1. FC Aschersleben was a German football club from the city of

Aschersleben Aschersleben () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km east of Quedlinburg, and 45 km northwest of Halle (Saale). Geography Aschersleben lies near the confluence of the ...

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. It was the successor to Motor Aschersleben which was part of second-tier competition in

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in the early 1960s.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag __TOC__

History

The club was established on 30 April 1951 as ''BSG Stahl Achersleben'' after World War II in the Soviet occupied eastern half of Germany. It became part of the separate East German football competition the emerged in the early 1950s. It was later known as ''BSG Motor Aschersleben'' and then ''BSG Motor Wema Aschersleben''. From 1960 to 1963 ''Motor'' was part of the 2. Liga DDR, Staffel 3 and was sent down after finishing the 1962–63 season in 13th place. They took part in the opening rounds of the

FDGB-Pokal The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football af ...

(East German Cup) in 1962 and 1964. In 1990, following the

reunification of Germany German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic and the integration of i ...

the club adopted the name ''Sportverein Arminia Aschersleben''. On 1 July 1993, ''Arminia'' joined ''ESV Lok Aschersleben'' to create ''1. FC Aschersleben''. ''Lok Aschersleben'' was a railway worker's side formed in 1945 as ''Sportgemeinde Aschersleben''. The club played as ''BSG Reichsbahn Aschersleben'' in 1950–51, before adopting the name ''BSG Lok Aschersleben''. Following the reunification of the country the club was known as ''ESV Lok Aschersleben''. After the merger that created ''1. FC'' the team won its way to the Oberliga Nordost-Süd (IV) for the 1994–95 season. They made another single season appearance in Oberliga play in 1998–99. In 2011 the club filed for bankruptcy and folded.

References

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Aschersleben, 1. Fc Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in Saxony-Anhalt Association football clubs established in 1993 Association football clubs disestablished in 2011 1993 establishments in Germany 2011 disestablishments in Germany