TSC Eintracht Dortmund
TSC Eintracht 1848/1895 Dortmund is a German sports club from the city of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed on 9 July 1969 through the merger of "Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht 1848 Dortmund" and football side "Dortmunder Sports Club 1895". With over 5,500 members the current day association is the largest sports club in the city. In addition to football, the largest of its 27 sports departments are gymnastics, fitness, and field hockey. Other sections within the association include badminton, basketball, fencing, Judo, canoeing, Karate, athletics, rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis, and volleyball. History. TuS Eintracht  1848 Dortmund. The club has its origins as the gymnastics club "Turnverein Eintracht Dortmund", founded on 15 July 1848, which grew into a broadly based sports association in the interwar period. Future merger partner "Dortmunder SC 1895" established a field hockey section in 1921 which left to join "Dortmunder Tennis Club 1898" to create "Dortmunder Tennis und Hockey Club", known today as "Dortmunder Tennis Klub Rot-Weiss 98". A field hockey section was formed within "TVE" in 1926 and has played as "Dortmunder Hockey-Club der Eintracht" since 1954. Through the late 50s and into the mid 60s the club  supported an ice hockey section that played in first and second-level competition. In 1965 the section withdrew from the association to become part of "Eishockey Club Westphalia Dortmund". Dortmunder SC 95. Predecessor side "Dortmunder SC 1895" was established on 10 May 1895 as "Dortmunder Fussball Club 1895" and is recognized as the city's oldest football club. The team folded in 1897, but was re-formed on 27 October 1899. It was joined by "Fussball Club Union Dortmund" in 1910 and on 13 July 1913 merged with "Ballspielverein 1904 Dortmund" to become "Sportvereinigung Dortmund 1895" before first adopting the  name "Dortmunder Sport Club 1895" in 1919. This combined side made an appearance in the top flight regional playoff round in 1920–21. In 1933, "SC" briefly merged with "Ballspiel Club Sportfreunde 06 Dortmund" to play as "Sportfreunde 1895 Dortmund" in the Gauliga Westfalen, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed that year in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The team was relegated after just one season of play there and in 1935 the union ended with the two clubs going their separate ways. Following World War II most organizations in the country, including sports and  football clubs, were ordered dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. The club was re-established in 1945 as "Südliche Sportgruppe Dortmund" and by 1947 was once again playing as "SC". The team played lower tier local football until advancing to the Landesliga Westfalen (III) in 1953. They claimed a title there in 1956 and were promoted to the 2. Liga-West (II) where they competed as a lower table side over the next 7 seasons. Restructuring of the country's football competition placed "SC" into the third division Amateurliga Westfalen in 1963. The club finished atop their group within the division , but missed an opportunity to be advance when they were beaten by "Eintracht Gelsenkirchen" (2:2, 1:1, 0:2) in an extended promotion playoff. The following season the club tumbled from first to fifteenth place and was relegated to the Landesliga Westfalen (IV) where they earned lower-to-mid table results over the next handful of seasons. After the 1969 merger the football tradition of "SC" was carried on by "Eintracht Dortmund". However, the team stumbled and was sent down to fifth tier competition in 1970. The footballers currently compete in the Bezirksliga (VIII).