Altonaer FC von 1893
"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. The hosts of the country's first title match never won or even played in a national final, being able to advance only as far as the semi-finals in 1903 and 1909, and the quarter-finals in 1914.
SV Germania Schöneiche
The earliest predecessor of today's association was the gymnastics club "MTV Germania Kleinschönbeck Schöneiche" founded in 1894. In the aftermath of World War II occupying Allied authorities disbanded organizations across the country, including sports and football associations. "Germania" was re-established as "SG Schöneiche" and became part of the separate East German football competition that emerged in the Soviet-occupied part of the country. As was common in East Germany through the 1950s and 1960s the team underwent several name changes, playing as "BSG Lokomotive Schöneiche", "BSG Motor Friedrichshagen", "BSG Motor Ostend", "BSG Empor Köpenick", "TSG Schöneiche". Before German re-unification the club was known as "BSG ZBE Landbau Schöneiche". The footballers did not enjoy any real success, with their play being limited to district league competition.