Beuthener SuSV 09
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Beuthener SuSV 09 was a German association football club
from the city of Beuthen, Upper Silesia
in what was then part of Germany but is today Bytom
, Poland
.
In each of their championship seasons SuSV advanced to the national level playoffs. They were put out in eighthfinal matches in both 1931 and 1932 (0:2 to Hamburger SV
and 1:5 to Polizei SV Chemnitz), with their best result coming in 1933 when they defeated SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg
7:1 before bowing to Munich 1860 0:3 in the quarterfinals.
In 1933, German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight regional divisions and the Beuthener side qualified to play in the Gauliga Schlesien
. They captured divisional titles there in 1934 and 1937, but were unable to advance out of group play to return to the national stage. A poor finish in 1938 sent the club down for a season before they came back to what had become the Gauliga Oberschlesien where they would play until the end of World War II as a lower table side.
During this period SuSV qualified to take part in the Tschamerpokal tournament, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal
(German Cup), for three consecutive seasons from 1936 to 1938, where they were put out in the early going each time.
Following the war, the territory of Upper Silesia became part of Poland and the Beuthener side disappeared from the scene.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
from the city of Beuthen, Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
in what was then part of Germany but is today Bytom
Bytom
Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.
History
The club was established on 15 June 1909 as Sport-Verein Britannia Beuthen and sometime in 1911 changed its name to Beuthener Spiel- und Sport-Verein. Playing in the regional Südost league the team made several appearances in qualification round play for the national level playoffs in the 1910s and 1920s, and won a string of four consecutive Südostdeutschland championships beginning in 1930. That season they also finally broke onto the national stage after four earlier failed attempts, only to be put out in an eighthfinal match versus Hertha Berlin (3:2).In each of their championship seasons SuSV advanced to the national level playoffs. They were put out in eighthfinal matches in both 1931 and 1932 (0:2 to Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
and 1:5 to Polizei SV Chemnitz), with their best result coming in 1933 when they defeated SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg
SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg
SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg, East Prussia .The club was founded in early 1904 as Fußball-Club Prussia Königsberg and in 1908 merged with Sportzirkel Samland Königsberg 1904 to form Sportvereinigung Prussia-Samland Königsberg...
7:1 before bowing to Munich 1860 0:3 in the quarterfinals.
In 1933, German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight regional divisions and the Beuthener side qualified to play in the Gauliga Schlesien
Gauliga Schlesien
The Gauliga Schlesien was the highest football league in the region of Silesia , which consisted of the Prussian provinces of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia from 1933 to 1945...
. They captured divisional titles there in 1934 and 1937, but were unable to advance out of group play to return to the national stage. A poor finish in 1938 sent the club down for a season before they came back to what had become the Gauliga Oberschlesien where they would play until the end of World War II as a lower table side.
During this period SuSV qualified to take part in the Tschamerpokal tournament, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
(German Cup), for three consecutive seasons from 1936 to 1938, where they were put out in the early going each time.
Following the war, the territory of Upper Silesia became part of Poland and the Beuthener side disappeared from the scene.
Honours
- South Eastern German championsSouth Eastern German football championshipThe South Eastern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the Prussian provinces of Silesia, which was divided into the Province of Lower Silesia and the Province of Upper Silesia after 1919, and Posen, which mostly became part of Poland in 1919...
: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 - Gauliga Schlesien (I) champions: 1934, 1937