- Preußen Danzig
Football club infobox
clubname = Preußen Danzig
fullname = Sport-Club Preußen 1909 Danzig e.V.
nickname =
founded = 1909
ground = Preußenplatz Bischofsberg
capacity = 3,500
chairman =
manager =
league = Baltenverband
season = defunct
position =
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffPreußen Danzig was a German football club from the city of
Danzig ,West Prussia (todayGdańsk ,Poland ).__TOC__
History
The club was established in 1909 as "Turn- und Fechtverein Preußen Danzig", a
gymnastics andfencing club. The footballers formed an independent side in 1923 playing as "Sportclub Preußen 1909 Danzig"."TuF Danzig" was a local side through the 20s and on into the early 30s and made two appearances in the playoff round of the regional Baltenverband. After the re-organization of German football under the
Third Reich in 1933, the team, now known as "Sport-Club Preußen Danzig", became part of theGauliga Ostpreußen , one of sixteen regional top flight divisions. That division was subject to frequent reshaping through the course ofWorld War II and "SC" also played in the Gauliga Danzig (1935–38), the Gauliga Ostpreußen (1939–40), and theGauliga Danzig-Westpreußen (1940–45) [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9] .The club enjoyed limited success within its division, winning the Gauliga Danzig–Westpreußen title in 1941. "SC" took part in the national level playoffs through that title and a group title within their split division in 1934, but were unable to advance out of the premliminary rounds. They also took part in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's
DFB-Pokal (German Cup), but never got out of the first round."Preußen Danzig" disappeared in the aftermath of the war when the city of Danzig became part of Poland.
Honours
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Gauliga Ostpreußen champions: 1934
*Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen champions: 1941References
* Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables de iconExternal links
* [http://www.beepworld.de/members87/oliver77fr/index.htm|Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig] (en: Football in East Prussia and Danzig)
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