Germany - Foundation Dates Clubs

Team                            City               Date

FC Bayern München               München            27 Feb 1900
Bayer 04 Leverkusen             Leverkusen         15 Jun 1904
Borussia Dortmund               Dortmund           15 Dec 1909
VfB Stuttgart                   Stuttgart           9 Sep 1893
VfL Bochum                      Bochum              1 Jul 1848   [1]
Karlsruher SC                   Karlsruhe           1 Nov 1894
TSV 1860 München                München            17 May 1860
Werder Bremen                   Bremen              1 Feb 1899
MSV Duisburg                    Duisburg           17 Sep 1902
1. FC Köln                      Köln               13 Feb 1948
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach    Mönchengladbach     1 Aug 1900
FC Schalke 04                   Gelsenkirchen       4 May 1904
Hamburger SV                    Hamburg            29 Sep 1897
Arminia Bielefeld               Bielefeld           3 May 1905
FC Hansa Rostock                Rostock            28 Dec 1965
1. FC Kaiserslautern            Kaiserslautern      2 Jul 1900
VfL Wolfsburg                   Wolfsburg          12 Sep 1945
Hertha BSC Berlin               Berlin             25 Jul 1892
Fortuna Düsseldorf              Düsseldorf          5 May 1895
SC Freiburg                     Freiburg           30 May 1904
FC St. Pauli                    Hamburg            15 May 1910  
FSV Mainz 05                    Mainz              16 Mar 1905
Stuttgarter Kickers             Stuttgart          21 Sep 1899
SpVgg Unterhaching              Unterhaching        1 Jan 1925
Eintracht Frankfurt             Frankfurt           1 May 1899
VfB Leipzig                     Leipzig            11 Nov 1893
KFC Uerdingen 05                Krefeld            17 Nov 1905
SV Meppen                       Meppen             29 Nov 1912
Fortuna Köln                    Köln               21 Feb 1948
Carl Zeiss Jena                 Jena               20 Jan 1966
FC Gütersloh                    Gütersloh          12 May 1978   [2]
FSV Zwickau                     Zwickau             1 Jan 1991
Energie Cottbus                 Cottbus            31 Jan 1966
SG Wattenscheid 09              Bochum             18 Sep 1909
1. FC Nürnberg                  Nürnberg            4 May 1900
Sp Vgg Greuther Fürth           Fürth              23 Sep 1903
TSV Eintracht Braunschweig      Braunschweig       15 Dec 1895
TuS Celle FC                    Celle              17 Oct 1945
SV Atlas Delmenhorst            Delmenhorst         1 Aug 1973
BSV Kickers Emden               Emden               1 Apr 1946
1. SC Göttingen 05              Göttingen          30 Jun 1905
VfL 93 Hamburg                  Hamburg               Sep 1893
SV Arminia Hannover             Hannover           15 May 1910
Hannoverscher SV 96             Hannover           12 Apr 1896
VfL Herzlake                    Herzlake                  1921
VfB Lübeck                      Lübeck              1 Apr 1919
1. SC Norderstedt               Norderstedt           Oct 1945
Eintracht Nordhorn              Nordhorn           29 Dec 1945
VfB Oldenburg                   Oldenburg          24 Oct 1897
VfL Osnabrück                   Osnabrück          19 Apr 1899
Sportfreunde Ricklingen         Hannover                  1906
SV Wilhelmshaven 92             Wilhemshaven       19 Jul 1972
FC Erzgebirge Aue               Aue                 4 Mar 1946  
SV Babelsberg 03                Potsdam            10 Dec 1991
FC Berlin                       Berlin             28 May 1990
Tennis Borussia                 Berlin              9 Apr 1902
1. FC Union Berlin              Berlin             20 Jan 1966   
Chemnitzer FC                   Chemnitz           15 Jan 1966
Dynamo Dresden                  Dresden             1 Jun 1990
Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl     Eisenhüttenstädt   29 May 1990
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt              Erfurt              6 Jan 1966
FC Sachsen Leipzig              Leipzig             1 Aug 1990
1. FC Magdeburg                 Magdeburg          22 Dec 1965  
Wacker Nordhausen               Nordhausen         31 Mar 1990
VFC Plauen                      Plauen              1 Jul 1990
Reinickendorfer Füchse          Berlin             28 Jan 1891
Spandauer SV                    Berlin              1 Nov 1894
FSV Lok Altmark Stendal         Stendal             6 Feb 1990
Hertha Zehlendorf               Berlin             10 Mar 1903
TSV Alemannia Aachen            Aachen             10 Apr 1900
LR Ahlen                        Ahlen               1 Jun 1996   [3]
Bonner SC                       Bonn               18 Jun 1965
Sp Vgg Erkenschwick             Erkenschwick       19 Jun 1916  
SC Rot-Weiss Essen              Essen               1 Feb 1907
FC 08 Homburg                   Homburg            15 Jun 1908
SC Preußen Münster              Münster            30 Apr 1906
SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen          Oberhausen         18 Dec 1904
FC Remscheid                    Remscheid          25 Aug 1908
1. FC Saarbrücken               Saarbrücken        18 Apr 1903
FSV Salmrohr                    Salmtal                   1921
Sportfreunde Siegen             Siegen             11 May 1899
SV Eintracht Trier 05           Trier              11 Mar 1905
Wuppertaler SV                  Wuppertal           8 Jul 1954
SV Verl                         Verl                6 Seo 1924
FC Augsburg                     Augsburg            8 Aug 1907
SV Wacker Burghausen            Burghausen         13 Nov 1930
SV Darmstadt 98                 Darmstadt          22 May 1898
TSF Ditzingen                   Ditzingen           2 Jul 1893
SC Borussia Fulda               Fulda               4 Jul 1904
FC Hessen Kassel                Kassel             21 Jul 1993
VfL Kirchheim                   Kirchheim-Teck      6 Jul 1881
VfR Mannheim                    Mannheim            1 Aug 1896
SV Waldhof Mannheim             Mannheim            9 Apr 1907
SC Neukirchen                   Neukirchen                1899
Kickers Offenbach               Offenbach          27 May 1901
SSV Reutlingen 05               Reutlingen          9 May 1905
SSV Ulm 1846                    Ulm                 1 Jul 1970
SV Wehen 1926 Taunusstein       Taunusstein         1 Jan 1926
SC Weismain                     Weismain                  1922


Notes:

[1]  VfL Bochum established a football section on 15 Apr 1938. 
[2]  FC Gütersloh was founded after a merger between DJK and SVA Gütersloh.
[3]  LR Ahlen was founded after a merger between TuS Ahlen and Blau-Weiß Ahlen.



Women Club Foundation Dates

1957        Bonner SC                        [founded as Tura Bonn]
1969        1.FFC Niederkirchen              [founded as TuS Niederkirchen]
            Herforder SV  
            SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
            TuS Wörrstadt
1970        KBC Duisburg                     [disbanded]
            FC Bayern München
1971        1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
            VfL Sindelfingen
            TSV Crailsheim 
1973        SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck          [merged 2000 with VfB Borbeck to SGS Essen]
            Bayer 04 Leverkusen              [founded as SSG Bergisch Gladbach] 
1974        1.FC Köln                        [founded as SV Grün-Weiß Brauweiler]
            Sportfreunde Siegen              [founded as TSV Siegen]
1975        SC Freiburg
1977        FCR 2001 Duisburg                [founded as FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen]
1978        Türkiyemspor Berlin              [founded as Izmirspor Berlin] 
1980        SC Sand
1984        FSV Gütersloh                    [founded as FC Gütersloh] 
1998        1. FFC Frankfurt
2000        SGS Essen                        [merger of SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck and VfB Borbeck]
2003        VfL Wolfsburg
2004        FF USV Jena
2007        TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2008        BV Cloppenburg
 

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