FC Alsterbrüder (full name ''Fußball-Club Alsterbrüder von 1948 e.V.'') is a

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from the

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district in the eponymous borough. The first team was promoted to the fifth-tier

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in 2023.

History

FC Alsterbrüder was founded in 1948 as the ''Canoe-Club Alsterbrüder-Victoria''. The name is based on a club of the same name founded in 1910, which in turn was a merger of the

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department of the SC Victoria and the Canoe-Club Alsterbrüder. The renaming to the current name took place in 1954, after the

department had left the club. The teams of FC Alsterbrüder always played in the lower Hamburg amateur leagues until the first men's team were promoted to the Landesliga Hammonia at the end of the 2021/22 season. It was the first time the club played at the sixth-tier level.Mit Hirn und Herz statt Geld: Das Fußball-Wunder der Alsterbrüder

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, 10 April 2023, accessed 14 April 2023. With a win against Hausbruch-Neugrabener Turnerschaft two matchdays before the end of the 2022/23 season, they managed to gain promotion to the

. FC Alsterbrüder also reached the semi-finals of the

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, where they were eliminated 0:7 by the Oberliga side TSV Sasel.Die „Klasse für sich" beendet das Märchen – doch Zankl will „auf ‚Malle' die Karten" für den „Skandal" legen!
fussifreunde.de, 10 April 2023, accessed 31 May 2023.

Stadium

The home ground of FC Alsterbrüder is the Walter-Wächter-Platz in Eimsbüttel, named after the resistance fighter Walter Wächter. In 2018, club members had pushed through the renaming of the previously

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-named sports facility due to Falke's nationalist and anti-French positions. The Emilie-Wüstenfeld-Gymnasium is located in the immediate vicinity and shares the use of the sports ground.

References

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