- Viktoria Stolp
Football club infobox
clubname = Viktoria Stolp
fullname = Sportverein Viktoria von 1909 e.V. Stolp
nickname =
founded = 5 September 1909
ground = Hindenburg-Kampf-bahn
capacity = 60,000
chairman =
manager =
league = Baltenverband
season = -
position = defunct
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffViktoria Stolp was a German football club from the city of
Stolp , Pomerania (todaySłupsk ,Poland ).__TOC__
The club was founded in 1909 as "Sportverein Viktoria Stolp" and the next year grew with the addition of "Fußball-Club Britannia Stolp". [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9] In the 1911-12 season, the team made its first appearance in the playoffs of the Baltenverband where they were convincingly put out (0:7) in a quarterfinal match versus "
BuEV Danzig ". They slipped into obscurity for the next two decades before emerging at champions of the Pommern division in 1932. They beat "VfB Königsberg " to finish second overall in the Baltenverband and move on to a national level eighthfinal match up against "Tennis Borussia Berlin " where they lost 0:3. [Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1]The next year, German football was re-organized under the
Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions known as Gauliga and "Viktoria" joined the eastern group of theGauliga Pommern where they enjoyed considerable success through the 1930s, winning four division championships. However, they were unable to translate those victories into success on the national stage, failing to advance out of opening round group play in the German championship.The team also took part in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to today's
DFB-Pokal (German Cup), in 1936, 1939, and 1941, being put out in the second round in each appearance."Stolp" continued to field strong sides in the early 40s, but were only able to capture the Gauliga Pommern-Ost group title once more in 1942 before losing the overall division final 1:6 to "Luftwaffe Sport-Verein Pütnitz". Play in the Gauliga Pommern ended after the 1943-44 season as World War II overtook the region. "Viktoria Stolp" disappeared after the war when the city and surrounding area became part of Poland.
Honours
*Baltenverband (Pommern) champions: 1932
*Gauliga Pommern champions: 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939References
* [http://www.beepworld.de/members87/oliver77fr/index.htm Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig] (en: Football in East Prussia and Danzig)
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables de icon
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