TuS Makkabi

Julius-Hirsch-Sportanlage (Capacity: 3000)

TuS Makkabi - FC Stern Marienfeld (2:0) (Berlin Landesliga, 30. May 2012)
1:0 R. Robben (7.), 2:0 S. Kadow (81.)

Attendance: 17
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

Entrance to the Juluis Hirsch fields through here

 

The Makkabi clubhouse

 

The beer garden would be nice in summer

 

Its a long road from the changerooms to the field

 

Todays teams

 

Ready for kickoff

 

Makkabi spent most of the 1st half attacking

 

Looking across the halfway line

 

Looking towards the standing area

 

The stehplatz

 

Makkabi continued their attacking ways in the 2nd half

 

Another view of the pitch

 

Full time!

CLUB HISTORY: (wiki)

TuS Makkabi Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. Established in 1970, the club lays claim to the traditions of predecessor Bar-Kochba Berlin.
Created in 1898, predecessor club Bar Kochba Berlin was one of the largest Jewish organizations in the world by 1930 with over 40,000 members from 24 countries, part of the general Bar Kochba movement intended to promote physical education and Jewish heritage. The club fielded teams in several sports including a football side which competed in the city leagues between 1911 and 1929. In 1924, Lilli Henoch, the world record holder in the discus, shot put, and 4 × 100 meters relay events, trained the women's section in the club.

In 1929 Bar Kochba merged with Hakoah Berlin to form the sports club Bar Kochba-Hakoah. The Hakoah side had enjoyed increasing success, capturing three consecutive lower division championships between 1925 and 1927. They were promoted each time until, by 1928, they were playing first tier football. The newly combined side continued to compete as Hakoah after 1929.
The rise to power of the Nazis in the early 1930s led to discrimination against Jews and by 1933 Jewish teams were excluded from general competition and limited to play in separate leagues or tournaments. In 1938 Jewish teams were banned outright as discrimination turned to persecution.

In the aftermath of World War II Jewish sports and cultural associations eventually re-emerged in Germany. On 26 November 1970 TuS Makkabi Berlin was formed out of the merger of Bar-Kochba Berlin (gynmastics and athletics), Hakoah Berlin (football, re-established 1945) and Makkabi Berlin (boxing). The football side of the club played in third and fourth tier competition in the 1970s and 1980s before leaving to join FV Wannsee in 1987. Wannsee also played as a third and fourth division side until collapsing in the mid-90s and slipping first to the Landesliga Berlin-2 (VI) and then to the Bezirksliga Berlin (VII) by the end of the decade. Makkabi's footballers returned to the fold in 1997 and since 2003 have also played in the Bezirksliga Berlin. In 2006, the club gained promotion to the Verbandsliga Berlin (VI).
Today the sports club has some 500 members and is one of the largest Maccabi associations in the country. The club strongly promotes dialogue between Jews and non-Jews in a sports context.

Jewish sports clubs continue to occasionally meet anti-semitism on the field. Recently, in October 2006 in Makkabi's match versus the second team squad of VSG Altglienicke in Berlin's Kreisliga-B, fans and players were reported to have chanted "Gas the Jews", "Auschwitz is back" and "Führer, Führer" as well as other slogans. The case drew extensive media coverage in Germany as well as Israel

Berlin Pokal Final

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

Berliner AK 07 - SC Gatow (2:0) (Berlin Pokal Final, 26. May 2012)


Cost: 10 Euro
Attendance: 1.237
Programme: Free

The teams entering the ground

 

And the customary wave to the crowd

 

The Gatow fans

 

And the BAK fans

 

BAK on the attack in the 1st half

 

Looking across the halfway line

 

BAK put the ball in the top left corner

 

Full time score displayed on the scoreboard

 

BAK celebrating after the whistle on the pitch

 

Gatow thanking their fans for their support

 

BAK celebrating this time with their fans

 

Post match trophy presentation

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.

UEFA Champions League Womens Final

Olympiastadion München (Capacity: 69.250)

Olympique Lyon - 1. FFC Frankfurt (2:0) (UEFA Champions League Final)
1:0 E. Le Sommer (15.), 2:0 C. Abily (28.)

Attendance: 50.212
Cost: 7 Euro
Programme: Official Programme (5 Euro)

The mens' final opening ceremony was practised nearby

The teams warming up

The stands were bathed in sunlight

Massive queues for food and drink

Part of the opening cermony

Bayern Munich fans had there own block

Ready for kickoff

Lyon about to score the first goal

New record for the Womens Champions League Final

Olympique Lyon, winners of the Champions League 2012

The presentation

Stadium looks great under the setting sun

View of the sails on the way out

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012 DETAILS: (wiki)
The 2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 11th season of the UEFA Women's Champions League football tournament and the third since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup. The match was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012. Lyon won the tournament, beating Frankfurt 2–0 to retain the trophy.
Lyon played the final for the third consecutive time. It also marked the third time in a row that a French and a German club met in the final.
A new record attendance for a club match in Europe was set with 50,212, surpassing the return leg of the 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup final with 28,112.

STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
With an original capacity of 80,000, the stadium also hosted many major football matches including the 1974 World Cup Final and the Euro '88 Final. It hosted the European Cup Finals of 1979, 1993 and 1997.
Until the construction of the Allianz Arena for the 2006 World Cup, the stadium was home to Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich. Today, the Olympiastadion holds 69,250.
Designed by the German architect Günther Behnisch and the engineer Frei Otto, the Olympiastadion was considered revolutionary for its time. This included large sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by steel cables that were used for the first time on a large scale. The idea was to imitate the Alps and to set a counterpart to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, held during the Nazi regime. The sweeping and transparent canopy was to symbolize the new, democratic and optimistic Germany. This is reflected in the official motto: "The Happy Games" ("Die Heiteren Spiele").
The stadium was built by Bilfinger Berger between 1968 to 1972 in a pit made by bombings Munich suffered during World War II that made construction easy.
Following the Olympics, the stadium became the home of FC Bayern Munich. In 1979 the ground played host to the 1979 European Cup Final in which Nottingham Forest won the first of their consecutive European Cups under Brian Clough.
In the 1990s Bayern Munich's rivals TSV 1860 Munich moved into the stadium. The two teams coexisted in the Olympiastadion until 2005, when both clubs moved to the purpose built Allianz Arena.
Since 2005, it is the host of the yearly air and style snowboard event.
On 31 December 2006, the stadium made history as being the first venue to host the Tour de Ski cross country skiing competition. The individual sprint events, held at 1100 m, were won by Norway's Marit Bjørgen (women) and Switzerland's Christoph Eigenmann (men). The snow was made in the stadium by combining the hot air with the cold refrigerated water that causes the snow to act like the icy type you would see in the Alps.
It went unused in the 2006 FIFA World Cup due to the Allianz Arena being the host stadium in Munich.
On 23 to 24 June 2007, the stadium played host to the Spar European Cup 2007, a yearly athletics event featuring the top 8 countries from around Europe.
In 2010, it was announced that a round of the DTM touring car series will hold a stadium event in 2011. The Race of Champions-style event will be a non-championship scoring round, but the entire 2011 grid will take part over a two-day period.
On 17 May 2012, the ground played host to the 2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final in which Olympique Lyonnais won their second consecutive trophy. The attendance of that game was a record for a UEFA Women's Champions League Final. On 19 May 2012 it hosted the "Public Viewing" of the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final which took place at Allianz Arena in Munich.
In addition to being a sports venue, the stadium has hosted many open-air concerts.
The American megasuperstar Michael Jackson performed at the stadium in five times, all sold out and with a maximum capacity of the stadium for musical concerts. The first was on 8 July 1988, during his Bad World Tour, for more than 72,000 fans. The second sell out concert, on 27 June 1992, started his Dangerous World Tour, Jackson's subsequent tour, to other 72,000 fans. The next two were on 4 & 6 July 1996, during his HIStory World Tour for a total audience of 145,000 people (the first of which was filmed and marketed worldwide). The fifth and last, on 27 June 1999, to others 72,000 fans, was during the special "Michael Jackson and His Friends", in which the star joined several other artists to raise funds to help needy and underprivileged children around the world.
Guns N' Roses filmed parts of their Estranged video there when they visited Munich in June 1993. Depeche Mode recorded their show at the stadium on 13 June 2009 for their live albums project Recording the Universe.
Parts of the 1975 film Rollerball were shot on the (then) futuristic site surrounding the stadium.
The Olympic Stadium also hosted Motorcycle speedway when it held the 1989 World Final on 2 September 1989. Denmark's Hans Nielsen won his second World Championship with a 15 point maximum from his five rides. The late Simon Wigg of England finished in second place after defeating countryman Jeremy Doncaster in a run-off to decide the final podium places after both had finished with 12 points from their five rides. Three time champion Erik Gundersen of Denmark finished in fourth place with 11 points.

BSV Hürriyet Burgund

Sportplatz Stralsunder Straße (Capacity: 1.000)

BSV Hürriyet Burgund - Tennis Borussia Berlin (4:1) (Berlin-Liga, 13. May 2012)
1:0 H. Cicek (7.), 1:1 G. Krumnow (23.), 2:1 D. Yaka (30.), 3:1 M. Ngueduheu (76.), 4:1 H. Cicek (86.)

Attendance: 350
Cost: 6 Euro
Programme: Nil

The teams entering the field

Waving to the crowd

Awaiting kickoff

Hürriyet celebrating the first goal

Corner for TeBe

The change rooms

Another corner for TeBe

View of the pitch

Another view of the pitch

TeBe looking for an equaliser

Hurriyet coach celebrating the winning goal

Not much room for spectators