SV Babelsberg 03

Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion (Capacity: 10.499)

SV Babelsberg 03 - Kickers Offenbach (0:1) (3.Liga, 27. March 2012)
0:1 S. Volger (68.)

Attendance: 2578
Cost: 11 Euro
Programme: NullDrei (1 Euro)
0:1 S. Volger (68.)

A nice mural on the way to the ground

 

Entry gates to the stadium

 

Cheap food and beers is always good

 

The teams entering the stadium

 

A nice flag display from M Block

 

The O block fans

 

Ready for kickoff

 

View of the pitch from Block O

 

The main grandstand

 

The pitch wasn't in great condition

 

Full time with victory for the visitors

CLUB HISTORY: (wiki)

SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.

Playing as SV Nowawes the team gained promotion in 1935 to the first tier Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club was relegated after just three seasons at that level never finishing better than eighth in their ten team division. The club returned to the Gauliga as SpVgg Potsdam in 1943 and earned third and fourth place finishes in the two years before the end of World War II.
Following the war, occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in the country, including sports and football associations. The former membership of SpVgg was re-organized as SG Karl Marx Babelsberg in 1948 in the Soviet-occupied eastern half of the country. On 1 August 1949, they merged with the local club SG Drewitz and the following year were re-named BSG Motor Babelsberg.
The side was a perennial second division team in East Germany's DDR-Liga with the exception of short spells in the third tier in 1968–71, 1972–73, and 1980–81. The club's record in league matches and in regular FDGB Pokal (East German Cup) tournament appearances was undistinguished. Just prior to German re-unification the team suffered relegation from the second division.

On 10 December 1991 Motor adopted the name Sportverein Babelsberg 03. They remained a lower division side in the united Germany until breaking through to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV) in 1996. The team's budget increased tenfold in the period from 1996 to 1999. They immediately captured the league title there and won promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost (III). A second place finish in 2001 in what had become the Regionalliga Nord (III) advanced the club to the 2. Bundesliga. SV also played its first DFB-Pokal (German Cup) matches in 2000 and 2001, but was eliminated in the early rounds.

Babelsberg's time in the second division was a short one. They finished at the bottom of the table and by 2003–04 had fallen all the way back to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV). The club declared bankruptcy in 2003 but managed to continue playing through the adoption of a creditor supported bankruptcy plan. SV fielded strong sides and achieved several top three finishes until they were promoted to the Regionalliga Nord (III) for the 2007–08 campaign. In 2009–10 season Babelsberg were promoted back to the 3rd Liga after finishing champions of the Regionalliga Nord.

HONOURS:
* Bezirksliga Potsdam (III) champions: 1973
* Bezirksliga Potsdam-Sud (III) champions: 1981
* Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V) champions: 1996
* NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) champions: 1997, 2007
* Regionalliga Nord (III) runners-up: 2001
* Regionalliga Nord (IV) champions: 2010

STADIUM HISTORY:

The Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion is a football stadium in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. It is the home stadium of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and SV Babelsberg 03. The stadium has a capacity of 10,499 for 9,027 standing and 1,472 seated guests.
The stadium was opened on 10 July 1976 with a football match between BSG Motor Babelsberg and the Olympic team of the German Democratic Republic. The original capacity of 15,000 was reached only once as the East Germany national football team faced Malta. On 9 July 2001, the SV Babelsberg 03 had its highest attendance in their club history when 14,700 spectators witnessed Babelsberg's win over Fortuna Düsseldorf.

The last renovation was held in 2002, and the stadium now has its current capacity. About one year later, the Women's Bundesliga match between 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and 1. FFC Frankfurt was seen by 7,900 people. This was the women's Bundesliga match with the highest ever attendance. Turbine's all-time attendance record was 8,677 people who saw the UEFA Women's Cup final second leg against Djurgårdens IF Dam.