FC Südstadt Karlsruhe

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FC Südstadt Karlsruhe was a German football club from the city of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.

History

The club played as a member of the KFB (Karlsruher Fußball-Bund or Karlsruhe Football Federation). Little is known about the league and certain of its member teams which included "Südstadt", "Karlsruher FV 1891", "FC Phönix 1894 Karlsruhe", "FC Germania 1898 Karlsruhe", "FC Franconia 1895 Karlsruhe" and "FC Alemannia 1897 Karlsruhe".

The league is believed to have been formed in the spring or summer of 1899 and to have led a short tumultuous existence. Friedrich William Nohe, chairman of "Karlsruher FV", also acted as chairman of the league and of the VSFV (Verband Süddeutscher Fußball-Vereine or Federation of South German Football Associations). Nohe found himself in conflict with the leadership of several of the KFB's clubs as well as with Walther Bensemann, chairman of a committee established to organize matches between German and foreign clubs.

These conflicts led to the collapse of the KFB after only a single season. Some "FV" players left for other clubs, while "Südstadt" and "Germania" pulled out of the league. "Südstadt" and "Phönix" went on to become founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in Leipzig in 1900 where they were represented by Bensemann. "FV" also joined the DFB as one of the league's founding clubs in spite of these disputes.

After this "Südstadt" appears to have disappeared from the German football scene as there is no other record of its participation in city leagues or the VSFV, while other former KFB clubs continued to play.