SSV Stötteritz is a German association football club from the city district of Stötteritz in southeast

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. It is the successor side to ''VfL Leipzig-Südost'', which captured three national titles in the

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History

''SSV'' has its roots in the establishment of a gymnastics department within a workers' sports club that would later go on to become separate sports club. A football department was formed in 1911 as part of what was later known as ''Arbeiter Turn- und Sportverein Stötteritz''. The footballers captured their first ATSB championship in 1921 by defeating ''

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'' 3:0. The following season they returned to the league final where they beat ''

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'' 4:1. Their last title came in 1923 versus ''

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'' in a match that had to be replayed after the Berlin side protested following their 1:0 loss. ''Stötteritz'' won the rematch 3:1.Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag The team merged with ''Freie Turnerschaft Südost Leipzig'' on 1 March 1924 to create ''Verein für Leibesübungen Leipzig-Südost'' and was then absent from the national scene until 1929 when they advanced as far as the ATSB semi-finals where they were put out by '' FT Döbern''. The club was displaced as the dominant side in the ATSB by '' Dresdner SV 10'', which won four consecutive titles from 1924 to 1927 before leaving to play in a separate workers' league known as the Kampfgemeinschaft für Rote Sporteinheit. ''VfL'' disappeared in 1933 under the

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s, who banned workers' and faith-based clubs as politically unpalatable, with the membership going to ''Sportverein Südost Leipzig''. Following

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, the club was re-established as ''SG Stötteritz'' and became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied

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. They played variously as ''BSG Stern Südost Leipzig'', ''BSG Mechanik Südost Leipzig'', and ''BSG Motor Südost Leipzig'' within the industry-sponsored

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system. In 1956, the club became part of ''BSG Motor Stötteritz''. On 19 June 1990, following

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, ''Motor'' adopted the name ''SSV Stötteritz'' and currently play lower-tier football in the city-based Stadtliga Leipzig (VIII).SSV Stötteritz at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Honours

* ATSB championship ** Champions: 1921, 1922, 1923

References

External links

Official team site

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Stotteritz, Ssv Football clubs in Germany German workers' football clubs Football clubs in East Germany Sport in Leipzig 1892 establishments in Germany Football clubs in Saxony Association football clubs established in 1911 Sports clubs and teams established in 1892