Fortuna Düsseldorf is a German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The earliest roots of the association go back to the establishment of the gymnastics club Turnverein Flingern on 5 May 1895 in the village of Flingern, today the northeastern quarter of Düsseldorf. Two other sides figure in the club's early history: Düsseldorfer Fußballklub Spielverein founded in 1908 and FK Alemania 1911, which was founded in 1911 and becam...
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Fortuna Düsseldorf is a German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The earliest roots of the association go back to the establishment of the gymnastics club Turnverein Flingern on 5 May 1895 in the village of Flingern, today the northeastern quarter of Düsseldorf. Two other sides figure in the club's early history: Düsseldorfer Fußballklub Spielverein founded in 1908 and FK Alemania 1911, which was founded in 1911 and became Fortuna 1911 the following year. In mid-1913, these two clubs merged to form Düsseldorfer Fußball-Club Fortuna 1911, which played its debut season in the Westdeutschen Spielverband in 1913–14. Fortuna won its first honours as city champions in wartime A-Klasse competition in 1917–18. TV Flingern joined Fortuna to create Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna on 15 November 1919.
In the late 20s, Fortuna won its first honours; they captured a district level Bezirksliga title in 1927, sent their first representative to the nation side in...
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