FC Köln is a German football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Like many of Germany's other professional football clubs. - Lees meer

Die Gründung erfolgt am 1. Juli 1899 als Turnverein mit 20 jungen Männern als aktive Mitglieder. Auch zwei Vereinslokale sind schnell gefunden: die Gasthäuser „Zum Engel“ und „Zum Rössel“ dienen abwechselnd als Veranstaltungsort für Vereinsversammlungen und Vorstandstagungen. 1913 kann der lang gehegte Wunsch nach einer Vereinsfahne dank Sammlungen sowie einer großzügigen Spende des Vorstands des TV Sinsheim verwirklicht werden. - Lees meer

FC Energie Cottbus is a German football club based in Cottbus, in the Lausitz region of Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Energie Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany. The club was quickly buttressed by a wholesale transfer of players from BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost ordered by East German authorities, who often intervened in the business of the country's sports and football clubs for political reasons. - Lees meer

Football today in Wolfsburg, is more than ever a magnet which attracts the lovers of "The beautiful game" from the town and surrounding areas. Crowds of between 20,000 and 30,000 regularly come to watch the first team play their matches in the Bundesliga. Was that always the case in Wolfsburg? By no means, because as VfL started up, all they had was an undying will to play sports again especially football. - Lees meer

The club's forerunner was a loose association of young men known as Fussball Club Germania München-Gladbach from the city's Eicken district organized in late 1899. FC Borussia M.Gladbach was formally established on August 1, 1900 and took up play in the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Spielverband.

On the 25th of July 1892, two sets of brothers Fritz and Max Linder and Otto and Willi Lorenz, who were all either sixteen or seventeen years of age, founded the club BFC Hertha 92. Somewhere in the districts of Wedding or Prenzlauer Berg, between where the Berlin Wall would run, they played their matches. - Lees meer

VfL Bochum 1848 looks back on more than 150 years of sports tradition: The planning of the formation of a gymnastic club started already in July 1848. The club formation took place on the 18th of February 1849. - Lees meer

As a club steeped in tradition, Hannover 96 can look back on a long history lasting many decades. These pages are dedicated to the history and stories, highs and lows, memories and an insight into the club’s archives.
14th May 1900 The founding of “The Hannoverian Football Association”

Was Willi Brüggemann an einem Sonntag des Jahres 1905 auf einer Wiese an der Bielefelder Oelmühlenstraße sah, hat ihn sehr irritiert: „Diese anstampfenden Spieler mit blau-weißer Bluse und schwarzer Kniehose, dazu nach unserer damaligen Meinung mit Bergsteiger-Schuhen, wurden angestaunt und lächelnd bemustert. - Lees meer

Am 16. Oktober 1952 fusionierten die beiden Karlsruher Vereine KFC Phönix (Phönix Alemannia) und VfB Mühlburg zum KSC. Seither saßen 35 Trainer auf der Bank, neun Präsidenten leiteten die Geschicke des Vereins. - Lees meer