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The new British game of football quickly caught on in late 19th-century Germany, which had previously been a nation of gymnasts and fencers.The earliest attempt at organizing some form of national championship came in 1894, when city champions Viktoria 89 Berlin invited FC Hanau 93 to play a challenge match.
It is the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. Each football club which participates in the German football league system is entitled to enter the tournament. The clubs of the lower leagues play in regional qualification rounds, with the winners joining the teams of the Bundesliga and 2.
Over the last few years German football has risen, and that can be confirmed from the appearance of two German clubs in the final of the 2012–13 Champions League. German football has won interest in all of Europe because the majority of associations are financially healthy and the number of spectators in stadiums has been rising. [3] [4]
This is a list of football clubs in Germany by major honours won. It lists every German football club to have won any of the two major domestic trophies in Germany (or West Germany), three major European competitions or the global competitions FIFA has recognised. East German championships are not counted in these tables.
The Bundesliga (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌliːɡa] ⓘ; lit. ' Federal League '), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga ([ˌfuːsbal-]) or 1. Bundesliga ([ˌeːɐ̯stə-]), is a professional football league in Germany located at the top of the German football league system.
The Germany national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. [7] The team is governed by the German Football Association ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund ), founded in 1900.
Dortmund's Julian Brandt, centre applauds Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy after his goal during the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund, in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sunday ...
Club Division League/Level City State German champion Cup wins Inter-national trophies VfV 06 Hildesheim: Oberliga Niedersachsen: 5 Hildesheim: Lower Saxony