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Altonaer FC von 1893 (AFC) is a German association football club based in the Altona district of the city of Hamburg. The football team is a department of a larger sports club which also offers handball, karate, table tennis, and volleyball. ==History== Late in the nineteenth century a number of sports having their origins in England – including cricket, rugby, and football – were introduced to continental Europe where they enjoyed considerable popularity. This club was founded on 29 July 1893 as ''Altonaer Cricketclub'' by a group of students who also demonstrated an early interest in football. In 1894, the club was renamed ''Altonaer Fussball und Cricket Club'' and then ''Altonaer Fussball Club'' in quick succession. ''Altona'' is one of Germany's oldest football clubs: they were part of the Altona-Hamburg football league formed in 1894, as well as one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) at Leipzig in 1900. In 1903 at their home ground, they hosted the first-ever German national championship final played between ''VfB Leipzig'' and ''DFC Prague''. The match was refereed by ''AFC'' player 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. Ironically, the hosts of the country's first title match would never capture or even play in a national final, only being able to advance as far as the semi-finals in 1903 and 1909, and the quarter-finals in 1914. In 1919, the club merged with ''Altonaer TS 1880'' in a union that lasted until 1922, during which time they were known as ''VfL Altona''. After the break-up the team played as ''Altonaer FC 1893 VfL''. Another merger in 1938 with ''Borussia 03 Bahrenfeld'' created ''Altonaer 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 the Third Reich German football was re-organized into sixteen Gauliga and ''AFC'' played first in the Gauliga Nordmark, and later in the Gauliga 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 the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1955 and 1964. After the formation of the Bundesliga – Germany's new professional league – in 1963, ''Altona'' found itself in the second-tier Regionalliga Nord where they played until 1968. Between 1969 and 1981 ''Altona'' played 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 playing in the Oberliga Hamburg (V). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Altonaer FC von 1893」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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