Nordiska Berlin
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Nordiska Berlin was a German association football club
from the city of Berlin
. Established sometime in 1913, the team was part of the ATSB
(Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund, en:Workers Gymnastics and Sports Federation), a leftist national sports organization which organized a football competition and championship separate from that of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:German Football Association).
Nordiska took part in the ATSB championship in 1921, beating FT Breslau-Süd 2:1 in a quarterfinal match, before getting through the semifinal past FT Unterweser 3:2 in overtime. They lost the title match 0:3 VfL Leipzig-Südost. Under the Nazis, worker's clubs such as Nordiska were banned in 1933, alongside other clubs with political or religious affiliations.
Following World War II, occupying Allied authorities banned organizations throughout the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of de-Nazification. New clubs began to emerge shortly after the war and the former memberships of Nordiska and Berliner SC Normannia became part of Sportgruppe Nordost which, after the re-establishment of Normannia in 1950, gave rise to present-day club MSV Normannia 08
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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 Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Established sometime in 1913, the team was part of the ATSB
Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund
The Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund was a national German sports organization active between 1893-1933...
(Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund, en:Workers Gymnastics and Sports Federation), a leftist national sports organization which organized a football competition and championship separate from that of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:German Football Association).
Nordiska took part in the ATSB championship in 1921, beating FT Breslau-Süd 2:1 in a quarterfinal match, before getting through the semifinal past FT Unterweser 3:2 in overtime. They lost the title match 0:3 VfL Leipzig-Südost. Under the Nazis, worker's clubs such as Nordiska were banned in 1933, alongside other clubs with political or religious affiliations.
Following World War II, occupying Allied authorities banned organizations throughout the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of de-Nazification. New clubs began to emerge shortly after the war and the former memberships of Nordiska and Berliner SC Normannia became part of Sportgruppe Nordost which, after the re-establishment of Normannia in 1950, gave rise to present-day club MSV Normannia 08
MSV Normannia 08
MSV Normannia 08 is a German association football club from the city of Berlin. The club was established 1 October 1908 as Berliner Fußball-Club Normannia and adopted its current identity as Märkischer Sportverein Normannia 08 Berlin in 1988....
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