BV Altenessen is a German football club from the city of

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

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. It was established 6 May 1906 and had short turns as a first division side prior to World War II. __TOC__

History

''BV'' first came to note through a 1926 national round playoff appearance after a second-place result in the regional top flight play in the Westdeutschland league. They were quickly eliminated by ''

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'' (1–2) in an eighth-final contest. In 1933 they merged briefly with ''Essener Sport-Club Preußen 1902'' and played a single season as ''BV Preußen Altenessen'' in the

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, one of 16 regional first division circuits created in the reorganization of German football under the

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that year. ''Preußen'' was relegated after a 10th-place finish and the union of the two clubs ended. After a title win in the Bezirksliga Niederrhein (II) in 1937 followed by a successful promotion round playoff, ''BV'' rejoined Gauliga play. Their 1937–38 campaign ended in relegation after another 10th-place finish. As World War II progressed domestic competition suffered from manpower shortages and difficult travel. Many teams were merged into wartime sides known as Kriegspielgemeinshaft and in October 1943 ''BV'' joined '' Rot-Weiß Essen'' to form ''KSG RWE/BV 06 Essen'' which played as ''Ballfreunde Bergeborbeck'' after 1944. The combined side played lower tier local ball until war's end.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag The two clubs resumed their separate identities after the conflict and became part of the Landesliga Niederrhein (III) in 1947. Over the course of the next three decades ''BV'' remained a mid to lower table side in third and fourth tier competition with their best result coming as a 6th-place finish in 1973. Through the 1980s and 1990s the club slowly faded from view as they slipped to 5th and 6th division play. After the turn of the millennium ''BV'' descended to the Kreisliga and played in the Kreisliga B (IX). It won a league championship at this level in 2015 and returned to the Kreisliga A.

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Altenessen, BV Football clubs in Germany Association football clubs established in 1906 Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia 1906 establishments in Germany Sport in Essen