What football club from now existing in Russia was based on the very first? Football statistics, passionate football lovers and simple fans sometimes were seriously asked by this question, coming, perhaps to various conclusions. This time we studied this topic, by defining the top three of the most worthy candidates.
"Kolomna" - 1906 year of foundation (108 years)
FC Kolomna from the same city in the Moscow region, currently speaking in the Zone "West" of the second division of PFL, de facto is the oldest of the currently existing professional and even amateur football clubs in Russia.
The history of Kolomna football began in 1906, when the first football team - KGO, Kolomna Gymnastic Society was created at the Machine-Building Plant of the Brothers Struve (later -).
Back in the pre-revolutionary period, the team was adopted in Moscow football Leah (MFL) and football league of country circles (FLDC). In 1911, the Kolomna Football League (KFL) appeared in the city.
And after the revolution, in 1923, the Kolomna team took part in the first Championship of the USSR, held in Moscow as part of the first All-Union Holiday physical culture. In it, Kolomnitsy reached the semi-final, being in the fourth of the strongest teams of the country.
In the post-war years, the Kolomna's All-Union Arena was first presented in 1948 by the Dzerzhinets team. Two seasons "steam-positioners" conducted in the second group, occupying respectively the ninth and tenth places among 14 participants. Then the "Dzerzhinets" came out only in the championships of the Moscow Region and its society.
But in 1960, the team of the Avangard diesel engineering plant returned to the All-Union level, at which he spent eight seasons in the class B (from 1960 to 1969 with a break in 1961/1962). The best result of the speeches during this period was the fourth place in 1964.
After the reform of the Football Economy of the USSR in 1970 (when the class b) was eliminated by the "diesel engineering" lost a place in all-union competitions. The team began to play the championship of the Moscow region in the highest group, but soon sank into the second.
At this time, a team of heavy machine-building plant (CTS) "Oka" was published in the city, founded in 1923. For its history, "machine-tool builders" became the five-time champions of the Moscow region and the five-time owners of the Region Cup.
In 1988, "Oka" became the winner of the zonal tournament of the championships of physical culture teams (KFK) and returned to the city after 20 years big FootballIn 1989, debuting in the second Allied League.
And in 1990, the revival began. The opposition of two Kolomna teams led to the fact that in the first Russian championship of 1992 both clubs started in one zone of the second league and finished in the neighborhood (in the eighth and ninth positions). In another four championships of Russia, Kolomna was represented by both of these teams, and the best result of the speeches was the second place of Avant-garde in the fourth zone in 1993.
Before the start of the 1997 season, the Kolomna municipal football club was created in Kolomna, which united "Avangard" and "OKU". And before the start of the 1998 season, FC "Kolomna" was united with the Resurrection team "Gigant" - the champion of Russia in 1997 among lovers.
The last major achievement of "Kolomna" falls for 1999, when she ranked second in the center of the second division. The following was followed by a sunset: in 2000 - 12th place; In 2001 - the penultimate 19th place (she had to leave professional footballbut the decision of PFL was left in the center zone); In 2002 - 18th place out of 20 (the club lost a place in the second division and was forced to perform in the amateur championship).
The club held 10 seasons in the third division, where the best result was the sixth place (2008 and 2011/12) and access to the Final Cup of the Moscow Region (2011/12 and 2012). However, in 2012, the "Moscow Region" Zone "Kolomna" ranked first in the one-rod tournament and returned to the second division in the sports principle, where in the 2013/14 season in the Zone "West" occupied the 13th place out of 17.
History of change of names: 1906-1919 - CGO (Kolomna gymnastic society), 1919-1923 - Golutvinskaya SFC (Section of physical culture), 1923-1936 - KFK (Circuit of physical culture), 1936-1942 - "Dzerzhinets", 1942-1945 - "Tractor" , 1945-1952 - "Dzerzhinets", 1953-1993 - "Avangard", 1993 - "Viktor-Avangard", 1994-1997 - "Avangard-Cortek", since 1997 - FC Kolomna.
High achievements: Third place in the USSR Championship (1923), 1/32 Final of the USSR Cup (1936), 1/2 Final of the RSFSR Cup (1990), second place in the second league area / division (1993 and 1999), 1/16 of the Russian Cup Final (1992/93), Winner of the Amateur Zone "Moscow region" of the Third Division (2012), Finalist of the Cup of the Moscow Region (2011/2012 and 2012).
"Chernomorets" Novorossiysk - 1907/1960 years of foundation (107 years / 54 years)
This is also one of the oldest Russian football clubs: It was originally founded in the port city in 1907, disbanded in 1917 and restored in the 1960s. Since then, until 1978, he played in the class of the USSR Championship, and before the collapse of the USSR continued to play in the second league.
The main flourishing of the club from the city of Novorossiysk began in the post-Soviet period. When forming the first championship of Russia, the team received the opportunity to perform in the first league, where she in the second season she became the winner of the western zone, but was not able to enter the top three in the transitional tournament.
In 1994, Novorossiysk again became triumphants of the one of the first league and got the right to play Elite russian football. In the highest division "Chernomorets" continuously performed until 2001. Twice he managed to get into the six strongest, which allowed the club to make her debut in eurocades.
However, in the first round of the Cup - 2001/02 "Sailors" both times gave way to Spanish "Valencia" (0: 1 at home and 0: 5 on the road). IN championship of Russia - 2001 They also played unsuccessfully, completing the season at the last 16th place.
The following year, Chernomorets won the first division tournament again, and in the 2003 season, he was again unable to resist in the Premier League, but reached the finals of the Russian Cup final. In 2005, after a hard season in the first division, the club lost a professional license.
Renamed in FC Novorossiysk, he performed in the amateur league, where he won the "South" zone, and then final tournament and rose to the "South" zone of the second division. Since then, Novorossiyski can not get rid of the status of the elevator team.
So, in 2007, Chernomorets took the first place there and returned to the first division, from which he again dropped in 2009. In 2010, the club advanced to himself returns upstairs, and also became the owner of the PFL Cup among the winners of the second division zones. However, in the 2011/12 season, he could not resist in FNL again.
In the offseason, the team headed the famous and most successful coach in her history, who managed to create a new team, which at the finish of the season-2012/13 only for additional indicators (with the equality of points gained) was given to the leadership in the "South" zone of the Narran "Angushta".
In the previous championship-2013/14 "Chernomorets" remained on the second line tournament table Following the Astrakhan Volgar. Well, this season "Sailors" are seen by the main favorites of the southern zone, divided into two groups after the inclusion of three Crimean clubs.
History of change of names: 1907-1930 - Olimpia, 1931-1941 - Dynamo, 1945-1957 - "Builder", 1960-1969 and 1978-1991 - "Cement", 1970 - "Labor", 1992-1993 - "Hacris" , 1993-2004 and from 2006 - "Chernomorets", 2005 - Novorossiysk.
High achievements: Champion of the RSFSR (1988), owner of the RSFSR Cup (1988), winner of the second Union League zones (1969, 1988 and 1989), 1/16 Final of the USSR Cup (1989/90 and 1991/92), sixth place in the highest League / Division (1997 and 2000), 1/4 Finals of the Russian Cup (1993/94), Finalist of the Premier League Cup (2003), 1/64 UEFA Cup Finals (2001/02), Winner of the First League (1993, in Western Zone and 1994 ), second (2002, exit to the highest division) and third (1992, in the western zone) places in the first division / league, winner of the PFL Cup (2010), winner (2007 and 2010), second (2012/13 and 2013/14 ) And the third (2006) place in the "South" zone of the second division, the LFL champion and the South Zone (2005).
"Banner of Labor" - 1909 year of foundation (105 years)
A team from the city of Orekhovo-Zueva of the Moscow region for many years officially was considered the oldest football club of Russia, at least unfind.
First soccer game And at all took place in the city in 1888. According to Vladimir Lizunov's researcher, this date is based on the memoirs of the Director of the Morozovsky Factory - the Englishman Harry Garsfield (Andrei Vasilyevich) of Charnok, who invited foreign specialists in Russia who can play football.
And in 1909, on the initiative and brothers, Charnel workers of Morozovskaya manufactory officially creates and registered the Charter of the Sports of Nutrition (CSR), which is why the team then received the nickname "Morozovtsy". Before the revolution of 1917, an adult and children's football league were organized in Orekhov.
At the same time, the CSR was first, and later the four-time winner of the Moscow Football League. In the Soviet times, the "banner of labor" flashed the fact that in 1962 he was already in the final of the Cup of the USSR Cup, in which, though he lost to the Donetsk "Shakhtar" with a score of 0: 2.
In Russia's championships, the team of Orekhovo-Zueva made himself twice into the first league / division, but did not manage to gain a consolidate there for more than one year. And after the season - the 2003 club lost professional status for four years. In 2007, the team returned to the "Center" zone of the second division, and from the 2011/12 season began to perform in the Zone "West".
History of change of names: 1909-1935 - CSR (sports club "Orekhovo") "Morozovtsy", CPKFK (Central Proletarian Club of Physical Culture), "Orekhovo-Zuyevo", "Red Orekhovo", "Red Textbook", 1936-1937 - "Red Banner" , 1938-1945 - "Star", 1946-1957 - "Red Banner", 1958-1991 and from 2003 - "Banner of Labor", 1992 (until the 12th round) - "Cunning Foxes", 1993-1996 - "Orekhovo ", 1997-2002 - Spartak-Orekhovo.
High achievements: Moscow Champion (1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913), Finalist of the USSR Cup (1962), Winner of the Second League / Division Zone (1992 and 1998), the winner of the Third Division (1996 and 2006 in the Amateur Zone "Moscow region").
Finally, it is worth adding that the most "elderly" Moscow club is considered to be CSKA, who leads its own story since 1911, that is, the moments of the education of fans ski sport (Oll).
After 12 years, the society was reformatted in the Experimental Platquinity of the Vsevobuch (OPV), in 1928 the team began to be called the CDU (Central House of the Red Army), in 1951 cds (the same, but already Soviet), in 1957 - CSK MO (central sport Club ), and finally, from the 1960s - the central sports club of the army.
In St. Petersburg, the ancient football club remains "Dynamo", founded in 1922 (by the way, a year before Moscow), even despite several renaming (in "Labor reserves" in the 1950s or Petrotrest in 2000s) or The same team disabilities (in 1953, 1999, in 2003 and 2010).
And, according to the official version of the club, appeared only in 1925, and initially called the Stalinet (then he defended the honor of the Stalin's metallic plant of the city of Leningrad), which he wore until 1940.
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This football culb is rightfully called the name of the oldest football club in the world. Founded in the last year before last, in the distance of 1857, today Sheffield plays in the 8th in the level of the Division of England the first division of the Northern Premier League. The history of this club is closely related to the development of the game in Britain and with an increase in the significance of football in general.
The founders of the club were Nathaniel Crossing and William Prost, and the training base was the local, Sheffield, Cricket Club. The club has a considerable contribution to the study and the development of those aspects of football science, which were poorly regulated. The list of rules for the game was gradually formed, which were later adopted by Sheffield Football Association.
Literally six years later, in 1863, FC Sheffield became the founder of the Football Association - the First National Organization, Football Affairs in the country. Perhaps this will seem amazing, but for the half-hearted history, the club did not have its own training base. The club's home stadium appeared only in 2001. Sheffield acquired the BT Local Business Stadium stadium, which is in Dronfield.
Football club Hellam
In 1804, in Britain, the cricket was almost national species Sports, but in 1860 survived a completely successful reorganization and turned into a football club. In general, except for the honorable second place in the list of the oldest clubs of the planet, "Hellam" is not very famous, but, according to the record in the Guinness Book of Records, Hellam is the most revered place in its population on the planet. Residents of this province play football over several centuries.
The club has its own stadium on which homemade team matches are held. Platform "Sandigate Road", listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest stadium of the world. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the club is focused mainly on the development of amateur football. Now the team plays in the 1st Division of the Eastern Football League of the Nordic County (9th Division).
Football Clubs Vanderers and Vanderers Cre
These two clubs were founded in one year. "Crei Vanderers" was formed at one of the London Okrain, and the creators of his workers of the London Railway were the creators, or rather, the London site is Kent.
"Crei Vanderers" belongs to the honorary title of the first official football club in the south of England. Initially, the fate of the club was very successful: he held the leading position among the teams of this region, but by the beginning of the 1930s everything changed and the team from professional turned into amateur.
To return at least the status of a semi-professional team, the club needed, not much not enough, as many as 20 years. Today, the preparation of the "Crei Vanderers" is somewhat weaker than "Sheffield", but this is the first football club in the history, created by the English workers, and one thing that provides him with an honorable place in the history of football. 
As for the club "Vanderers", he was organized in the same 1860 and first was known as FC Forest. This club was organized in the London District of Butters and originally in its composition included graduates of a very prestigious school - Harrow.
In the first decade of its existence, the club was among the most successful and well-known football clubs in the country. Vanderers was known for his victories in the first 10 years of the England championship. The club won in 1872, 1873, 1876, 1877 in 1878 and earned the fame of the most successful in England and on the continent.
Football Club Warksop Town
If the previous clubs come from the central and southern counties, then this football club owns the honorary title of the first in the north-west. Motherland "Warksop Town" - Industrial Nottingham. The club was created in 1861, but first came to the news reports in 1873 after a series of matches at the stadium near Netherton Road. The players of the club have a nickname - tigers - associated with the emblem of FC. 
In the mid-1960s, Wastop Town won in Midland League competitions and became one of the founders of Northern Premier League. Then followed a 20-year-old crisis, but in the 1990s became best years In the history of the club. In the 1997/98 season, Warksop returned a place in Northern Premier League, lost ten years ago. At the moment, the Prime Minister of the Northern Premier League is at the premier, the seventh largest of the Football Tournament of England.
Natts County Football Club
In 1862, FC "Natts Country" was organized - the world's oldest professional club, and besides this, one of the 11 Founding Clubs of the Football League, which was created in 1888. In 1894, the team took the Cup of England, and in 1891 they were among the finalists of the championship.
Initially, the club played the Arena "Park Hollow" (Park Hollow), which is on the territory of the old Nottingham castle. In 1883, "Soroki" (this is the unofficially called this team) settled on the site "Trent Bridge Cricket Ground" (Trent Bridge Cricket Ground). In 1910, FC changed the home stadium on Midou Lane, who today is the main training base of the team.
- Official website of the Sheffield Club
- Free Electronic Encyclopedia Wikipedia, Section "Sheffield (Football Club)"
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In mid-April, the birthdays of "Spartak" and "Dynamo" celebrated the birthdays, and Socker.ru hurries to tell about the age of domestic teams - popular and forgotten in the second divisions.
The oldest clubs of Russia
"Banner of Labor" (Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
Other names: CSR, "Morozovtsy", TsPKFK, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, "Red Orekhovo", "Red Texther", "Red Banner", "Star", "Cunning Fox", "Orekhovo", "Spartak-Orekhovo".
"The oldest football club" Russia this year will celebrate its 108th birthday. Now the "banner of labor" occupies the penultimate line in the Zone "West" of the second division and definitely does not boast of financial well-being. The first football match in Orekhovo-Zuyevo took place in 1887The team countdown is considered to be 1909, when the "Sports Orekhovo" club was established with the direct participation of English workers of Morozovskaya manufactory. "Banner of Labor" won the Moscow Football League in the days of Tsarist Russia, and higher achievement The final of the USSR Cup of 1962 is considered, in which the Donetsk Shakhtar turned out to be stronger.
"Kolomna" (Kolomna)
Foundation date: 1906 (111 years)
In essence, Kolomna may claim the title of the oldest club of Russia, but this near Moscow team has a tangled story that included ups and downs, deprivation of professional status and years spent in amateur leagues. In the current form, the club has existed since 1997, when Avangard was combined (the very successor of the "Kolomna gymnastic society", founded in 1906) and "Oka", leading its history since 1923. Now two clubs that can be considered the oldest in the country are the outsiders of the second division: "Colomna" just a couple of points ahead of the "Banner of Labor" in the Zone "West".
"Chernomorets" (Novorossiysk)
Foundation date: 1907 (110 years)
Other names: "Olympia", "Dynamo", "Builder", "Cement", "Labor", "Hacris", "Novorossiysk".
Not so crying the case of the "Chernomorets" in the zone "South" - Novorossiyians occupy the sixth line. "Chernomorets" was created in 1907, but in the USSR championships the team began to speak only in 1960. The flourishing "sailors" happened already in the championship of Russia, where they twice occupied the sixth place and even took part in the draw of the European Cups. In 2005, the club was deprived of a professional license, even for some time wore the name "Novorossiysk" until he returned to the familiar behalf.
Who is older from the popular teams of Russia?
CSKA (Moscow)
As you have already guessed, the age of Russian clubs is a tensile concept. Too many historical polls, take at least the transition from Tsarist Russia to the USSR, and then to Russia, a peculiar structure of sports circles. This is not England, where clubs do not change the name and "registered" to one address. Generally, CSKA, according to the official version, occurred from football section inside Olls. (Society of ski lovers). Therefore, army team at the end of the summer will celebrate their 106 birthday.
"Spartak Moscow)
"Spartak" yesterday noted his 95 birthday, although enthusiasts dream to link the story of the popular Moscow club with RGO (Russian gymnastic society) to consider the year of the foundation of the 1883th. You can count anything, although close to the truth while the unnamed date is 1935When Chairman of the Central Committee of the WLKSM, Alexander Kosarev, created a physical education and sports society, who received the name "Spartak" from the filing of Nicholas Starostin. Here with this "Spartak" the connection of today's club is obvious and not amenable to doubts, but 80 with a tail of years - somehow little, do not find?
Dynamo (Moscow)
In the irreconcilable rivals "Spartak" and "Dynamo" birthday in one day - April 18. Only "Dynamo" seems to be for the year younger. But the "white-blue" is an absolutely indisputable date of education, because it was in the marked day that a sports society called "Dynamo" was created. It's all honest here and no flirting with a story, although the "white-blue", if desired, could also climb into the imperial period, tie themselves with KFS (or some other abbreviation) and declare the date of the founding of 1907.
Lokomotiv (Moscow)
The team later became the "locomotive", it was founded at the Moscow-Kazan Railway called "Kazanka". Such a version was official about a year ago, when "Loko" at one moment "aged" for 14 years, because before this date the foundation was considered 1936.
Zenit (St. Petersburg)
Around the date of the birth of Zenit in due time spores broke out. The Commission was offered to choose from the five offered dates, the earliest of which was 1914, when the Murzinka team appeared. However, the connection was not proved, and at first the Commission decided to consider the birth date of "Zenith" in 1936, when the first union championship was held, and voluntary sports societies "Zenit" and "Stalintsy" appeared. Soon this decision was revised, and Zenit added 11 years, because in 1925, the first football teams appeared at the Stalin Metallic Plant. Fun argument, as in many other cases. It is possible that in several generations, Russian clubs will refuse to find opportunities to throw themselves a few years for solidity, will begin to strive for the whole history, but now such a fashion.
Today, there are not many football clubs in the world, which exist almost at first the history of this sport. Trophy, shape, cards, advertising brochures of some of them are a whole condition.
The top 10 of the oldest football clubs will help plunge into history.
Sheffield
There is still still a football club founded in 1857 by graduates of the famous University of Cambridge. Interesting fact - the club was founded on the basis of the game team on the cricket.
Today is not so famous as Spanish "Real", but still consists in the division of England. The club was founded by two former student - Nathaniel Cross (one of the famous and talented football players) and William Prost.
Newton Hit (Manchester United)
Was founded by simple work railway workers In 1878. Stenford is considered the founding city. Since with financing the club, everything was bad - the football players were trained first in the destroyed factory, and later on the forgotten and overgrown North Road stadium.
Interesting fact: In the 20th century, simple hard workers were able to take the first place in the championships of England more than 20 times. Today the team is one of the most expensive and titled, fans know her as Manchester United.
Bayern München (Bavaria)
The club is based in early 20th century (1900). He is pride Germany And one of the best football clubs in the world. An interesting fact: at first the club was intended for gymnasts, however, to attract young people, the club opened the second division for young football players.
After 3 years, funds from investors began to come to the club to maintain a talented composition. By the way, today club players cost from 60 million rubles and still show the best results on the field.
Bayer 04.
Founded in 1904 for active rest Pharmacists companies. An interesting fact: over the age-old history, the club never got gold, but repeatedly won silver at the German championships.
Today, the club is not as known as in the mid-50s, but still enters the regional league. And in 2010, players showed the best results At the Bundeslig Championship.
Borussia.
Also included in the list of the oldest, but existing clubs in the world. He is a repeated winner of the German Cup and Champions League.
Opened in 1909 by simple seminarists, despite the fact that their pastor strictly forbade them to do this because of their own hostility to this sport. Today the club shows the best results and actively Fights for the world championship.
Spartacus
First football clubs In Russia, began to appear yet At the beginning of the 20th century. However, due to the lack of funding and the special interest of the government to this sport, they could not hold out more than 2 years. Despite this, the Moscow club founded in 1922 could show good results and become a real property of the country.
The club never occupied the first places in the Competitions of the USSR and Russia, but the athletes did not reach further semifinal athletes. Despite this, Spartak still raises some of best football players, and proudly wears cliché - folk club.
Slavia.
Football club from the ancient Prague, was founded back in 1892. Interesting fact: the club founded medical students in order to distract from the gravity of studies.
University liked a healthy passion and soon the team received financing. The club still produces good players.
FC Petržalka.
The oldest club from Bratislava has a rather specific name. It was founded In the distance 1898. As the latest sources show still participating in the national leagues.
However, in 2009, the team lost his main sponsor, which closed the door to her big football.
Anorthosis
Football club from warm Cyprus. Was founded in 1911. The name has a historical principle, which means "separation". This is due to the fact that during the period 1900 of the Greeks actively advocated the separation of two territories.
The first players of the club were the military, but in 1960 after the club bought a new sponsor they replaced athletes from major universities in the country. Thanks to state support, the anorthosis still exists and even takes place not only in the National League, but also in the Champions League (in 2010, the 7th place).
Makkabi.
The oldest Israeli club, which was founded back in 1909. Interesting fact: it was the first Jewish club, which was allowed to compete on the territory of Palestine.
FC still exists and raises talented football players. Due to the fact that in the 90s Israel was able to enter the staff of UEFA received new sponsors. However, despite decent financing, over the past few years, he could not enter the Champions League and show decent results.
Have you ever wondered which of the football clubs can boast the biggest "age"? No, this is not some "Barcelona" or "Madrid Real", and it is more likely to go about the representatives of the "top" of the modern football hierarchy. In this article we will look at the true "old old people", the veterans of the football battles of the world.
Great Britain
Where is the very old FC in the world, except, not on the homeland of football - in England? " Sheffield "is rightly recognized as the oldest club of the world, the date of its foundation is considered to be 1857. Nevertheless, the first club did not have official matches with whom, therefore the debut for his composition was held as many as 3 years later, in 1860.
Reference! Sheffield is easy to confuse with Sheffield Wensda and Sheffield United. FC Sheffield exists today: he holds matches in the lower football divisions of his homeland.
The founding fathers of Sheffield became William Prost and Nathaniel Cross. Like most other clubs of that time, FC has formed from former club by cricket.
Russia
If everything is clear with "ancientritical" sports clubs, then which of the domestic FC is considered the most "ancient dinosaur"?
Unfortunately, many convicts "Zenith", "CSKA" and "Spartak", the oldest russian club The little-known "banner of labor" is considered from Orekhovo-Zuyevo. Despite the "communist" name, this organization was founded long before the socialist system was officially recognized in the territory of the current Russia (in 1909 in 1909). 
The "Banner of Labor" was created by Brothers Charnoks, ordinary workers in the ranks of Morozovskaya manufactory. The team initially wore the name "CSR", and in 1962 he even entered the final as part of the USSR Cup, losing only Shakhtar from Donetsk.
Reference! Even before the Orekhovo-Zuyevo revolution, four times became the champion of Moscow.
Spain
Spain is known for its talented football players and professional teams, However, the most "elderly" currently football club on the territory of this country was founded at all by indigenous people.
"Rereatetiv" was officially registered in December 1889 for two citizens of Scotland: Robert Russell Ross and Alexander McKeight. Both were doctors who worked with miners on mines and mines, and decided to open the "section" section of football to provide workers with an active holiday. 
Despite the long "experience", the team could not achieve any significant results even within the national championship: at best, they managed to accommodate on the eighth line of the tournament table.
Germany
When it comes to football, where without the Germans (if, of course, this is not the final of the past World Cup)? The Hamburg FC is considered a well-deserved veteran of football battles in Germany. It was founded in September 1887, by the merger of two ready-made teams. In 1919, the composition of the organization expanded even more, "drawing" in itself 2 more teams. 
The watchlist "Hamburg" is impressive: the team is the six-time winner of the National Championship, and also stores on the shelf of the 4th Cup of Germany. Active team participation in most domestic championships and professional level coaching composition Helps her almost a half century to remain "afloat," seeking impressive results on the inner and world arena.
Ukraine
Ukraine, like Russia, came to the big football somewhat later than most Western European states. The oldest FC of Ukraine is considered to be founded in the distant 1907 "Odessa British Attretic Club" (Sokr. "Obak"). The organization was founded on the personal request of one of the British consuls, but she had to "live" for a long time: after 9 years it was disbanded. 
France
French football is also considered one of the strongest and technically developed, which, perhaps, the country is obliged just rich history development of this sport on its territory. FC "Gavr", officially started its existence in 1872, is considered the oldest club of France. It is noteworthy that initially the teams were not only professional football players, but also rugby keys. 