Berliner SC - SV Empor Berlin(0:3) (Berlin-Liga, 30. October 2011)
0:1 O. Gaschekowski (63.), 0:2 E. Nan-Danke (71.), 0:3 J. Dietrich (84.)
Attendance: 50
Cost: 5 Euro
Programme: Nil
The teams striding onto the pitch
Ready for kick-off
Looking towards the clubhouse
Big kick from the Empor keeper
View of the pitch
Another view of the pitch
The away fans
Corner for Empor
Berliner SC looking to get one back late in the game
CLUB HISTORY: (from wiki)
Berliner Sport-Club is a German association football club from city of Berlin founded in 1895. Berliner SC was created out of the merger of Amateur-Sport-Club 1895 Berlin and Sport-Club 1896 Berlin. The club was known as Sport-Club 1895/1896 Berlin until simplifying its name to the current form in 1905. In its earliest years BSC was primarily an athletics club. By 1914 the club had over 2000 members and had added departments for hockey and boxing, as well as a section to accommodate American expatriates. This growth continued through the 20s when Hertha BSC Berlin joined BSC in 1923 to help fend off its own financial difficulties and with the formation of a handball department in 1925. It was also during this period that a sports medicine committee was formed within the club which helped lead to the creation of a national sports medicine federation under first president and BSC club member Dr. Werner Ruhemann. In 1930 Hertha won the a national championship before separating from the sports club to go its own way. A rugby department was formed within BSC in 1934. In the aftermath of World War II Allied occupation authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. When the formation of new associations was permitted again in late 1945 the formed membership of BSC re-grouped as Sportgruppe Eichkamp. The club played two seasons in the Verbandsliga Berlin as a lower table side. In 2008 the club was relegated to the Landesliga Berlin.
SV Lichtenberg 47 - Eintracht Mahlsdorf(1:5) (Berlin-Liga, 29. October 2011)
0:1 V. Janitzek (4.), 0:2 M. Heller (33.), 0:3 T. Korn (52.), 1:3 J. Burmeister (o.g) (57.), 1:4 M. Heller (66.), 1:5 M. Heller (89.)
Attendance: 221
Cost: 6 Euro
Programme: 47er Echo (1 Euro)
Entry through here
It's Derby time!
Outside the stadium
Teams warming up
Players entering the ground
Ready for kickoff
The home team dugout
A few signs adorned the stands
Looking towards the sitzplatz
View of the ground
Keepers view of the action
Full time score
Inside the clubhouse
CLUB HISTORY: (wiki)
SV Lichtenberg 47 is a German association football club from Berlin. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that currently has over 900 members in departments for bowling, boxing, fitness and aerobics, gymnastics, line dancing, table tennis, and volleyball.
The club was established in 1945 as Sportgruppe Lichtenberg-Nord in Russian-occupied East Berlin. It was one of several sides from the district of Lichtenberg that were brought together in 1947 to form Sportgemeinschaft Lichtenberg 47. The team would play as Sport Club Lichtenberg from 1949 to 1969 when SC merged with the worker's club Betriebssportgemeinschaft Elektroproject und Anlagebau Berlin to form BSG EAB Lichtenberg. In 1979 the association was renamed BSG EAB Berlin 47.
The club spent over four decades as an elevator side that moved frequently up and down between the second and third tiers of East German football with only a single season (1950–51) in the top-flight to its credit.
After German reunification in 1990 and the subsequent merger of the football leagues of the two Germanys, the club adopted the name Sportverein Lichtenberg and took up play in the Amateur Oberliga Nordost-Mitte (III). A poor season saw the team relegated to the Verbandsliga Berlin (IV) and by the mid-1990s they had descended to the Landesliga Berlin (VI). SV Lichtenberg 47 recovered itself in the latter half of the decade and in 2001 captured the championship in what was now the fifth tier Verbandsliga Berlin. The team spent four seasons in the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV) until returning in 2005 to the Berlin-Liga, where they still play today.
HONOURS:
1. Klasse Berlin (III) champions: 1948
Kreisliga Berlin (III) champions: 1950
Bezirksliga Berlin (III East Germany) champions (8): 1955, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991
Landesliga Berlin (VI) champions: 1996
Verbandsliga Berlin (V) champions: 2001
STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
SV Lichtenberg 47 play their home matches in the Hans-Zoschke-Stadion which has a capacity of 10,000 (1,000 seats). It was built in 1951 on the site of the old Sportplatz Normannenstraße which had a capacity of 18,000.
Named after Hans Zoschke, an athlete and communist resistance fighter who died at the hands of the Nazi regime in 1944, the stadium was adjacent to the headquarters of the Stasi, East Germany's state police. Local lore has it that Stasi boss Erich Mielke ordered the building torn down after witnessing the close defeat of his pet club, Berliner FC Dynamo, from an office window. The building was saved when Zoschke's widow Elfried appealed to Communist party boss Erich Honecker.
1. FC Union Berlin - St. Pauli(0:2) (2.Bundesliga, 28. October 2011)
Attendance: 18.432
Cost: 11 Euro
Programme: 1.FC Union (1.50 Euro)
At the train station
The game is officially sold out!
The teams warming up
The away block
The home fans!
Teams entering the pitch
Ready for kickoff
The team mascot
Union on the attack
Full time score
Sector 2
CLUB HISTORY: (abseits guide to soccer)
Here you get a two-for-one deal, as there is not one, but two clubs named Union in Berlin!
Founded 1966 in it's current format, but the roots are much deeper. In 1906, SC Olympia 06 Oberschönweide was created, and it took 14 years to give up the Olympics and they became SC Union. In 1923, they were defeated by Hamburger SV in the finals of the German championship. In the interwar period, Union was one of Berlin's premier clubs, winning the local championship and playing at the larger German stage.
In the post WWII period, Union was split. The players and coaches fled to the West, and created "Union Berlin", whereas the eastern part of the club remained SG Oberschönweide. The Union team was a powerhouse in Berlin, and big matches drew huge crowds. In 1953, a playoff against Hamburg drew 85,000 into the Olympia stadion, and a decisive game against Tennis Borussia drew 75,000. However, with the construction of the Berlin wall in 1961, things began to go down hill rapidly. Today Union 06 plays in the lower divisions before crowds consisting of players girlfriends, wives and kids.
The eastern branch of the club finally gave up the district name, and became 1.FC Union Berlin in 1966. Now there were two "Unions" in non-unified Berlin, but with the collapse of the western side, FCU became the dominant force. FCU remained the most pouplar East Berlin club for several years. The sole "honor" would be the winning of the GDR-Cup back in 1968. Gradually, they began to lose ground to the cheaters at Dynamo Berlin, the Stasi club.
After the reunification, Union continued to have decent results on the field, but the financial situation brought the club on the verge of oblivion. Only a last minute fan protest saved the club. Although things were a bit tight, they survived and were eventually able to bring in sponsors.
The goal for 1998-99 was champions, and as a result, it has to be considered disappointing. Union challenged for most of the season, but when Chemnitz really turned up the heat, they folded like a deck of cards. On the financial side, things took a nice turn however, as major sponsorship deals enable the club not only to survive, but strengthen for the future. The 2000 season started off well, but with the end in sight, ended in bitter disappointment. After dominating the Regionalliga Nordost, Union dropped the playoffs against VfL Osnabrueck. Both games ended in 1-1 draws, but Osnabrueck won on penalties. Then after a 3-1 victory over South runner up SC Pfullendorf in the "last chance" playoffs, Berlin lost 1-2 at LR Ahlen, thereby failing to make the goal of 2.Liga.
The 2000-01 season will go down in history as a great one for Eisern Union. The Berliners started out slow, but got rolling in full gear by midterm, and ended up easily winning the Regionalliga and gaining promotion to the 2.Liga. Undoubtedly, Union fans were doubly thrilled when rivals Dynamo Berlin got stuck in the 4th division because they couldn't get a license, and Tennis Borussia basically totally collapsed into oblivion.
Playing in the 2.Liga was tough, but there is no doubt that Union has now established themselves and the no.2 Berlin club behind Hertha. After dropping in 2004, Union dominated the initial 3.Liga in 2009 to go back to the 2nd level.
HONOURS:
* German championship:
o Runners-up: 1923
* FDGB-Pokal: 1
o Winners 1968
o Runners-up 1986
* German Cup:
o Runners-up 2000–01
* UEFA Cup:
o 2nd Round 2001–02
* Brandenburg football champions: 2
o Winners 1920, 1923
* Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg: 1
o Winners 1940
* Regionalliga Nordost: 1
o Winners 2000–01
* NOFV-Oberliga Nord: 1
o Winners 2005–06
* Berlin Cup: 5
o Winners 1947, 1948, 1994, 2007, 2009
* 3rd Liga: 1
o Winners 2009
STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
Stadion An der Alten Försterei (English Stadium near the old Forester's house) is a football stadium in the German capital Berlin. It has been home to football club 1. FC Union Berlin (and its forerunners) since it was opened on 7 August 1920. The stadium's capacity was approximately 18,100 spectators until its complete redevelopment, which commenced in the summer of 2008. It is now just under 19,000 although some important development aspects (seated main stand and V.I.P areas) have not been carried out yet. The club's management, with the backing of the fans, decided the stadium would now have a capacity of just under 19,000 comprising of 3,014 seats (just over the minimum required for the 2. Bundesliga) whilst the rest of the ground remains terracing.
Hertha BSC - 1.FSV Mainz 05(0:0) (1.Bundesliga, 22. October 2011)
Attendance: 47.064
Cost: 10 Euro
Programme: Offizielles Stadionmagazin von Hertha BSC (2 Euro)
Fighting the crowds at the train station
The stadium from the outside
The Olympic swimming and diving pools
The Olympic flame cauldron
The teams for todays match
The Ostcurve
The Away fans
View of the pitch
Hertha on the attack
Mainz attacking in the 2nd half
CLUB HISTORY: (abseits guide to soccer)
Hertha, founded in 1892, is the most popular Berlin based club and the flagship of Berlin soccer.
It was actually founded by four teenagers in the Wedding district as BFC Hertha 92. Since they were not yet of age, they had to get their uncle to be the Club president. They took their name from a steamship called Hertha, whose smokestack happened to be painted blue and white.
By 1905, the first major success: winning the city championship. Despite continued success, the club was still financially poor, and their ground was sold out from under them. (Guess that made them "homeless".) In 1920 however, they merged with Berliner Sport Club. This new squad was built around goalkeeper Paul Gelhaar and wonderful forward Hannes Sobek. In 1925, they made their appearance in the German semi-finals, losing in overtime to FSV Frankfurt. Next season, they got to the championship, losing 4-1 to Fürth. 1926/27/28/29 they were again in the finals, losing all. Finally in 1930, they edged Holstein Kiel 5-4, with Hans Ruch scoring the winner in the 87th minute, The next year they defended their title, when Sobek scored twice as they beat 1860 München 3-2. However, they were to be edged out by Minerva Berlin in the league the following year, and were unable to defend their title.
Hertha would end up as the 2nd ranked team on points of the Weimar era, 1920-33, behind only 1.FC Nünberg. In the 3rd Reich, results were not as strong for Hertha, as they ranked only 21st, with only 3 Gauliga titles to show. The post-WWII years saw mostly mediocre results, but a spurt at the end of the 1950s allowed them to sneak into the new league that would take Germany to footballing heights.
As founding member of the Bundesliga, Hertha was again a power in the 1970s, highlight being reaching the semifinals of the UEFA Cup in 1979. Things started downhill then, eventually leading to several years of Bundesliga exile.
Bottom was reached in 1986, when Hertha fell out of the 2.Liga and dropped down to the Amateur Oberliga Berlin. Attendance dribbled down to an average below 1,800, from a club that had averaged 44,000 back in 1971. To make matters worse, Hertha crashed in the promotion rounds, and the Oberliga had to be repeated. Hertha popped back into the Bundesliga in 1990, but in that horrible season, they finished dead last. Berlin was once again plunged into darkness. In fact, with the collapse of the GDR, BFC Dynamo quickly became a non-factor as well. This probably made berlin the largest city in the world without 1st division representation. Perhaps the sole highlight was in 1993, when the amateur squad reached the finals of the DFB Cup, losing 0-1 to Bayer Leverkusen. Finally, the "run" ended in 1997, when Hertha managed 3rd in the 2.Liga, and gained promotion.
With Hertha now back in the Bundesliga, and major financial backing, fans and the media looked for this Berlin club to regain it's status as a powerhouse.
The 1998-99 season turned out to be a wonderful surprise for Hertha. The team got off to a decent start, and battled all the way, qualifying for the Champions League. Michael Preetz won the scoring title, becoming the first Hertha player ever to do so. The next season was expected to be even better, but the team never seemed to live up to potential in the league. Nevertheless, they qualified for the UEFA Cup, and had a nice run in the Champions League. Combine that with an average attendance of some 55,000, Berlin soccer was back on top. Hertha seems to have justified the optimism with several decent finishes, although the ambition to challenge for the title looks still a bit remote. The recent squads have been built around Brazilian playmaker Marcelinho, who may turn out to be the best Brazilian ever to never pull on the yellow jersey. When he was let go, the club began to flounder again. Once again, the great potential was unrealized, and the Berlin fans continued to suffer...In 2009, coach Lucien Favre put together a squad that displayed minimalist football, but seemed to grind out results. They led the table at times, and certainly challenged for the title and Champions League. But in the end, they were bitchslapped by last place Karlsruhe on the final week, and missed an opportunity for 2nd. A good season, at least for the Berlin fans. However, 2010 proved to be an absolute disaster. The club and fans were expecting a title run, but instead they sucked and finished a sensational dead last.
HONOURS:
League
* German Champions: 2
o Winners: 1930, 1931
o Runners-up: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1975
* 2nd Bundesliga Champion: 1
o 1990
* Oberliga Berlin Champions: 8
o 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933
* Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg Champions: 3
o 1935, 1937, 1944
* Brandenburg football champions:
o 1906, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1925–31, 1933
Cup
* DFB-Ligapokal: 2
o Winners: 2001, 2002
o Runners-up: 2000
* Berliner Landespokal: 13
o Winners: 1920, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 19761, 1987, 19921, 20041
* DFB-Pokal: 0
o Runners-up: 1977, 1979, 19931
* Intertoto Cup: 4
o 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978
STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
The Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium in Berlin. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March and the second by his son Werner March.
The current Olympiastadion was originally built for the 1936 Summer Olympics in the southern part of the Reichssportfeld (today Olympiapark Berlin). During World War II, the area suffered little damage. After the war, the British military occupation used the northern part of the Reichssportfeld as its headquarters until 1994. From 1951 to 2005, the Olympischer Platz had a giant antenna transmitting for all the portable radios in Berlin.
Aside from its use as an Olympic stadium, the Olympiastadion has a strong footballing tradition. Historically, it is the ground of club Hertha BSC. It was also used for 3 matches in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. It hosted six matches, including the final, in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was renovated for that reason. The German Cup final match is held each year at the Olympiastadion. The stadium sees use in other sports as well; at one point it held the world record for the attendance of a baseball game, thought to be over 110,000.
