 "HFC" was one of a dozen clubs that formed the VMBV (Verbandes Mitteldeutscher Ballspielvereine or Federation of Middle German Football Teams) on 16 December 1900 and was a founding member of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) in Leipzig in January 1900.In 1909 the club was the first in the country to purchase its own grounds and on 10 September 1910 hosted "VfB Leipzig" in their new stadium facility.The club merged with the "Kaufmännischer Turnverein Halle" on 23 September 1919 to become "VfL Halle von 1896".