Altonaer FC von 1893
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| Full name | Altonaer Fußball-Club von 1893 e. V | |||
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| Nickname(s) | AFC | |||
| Founded | 1893 | |||
| Ground | Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn | |||
| Capacity | 8.000 | |||
| Chairman | Dirk Barthel | |||
| Coach | Berkan Algan | |||
| League | Oberliga Hamburg(V) | |||
| 2021–22 | 19th (Regionalliga Nord, relegated) | |||
| Website | http://www.altona93.de/ | |||
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Altonaer FC von 1893,commonly known asAltona 93and abbreviated toAFC,is aGerman association football clubbased in theAltonadistrict of the city ofHamburg.The football team is a department of a larger sports club which also offershandball,karate,table tennis,andvolleyball.
History
[edit]Late in the nineteenth century, a number of sports having their origins in England – includingcricket,rugby,and football – were introduced to continental Europe where they enjoyed considerable popularity. This club was founded on 29 July 1893 asAltonaer Cricketclubby a group of students who also demonstrated an early interest in football. In 1894, the club was renamedAltonaer Fussball und Cricket Cluband thenAltonaer Fussball Clubin quick succession.
Altonais one of Germany's oldest football clubs: they were part of the Altona-Hamburg football league formed in 1894, as well as one of thefounding clubsof theGerman Football Association(Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) atLeipzigin 1900. In 1903 at their home ground, they hosted the first-ever German national championship final played betweenVfB LeipzigandDFC Prague.The match was refereed byAFCplayer Franz Behr, who also served as the vice-chairman of the newly formed DFB until 1904. The club rescued the match by providing a new ball when the original one proved to be unsuitable for play. The hosts of the country's first title match never won or even played in a national final, being able to advance only as far as the semi-finals in 1903 and 1909, and the quarter-finals in 1914.
In 1919, the club merged withAltonaer TS 1880in a union that lasted until 1922, during which time they were known asVfL Altona.After the break-up the team played asAltonaer FC 1893 VfL.Another merger in 1938 withBorussia 03 BahrenfeldcreatedAltonaer FC 93 Borussia.Between the end of World War I and the end of World War II the team played continuously in the country's top-flight leagues. Under theThird ReichGerman football was re-organized into sixteenGauligaandAFCplayed first in theGauliga Nordmark,and later in theGauliga Hamburg.
After the war the club picked up play in the Stadtliga Hamburg before earning promotion to the first tier Oberliga Nord. Their best results were a pair of third-place finishes in 1954 and 1958, and semi-final appearances in theDFB-Pokal(German Cup) in 1955 and 1964. After the formation of theBundesliga– Germany's new professional league – in 1963,Altonafound itself in the second-tier Regionalliga Nord where they played until 1968. Between 1969 and 1981Altonaplayed third and fourth division ball before slipping to Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia (V). They returned to using their old name,Altona FC,in 1979.
The club has moved up and down between the third and fifth tiers since the mid-1980s. In 1997, they found they were unable to sustain themselves financially in the Regionalliga Nord (IV) and after a single season at the professional level voluntarily withdrew to lower league play. The club is currently again playing in the Regionalliga Nord after promotion in 2019.
Recent seasons
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| Year | Division | Position |
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| 1999–2000 | Verbandsliga Hamburg(VI) | 2nd |
| 2000–01 | Verbandsliga Hamburg | 3rd |
| 2001–02 | Verbandsliga Hamburg | 2nd ↑ |
| 2002–03 | Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein(V) | 8th |
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein | 2nd ↑ |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Nord(IV) | 12th |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Nord | 7th |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Nord | 5th |
| 2007–08 | Oberliga Nord | 2nd |
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Nord(IV) | 16th ↓ |
| 2009–10 | Oberliga Hamburg(V) | 3rd |
| 2010–11 | Oberliga Hamburg | 5th |
| 2011–12 | Oberliga Hamburg | 9th |
| 2012–13 | Oberliga Hamburg | 2nd |
| 2013–14 | Oberliga Hamburg | 3rd |
| 2014–15 | Oberliga Hamburg | 7th |
| 2015–16 | Oberliga Hamburg | 6th |
| 2016–17 | Oberliga Hamburg | 3rd ↑ |
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga Nord | 18th ↓ |
| 2018–19 | Oberliga Hamburg | 1st ↑ |
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 16th |
| 2020-21 | Regionalliga Nord | 11th |
| 2021-22 | Regionalliga Nord | 19th ↓ |
| 2022-23 | Oberliga Hamburg | 4th |
| 2023-24 | Oberliga Hamburg | 1st[a] |
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| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
Current squad
[edit]- As of 2 April 2023[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules;some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
[edit]The club's honours:
- Northern German football championship
- Champions: 1909,1914
- Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein(IV)
- Champions: 1996
- Verbandsliga Hamburg(II)
- Champions: 1948, 1950
- Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa(IV)
- Champions: 1972
- Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia(V)
- Champions: 1983
- Hamburger Pokal
- Winners: 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994
Stadium
[edit]Since 1909 the team has played in the AFC-Kampfbahn, renamed theAdolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn (AJK) in 1944. Jäger was killed trying to defuse an Allied bomb in Altona while working as a volunteer in a bomb squad, within weeks of the stadium-naming ceremony honouring him. The facility has a capacity of 8,000 spectators (1,500 seats). Germany's first national championship was played at the club's original grounds, Exerzierweide, in Altona'sBahrenfeldquarter (known today as Schnackenburgallee) on 31 May 1903.
The stadium was featured as a stop during the German leg ofThe Amazing Race 16,an American television program, in which participants had to kick footballs through targets.
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Main entrance -
Main bridge -
back straight
Notes
[edit]- ^Lost in Promotion Play-offs.
References
[edit]- ^"Spielerteam 2017/18"(in German). Altonaer FC von 1893. Archived fromthe originalon 17 July 2014.Retrieved13 February2018.
External links
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