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.
SC Germania Hamburg
Hans Nobiling, a player of Germania, emigrated in the late 19th century to Brazil where he was in 1899 instrumental in founding two of the four oldest football clubs of the country, SC Internacional (SP) which became in 1938 part of São Paulo FC, three times world cup winner, and "SC Germánia" of São Paolo, which today as EC Pinheiros is considered as one of the biggest general sports clubs of the southern hemisphere. Internacional and Germánia won a total of four State Championships of São Paulo