Borussia Mönchengladbach, often shortened to Gladbach, is a German football club that plays in the Bundesliga, is based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia and is one of the country's most well-known, best-supported, and successful teams. The club's forerunner was a loose association of young men from the city's Eicken district organized in late 1899. They formally established their club on August 1, 1900 and took up play in the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Spielverband.

History

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Early history

The new club made steady progress upward through the different levels of league play and in 1912 appeared in the final of the Westdeutscher Verbandsliga, losing 2:4 to Kölner BC. In 1919, they joined Turnverein Germania 1889 to form VfTuR 1889 M.Gladbach and the next year made a second appearance in the final against Kölner BC, this time coming away with a 3:2 overtime victory. The next month they played their first game in a national championship playoffs, but did poorly, losing 0:7 to Spielvereinigung Fürth in the opening round. In 1921, the footballers decided to leave Germania's gymnasts behind and Borussia VfL 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach was born.

Borussia did not qualify to play in the upper level Gauliga established under the Third Reich, and also failed to earn a place in the post-war Oberliga, playing instead in the Zweite Liga West. The team made its first ascent into the Oberliga West in 1950, but then spent the rest of the decade bouncing up and down between leagues.

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