Rot-Weiss Braunschweig

Football club infobox
clubname = Rot-Weiss Braunschweig


fullname = VfB Rot-Weiß 04 Braunschweig
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founded = 1904
ground = Georg-Weber-Stadion Madamenweg
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league = Bezirksliga Braunschweig, Staffel 2 (VII)
season = 2007-08
position = 5th
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Rot-Weiss Braunschweig is a German football club from the city of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony and is part of a larger sports club with departments for women's and youth football, gymnastics, handball, table tennis, and tennis.

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History

The club was founded as "FC Einigkeit Braunschweig" on April 16, 1904 and on September 14, 1905 merged with "FC Viktoria 05 Braunschweig" to form "Braunschweiger FV 05". This club merged with "FC Vorwärts 1908 Braunschweig" to become "FC Sportfreunde Braunschweig" on September 7, 1912. "Sportfreunde" then joined "Sportverein 07 Braunschweig" on January 1, 1919 to create "VfB 1904 Braunschweig".

From 1907 to 1914, "SV" had played as "FC Britannia Braunschweig", acknowledging the roots of the game in Britain, until the club changed its name with the onset of World War I when that country became a wartime foe. In 1907, "SV" was joined by "FC Germania Braunschweig" which was one of the founding clubs of the DFB (Deutsche Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900.

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Following World War II the club became "SV Rot-Weiss Braunschweig" and fused with "SV Brunswiek 1936 Braunschweig" to play the 1945-46 season in the Oberliga Niedersachsen Süd (I) as "VfB Brunswiek 04 Braunschweig". They resumed their identity as "SV Rot-Weiss" the next year and slipped into lower tier competition. In 1953 the club again changed its name, this time to "VfB Rot-Weiß 04 Braunschweig". They currently play in the Berzirksliga Braunschweig (VII).

External links

* [http://www.beepworld.de/members72/vfbrotweiss/ Official team site]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)