1. Bockenheimer FC 1899

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fullname = Erster Bockenheimer Fussball Club 1899
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founded = 1899
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season = 2005-06
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1. Bockenheimer FC was a German football club from the western city district of Bockenheim in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.

History

Formed in 1899, "1. BFC" had only a short existence playing in the FAB (Frankfurter Associations Bund or Frankfurt Associations Federation). "Bockenheim" joined founders "Frankfurter FC Germania 1894", "Frankfurter FC Victoria 1899" and "Frankfurter FC" in the league's second year [Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1] , playing out of their home ground at Hundswiese. "1. Bockenheim" is recognized as one of the founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in 1900 at Leipzig alongside each of the other FAB clubs. The league disappeared by mid-1905 as Frankfurter sides drifted away to compete in the larger SFV (Süddeutscher Fussball Verband or South German Football League).

At the end of 1901, "1. FC" folded when they lost their ground and a significant number of club members left to join the army. The remaining footballers went on to help form and play for clubs such as "Germania 1901 Bockenheim", "Bockenheimer Fußball-Vereinigung 1901", "FV 1901 Amicitia", "FC 1902 Helvetia", and "FC 1902 Bockenheim ". These clubs would merge over the course of the following years to form the core of the present-day side "Rot-Weiß Frankfurt"

The memory of the short-lived "Bockenheimer" side is also preserved in the chronicles of present-day clubs "Viktoria Frankfurt" and "Kickers Offenbach" who both remember "1. BFC" as the team they defeated in the first matches they ever played. "Bockenheim" fell 1:4 to "Viktoria" on March 19, 1899 and 1:2 to "Offenbach" on July 7, 1901.

References

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