BFC Germania 1888
Other teams which were formed before Germania including Berliner Cricket-Club 1883, BFC Frankfurt 1885, and SC Germania zu Hamburg 1887 (one of the predecessor sides which formed SV Hamburg in 1919) were also first organized to play other sports – cricket, rugby, and athletics respectively. Of these three clubs only "Hamburg" is still playing.BFC Germania 1888 has a rich sporting heritage and played an important role in the early development of football in Germany.
Sportfreunde Siegen
The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of a gymnastics club called "Turnverein Jahn von 1879 Siegen", being one of the first clubs in Western Germany to offer organized football to its members. In 1923, it merged with "Sportverein 07 Siegen" to become an independent football club called "Sportfreunde Siegen von 1899".