FSV Zwickau

Sportforum "Sojus 31" (Capacity: 2.500)

FSV Zwickau - RB Leipzig (0:1) (Regionalliga Nordost, 24. November 2012)
0:1 Frahn (81.)

Attendance: 3.374
Cost: 7 Euro
Programme: (1 Euro)

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CLUB HISTORY (wiki)
FSV Zwickau is a German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Oberliga champions ZSG Horch Zwickau.

Fußball-Club Planitz was established 27 April 1912 in a village of that name located south of Zwickau. On 28 August that year the team adopted the name Planitzer Sportclub and in 1918 was briefly known as Sportvereinigung Planitz, before again becoming SC on 2 February 1919. The club's first notable appearance was in the playoffs of the regional Mitteldeutschland (en:Central German) league in 1931 that saw them advance as far as the semi-finals.
Under the Third Reich German football was reorganized in 1933 into sixteen top-flight divisions known as Gauligen. Planitz played in the Gauliga Sachsen where they struggled early on, but improved steadily until in the early 40s they regularly duelled rivals Dresdner SC for the division title, taking the prize in 1942. They advanced to the national level quarter finals where they were put out 2:3 by eventual vice-champions Vienna Wien. Through the late 30s and early 40s, SC made several early round appearances in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup).

In the aftermath of World War II most German organizations, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by the occupying Allied authorities. In 1945, the club became part of Sportgruppe Planitz, an association made up of several area clubs. Football competition quickly resumed throughout the country and SG emerged as champions of the Soviet-controlled Ostzone (East Zone) through a 1:0 victory over SG Freiimfelde Halle on 4 July 1948 in Leipzig. The club was scheduled to represent the eastern region of the country in the national playoffs in a preliminary round match versus 1. FC Nuremberg, but were denied permission to travel to Stuttgart to play the match as a result of early Cold War tensions between the Soviets and the Western Allies. Nuremberg went on to claim the national title in a playoff staged under the authority of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) and made up entirely of Westzonen (Western Zones) teams. The following year Planitz had a poor season and failed to qualify for the playoffs.
In 1950 the club became part of BSG Aktivist Steinkohle Zwickau another postwar side which had been formed 14 June 1949. Sometime in 1951 part of this club broke away to become BSG Fortschritt Planitz which would in 1990 re-adopt the name SV Planitz. The remainder of Aktivist Steinkohle Zwickau was re-christened BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau.

This club also claimed the 1948 Ostzone champions as part of its lineage. They slipped to lower level local competition until re-appearing in the third tier 2. DDR-Liga, Staffel 4 in 1958. They captured that division in 1962 were promoted to the DDR-Liga, Staffel Süd (II). After a string of undistinguished campaigns, they became part of BSG Motor Zwickau in 1968 which was renamed BSG Sachsenring Zwickau on 1 May that year.

Like many other teams in Soviet-occupied East Germany, Planitz would undergo a number of name changes associating the club with the "socialist work force" in various sectors of the economy in a commonly used propaganda device. They were renamed ZSG Horch Zwickau in 1949 and became part of East Germany's new top-flight circuit, the DDR-Oberliga, for the inaugural 1949–50 season. They emerged as the league's first champions with a disputed victory over Dresden Friedrichstadt on the last day of the season.
The unfortunate Dresdners had run afoul of communist authorities which regarded the club as being too bourgeoisie. Zwickau played a viciously physical game and, abetted by the referee who refused the homeside substitutions and eventually reduced Friedrichstadt to an 8-man squad, "won" the match 5:1. Unhappy Dresden Friedrichstadt fans invaded the field several times, and at game's end, badly beat a Zwickau player. Mounted police were called in to restore order. Within weeks the Dresden side was dismantled and the players scattered to other teams: most eventually fled to the west, many to play for Hertha BSC Berlin. What occurred in this match foreshadowed what would become commonplace in East German football as highly placed politicians or bureaucrats manipulated clubs and matches for various purposes.
ZSG merged with BSG Aktivist Steinkohle Zwickau (established 14 June 1949) in 1950 becoming Betriebbsportgemeinschaft Horch Zwickau. In 1951 the club was re-christened BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau. They remained competitive through the early 50s but were unable to claim another national championship as in the following decades they settled into the role of a mid- or lower-table side. Zwickau enjoyed a measure of success in play for the FDGB-Pokal, or East German Cup. After a losing cup final appearance in 1954 they enjoyed victories in 1963, 1967, and 1975.
In 1968 the club merged with Aktivist Karl Marx Zwickau to become BSG Sachsenring Zwickau. They finally took on their current name in 1990
Internationally, the club had a good European Cup Winners Cup run in season 1975–76, advancing to the semi-finals with wins over Panathinaikos, AC Fiorentina, and Celtic F.C. before going out against eventual cup winner RSC Anderlecht. By the early 80s they had descended to play in the second tier DDR-Liga, making just intermittent re-appearances in the DDR-Oberliga.

After German re-unification in 1990 the club found itself in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd(III) and in 1994 won promotion to the 2.Bundesliga where they would play four seasons. The team then descended through the third division to play in the fourth tier NOFV-Oberliga Süd. Financial problems in 2005 saw Zwickau sent down to the Landesliga Sachsen (V), but a successful campaign in 2005–06 earned them promotion yet again to the Oberliga. In 2012 Zwickau won Oberliga Nordost and promoted to Regionalliga Nordost (IV).

HONOURS:

Soviet zone championship: 1
Winners 1948

DDR-Oberliga: 1
Winners 1949–50

East German Cup winners: 3
Winners 1963, 1967, 1975

Gauliga Sachsen: 1
Winners 1942

NOFV-Oberliga Süd: 2
Winners 1994, 2012 (In 1994 as 3rd tier, in 2012 as 5th tier)

Hertha BSC

Olympiastadium (Capacity: 74.500)

Hertha BSC - St. Pauli (1:0) (2.Bundesliga, 19. November 2012)
1:0 Sahar (85.)

Attendance: 39.127
Cost: 10 Euro
Programme: Wir Herthaner (2 EURO)



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
+ Winners: 1930, 1931
+Runners-up: 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1975
* 2nd Bundesliga Champion: 2
+ 1990, 2011
* Oberliga Berlin Champions: 8
+ 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933
* Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg Champions: 3
+ 1935, 1937, 1944
* Brandenburg football champions: 12
+ 1906, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1925–31, 1933
 Cup:
* DFB-Ligapokal: 2
+ Winners: 2001, 2002
+ Runners-up: 2000
* Berliner Landespokal: 13
+ Winners: 1920, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 19761, 1987, 1992, 2004
* DFB-Pokal: 0
+ Runners-up: 1977, 1979, 19931
* Intertoto Cup: 4
+ 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.

SC Gatow

Sportplatz Gatow (Capacity: 1.000)

SC Gatow - VfB Hermsdorf (4:2) (Berlin-Liga, 18. November 2012)
1:0 N. Pitarevic (4.), 2:0 M. Weglinski (25.), 2:1 M. Haustein (27.), 3:1 T. Binting (34.), 4:1 M. Weglinski (53.), 4:2 M. Haustein (73.)

Attendance: 37
Cost: 6 Euro
Programme: Nil

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BFC Dynamo

Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Capacity: 12.400)

BFC Dynamo - SV Waren 09 (6:1) (Oberliga Nord, 17. November 2012)
0:1 A. Purlinski (7.), 1:1 M. Steinborn (15.), 2:1 N. Patschinski (18.), 3:1 K. Gutsche (28.), 4:1 C. Preiss (77.), 5:1 B. Brunnemann (82.), 6:1 P. Brendel (89.)

Attendance: 402
Cost: 10 Euro
Programme: (2 Euro)

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CLUB HISTORY: (abseits guide to soccer)
Where to start? This is undoubtedly the most hated team in Germany, and perhaps the world. And yet, this club dominated East German soccer, winning the title 10 years in a row 1979-1988. The problem is, they cheated. Dynamo was the team of the Staatssicherheit, the Stasi, the hated GDR secret police. As a result, they manipulated results and otherwise cheated to win the titles. No wonder!

From 1954-66, the club was simply known as Dynamo Berlin. The club was officially founded as BFC Dynamo in 1966, and really didn't do much until the late 1970s. Despite being the official club of the secret police, apparently the club was allowed to play on it's own terms. However things started going crooked once Erich Mielke, the head of the Stasi, decided that he wanted championships. So whenever they needed a result, they got it. Losing the game? Have the ref call a "penalty." Need another player? Have him transferred to BFC Dynamo. It's not surprising that the club proved unstoppable. Title after title followed. Fans throughout the GDR expressed their hatred to BFC Dynamo, but were forced to grin and bear it.

After reunification, the ties to the Stasi were obviously cut, and a newly constituted FC Berlin was formed in 1990. Obviously, the burden of history was a hard thing to live down. Management attempted to emphasize youth soccer and get away from the disgraceful past of the club. Despite a concentration on youth teams, encouraging fun and fair play, the change was hardly accepted.

In May 1999, the members voted to bring back the old name BFC Dynamo. Some of the reasons were to "capture the glorious past" and attract more sponsors. I guess they figured they couldn't pull the wool over anybody's eyes anyway.

The 1998-99 season was uneventful, as FC-Dynamo ended up midtable. Nevertheless, this really was their best showing since GDR days. However, the next season turned out to be an unmitigated disaster. By mid campaign the team went into a tailspin and never recovered. The goal of reaching the new combined Regionalliga was never even threatened, and in fact they would have been relegated regardless. While most other ex-GDR teams gleefully gloated, Dynamo had to regroup one division lower. That they did, winning the Oberliga. However, they crashed out in the promotion playoffs, and in any case, announced that they didn't have the financial resources to pursue promotion anyway.

During the 2001-02 season, BFC Dynamo was forced into bankruptcy proceedings. All league games were therefore annulled and the club was automatically relegated. However, the federation also took the bizarre decision to force BFC to play out it's remaining games as "mandatory friendlies." Since all player contracts were disolved, all the first team players left the club. The 2nd team was in a battle to stay in the Landesliga, so it was kept intact. Therefore the 3rd team took over the 1st team duties, and was soon losing these games by scores of 11-0 etc. Why this travesty was allowed is unclear, although perhaps the rest of the eastern clubs saw an opportunity to exact some revenge, however minor.

HONOURS:
* DDR-Oberliga: 10 (Record)
o Winners 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
o Runners-up 1960, 1972, 1976, 1989
* FDGB-Pokal: 3
o Winners 1959, 1988, 1989
o Runners-up 1962, 1971, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985
* GDR Supercup: 1
o Winners 1989
* Berlin Cup: 1
o Winners: 1999
o Runners-up 2000
* NOFV-Oberliga Nord: 2
o Winners 1992, 2002
* Verbandsliga Berlin: 1
o Winners 2004

STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
Football club Berliner FC Dynamo plays its home matches at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum located onsite. Built in 1970, it has a capacity of 10,000 spectators (2,000 seats). The stadium was renovated in 2005-06 to include fences and player tunnels required to meet security standards.

FC Strausberg

Energie-Arena (Capacity: 7.500)

FC Strausberg - FV Preussen Eberswalde (4:0) (Brandenburg-Liga, 16. November 2012)
1:0 S. Carsten Ilausky (38.), 2:0 R. Vsetycek (61.), 3:0 M. Wunderlich (73.), 4:0 M. Wunderlich (81.)

Attendance: 154
Cost: 6 Euro
Programme: (Free)

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HISTORY: (wiki)
FC Strausberg is a German football club from Strausberg in the county Oderland, east of Berlin . The club is a successor organization of 'ASG Vorwarts Strausberg'.
Vorwarts Strausberg was formed in 1956. The ASG succeeded in 1960 to gain promotion from the Frankfurt District League to the DDR 2nd Liga, however this only lasted 1 year before being relegated again due to the dissolution of the League.
In 1974, Strausberg reported back to the district league. In the following years, Strausberg from 1977-1980 achieved a total of three runner-up places. In the season 1979/80 Strausberg qualified in the Frankfurt District Cup for the first round of the FDGB Cup . After a 5-0 victory over Motor Stralsund Vorwarts, Strausberg failed in the second round of the cup against Brieske Senftenberg .
Strausberg stayed in the district league until its dissolution in 1991. Vorwarts Strausberg was one of the few Army sports teams, which were not immediately resolved after unification. Under the name KSC Strausberg, they were intergated into the national league Brandenburg.
In 1995, the football section of the KSC Strausberg broke away and founded the FC Strausberg. Since 2005 the club has played in the Brandenburg-Liga.

1.FFC Turbine Potsdam

Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion (Capacity: 10.499)

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam - SC Freiburg (0:0) (Frauen Bundesliga, 14. November 2012)

Attendance: 1350
Cost: 7 Euro
Programme: Die Turbine (1 Euro)

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SV Secura

Sportanlage Hanns-Eisler-Straße (Capacity: 2.000)

SV Secura - Roter Stern Nordost Berlin (1:2) (Berlin Freizeit Landesliga, 12. November 2012)

Attendance: 27
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

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SV Empor Berlin (Senioren)

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark KR1 (Capacity: 1.000)

SV Empor Berlin - CFC Hertha 06 (5:1) (Berlin Senioren Landesliga, 10. November 2012)

Attendance: 6
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

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1. FC Union II

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

1.FC Union Berlin II - VfB Auerbach (0:0) (Regionalliga Nordost, 11. November 2012)

Attendance: 75
Cost: 10 Euro
Programme: Union U23 Information (1 Euro)

View of the pitch pre-match

Auerbach players warming up

Players and officials entering the ground

Todays teams

Ready for kickoff

Nowhere to go

Max-Schmelling Halle in the background

The main grandstand

TV tower in the background

Half time break

Another view of the pitch

Corner for Auerbach

Not many Auerbach fans!

Free kick for Auerbach goes just over the bar

Auerbach leave with 1 point

Interviews after the game

As soon as the game has finished, the posts are removed

Hertha BSC III

Sportanlage Luderitzstraße (Capacity: 3.000)

Hertha BSC III - SC Borsigwalde (1:4) (Berlin Bezirksliga, 11. November 2012)
0:1 S. Piekarski (30.), 1:1 K. Hussni (39.), 1:2 S. Piekarski (41.), 1:3 S. Piekarski (45.), 1:4 S. Ulrich (63.)

Attendance: 40
Cost: 3.50
Programme: Ama Zwee Blatt (30 cents)

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Adlershofer BC

Sportplatz Lohnauer Steig (Capacity: 1.500)

Adlershofer BC - SV Empor Berlin (2:2) (Berlin-Liga, 10. November 2012)
0:1 R. Reissler OG (19.), 0:2 O. Gaschekowski (48.), 1:2 J. Huelsebus (63.), 2:2 R. Reformat (90.)

Attendance: 37
Cost: 5 Euro
Programme: Nil

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Tennis Borussia Berlin

Mommsenstadion (Capacity: 14.700)

Tennis Borussia Berlin - SC Gatow 1:1 (Berlin-Liga, 09. November 2012)
0:1 T. Binting (66.), 1:1 N. Zimmermann (90.)

Attendance: 315
Cost: 7 Euro
Programme: TeBelive! (1 Euro)

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VfB Hermsdorf IV

Stadion Seebadstraße KR1(Capacity: 500)

VfB Hermsdorf IV - SC Gatow III (4:4) (Berlin Kreisklassen B, 04. November 2012)

Attendance: 15
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

Players entering the field

Ready for kickoff

Gatow on the attack

This guy took pin point corners every time

Nice grab from the Gatow keeper

View of the pitch

A few spectators stuck around for the match

View across the halfway

Another view of the pitch

Unfortunately it rained plenty during the second half

Another view of the ground

Hermsdorf players were pretty happy with the goal

Was pretty dark alread at 5:30pm!

VfB Hermsdorf

Stadion Seebadstraße (Capacity: 2.500)

VfB Hermsdorf - Tennis Borussia Berlin (1:0) (Berlin-Liga, 04. November 2012)
1:0 R. Moerer (78.)

Attendance: 205
Cost: 6 Euro
Programme: (Unser) Stadionheft (50 cents)

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VfB Hermsdorf II

Stadion Seebadstraße (Capacity: 2.500)

VfB Hermsdorf - SV Blau Weiss Berlin (0:2) (Berlin Bezirksliga, 04. November 2012)
0:1 B. Karadag (26.), 0:2 M. Fuß (90.)

Attendance: 40
Cost: 6 Euro (combined with 1st team entry)
Programme: (Unser) Stadionheft (50 cent)

Teams warming up

Ready to kickoff

Free kick to Hermsdorf

Blau Weiss shooting on goal

Celebrating the opening goal

Nice grab from the Hermsdorf keeper

The outdoor bar with a few customers

View of the pitch

Yellow card for Hermsdorf

Hermsdorf shoot the penalty just over the bar

Someone must have watched Karate Kid just before playing

Kicking off the second half

The 47 year old Blau Weiss keeper in action

Another view of the pitch

Hermsdorf with a penalty just outside the box

The winning goal being scored by Michael Fuß

The game being won by the visitors 2-1