FC Germania Helsinki (FCGH) is a sports club from Greater Helsinki, Finland, playing association football.
History The club was formed by German-speaking immigrants in 2015 and formally established in 2017.Original foundation document (17.11.2017), accessed 19.5.2021 It has been a Registered association and member of the Football Association of Finland since 2018.Information Service of the Finnish Register of Associations, accessed 19.05.2021Football Association of Finland, accessed 19.05.2021 FC Germania is listed among the official German institutions in Finland. The sports club has about 60 members, among them many immigrants from the German speaking area and Finns with family ties to Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
Germania's first men's team plays in Vitonen.Suomen Palloliitto, accessed 14.05.2021 The second men's team, called FC Germania/Akademie, plays in KutonenSuomen Palloliitto, accessed 18.05.2021 and there is another men's team, called FC Germania Hki 2015, playing in Helsinki's hobby league.Suomen Palloliitto, accessed 20.05.2021 A youth section was established in 2021 with a mixed team at preschool age training at the German School Helsinki. During the winter saison 2018–19 even a women's team, called FCGH Ladies, was playing.Team photo, accessed 20.05.2021
The Club Chairman is the lawyer Tim Becker, who was born in the former GDR and has been living in Vantaa since 2007. The German professional player Thomas Dähne, who won both the Finnish League and Finnish League Cup in 2017, has been an honorary member since the club's foundation.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements2019Tier 7Kutonen (Sixth Division)5SPL Helsinki and Uusimaa2ndPromoted2020Tier 6Vitonen (Fifth Division)5SPL Helsinki and Uusimaa4th20215SPL Helsinki and Uusimaa5th20225SPL Helsinki and Uusimaa1stPromoted 3 seasons in Vitonen 1 season in Kutonen
Notable club members Benjamin Bachler, former Austrian professional player Thomas Dähne, German professional player Mia Heikkinen, musician Ewald Kibler, former Austrian professional player Torsten Tiebout, musician
See also Football Association of Finland Germans in Finland
Links and References
Official Website Club profile , Suomen Palloliitto Interwiew with two executive committee members, Finntastic.de Interwiew with two players from 1st squad, Fussballbotschafter.de
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