Last weekend the Bundesliga 2023-2024 and he did it without any news in the sport: that Bavaria He scored four goals against on his debut Werder Bremen But it’s not the first leader, as Stuttgart defeated Bochum 5-0. He in turn Borussia Dortmund The 1-0 win against Cologne in the NRW regional derby suffered more than expected Bayer Leverkusen Xabi Alonso rang the first bell, beating the youngest Supercup champion, the RB Leipzigwith 3-2.
However, a curious circumstance has attracted the attention of football fans in general and German football fans in particular on social networks. The Spanish profile of the Unión Berlín published a very interesting thread on Twitter, which allows us to identify their past and origins through the different nomenclatures or acronyms that the clubs have in their names.
Here we discuss the most popular ones:
1. FC (1st football club): correspond to the first football club of a specific city (1. FC Köln, 1. FC Union Berlin or 1. FC Heidenheim 1848). The Union was re-established in East Berlin in 1966, hence its current name.
VFL (Association for Physical Education): stands for “fitness clubs”, such as VfL Wolfsburg or VfL Bochum.
VFB (Association for Movement Games): means “Association for Movement Games”. Its biggest representative is VfB Stuttgart.
TSG (gymnastics and sports association): “Association for gymnastics and sport”, such as TSG Hoffenheim.
SC (sports club): “Sports club”, such as Freiburger SC or Berliner SC Hertha.
SV (sports club): “Sportverein”, but with the German word “Verein”, such as SV Werder Bremen or SV Darmstadt 98.
EV (registered association): correspond to the initials “Gesetze Verein”. It is the clubs that are 100% owned by their members. There are currently only 3 in the Bundesliga – Union Berlin, Freiburg and Mainz.
BV (ball game club): “Ballspielverein”, like BV Borussia Dortmund, colloquially known as BVB.
RB (lawn ball sport): This curious name was invented in Leipzig to match the initials of its owner (Red Bull): “Ballsport auf Rasen”.
GMBH (limited liability company): “Limited liability company”, are associations where at least part of a company is owned.