FC Viktoria Frankfurt

Football club infobox
clubname = FFC Viktoria 91


fullname = Frankfurter Fußball-Club Viktoria 91 e.V.
nickname =
founded = 1951
ground = Stadion der Freundschaft
capacity = 12,000
chairman =
manager = Wolfgang Pohl
league = Verbandsliga Brandenburg (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = 3rd
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FC Viktoria 91 Frankfurt is a German football club based in Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg.

History

The club was originally founded as the army club "KVP Vorwärts Leipzig" in 1951. One of the characteristics of East German football after World War II, under the Russian occupation and socialist German regime, was the willingness of the ruling authorities to manipulate teams in various ways for political or other reasons. In 1953, the club was picked up and moved to Berlin to play as "ZSK Vorwärts Berlin". The next season they were re-named "ASK Vorwärts Berlin" and began to enjoy a run of success that included a DDR Cup in 1954, DDR championships in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1965, as well as losing appearances in the 1956 DDR Cup, and the 1957 and 1959 national finals. Their success continued after the club was again re-named, this time as "FC Vorwärts Berlin", one of the new football clubs formed to increase the level of performance in the DDR-Oberliga. They won another pair of championships in 1966 and 1969, and in 1970 took the DDR Cup, but made a losing appearance in the national final. Throughout the entire period from 1951-1971 the side played in the East German Oberliga (I).

In 1971, the club picked up and moved again – this time to Frankfurt (Oder) – to replace the local secret police sponsored side, "SG Dynamo", which was then disbanded. "Vorwärts" then enjoyed another decent run in the 1980s, going to the UEFA Cup four times (where they were twice knocked out by West German clubs, (Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart). In 1983 they finished second nationally.

After German re-unification in 1990, the club dropped its affiliation with the army and became "FC Victoria Frankfurt/Oder". After financial problems and re-organization in 1993 the side emerged as "Frankfurt/Oder FC Viktoria 91". In the early 90s, they played a couple of seasons in tier III before slipping to division IV and V level play. The side currently plays in Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V).

Team trivia

* Forerunners of "Viktoria" out of Berlin bearing the name "Vorwärts" are not related to the traditional club "Berliner FC Vorwärts 1890", one of the founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association), which plays today as "Blau-Weiss Berlin".

Honours

*East German champions: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969
*East German Cup: 1954, 1970

External links

* [http://www.ffcviktoria91.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/vikfrankfurt.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]