Oldest football clubs
Dresden English Football Club was founded on 18 March 1874 and was the first association football club in Germany, and likely the first outside Great Britain. In 1874, over 70 members participated, primarily Englishmen working in Dresden, watched by hundreds of spectators. Another German club, 1860 Munich did not play football until 1899, although it has its origins in a gymnastics and fitness club formed in 1848 and reestablished in the year indicated by its name.
VfB Sangerhausen
The roots of the club go back to the formation of "VfB Sangerhausen" in 1906. Following the end of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs, and the team was lost. In 1945 the former membership of "VfB" and other sports clubs were re-organized as "Sportgemeinde Sangerhausen". Area footballers established "SG Wacker 48 Sangerhausen" in 1948. The following year local teams were merged into the multi-sports club "Betreibssportgemeinschaft Mifa Sangerhausen" while the footballers moved on to form "BSG Einheit Sangerhausen". In 1956 "Einheit" was merged into "BSG Stahl Sangerhausen", which was itself known as "BSG Aktivist Sangerhausen" in 1950–51. The club was again renamed in 1970 to become "BSG Mansfeld-Kombinat Sangerhausen".