Stettiner SC
The Szczecin Sport-Club was a German sports club. He was based in the capital of the Province of Pomerania and Stettin used the Richard Lindemann sports ground on the north- western outskirts of Szczecin. His club colors were red and white.
History
The club was founded in 1908 under the name of Athletics Sports Club Szczecin. In 1911 he was called to Stettin in the sport club. He was particularly known for the sports of football and athletics. The football team of the Szczecin SC was twice Pomeranian football champions, and the athlete Gerhard Volkmann 1920 German Champion in 3000 m steeplechase, Günther King won the 1940 German Championship in the long jump.
The football players took part in the championships of the Baltic lawn and Winter Sports Association, later Baltic sports association. In 1921 she won first championship, but the team was stripped of the title later in 1900 in favor of VfB Königsberg again. Due to the late withdrawal of Szczecin SC could still participate in the finals of the German Championship in 1921. In the quarterfinals, the Szczecin eliminated after a 1-2 defeat against the BFC forward 90. In 1926, the Szczecin SC again qualified as East German runner for the German finals. With 2:8 against Holstein Kiel came this time in the first game the corner.
After the reorganization of the National Socialist League of the Szczecin SC was filed for the season 1933/34, in the Gauliga Pomerania and immediately won the runner-up after two finals against Viktoria Stolp (1:1 and 0:2 ). In 1935 it achieved the Szczecin the rematch, this time they got 1-0 and 0-0 the Gaumeisterschaft and reached for the third time the finals of the German Championship. After five defeats in six group matches Stettin difference this time from a group Last of the finals. After 1936 second place in the Gauliga, again behind Viktoria Stolp, the DM- finals was missed and 1937, not even the Gauliga - final was reached, the Szczecin SC 1938 won his second Pomeranian Gauliga Championship. This time, won the Szczecin in the group stage of the DM- finals two encounters, but left as a group of third parties again prematurely. In the following years the Szczecin SC could not maintain its leading role in the Gauliga. On Tschammerpokal the Szczecin SC participated in the 1935, 1938 and 1940, but each different in the first round. After the expulsion of the German population from Stettin, the club went under in 1945.
Sports facility
The Szczecin SC wore his games on the Richard Lindemann sports field from the Eckersberger forest. The term of its capacity was 32,000 spectators. The sports complex is now called Stadium Arkonii Szczecin and is used by the sports club Arkonia Szczecin. The grandstand has seating for about 9,000 spectators. Since 2007, a floodlight system is installed.
On September 15, 1935 match between Germany and Estonia took place at the Richard - Lindemann - sports court, which Germany won 5-0.