Germania Schöneiche

Jahn-Sportplatz (Capacity 2.000)

Germania Schöneiche - 1.FC Union (3:4) (Testspiele, 25 June 2011)
1:0 Dolezal (13.), 1:1 Terodde (19.), 2:1 Hohmann (22.), 3:1 Gawe (51.), 3:2 Terodde (56.), 3:3 Zich (own goal) (58.), 3:4 Savran (68.)

Attendence: 1.700
Cost: 8 Euro
Programme 1 Euro (Germania)

A little bit of a queue to get in

 

Advertising for the game has seen better days!

 

View of the pitch pre-game

 

1.FC Union warming up on an adjacent field

 

A few Union fans trying to watch for free

 

The two teams

 

Union lining up for a free kick

 

Schoneiche bring the ball out of defense

 

View of the crowd lining the track

 

One of the bars around the field

 

1.FC Union players signing autograpahs after the game

HISTORY: (wiki) SV Germania Schöneiche is a German association football club from Schöneiche in Brandenburg.
The earliest predecessor of today's association was the gymnastics club MTV Germania Kleinschönbeck Schöneiche founded in 1894. In the aftermath of World War II occupying Allied authorities disbanded organizations across the country, including sports and football associations. Germania was re-established as SG Schöneiche and became part of the separate East German football competition that emerged in the Soviet-occupied part of the country. As was common in East Germany through the 1950s and 1960s the team underwent several name changes, playing as BSG Lokomotive Schöneiche, BSG Motor Friedrichshagen, BSG Motor Ostend, BSG Empor Köpenick, TSG Schöneiche. Before German re-unification the club was known as BSG ZBE Landbau Schöneiche. The footballers did not enjoy any real success, with their play being limited to district league competition.
After reunification in 1990 the club was re-christened SV Germania Schöneiche and in the mid-90s the footballers began to show signs of improvement beginning with an advance out of the Berzirksliga Brandenburg (VII) into the Landesliga Brandenburg/Nord (VI) in 1997. Two years later they won promotion to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg (VI) where they would compete for the next seven years until capturing the division title in 2006 and moving up to the Oberliga Nordost/Nord (V).
Schöneiche captured the Brandenburg Pokal (Brandenburg Cup) in 2004 and subsequently took part in the opening round of the 2004–05 German Cup competition going out 1:2 to 2.Bundesliga club 1860 Munich. In 2009 Schöneiche again cam into the final, but lost the match in the own stadium against SV Babelsberg 03 with 0–1.

HONOURS:
Landesliga Brandenburg/Nord (VI) champions: 1999
Verbandsliga Brandenburg ("Brandenburgliga") (VI) champions: 2006
Brandenburg Pokal (Brandenburg Cup): 2004

BSG Kunst Berlin - FC Britische Löwen II

Hanns-Eisler-Straße KR1 (Capacity 2.000)

BSG Kunst Berlin - FC Britische Löwen II (3:3) (Berlin Freizeit-Kreisliga A, 17. June 2011)

Attendance: 14
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

The club offices and changerooms

Kick off at Hanns-Eisler-Str. 

Looking up the field with stone steps on the right

Looking down the pitch towards the entrance

The artificial pitch nicely striped up

Very relaxed linesman

Goal to BSG Kunst

Corner to FC British Lowen

Sun setting on the ground

SFC Friedrichshain III

Kurt-Ritter-Sportplatz KR1 (Capacity 400)

SFC Friedrichshain III - SC Schmargendorf 2 (4:6) (Berlin Freizeit-Kreisliga A, 11. June 2011)

Attendence: 10
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

Looking down the field with  SFC Friedrichshain attacking

Big save from the SFC Friedrichshain keeper

SC Schmargendorf celebrate after scoring another

Shooting for goal!

Corner to SFC Friedrichshain

Looking up the field

Penalty to SC Schmargendorf

Looking across to the clubhaus (red building)

Berliner Pokal Finale

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark (Capacity: 19.708)

BFC Dynamo - SFC Stern 1900 (2:0) (Berliner Pilsner Pokal Finale, 8.June 2011)
1:0 Rahmig (56.), 2:0 Steinborn (66.)


Attendance 5101
Cost: 10 Euro
Programme: Free with Entry

Heading to the stadium

 

Ticket prices for tonights match

 

Welcome to the stadium

 

The teams for the Berliner Pokal Final

 

And we have kickoff

 

Free kick to Stern just outside the box

 

The obligatory flares after a Dynamo goal

 

The bad weather is rolling in!

 

Full time and victory to Dynamo

 

Time for Dynamo to celebrate with the fans

TOURNAMENT HISTORY: (wiki)

The Berliner Landespokal is an annual football cup competition held by the Berlin Football Association. The cup winner qualifies for the national DFB-Pokal. Cup finals are usually held in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. The competition has been held since 1906, with various interruptions. Record winners are Tennis Borussia Berlin with a total of 16 titles.

All BFV teams that compete in regular leagues are eligible, as well as the winner of the "Freizeitpokal" (a competition for recreational football teams). Teams competing in the Fußball-Bundesliga and the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga are not allowed to compete. Starting with the 2007–08 season, only the first teams of every club may compete in the cup. There is a separate cup competition for the reserve teams.

The competition is held in a knock-out tournament format, with each round consisting of a single match. If scores are level, extra time will be played, and a penalty shootout follows, if necessary. Home field advantage is determined by the draw, clubs share the revenue from the match. In the final, revenue is shared equally between the finalists and the Berlin FA.

Until 1931 the cup was played as "Berliner Verbandspokal" in the Berlin-Brandenburg area. From 1932 to 1942 it was not held, because the national Tschammerpokal was introduced. Beginning with the 1943 edition it was re-introduced as the "Gaupokal Berlin-Brandenburg", its winner qualifying for the national cup competition. In the 1943-44 season, the Gaupokal was held, but the DFB-Pokal could not be held due to the Second World War. After the war ended and Berlin was divided in four sectors, the cup was held as "Pokal des amerikanischen Drahtfunks" (Cup of American Wire Radio) from 1946–47, later renamed "RIAS-Pokal". Little had changed, with the notable exception that no Brandenburg clubs participated. From 1950, East Berlin clubs were no longer allowed to participate, they were incorporated into the East German football league system.
In the early years, the cup was dominated mostly by BFC Viktoria 1889 (initially under the name BTuFC Viktoria 1889). They managed to win the cup 5 times. But today's Bundesliga side Hertha BSC Berlin were able to capture the trophy five times as well.

With the creation of the West German and East German states in 1949 and the subsequent introduction of the DDR-Oberliga and the FDGB-Pokal a lot changed for the Berlin Cup. Beginning with the 1950-51 season, East Berlin teams had to participate in the GDR competitions and the Berlin Cup was held for West Berlin teams only.
From 1950 to 1970 the cup was held under the name "Karl-Heinz-Schulz-Pokal". Schulz was a sports journalist and coach. Among other things he had coached the German rowing eight at the 1936 Olympic Games. Aged 39, he died after complications following surgery.
In 1969 there was no cup winner, as the penalty shootout was not yet introduced and Hertha 03 Zehlendorf took their traditional world tour immediately after the match, so a replay match could not be scheduled.[1]
In 1970 the cup was renamed "Paul-Rusch-Pokal". Paul Rusch had been made first president of the Berlin FA in 1949. He held that position until 1970. All non-professional sides that participated in the regular league competitions held by the Berlin FA. Since the 1957–58 season, the cup winner has qualified for the national cup competition, the DFB-Pokal.

fter German reunification in 1990 football competition in East and West Berlin were unified in the 1991-92 season. Since then only two teams from the former GDR were able to win the cup. 1. FC Union Berlin won in 1994 and 2007 and Berliner FC Dynamo won the cup in 1994 and 2011. There are another three finals with an East Berlin finalist: 1997 with 1. FC Union Berlin, 2000 Berliner FC Dynamo, and most recently 2007 with Köpenicker SC.
The Paul Rusch Cup rarely attracted more than regional interest. But in 1992-93 the reserve of Hertha BSC attracted national interest when they reached the DFB-Pokal final after winning the Berlin Cup. In the final the team lost to Bayer Leverkusen. In 2001 two teams formed by immigrants faced each other for the first time in a German Regional Cup final. The Turkish derby between SV Yeşilyurt Berlin and Türkiyemspor Berlin generated international media interest and created for the first live broadcast of the Berlin Cup final by Turkish TV channel TRT-int.[4]
In 2004 the competition was renamed again, bearing the name "ODDSET-Cup" until 2006. After a court decision this name could no longer be used and so the cup was held under the name "BFV-Pokal - unter der Schirmherrschaft von Lotto Berlin" (BFV-Cup - under the patronage of Lotto Berlin) or short "BFV-Pokal" (BFC-Cup), before it was renamed "Berliner-Pilsner-Pokal" (after a brand of beer) in 2007.

RECORD WINNERS:

Rank Club Titles
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin 16
2 Hertha BSC 14
3 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 7
4 BFC Viktoria 1889 6
5 Spandauer SV 5

STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)

The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark is a sports site built in 1951, in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. In the south it borders on the Eberswalder Straße, in the north on the Max Schmeling Halle, in the west on the Mauerpark, where part of the Berlin Wall once stood. It includes a football and athletics stadium as well as several smaller sports fields. The stadium is the second largest in the city after Berlin's Olympiastadion with 20,000 seats (15,000 covered) and is used by football sides Hertha BSC II, Berliner FC Dynamo and Turkiyemspor Berlin.

From 1963 to 1989 the facility hosted the Olympic Day of Athletics competition modelled on a similar event staged each year in West Berlin. The meet saw the setting of several world records including Uwe Hohn's record javelin throw of 104.80 meters on 20 July 1984 – the first time a throw of over 100 meters was made.

East German first division clubBerliner FC Dynamo played its DDR-Oberliga home fixtures here. In addition, the national side played ten international matches at the stadium between 1951 and 1990, including its 13 March 1974 contest versus Belgium which ended with a 5–2 victory in front of a record 30,000 spectators.

The stadium was used by the Berlin Thunder of the NFL Europe whenever the Olympiastadion was unavailable. The amateur side of Hertha BSC (Hertha BSC II) and BFC Dynamo also use the facility when they expect an unusually large crowd or where there are security concerns related to a match. In addition the final of the Berlin Cup is held here each season.

In July 2006 the first team of Hertha BSC played its UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final match against FK Moscow (0–0) in front of 8,500 spectators here, as well as its UEFA Cup qualification home contest against Georgian club FC Ameri Tbilisi (1–0).

The facility also serves as a concert venue and has welcomed performers such as Michael Jackson.

Berlin 2.Herren Pokal Final

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Kleines Stadion (Capacity 3.000)

BFC Viktoria 89 II - VFB Hermsdorf II (0:4) (Berliner Pokal Final 2.Herren, 2. May 2011)
0:1 Gohler (92.), 0:2 Krause (98.), 0:3 Schutz (113.), 0:4 Haustein (120.)

Attendence: 250
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

Tradition as well as looking to the future

 

And we have kickoff

 

The new SV Empor clubhouse under construction

 

Hermsdorf forcing an acrobatic save from the keeper

 

Look Mum, no head!

 

Pitch was starting to dry out by the end

 

Who me sir?

 

The Hermsdorf supporters

 

One final attack before the end of 90 minutes

 

Time for some oranges before extra time starts