Mittweidaer Ballspielclub, or simply Mittweidaer BC, was a
German association football club from the town of
Mittweida
Mittweida () is a town in Saxony, Germany, in the Mittelsachsen district.
Geography
Mittweida is situated on the river Zschopau, 18 km north of Chemnitz, and 54 km west of Dresden. Embedded within the steep hills and valleys of the ri ...
,
Saxony
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. The club is notable as the first side in the city and as a
founding member
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See also
* Foundation (disambiguation)
* Incorporation (disambiguation)
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of the
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Sport
* DFB-Pokal, a football cup competition in Germany
Organisations
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(Deutsche Fußball Bund or German Football Association) at
Leipzig
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on 28 January 1900 at ''Zum Mariengarten''. In addition to a football side, the club had departments for athletics and tennis.
History
''Mittweidaer Ballspielclub'' was founded on 5 May 1896 by 12 students of the
Mittweida technical school. The club's first chairman was
Udo Steinberg, who acted as a delegate of both ''BC'' and ''Chemnitz SC Britannia'' (predecessor of
Chemnitzer FC
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The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...
) at the founding meeting of the DFB.
Steinburg moved to Spain late in 1900 and became active in football and sports there. ''Mittweidaer BC'' became the source of some of the first Spanish football stars, such as
Antonio Alonso and
Adolfo Uribe from
Vigo
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,
Juan Arzuaga
Juan Sandalio Arzuaga Anitua (3 September 1880 – 26 August 1951) was a Spanish Association football, footballer who played as a Association football positions#Defender, defender for Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club, and later a Referee (associati ...
from
Bilbao
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, and
Virgilio Da Costa and Udo Steinberg from
Barcelona
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.
Another well-known member of the ''MBC'' is the multiple 110 meter hurdles German champion
Vincenz Duncker.
''BC'' played in the
Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Verband as an anonymous local side through most of its history with a few exceptions.The team won the 1906-07 Gau Southwest Saxony title and then took part in the league playoffs where they were put out 6:0 by