SC Adler Pankow
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SC Adler Pankow was a German association football club
from the district of Pankow
in the city of Berlin. It was formed out of the 1910 union of Pankow 08 and Adler Pankow. Both of these sides, as well as their successor, played in the Verband Brandenburgischer Ballspielvereine
(VBB, en:Association of Brandenburg Ball Clubs) one of several top flight leagues in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg
.
(ATSB, en:Worker's Gymnastics and Sports Association), a nationwide leftist sports organization that became home to a large number of worker's clubs. The ATSB ran a separate competition from that of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:German Football Association) and staged its first national championship in 1920.
Adler won the ATSB title in 1928 by beating VfL 88 Naumburg 6:3 in their semifinal match up before defeating ASV Westend Frankfurt 5:4 in the final staged 6 May in Berlin's Grunewald Stadium in front of 12,000 spectators. In 1933, the Nazis banned worker's clubs alongside other clubs with political or faith-based affiliations. The membership of the Pankow club joined Berliner SC Favorit
. In addition to its footballers, Adler brought to Favorit its ground at Kühnemannstaße and strong hockey
and handball
departments.
Favorit was a lower tier local side through to the end of World War II. After the conflict, occupying Allied authorities banned most organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of de-Nazification. New clubs soon emerged and the former membership of Favorit became part of Sportgruppe Nordbahn Berlin, formed in 1945. It was re-named VfL Nord Berlin
on 21 May 1947, which eventually joined current-day club SV Nord Wedding 1893, making Adler part of the tradition of that club alongside several other neighbouring associations.
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 district of Pankow
Pankow
Pankow is the third borough of Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow.- Overview :...
in the city of Berlin. It was formed out of the 1910 union of Pankow 08 and Adler Pankow. Both of these sides, as well as their successor, played in the Verband Brandenburgischer Ballspielvereine
Brandenburg football championship
The Brandenburg football championship was the highest association football competition in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, including Berlin, established in 1898...
(VBB, en:Association of Brandenburg Ball Clubs) one of several top flight leagues in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
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History
Following World War I, Adler became part of the Arbeiter-Turn- und SportbundArbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund
The Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund was a national German sports organization active between 1893-1933...
(ATSB, en:Worker's Gymnastics and Sports Association), a nationwide leftist sports organization that became home to a large number of worker's clubs. The ATSB ran a separate competition from that of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:German Football Association) and staged its first national championship in 1920.
Adler won the ATSB title in 1928 by beating VfL 88 Naumburg 6:3 in their semifinal match up before defeating ASV Westend Frankfurt 5:4 in the final staged 6 May in Berlin's Grunewald Stadium in front of 12,000 spectators. In 1933, the Nazis banned worker's clubs alongside other clubs with political or faith-based affiliations. The membership of the Pankow club joined Berliner SC Favorit
VfL Nord Berlin
VfL Nord Berlin was a German association football club from the city of Berlin. It was formed on 21 May 1947 in the aftermath of World War II as the successor to Berliner Fußball-Club Favorit which was established 15 October 1896 and was one of the founding clubs of the DFB at Leipzig in 1900.-BFC...
. In addition to its footballers, Adler brought to Favorit its ground at Kühnemannstaße and strong hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
and handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
departments.
Favorit was a lower tier local side through to the end of World War II. After the conflict, occupying Allied authorities banned most organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of de-Nazification. New clubs soon emerged and the former membership of Favorit became part of Sportgruppe Nordbahn Berlin, formed in 1945. It was re-named VfL Nord Berlin
VfL Nord Berlin
VfL Nord Berlin was a German association football club from the city of Berlin. It was formed on 21 May 1947 in the aftermath of World War II as the successor to Berliner Fußball-Club Favorit which was established 15 October 1896 and was one of the founding clubs of the DFB at Leipzig in 1900.-BFC...
on 21 May 1947, which eventually joined current-day club SV Nord Wedding 1893, making Adler part of the tradition of that club alongside several other neighbouring associations.