TuS Bochum

Template:Short description Template:Short description Turn- und Sportverein Bochum 1908 was a German association football club from the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The club was established in 1908 as Spiel und Sport 08 Bochum. The first football match at the Castroper Straße (Ruhrstadion) was played by Spiel und Sport on 8 October 1911. On 1 April 1919 the club merged with Turnverein zu Bochum 1848 to form the TuS Bochum 1848. On 1 February 1924 the two clubs from the earlier merger split into the Bochumer Turnverein 1848 (gymnastics department) and Turn- und Sportverein Bochum 1908 (football, track and field, handball, hockey and tennis departments).

German football was reorganized in 1933 under the Third Reich into 16 top-flight divisions and after a divisional title in the Bezirksliga Westfalen (II) followed by a successful promotion playoff, TuS became part of the Gauliga Westfalen (I). The club played just two seasons there and finished their 1936–37 campaign in the relegation zone.

TuS was forced under the Nazi regime into a merger for political reasons with other local clubs. On 14 April 1938, TuS, Germania Bochum, and Turnverein Bochum were formed into current-day side VfL Bochum.

The newly combined club continued to compete in the top flight as part of the Gauliga Westfalen in the place of Germania Bochum.

League results

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 from:01/07/1930 till:01/07/1931  shift:(0,-4) text:10
 from:01/07/1931 till:01/07/1932  shift:(0,-4) text:5
 from:01/07/1932 till:01/07/1933  shift:(0,-4) text:6
 from:01/07/1933 till:01/07/1934  shift:(0,-4) text:3
 from:01/07/1934 till:01/07/1935  shift:(0,-4) text:1
 from:01/07/1935 till:01/07/1936  shift:(0,-4) text:7
 from:01/07/1936 till:01/07/1937  shift:(0,-4) text:10
 from:01/07/1937 till:01/07/1938  shift:(0,-4) text:5

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 from:01/07/1930 till:01/07/1933  color:1st  shift:(0,13)  text: "Bezirksliga Ruhr"
 from:01/07/1933 till:01/07/1935  color:2nd  shift:(0,13)  text: "Bezirksliga Westfalen"
 from:01/07/1935 till:01/07/1937  color:1st  shift:(0,13)  text: "Gauliga Westfalen"
 from:01/07/1937 till:01/07/1938  color:2nd  shift:(0,13)  text: "Bezirksliga Westfalen"

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External links

• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Template:In lang