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.
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".