Tennis Borussia Berlin
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CLUB HISTORY: (wiki)
The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with Berlin's leading side Hertha BSC. They won their first city league championship in 1932 in the Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg and repeated the feat in 1941, this time by defeating Hertha (8–2) in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg.
After World War II and into the early 1950s, TeBe emerged as Berlin's top side but were unable to keep up their form and earn selection to the Germany's new professional league, the Bundesliga, formed in 1963. The team played in tier II leagues throughout the 60s and 70s with the exception of two short-lived forays into the Bundesliga in 1974–75 and 1976–77. Most of the 1980s were spent playing in the third tier Oberliga Berlin.
Through most of its history TeBe has been afflicted by financial problems but has always managed to hang on while many other of Berlin's clubs folded or disappeared in mergers. In 1997–98, a deep-pocketed sponsor brought expensive new talent to the team as they made a run at a return to 2. Bundesliga, which they achieved, winning the Regionalliga Nordost. While initially successful, the bid collapsed in 2000 as the team's finances failed. They were refused a license and were forcibly relegated to the Regionalliga Nord (III) where they finished last in 2000–01 and so slipped further still to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) the following season. Tennis Borussia continued playing in the fourth tier – fifth after the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 – until 2009, when they won the Oberliga championship and gained promotion again to the Regionalliga Nord. After running into financial difficulties once again, the club went into administration and dropped back down to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) for the 2010–11 season.
HONOURS:
* Regionalliga Berlin: (2)
o Champions 1965, 1974
* 2. Bundesliga Nord: (1)
o Champions 1976
* Amateur-Oberliga Berlin: (3)
o Champions 1982, 1985, 1991
* Regionalliga Nordost: (2)
o Champions 1996, 1998
* NOFV-Oberliga Nord: (2)
o Champions 1993, 2009
* Brandenburg football championship: (1)
o Winners 1932
* German amateur football championship: (1)
o Winners 1998
* Berliner Landespokal: (16) (Record)
o Winners 1931, 1949, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
o Runners-up 1943, 1944, 1950, 1960, 1966, (1969), 1970, 1983, 1987, 2003, 2009
STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
The Mommsenstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Berlin, Germany, named after the historian Theodor Mommsen. It is currently used mostly for football and hosts the home matches of Tennis Borussia Berlin and SCC Berlin. The stadium has a capacity of 15,005 people (13,200 standing), although the DFB have set an upper limit of 11,500 supporters for football games.
The stadium opened on 17 August 1930 and replaced the former ground of SCC Berlin that fell prey to the extension of the neighbouring Messe Berlin fairgrounds. It soon adopted its name from a nearby gymnasium. The Mommsenstadion was the site of some football matches during the 1936 Summer Olympics and several ISTAF athletics meetings of the IAAF Golden League. Since 1945 it has also been the home ground of Tennis Borussia Berlin.
During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the Germany national football team used the Mommsenstadion as their training ground.
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