Cannstatt SpVgg is a German association football club

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 Bad Cannstatt in the city of Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

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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.

From 1935-37 and again from 1939-41 the team was part of the first division Gauliga Württemberg

Gauliga Württemberg

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

DFB-Pokal

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

World War II

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, 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

Team handball

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, volleyball

Volleyball

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, cycling

Cycling

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, tennis

Tennis

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, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, gymnastics

Gymnastics

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 and water polo

Water polo

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