{{short description|German football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = FC Bremerhaven| image = FC Bremerhaven.png| upright = 0.5| alt = logo| fullname = Fussball Club Bremerhaven von 1899 e.V.| nickname = | founded = 1899| dissolved = 2012| ground = Zollinlandstadion| capacity = 3,000| chairman = | manager = | league = ''defunct''| season = | position = | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=ffffff|body1=ffffff|rightarm1=ffffff|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffff| }} '''FC Bremerhaven''' was a German association football club located in Bremerhaven, Bremen.
==History== The club was founded 1 June 1899 and soon merged with ''VfB 1899 Lehe'' to become ''FC Bremerhaven-Lehe''. In 1917 ''FC'' merged with ''SC Sparta Bremerhaven'' to become ''Bremerhaven-Lehe SC Sparta'' until, in 1919, ''VfB'' left to resume play as a separate team.
After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the disbanding of most organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. A combined Bremerhaven side was formed late in 1945 as ''SG Lehe-Nord'' which was renamed ''ATS Bremerhaven'' in 1947. Two years later in 1949 ''SC Sparta Bremerhaven'' re-established an independent club out of ''ATS'', followed by the re-establishment of ''VfB Lehe'' in 1953. ''ATS'' took on its original identity as ''FC Bremerhaven'' in 1992.
The club's best recent appearances have been in the Regionalliga Nord (III) in 1994–95 and 1999–2000 and in the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (IV) through the late 90s and in 2000–01 and 2002–03. They currently play in the Bremen-Liga (V), where they finished first in 2007–08 but were denied a Regionalliga licence.
The club was dissolved on 30 June 2012, its football section joined Sparta Bremerhaven, which continues to play in the Bremen-Liga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonntagsjournal.de/nachrichten/startseite_artikel,-Sparta-Mitglieder-sind-am-Druecker-_arid,771348.html |title=Sparta-Mitglieder sind am Drücker |language=German |accessdate=11 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074204/http://www.sonntagsjournal.de/nachrichten/startseite_artikel,-Sparta-Mitglieder-sind-am-Druecker-_arid,771348.html |archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>
==Honours== The club's honours: * '''Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen''' (IV) ** Runners-up: 1999 * '''Verbandsliga Bremen''' (IV-V) ** Champions: 1993, 1994, 2002, 2008 * '''Bremer Pokal''' ** Winners: 1996, 2005, 2006
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030606190437/http://abseits-soccer.com/clubs/bremerhaven.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]}}
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