Deutscher FC Prag
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| Full name | Deutscher Fußball-Club Prag z.s. |
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| Founded | 25 May 1896 9 June 2016 |
| Dissolved | 1939 |
| Chairman | Jan Kašpárek |
| Website | Club website |
The Deutscher Fußball-Club Prag, commonly known as DFC Prag, is a football club based in Prague, Czech Republic. The club was refounded in 2016, in the tradition of the German-Jewish football club of the same name founded on 25 May 1896. The original club played in the city of Prague which, at the time of the club's founding, was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia in Austria-Hungary. The original club was formed by German Jews from the football department of Deutscher Eis- und Ruder-Club Regatta Prag established in 1891.
The multi-national character of Austria-Hungary created some confusion for footballers of the period as they could find themselves playing in the "national" leagues of Germany, Austria, Hungary or Bohemia. It was common for sports clubs to be founded based on the shared ethnicity of their members and DFC Prag was created by a group of German Jews, many of them students at Charles University in Prague.
When it was formed in 1900, the German Football Association (DFB), actively sought out members among ethnically German clubs from outside of the country. DFC Prag was a founding member of the German association and its president, Dr. Ferdinand Hueppe, became the first president of this new national association.
DFC Prag was a very strong side at the end of the 1800s and early 1900s: they were Bohemian champions in 1896, and played in Germany's first ever national final in 1903, and again Bohemian champions in 1917.
The story of the team's appearance in the 1903 final is an odd one as the they got there without having to play the scheduled playoff match against Karlsruher FV. The opponents received a telegram, supposedly from the DFB, indicating that the game had been rescheduled and consequently did not travel to the appointed match-up. DFC Prag, already waiting in Leipzig for the arrival of Karlsruher FV, were declared the winners by forfeit and advanced to the final, over the loud protests of the opponents. To this day the origin of the telegram is unknown. The second team to advance to the final was VfB Leipzig, and the match was scheduled for 31 May 1903 at the home ground of FC 93 Altona in Hamburg.
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