Frankfurter FC Viktoria

Stadion der Freundschaft (Capacity: 12.000)

Frankfurter FC Viktoria - SV Babelsberg 03 (2:4 a.e.t) (Brandenburg Landespokal, 12. November 2011)
1:0 Gülec (7.), 1:1 Müller (65.), 1:2 Lemke (104), 2:2 Garling (112.), 2:3 Muller (114.), 2:4 Hollwitz (118.)

Attendance: 850
Cost: 8 Euro
Programme: Not available in the away section

There were protests in the streets before the game started

 

Nice carvings at the entrance gates

 

Buying the tickets

 

It"s probably been a long time since those stands were full

 

The police presence was strong and heavy handed

 

Todays's teams

 

The main stand

 

The home fans had a few flares

 

The visiting fans had more!

 

and then even more

 

View of the old (now non-functioning) light towers

 

It was a heart breaking loss for Viktoria

 

Babelsberg thanking their travelling fans

HISTORY: (wiki)

Frankfurter FC Viktoria is a German association football club based in Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg. The club was originally founded in East Germany as the army club SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig (then SV Vorwärts der KVP Leipzig) in 1951 in the city of Leipzig.

One of the characteristics of East German football after World War II, under the Russian occupation and socialist East German regime, was the willingness of the ruling authorities to manipulate teams in various ways for political or other reasons. In 1953, the club was picked up and moved to East Berlin to play as ZSK Vorwärts Berlin. In October 1956, they were re-named ZASK Vorwärts Berlin, and in February 1957, ASK Vorwärts Berlin.

With the 1954 season, the club began a run of success that included an FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) that year, East German championships in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1965, as well as losing appearances in the 1956 FDGB-Pokal, and the 1957 and 1959 national finals. Their success continued after the club was again re-named, this time as FC Vorwärts Berlin, one of the new centralized football clubs formed to increase the level of performance throughout the country. Vorwärts won another two championships (1966, 1969) and in 1970 again took the FDGB-Pokal, but made a losing appearance in the national final. Throughout the entire period from 1951–71 the side played in the DDR Oberliga (I).

In 1971, the club was picked up and moved again, this time from the capital to Frankfurt (Oder) on the German-Polish border, to replace the local secret police-sponsored side SG Dynamo, which was then disbanded. Vorwärts then enjoyed another decent run in the 1980s, going to the UEFA Cup four times (where they were twice knocked out by West German clubs, (Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart). In 1983 they finished second nationally.

After German reunification in 1990, the club dropped its affiliation with the army and became FC Victoria Frankfurt/Oder. After financial problems and re-organization in 1993 the side emerged as Frankfurter FC Viktoria (FFC Viktoria 91). In the early 1990s, they played a couple of seasons in tier III before slipping to division IV and V level play. The side currently plays in the Brandenburg-Liga (VI).


HONOURS:

DDR-Meister: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969
FDGB-Pokal: 1954, 1970


STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)

The Stadion der Freundschaft is a multi-purpose stadium in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany with a current capacity of 12,000.
The stadium was built in commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the city of Frankfurt (Oder). The opening game in the stadium was a match between SV Dynamo und Gwardia Kraków on 15 July 1953 in front of a record 25,000 fans.
Before German reunification, the Stadion der Freundschaft hosted two friendlies of the East Germany national football team. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German Football Association staged two qualifying games for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships.

On 22 September 1968, the East German athlete Margitta Gummel recorded a shot put world record (18.87 metres) at the Stadion der Freundschaft.