1. Münchner FC 1896

1. Münchner FC 1896 was a German football club in Munich, Bavaria whose origins were in the formation on September 5, 1896 of the club "Terra Pila" (Latin: earth + ball) by a group of students playing football on the city's Theresienwiese which is today the official ground of the Munich Oktoberfest. That early date made the association the first football club established in the city. It is further notable as a founding member of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900.

In 1898 the club split in two when a number of members whose enthusiasm was for climbing left to form the "Bergaffen" or "Mountain Monkeys". The footballers carried on and in 1899 re-christened their association "1. Münchner Fußball-Club von 1896". They continued to play in local and regional football competition until 1910 when for some reason not explained in the club chronicle they abandoned the game. However, the association remained active until 1960 as a bowling club.

A later, unrelated club was formed in 1933 out of the merger of "Deutscher SV München" and "FC Teutonia München" to play as "1. FC München" in the Gauliga Bayern. The union was short-lived and ended in 1936.

References

* "München und der Fußball", Stadtarchiv MünchenGrüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9.