Lituania Tilsit was a German association football club from the city of Tilsit,

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

(today Sovetsk, Russia). The club was established in 1907, and by 1911 had claimed the title of the Baltischen Rasensport-Verbandes (BRV) by defeating ''

Ostmark Danzig Ostmark Danzig was a German association football club from the city of Danzig, West Prussia (today Gdańsk, Poland). Established at 1. September 1909, the club was notable only for its advance to the regional first division Baltenverband final ...

'' 4–2.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . That earned the team the right to take part in the opening round of the German national championship. However, ''Lituania'' could not afford the cost of travel, and so forfeited the match to opponent '' Berliner TuFC Viktoria''. The Tilsit side advanced twice more to the Baltenverband playoff round, in 1912 and 1913, but were put out early in both appearances. They played through 1920s without much success before merging ''Verein für Körperübungen Tilsit'' in 1929 to form '' Sportclub Tilsit''. It was dissolved after Tilsit's cession to Soviet Union in 1945.

Honours

* Baltenverband champions: 1911

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables

football in East Prussia and Danzig

References

Defunct football clubs in Germany Association football clubs established in 1907 Defunct football clubs in former German territories {{Germany-footyclub-stub