Cannstatt SpVgg is a German association football club from the district of

Bad Cannstatt Bad Cannstatt (), also called Cannstatt (until July 23, 1933) or Kannstadt (until 1900), is one of the outer Stadtbezirke, or city boroughs, of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Bad Cannstatt is the oldest and most populous of Stuttgart' ...

in the city of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

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. The club was established in 1897 as ''FC Stern Cannstatt'' and in 1919 merged with ''Fußballverein Cannstatt 07'' to form ''Spielvereinigung Cannstatt''. In 1933, ''SpVgg'' joined with ''Sportverein Cannstatt'' and took on its current name of ''Sportvereinigung Cannstatt''. Partner ''SV'' had been formed in December 1923 through the union of the football departments of the gymnastics clubs ''Turnerbund Cannstatt'' and ''Turnverein Cannstatt''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. .

History

From 1935 to 1937 and again from 1939 to 1941 the team was part of the first division

Gauliga Württemberg The Gauliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the German state of Württemberg and the Prussian province of Hohenzollern from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions ...

. They made appearances in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

(German Cup) in 1939 and 1940, but went out in the opening round in each case. Following

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, in 1946, the club was re-established as ''SKG Cannstatt''. They re-adopted their historical identity as ''Sportvereinigung Cannstatt'' in 1950. ''SpVgg'' remains active today with departments for

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

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, and

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. The footballers compete in the Kreisliga A, Bezirk Stuttgart (IX).

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Association football clubs established in 1897 1897 establishments in Germany Football in Stuttgart {{Germany-footyclub-stub