VfB 1900 Offenbach
Encyclopedia
VfB Offenbach is a German association football club
from the city of Offenbach am Main, Hesse
. Currently playing in the Kreisliga
A (IX), the team was a second division side during World War II and appeared for a single season (1943–44) in the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau (I).
to play as VfR Kickers Offenbach before again becoming an independent club in 1925.
VfR was forced out of its grounds by the Nazis in 1937 and in order survive the club merged with Sportverein Offenbach to form Verein für Bewegungsspiele Offenbach on 21 May 1938. SV brought together the traditions of a number of local sides; established in 1902 as FC Viktoria Offenbach, during World War I the team played as part of the combined wartime side Kriegsvereinigung FC Arminia-Viktoria Offenbach alongside FC Arminia 1904 Offenbach. The union was formalized on 26 March 1917 with creation of Offenbacher Fußballverein 02. That club in turn merged with Ballspiel-Club 1899 Offenbach in 1922 to form SV 1899 Offenbach before the two clubs again went their own ways in 1927.
VfB made two failed attempts to advance to first division Gauliga play in 1939–40 and 1941–42 before winning promotion in 1943. They played a single season at that level and were relegated after finishing 9th.
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 Offenbach am Main, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
. Currently playing in the Kreisliga
Kreisliga
The Kreisliga is a low tier in league sports in Germany and the 9th tier of league soccer there.The Kreisligen usually rank right below the Bezirksligen, Bezirksklassen or Landesligen. Any teams finding themselves at the bottom of the Kreisligen would find themselves in one of the local...
A (IX), the team was a second division side during World War II and appeared for a single season (1943–44) in the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau (I).
History
The club was established on 25 May 1900 as Fußball-Club Germania Offenbach. They merged with FC Melita 1900 Offenbach in 1917 to become Verein für Rasenspiele 1900 Offenbach. On 27 October 1921 VfR joined Kickers OffenbachKickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...
to play as VfR Kickers Offenbach before again becoming an independent club in 1925.
VfR was forced out of its grounds by the Nazis in 1937 and in order survive the club merged with Sportverein Offenbach to form Verein für Bewegungsspiele Offenbach on 21 May 1938. SV brought together the traditions of a number of local sides; established in 1902 as FC Viktoria Offenbach, during World War I the team played as part of the combined wartime side Kriegsvereinigung FC Arminia-Viktoria Offenbach alongside FC Arminia 1904 Offenbach. The union was formalized on 26 March 1917 with creation of Offenbacher Fußballverein 02. That club in turn merged with Ballspiel-Club 1899 Offenbach in 1922 to form SV 1899 Offenbach before the two clubs again went their own ways in 1927.
VfB made two failed attempts to advance to first division Gauliga play in 1939–40 and 1941–42 before winning promotion in 1943. They played a single season at that level and were relegated after finishing 9th.