Viktoria Allenstein
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Viktoria Allenstein was a German football club
from what was the city of Allenstein, East Prussia
in Germany and is today Olsztyn
, Poland
. The club was established in 1916 and played as a lower tier local side making only a single season appearance in the top flight regional Baltenverband in 1925–26.
In 1933 the team qualified for the new regional first division Gauliga Ostpreußen
, one of 16 new regional circuits formed in the reoganization of German football under the Third Reich that year. They played another season there before the league was split into two divisions making Viktoria part of the Gauliga Allenstein for the next three campaigns. In 1939–40 they failed in an attempt to win their way back to the division in their own right when they lost a playoff 0:7 to Preußen Mlawa. Instead, playing alongside SV Allenstein
, the team became part of Sportgemeinde Allenstein which played a single season in the Gauliga Ostpreußen. SG broke up the next year and Viktoria disappeared into lower level play. The club was lost at the end of World War II when parts of East Prussia, including Allenstein, were annexed by Poland.
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 what was the city of Allenstein, East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
in Germany and is today Olsztyn
Olsztyn
Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. The club was established in 1916 and played as a lower tier local side making only a single season appearance in the top flight regional Baltenverband in 1925–26.
In 1933 the team qualified for the new regional first division 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...
, one of 16 new regional circuits formed in the reoganization of German football under the Third Reich that year. They played another season there before the league was split into two divisions making Viktoria part of the Gauliga Allenstein for the next three campaigns. In 1939–40 they failed in an attempt to win their way back to the division in their own right when they lost a playoff 0:7 to Preußen Mlawa. Instead, playing alongside SV Allenstein
SV Allenstein
SV Allenstein was a German football club from what was the city of Allenstein, East Prussia in Germany and is today Olsztyn, Poland. The club was established 11 May 1910 as Sportverein Allenstein as the successor to Fußballklub 1907 Allenstein....
, the team became part of Sportgemeinde Allenstein which played a single season in the Gauliga Ostpreußen. SG broke up the next year and Viktoria disappeared into lower level play. The club was lost at the end of World War II when parts of East Prussia, including Allenstein, were annexed by Poland.