AS Strasbourg

Football club infobox
clubname = FV Straßburg


fullname = Fussball Verein 1890 Straßburg
Association Sportive de Strasbourg
nickname = ASS
founded = 1890
ground = Stade Tivoli (de la Rotonde)
capacity = 400
chairman =
manager =
league = Ligue Alsace/Bas-Rhin
season = 2005-06
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FV Straßburg was a German football club from Straßburg, Elsaß-Lothringen. Today the club plays as the French club Association Sportive de Strasbourg in what is now Strasbourg, Alsace.

History

. In 1902 the club's second team captured the VSFV second division title.

The team's performance fell off over the next decade, but by 1917 "Straßburg" had resurfaced in the league playoff rounds, losing the 1917 final to "Stuttgarter Kickers" and going out in the semi-finals in 1918. After World War I Strasbourg was ceded to France as part of the territory of Alsace-Lorraine and "FV Straßburg" was removed from the German football scene in 1920 to play in the French leagues, first as "Strasbourger FV", and following a union that same year with "Strasbourger FC Donar" (established 22 November 1899), as "Association Sportive de Strasbourg".

During the interwar period "AS Strasbourg" played in the top flight regional Division d'Honneur Alsace and regularly delivered top-three finishes there. They participated in the league championship in 1926, 1927, and 1928, coming away as winners in 1926. After re-organization of French football leagues in 1932 "Strasbourg" played in lower divisions.

The region was conquered and held briefly by Germany during World War II and "FV Straßburg" was one of several former German sides that returned to play in that country's football competition. Once again playing as "Sportverein Straßburg 1890" the club made a single season appearance in the top flight Gauliga Elsaß in 1940-41. They won promotion back to the weakened Gauliga in 1944 but the division collapsed as conflict overtook the area.

The club resumed play as the "Association Sportive de Strasbourg" in late 1944 and enjoyed some success as a French amateur side through the 60s. Their latest honours, nearly a quarter century old, are a fourth division national title and a Coupe d'Alsace win in the early 80s.

In addition to fielding a football team, the club also has athletics and basketball departments.

Honours

*Southern German football championship: 1899, 1900
*South German II division champions: 1902
*French IV division champions: 1982
*Alsace champions: 1926, 1961, 1966, 1970
*Coupe d'Alsace (Alsace Cup): 1954, 1965, 1966, 1983
*Bas-Rhin champions: 1956

Trivia

*"FV" goalkeeper Eberhard Illmer was capped for Germany in 1909.
*From 1932 to 1950 Straßburg native and onetime "FV" player Ivo Schricker served as Secretary-General of FIFA (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association or International Federation of Association Football), the sport's worldwide governing body.

References

*Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9

External links

* [http://asstrasbourg.free.fr/ Official site]