Leipziger SC
Leipziger SC is a sports club in Leipzig, Germany. It was founded on April 30, 1901.
History
On the ice, Leipziger SC initially played bandy, which was a popular sport in the region prior to World War I. They won the 1908 Austro-Hungarian Bandy Championship and the 1912 Ringhoffer Pokal. The club was included in these Austrian competitions despite not belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Two of the main figures on the club were the Schomburgk brothers - Wilhelm and Herbert.
Other bandy clubs soon sprung up in the city of Leipzig, and a Leipzig City Championship was first contested in 1912. However, due to the relative strength of Leipziger SC compared to the other clubs, they were only allowed to send a second team to the competition. This team went on to claim the city championship in 1912 and 1913.
On January 15, 1909, Leipziger SC took part in their first ice hockey game against Berliner Schlittschuhclub. They won 3-1. The club was approved to participate in the inaugural 1912 German Ice Hockey Championship, but withdrew from the competition after falling in several friendly matches against more experienced hockey sides.
They mostly stuck with bandy though, holding onto that style of play much longer than other German teams did, and it was not until 1926 that Leipziger SC debuted in the German Championship in ice hockey. SC Charlottenburg claimed an easy 5-0 victory over them in the first round. In the 1934-35 season, the club reached the final round of the Central German Championship for the first time. The Nazi government then abolished the competition in favor of a new Gaue Sachsen und Mitte Championship (Province Saxony and Middle), in which Leipziger SC took third place in 1936.
During World War II, the club competed in the Saxony War Championships, finishing in third place in 1940 and 1942. After the war's conclusion, hockey was played again in Leipzig in the winter of 1946-47. BSG Aufbau Südwest Leipzig was then formed as a successor to Leipziger SC.
Images
The club's logo.
The club in Budapest in January 1925.
