Yorck Boyen Insterburg

Football club infobox
clubname = Yorck Boyen Insterburg


fullname = Militär Sport-Verein Yorck Von Boyen Insterburg e.V.
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founded = 1921
ground = Kasernenhof
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league = Baltenverband
season = -
position = Defunct
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Yorck Boyen Insterburg was a German football club from the city of Insterburg, East Prussia (today Chernyakhovsk, Russia).

The team was founded in 1921 as "Sport-Verein Yorck Insterburg" and was merged in 1934 with "Militär Sport-Verein von Boyen Tilsit" to form the army side "Militär Sport-Verein Yorck von Boyen Insterburg". The Tilsit club had been formed in 1923 as "Sport-Verein von Boyen Tilsit" [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9] . The name of the association recognized the Prussian generals Hans David Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg and Hermann von Boyen.

Prior to the merger "SV Yorck" played a season in the Gauliga Ostpreußen, one of 16 top flight regional divisions created in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich in 1933. "MSV Yorck-Boyen" carried on in Gauliga play, winning its group within the division and then beating "SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg" (5:1, 1:2) in the division final to earn a place in the national playoffs where they went out in the opening round [Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1] .

"MSV" played the next three seasons in the Gauliga Gumbinnen - which was part of the Gauliga Ostpreußen - winning its group each year, but failing to capture the overall division title. They made a second appearance in the preliminary round of the national playoff in 1938, but again fared poorly. "Insterburg" also took part that year in play for the Tschammerspokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup) and went out in the second round. The club's turn in first division play ended after a last place result in the 1938-39 season. In addition, most military clubs no longer were permitted to take part in Gauliga competition.

The club disappeared after the region was annexed by the Soviet Union following World War II.

Honours

* Gauliga Ostpreußen (I) champions: 1935

External links

* [http://www.beepworld.de/members87/oliver77fr/index.htm Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig] (en:Football in East Prussia and Danzig)

References

* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables de icon