 The club quickly recovered and emerged as city champions of the Hamburger-Altonaer Fussball Bund (Hamburg-Altona Football Association) in 1916 before going on to win the Norddeutscher Fussball Verband (North German Football League) regional championship.Two years later they would repeat as HAFB and NDFV champions as part of the combined wartime side "KVgg St.Georger/SC Sperber".Normally, the capture of the North German regional titles would have led "St. Georg" to participation in the national final rounds.