- VfL Stettin
Football club infobox
clubname = VfL Stettin
fullname = Verein für Leibesübungen Stettin e.V.
nickname =
founded = 1912
ground = Deutscher Berg
capacity = 2,500
chairman =
manager =
league = Baltenverband (Pommern)
season = -
position = defunct
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffVfL Stettin was a German football club from the city of
Stettin , Pomerania (todaySzczecin ,Poland ).__TOC__The origins of the club are in the establishment in 1912 of a football department within the gymnastics club "Turnverein Stettin". The team went its own way as the independent side "Verein für Leibesübungen Stettin" in 1925. In 1930 the membership of "
Titania Stettin ", which failed through bankruptcy, became part of "VfL". [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9]"VfL" twice took part unsuccessfully in the end round of the Pommern group of the Baltenverband in the early 30s. Following the re-organization of German football into 16 top-flight division under the
Third Reich the club joined the Pommern-West group of theGauliga Pommern . In three seasons there they were a lower table side and were finally relegated after a 7th place finish at the end of the 1935-36 season. "VfL" returned to first division play in 1939, capturing the Gauliga Pommern-West group and then defeating "Germania Stolp " (2:1, 0:1, 5:2) to claim the overall Gauliga Pommern championship. They were quickly eliminated in their only national level post-season appearance. Their title also earned them a place in the 1940 Tschammerspokal tournament, predecessor to today'sDFB-Pokal (German Cup), where they advanced two rounds before being eliminated by "BuEV Danzig ". [Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1] "Stettin" was relegated after another three-year turn ending in a last place finish in 1943. They played 3 matches in a truncated Gauliga Stettin season in 1944-45 before the country was overrun by advancing Allied forces at the end ofWorld War II . The club disappeared at war's end as the city and surrounding region became part of Poland.Honours
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Gauliga Pommern (I) champions: 1940References
* [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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