Founding Clubs of the DFB

The DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or German Football Association) was formed 28 January 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 64–22 in favour (86 votes). Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may have voted only once. Other delegates present did not carry their club's authority to cast a ballot.[1]

Founding associations are believed[2] to include the following:

  1. Altonaer FC von 1893
  2. FC Eintracht Altona
  3. Ascherslebener SC 1898
  4. Akademischer BC 1897 Charlottenburg
  5. Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin
  6. BTuFC Alemannia 90
  7. Berliner FC 1893
  8. BTuFC Britannia 1892
  9. BFC Burgund 1896 Berlin
  10. BFC Concordia 1895 Berlin
  11. BFuCC Deutschland Berlin
  12. BSC Favorit 1896 Berlin
  13. BFC Fortuna 1894 Berlin
  14. BFC Frankfurt 1885 Berlin
  15. Friedenau SC Excelsior Berlin
  16. BFC Germania 1888 Berlin
  17. BFC Hertha 1892 Berlin
  18. BFC Columbia 1896 Berlin
  19. Berliner Sport-Club Komet
  20. BFC Phönix Berlin
  21. BFC Preussen 1894 Berlin
  22. BFuCC Rapide 1893 Berlin
  23. BFC Stern 1889 Berlin
  24. BFC Tasmania 1890 Berlin
  25. BTuFC Toscana Berlin
  26. BTuFC Union 1892 Berlin
  27. BTuFC Viktoria 1889 Berlin
  28. BFC Vorwärts 1890 Berlin
  29. 1. Bockenheimer FC 1899
  30. FC Brunsviga 1896 Braunschweig
  31. FuCC Eintracht 1895 Braunschweig
  32. FC Germania Braunschweig
  33. ASC 1898 Bremen
  34. Bremer SC 1891 (represented by Hamburg's Walter Sommermeier)
  35. Club SuS 1896 Bremen
  36. SC Germania 1899 Bremen
  37. SC Hansa 1898 Bremen
  38. KSV Simson Bremen
  39. FV Werder 1899 Bremen (represented by Hamburg's Walter Sommermeier)
  40. SV Blitz 1897 Breslau
  41. Britannia Chemnitz
  42. Dresdner FC 1893
  43. Dresdner SC 1898
  44. SC Erfurt 1895
  45. FC Frankfurt 1880
  46. Frankfurter FC 1899
  47. Frankfurter FC Germania 1894
  48. Frankfurter FC Viktoria 1899
  49. Freiburger FC 1897
  50. Hamburger FC 1888
  51. SC Germania 1887 zu Hamburg
  52. FC Hammonia 1896 Hamburg
  53. FC St. Georg 1895 Hamburg
  54. FC Victoria 1895 Hamburg
  55. FC Association 1893 Hamburg
  56. 1. Hanauer FC 1893
  57. Hanauer FG 1899
  58. FC Viktoria 1894 Hanau
  59. Deutscher FV 1878 Hannover
  60. Karlsruher FV 1891
  61. Phönix 1894 Karlsruhe
  62. Karlsruher FC Südstadt
  63. Leipziger BC 1893
  64. FC Lipsia 1893 Leipzig
  65. FC Olympia 1896 Leipzig
  66. VfB Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig
  67. FC Wacker 1895 Leipzig
  68. FuCC Victoria 1896 Magdeburg
  69. FuCC Cricket-Viktoria 1897 Magdeburg
  70. Mannheimer FC Viktoria 1897
  71. Mannheimer FG 1896
  72. Mannheimer FG Union 1897
  73. Mannheimer FG Germania 1897
  74. Mannheimer FV 1898
  75. Mittweidaer BC
  76. FC Germania 1899 Mühlhausen
  77. FC Bavaria 1899 München
  78. 1. Münchner FC 1896
  79. FC Nordstern 1896 München
  80. SC Naumburg
  81. VfB 1893 Pankow
  82. 1. FC 1896 Pforzheim
  83. Pforzheimer FC Frankonia
  84. Deutscher FC 1892 Prag
  85. Deutscher FC Germania 1898 Prag
  86. Straßburger FV 1890
  1. ^ Spiel und Sport (in German). No. 444. 3 February 1900.
  2. ^ DFB. Deutsches Fußball-Jahrbuch 1904/05 (in German). Leipzig: Grethlein and Co.