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SpVgg Leipzig
SpVgg Leipzig is a German association football club from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. It was formed on 15 February 1899 as the football department of gymnastics club ''ATV Leipzig-Lindenau'' and became independent as ''Spielvereinigung Leipzig'' in 1903. Alongside ''VfB Leipzig'' and ''Dresdner SC'', ''SpVgg'' was one of the most successful pre-war sides in Saxony. __TOC__ History left, One of the first teams of the club The club enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1910s and 1920s while competing in the regional central German league (Verbandes Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine) where they won the title in 1912, 1914, 1922, and 1924. They also captured the Mittledeutscher Pokal (Central German Cup) in 1931. These victories qualified the team for the national playoffs where their furthest advance was to the semi-finals in 1912 and again in 1924.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag In 1933, German football was reorganized by Nazi G ...
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Football In Germany
Association football, Football is the most popular sport in Germany with 57% of the population declaring interest in watching it. The German Football Association ( or ) is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members (roughly eight percent of the population) organized in over 31,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga on top. The winner of the Bundesliga is crowned the German football champions, German football champion. Additionally, there are domestic cup competitions, most notably the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) and DFL-Supercup (German Supercup). The Germany national football team has won four FIFA World Cups (1954 FIFA World Cup, 1954, 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974, 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1990, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014), being the joint-second most successful nation in the tournament only surpassed by Brazil national football team, Brazil. It also holds three UEFA European Championships (UEFA Euro 1972, 1972 ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ...
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Association Football Clubs Established In 1899
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest *Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study *Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures *Association (chemistry) *Association (ecology), a type of ecological community *Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects *Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concep ...
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Football Clubs In East Germany
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19t ...
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Football Clubs In Germany
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the ...
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SpVgg 1899 Leipzig
SpVgg Leipzig is a German association football club from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. It was formed on 15 February 1899 as the football department of gymnastics club ''ATV Leipzig-Lindenau'' and became independent as ''Spielvereinigung Leipzig'' in 1903. Alongside ''VfB Leipzig'' and ''Dresdner SC'', ''SpVgg'' was one of the most successful pre-war sides in Saxony. __TOC__ History left, One of the first teams of the club The club enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1910s and 1920s while competing in the regional central German league (Verbandes Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine) where they won the title in 1912, 1914, 1922, and 1924. They also captured the Mittledeutscher Pokal (Central German Cup) in 1931. These victories qualified the team for the national playoffs where their furthest advance was to the semi-finals in 1912 and again in 1924.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag In 1933, German football was reorganized by Nazi G ...
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East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a Socialist state, socialist "workers' and peasants' state". The Economy of East Germany, economy of the country was Central planning, centrally planned and government-owned corporation, state-owned. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the Soviets, its economy became the most successful in the Eastern Bloc. Before its establishment, the country's territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the Berlin Declaration (1945), Berlin Declaration abolishing German sovereignty in World War II. The Potsdam Agreement established the Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Soviet-occupied zone, bounded on the east b ...
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Denazification
Denazification () was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by removing those who had been Nazi Party or SS members from positions of power and influence, by disbanding or rendering impotent the organizations associated with Nazism, and by trying prominent Nazis for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials of 1946. The program of denazification was launched after the end of the war and was solidified by the Potsdam Agreement in August 1945. The term ''denazification'' was first coined in 1943 by the Pentagon, intended to be applied in a narrow sense with reference to the post-war German legal system. However, it later took on a broader meaning. In late 1945 and early 1946, the emergence of the Cold War and the economic importance of Germany caused the United States in particular to lose interest in the program, somewhat mirroring the Rever ...
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TuRa Leipzig
TuRa Leipzig was a German association football club active before World War II from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. Successor sides included '' BSG Chemie Leipzig'', which was part of East German football competition, and ''FC Sachsen Leipzig'', which emerged following German reunification in 1990. __TOC__ History The club was established in 1932 as ''Sportverein für Turnen und Rasenspiel Leipzig'' and advanced out of local play in 1936 to join the Gauliga Sachsen, one of 16 top-flight regional leagues established under the Third Reich. In November 1938, ''TuRa 32'' was joined by ''Leipziger Sportverein 1899'' which was the product of the 1919 union of ''FC Britannia 1899 Leipzig'', established on 30 August 1899, and ''FC Hertha 1905 Leipzig'', established 13 March 1905 as ''FC Hohenzollern Leipzig''. ''TuRa 1899 Leipzig'' continued to play in the Gauliga Sachsen through to the end of the 1941–42 campaign when they were relegated. The team made a single appearance in 1940 in pl ...
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Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning ''place of linden trees'', in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (the Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. The Leipzig Riverside Forest, Europe's largest intra-city riparian forest, has developed along these rivers. Leipzig is at the centre of Neuseenland (''new lake district''). This district has Bodies of water in Leipzig, several artificial lakes created from former lignite Open-pit_mining, open-pit mines. Leipzig has been a trade city s ...
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Gauliga Sachsen
The Gauliga Saxony was the highest football league in the German state of Saxony (German:''Sachsen'') from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Saxony replaced the state Saxony. Overview The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. It replaced the '' Bezirksligas'' and ''Oberligas'' as the highest level of play in German football competitions. In its first season, the league had eleven clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The league champion then qualified for the German championship. The bottom three teams were relegated. The season after, the league was reduced to ten teams. It operated on the same modus until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Due to the effects of the war, the 1939–40 season was played in two regional groups of six teams each with a home-and-away final between the two group winners. ...
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