victoria Hamburg on 10 June 1908. In 1933 German football was reorganized under the Third Reich into sixteen first division Gauligen
. Victoria earned promotion to the Gauliga Nordmark
in 1934 and in 1943 won a divisional championship in what had become the Gauliga Hamburg before going out in the first round of the national championship. The team remained in the top flight until the end of World War II.
After the war occupying Allied authorities banned all organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. Victoria was soon re-established and played the 1945 and 1946 seasons in the Stadtliga Hamburg. They were one of four Hamburg sides that joined the newly formed Oberliga Nord (I) for the 1947–48 season where they earned a last place result and were relegated to second tier play. They made brief re-appearances in the top flight Oberliga in 1951–52 and 1953–54 while spending most of the 50s and 60s in the Amateurliga Hamburg (II).
After the formation in 1963 of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, Victoria spent three seasons in the Regionalliga Nord (II) before being relegated to the Amateurliga Hamburg (III) and then slipping to the Landesliga Hamburg-Germania (IV) for a single season in 1968–69. They quickly returned to third division play and would compete at that level for the next eight seasons.
In 1977 the club was sent down to the Landesliga Hamburg (IV) and settled into what would become the Verbandsliga Hamburg (IV) for the next 17 seasons. In 1987 several club members left to form Hamburger Club Deportivo Espanol. League re-organization led to the Verbandeliga becoming a fifth division circuit in 1994. Victoria won promotion to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) for a single season but immediately slipped back. They have since played in the fifth division Verbandsliga Hamburg, now commonly known as the Hamburgliga, with the exception of a two-year stint in the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein / Oberliga Nord (IV) in 2003–05. In 2007, the club won the Hamburg city cup final by defeating VfL 93 Hamburg 1:0. This earned Victoria a place in the DFB Cup 2007-08
(German Cup) competition, where they put out in the opening round by first division Bundesliga side 1. FC Nuremberg (0:6).
In the 2010–11 season they took part in the DFB-Pokal once again and produced a shock result by putting 2. Bundesliga club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
out of the competition in the first round with a 1–0 win. They therefore are the lowest ranked team remaining in the competition.
, is located next to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The stadium currently has a capacity of 5,000. The record attendance for the ground was 37,000 during the final of the British Zone Championship in which Hamburger SV
beat FC St. Pauli
6–1.. Altonaer FC von 1893 also played there during the 2008–09 season.
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...
from the city of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. The football team is part of a larger sports club that has departments for badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, athletics, tennis, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
(playing as SG Victoria Eppendorf), gymnastics, baseball (the Wildcats), and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
(the Oysters).
History
The club was founded 5 May 1895 as FC Victoria Hamburg out of the youth clubs Cito and Exclesior and was briefly affiliated with SV Hamburg before finally becoming a fully independent football club in the fall of 1897. It was one of the founding membersFounding Clubs of the DFB
The DFB was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 62:22 in favour . Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may...
of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association
German Football Association
The 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...
at Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
in 1901. Victoria joined the HAFV (Hamburg-Altonaer Fussball Verband or Hamburg-Altona Football Federation) a year later, capturing the league title in 1905. The team won two consecutive north German championships in 1907 and 1908 and advanced as far as the quarterfinals in national championship play in both seasons.
The club was re-named SC Victoria Hamburg on 10 June 1908. In 1933 German football was reorganized under the Third Reich into sixteen first division Gauligen
Gauliga
A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1934-45. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.-Name:...
. Victoria earned promotion to the Gauliga Nordmark
Gauliga Nordmark
The Gauliga Nordmark was the highest football league in the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and the German states of Hamburg, Lübeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and parts of Oldenburg from 1933 to 1945...
in 1934 and in 1943 won a divisional championship in what had become the Gauliga Hamburg before going out in the first round of the national championship. The team remained in the top flight until the end of World War II.
After the war occupying Allied authorities banned all organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. Victoria was soon re-established and played the 1945 and 1946 seasons in the Stadtliga Hamburg. They were one of four Hamburg sides that joined the newly formed Oberliga Nord (I) for the 1947–48 season where they earned a last place result and were relegated to second tier play. They made brief re-appearances in the top flight Oberliga in 1951–52 and 1953–54 while spending most of the 50s and 60s in the Amateurliga Hamburg (II).
In 1977 the club was sent down to the Landesliga Hamburg (IV) and settled into what would become the Verbandsliga Hamburg (IV) for the next 17 seasons. In 1987 several club members left to form Hamburger Club Deportivo Espanol. League re-organization led to the Verbandeliga becoming a fifth division circuit in 1994. Victoria won promotion to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein (IV) for a single season but immediately slipped back. They have since played in the fifth division Verbandsliga Hamburg, now commonly known as the Hamburgliga, with the exception of a two-year stint in the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein / Oberliga Nord (IV) in 2003–05. In 2007, the club won the Hamburg city cup final by defeating VfL 93 Hamburg 1:0. This earned Victoria a place in the DFB Cup 2007-08
DFB Cup 2007-08
The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2007–08 was the 65th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on August 3, 2007 and ended on April 19, 2008...
(German Cup) competition, where they put out in the opening round by first division Bundesliga side 1. FC Nuremberg (0:6).
In the 2010–11 season they took part in the DFB-Pokal once again and produced a shock result by putting 2. Bundesliga club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873...
out of the competition in the first round with a 1–0 win. They therefore are the lowest ranked team remaining in the competition.
Ground
The ground, the Victoria-Stadion HoheluftStadion Hoheluft
Stadion Hoheluft is a soccerstadium in Hamburg, Germany . It is used as the stadium of SC Victoria Hamburg matches. The capacity of the stadium is 11,000 spectators. The record attendance for the ground was 37,000 during the final of the British Zone Championship in which Hamburger SV beat FC St....
, is located next to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The stadium currently has a capacity of 5,000. The record attendance for the ground was 37,000 during the final of the British Zone Championship in which Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
beat FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...
6–1.. Altonaer FC von 1893 also played there during the 2008–09 season.
Honours
- North German championsNorthern German football championshipThe Northern German football championship , operated by Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband , was the highest association football competition in Northern Germany, in the Prussian provinces of Schleswig-Holstein and Hanover and the German states of Hamburg, Lübeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin,...
: 1906, 1907 - Gauliga Hamburg champions: 1943
- German Amateur vice-champions: 1975
- Verbandsliga Hamburg-GermaniaVerbandsliga Hamburg-GermaniaThe Verbandsliga Hamburg-Germania was the fourth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Hamburg, together with the Verbandsliga Hamburg-Hansa and Verbandsliga Hamburg-Hammonia, until its disbanding in 1970.-1947 to 1950:The league was formed...
(IV) champions: 1969 - Verbandsliga Hamburg/Oberliga HamburgOberliga HamburgThe Oberliga Hamburg, sometimes referred to as Hamburg-Liga, is in the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Hamburg, incorporating some of its surrounding districts...
(V) champions: 1951, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1974, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- German handball champions (women): 1930
External links
- Official team site
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German football league tables (in German)