Sportverein Germania Vorwärts Bochum 1906 was a German association football club from the city of

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

Established in 1906 as ''Fußballklub 06 Bochum'' the club was later renamed ''Sportverein Germania 06 Bochum''. ''Germania'' absorbed the members of ''Vorwärts Bochum'' in 1924 to play as ''SV Germania Vorwärts Bochum''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag German football was reorganized in 1933 under the

Third Reich Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

into 16 top-flight divisions and ''Germania'' became part of the

Gauliga Westfalen The Gauliga Westphalia was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Westphalia and the small Free State of Lippe from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germa ...

. The club's best result there came as a second-place finish in 1935–36. The following year the team took part in the

1937 Tschammerpokal The 1937 DFB-Pokal, Tschammerpokal was the 3rd season of the annual German Association football, football cup competition. In the final which was held on 9 January 1938 in the Müngersdorfer Stadion (Cologne) FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 defeated For ...

tournament, where they were put out in the second round by ''

Berliner SV 92 Berliner SV 1892 is a German association football club from the district of Wilmersdorf, Berlin. ''BSV'' is one of the country's oldest clubs and was a founding member of the DFB (German Football Association) in 1900. The club also operates a ...

'' after having earlier gotten by ''

VfR Köln VfR is a German-language acronym that may appear in various contexts: *Verein für Raumschiffahrt, en:Society for Space Travel, a historical amateur rocket club in Germany * Verein für Rasensport (en:Association for Field Sports) or Verein für Ra ...

''. ''Germania'' was forced by the

Nazi regime Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

to merge with '' Turn- und Sport Bochum 1908'' and ''Bochumer Turnverein 1848'' into the current-day club ''

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

'' on 14 April 1938. After the merger the

continued to compete in the top flight as part of the

References

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Bochum, Germania Defunct football clubs in Germany Defunct football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1906 1906 establishments in Germany 1938 disestablishments in Germany Association football clubs disestablished in 1938