Berlin soccer champions
The title of Berlin Football Champion is a prize awarded annually by the Berlin Football Association since 1992 to the football club that can win the championship of the highest pure Berlin division - currently the Berlin League . Before 1992, the term was used differently for various championships in each of the highest Berlin football leagues since 1890. Between 1903 and 1963, winning the championship entitles them to participate in the final round of the German championship . After that, however, the title lost more and more importance. Due to the division of Berlin into West and East Berlin , two Berlin championship titles were awarded between 1951 and 1991. Between 1911 and 1945 (and in some cases before that too), the Berlin and Brandenburg teams played together in one association, so that the winner was also the Brandenburg soccer champion .
history
1890–1911: Competing associations
The first round of Berlin's football championship, which was held in 1891 by the Association of German Footballers (BDF) and won by BFC Germania in 1888 , can be seen as the first round . However, this championship only lasted for a short time and in 1892 the association was dissolved again. In the period that followed, further football associations were founded in Berlin, each determining a champion. The best-known were the German Football and Cricket Association (DFuCB), which existed from 1891 to 1902, and the Association of German Ball Game Clubs (VDB), which was founded in 1897 and operated as the Association of Berlin Ball Game Clubs (VBB) from 1902 . In 1892 there was a playoff between the champions of the BDF and the champions of the DFuCB of the season 1891/92, which Germania won 3-1 against English FC.
With the introduction of by the German Football Association organized German football championship in 1903, the existing regional associations were given the opportunity to present their respective champions to the finals of the German championship to send. In Berlin, this honor was initially only given to the representatives of the VBB, while the other football associations - in addition to the VBB, there was the Märkischer Fußballbund (MFB), the Association of Berlin Athletics Associations (VBAV) and the Berliner Ballspiel-Bund (BBB) - were left behind.
In the following years there were always new regulations on how to deal with the individual masters of the Berlin associations. In the 1905/06 season, the MFB title holder was allowed to take part in the German championship finals, while in the following season the VBB and MFB played off the finalists among themselves. Two years later, both association champions were allowed to start again. It should be mentioned here that the MFB consisted primarily of clubs from the Berlin area and therefore referred to its masters as Brandenburg masters . But clubs from the province of Brandenburg also played in the other associations .
During this time, Berlin football played a leading role across the empire. Several Berlin clubs were able to reach the final of the German championship and with the BTuFC Union 1892 (1905) and the BTuFC Viktoria 1889 (1908 and 1911) three championship titles were brought to the capital .
BDF: 1891 BFC Germania 1888
DFuCB: 1892 English FC 1890 Berlin 1893 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1894 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1895 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1896 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1897 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1898 BFC Vorwärts 1890 1899 BFC Vorwärts 1890 1900 BFC Vorwärts 1890 1901 BFC Vorwärts 1890 1902 Berliner FC 1893
ADSB: 1897 BTuFC Britannia 1892 1898 BFC Frankfurt 1885
VDB/VBB: 1898 BTuFC Britannia 1892 1899 BFC Preussen 1894 1900 BFC Preussen 1894 1901 BFC Preussen 1894 1902 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1903 BTuFC Britannia 1892 1904 BTuFC Britannia 1892 1905 BTuFC Union 1892 1906 BFC Hertha 1892 1907 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1908 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1909 BTuFC Viktoria 1889 1910 BFC Preussen 1894 1911 BTuFC Viktoria 1889
MFB: 1902 BTuFC Rapide/ BFC Vorwärts 1890 1903 BFC Vorwärts 1890 1904 Weißenseer FC 1905 BTuFC Alemannia 1890 1906 BFC Norden-Nordwest 1898 1907 BTuFC Alemannia 1890 1908 BFC Norden-Nordwest 1898 1909 Rixdorfer TuFC Tasmania 1900 1910 Rixdorfer TuFC Tasmania 1900 1911 Rixdorfer TuFC Tasmania 1900
FuABB: 1905 BSC Franco-Alliance 1901
BBB: 1908 SC Hohenzollern 1906 Tegel 1909 BFC Nordstern 1907 1910 1. FC Borussia 1902 Tempelhof
VBAV: 1908 SSC Teutonia 1899 1909 Berliner SC 1910 Berliner SC 1910 Berliner SC
1911–1945: Master Berlin / Brandenburg
Before the 1911/12 season, the three remaining associations (the BBB had since disbanded) merged to form a general association for the region - the Association of Brandenburgischer Ballspielvereine (VBB). As the name suggests, the association not only brings together football teams from Berlin, but also clubs based in Brandenburg (mostly from the MFB). However, to this day, the designation Berlin champion has prevailed for the league first. Similarly, the VBB Association Cup is now known as the Berlin Cup . Until 1944 (first in the VBB, from 1933 in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg ), a Berlin / Brandenburg champion was played despite the Second World War .
Until the introduction of the Gauligen in 1933, Berlin teams were able to keep up in the fight for the German championship. In addition to the two vice championships of the BFC Vorwärts 1890 (1921) and the SC Union Oberschöneweide (1923), the performance of Hertha BSC should be emphasized. The team made it to the finals of the German championship six times in a row between 1926 and 1931, winning the last two. After Hertha's great era, however, Berlin football increasingly lost its importance in Germany, and in most cases did not even make it to the semi-finals in the finals.
1912 BFC Preussen 1913 Berliner TuFC Viktoria 89 1914 Berliner BC 1915 BFC Hertha 1892 1916 Berliner TuFC Viktoria 89 1917 BFC Hertha 1892 1918 BFC Hertha 1892 1919 Berliner TuFC Viktoria 89 1920 SC Union Oberschöneweide 1921 Vorwärts 90 Berlin 1922 SV Norden-Nordwest 1923 SC Union Oberschöneweide 1924 BTuFC Alemannia 90 Berlin 1925 Hertha BSC 1926 Hertha BSC 1927 Hertha BSC 1928 Hertha BSC 1929 Hertha BSC 1930 Hertha BSC 1931 Hertha BSC 1932 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1933 Hertha BSC
1934 BFC Viktoria 1889 1935 Hertha BSC 1936 Berliner SV 92 1937 Hertha BSC 1938 Berliner SV 92 1939 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 1940 SC Union Oberschöneweide 1941 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1942 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 1943 Berliner SV 92 1944 Hertha BSC
1945–1950: All-Berlin championship
Shortly after the end of the World War, a championship round started again in Berlin. However, this took place without the Brandenburg area - which was on the territory of the Soviet occupation zone . With the introduction of the GDR Oberliga in the territory of the GDR , however, the political pressure on the East Berlin clubs to withdraw from the overall Berlin City League , which finally happened at the beginning of the 1950/51 season. The East Berlin teams were integrated into the GDR football , the West Berlin teams played from then on in the contract league Berlin . Until the sporting reunification of the FRG and GDR in 1991, there should be two champions each in Berlin.
1946 SG Wilmersdorf (Stadtliga Berlin) 1947 SG Charlottenburg 1948 SG Oberschöneweide 1949 Berliner SV 1892 1950 Tennis Borussia Berlin
1951–1991: Masters in East and West
Except for the withdrawal of the teams from East Berlin, not much has changed in the West Berlin contract league for the time being. The master was allowed to continue to participate in the finals and compete against the other champions of the upper leagues West , North , South and Southwest . However, the Berlin teams were no longer able to keep up with the rest of Germany in terms of sport and came in last place in the preliminary round groups that were introduced in the meantime.
From 1963, the Berlin championship title lost its sporting value with the introduction of the Bundesliga . All existing upper leagues were downgraded and settled under the Bundesliga, including the contract league , which was now called Regionalliga Berlin . The title of the Berlin champion thus only entitled to participation in the promotion round to the Bundesliga. From 1974 onwards, Berlin's highest league was only in third class due to the introduction of the second division . The Regionalliga Berlin was now called Oberliga Berlin and sent its master to the promotion games to the 2nd division.
In terms of quality, the downward trend in Berlin football continued. Only Hertha BSC was able to keep up with the top teams in the Bundesliga in the 1970s. All other Bundesliga promotions (each one Tasmania 1900 and Blau-Weiß 90 as well as twice Tennis Borussia) ended with the immediate relegation, with Tasmania's Bundesliga season 1965/66 ending catastrophically with several negative records.
1951 Tennis Borussia Berlin (Stadtliga Berlin) 1952 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1953 SC Union 06 Berlin 1954 Berliner SV 92 1955 BFC Viktoria 1889 1956 BFC Viktoria 1889 1957 Hertha BSC 1958 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1959 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1960 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1961 Hertha BSC 1962 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1963 Hertha BSC
1964 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin (Regionalliga Berlin) 1965 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1966 Hertha BSC 1967 Hertha BSC 1968 Hertha BSC 1969 Hertha Zehlendorf 1970 Hertha Zehlendorf 1971 SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1972 Wacker 04 Berlin 1973 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin
1975 Spandauer SV (Oberliga Berlin) 1976 SC Union 06 Berlin 1977 BFC Preussen 1894 1978 Wacker 04 Berlin 1979 Hertha Zehlendorf 1980 BFC Preussen 1981 BFC Preussen 1982 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1983 SC Charlottenburg 1984 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 1985 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1986 SC Charlottenburg 1987 Hertha BSC 1988 Hertha BSC 1989 Reinickendorfer Füchse 1990 Reinickendorfer Füchse 1991 Tennis Borussia Berlin
If the devaluation of the Berlin championship began gradually in the western part of the city, this was already done in East Berlin when it was integrated into GDR football . With the introduction of the GDR Oberliga as the upper house and the GDR league as the substructure underneath, the East Berlin championship title was now only played in the third-class Berlin district league founded in 1953 and only allowed participation in the promotion games for the GDR league. Between 1955 and 1964, the highest East Berlin league was only fourth class behind the 2nd GDR League .
Only a few championship teams in the district league were then able to assert themselves in the higher leagues and thus make headlines alongside the three top Berlin teams Vorwärts , Dynamo and Union . So z. B. Rotation Berlin , Lichtenberg 47 and the second team of the BFC Dynamo.
1953 BSG Chemie Rüdersdorf 1954 SG Hohenschönhausen 1955 SG Lichtenberg 47 1956 SG Dynamo Berlin-Mitte 1957 BSG Chemie Grünau-Schmöckwitz 1958 SG Grünau 1959 BSG Tiefbau Berlin 1960 BSG Motor Köpenick 1962 SG Adlershof 1963 SG Fortuna Biesdorf 1964 SG Lichtenberg 47 1965 BSG Motor Köpenick 1966 1. FC Union Berlin II 1967 BFC Dynamo II 1968 BFC Dynamo II 1969 1. FC Union Berlin II 1970 BSG EAB Lichtenberg 47 1971 BSG EAB Lichtenberg 47 1972 BSG Motor Köpenick 1973 BSG Einheit Pankow 1974 BSG NARVA Berlin 1975 1. FC Union Berlin II 1976 BSG Rotation Berlin 1977 BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin 1978 BSG NARVA Berlin 1979 BSG KWO Berlin 1980 BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin 1981 BSG EAB Berlin 47 1982 BSG Rotation Berlin 1983 BSG EAB Berlin 47 1984 BFC Dynamo II 1985 BSG KWO Berlin 1986 BSG KWO Berlin 1987 BSG KWO Berlin 1988 BSG KWO Berlin 1989 BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin 1990 BSG EAB Berlin 47 1991 SV Lichtenberg 47
1991 until today: The new association league
After the end of the German division , the two associations were also merged in German football before the 1991/92 season. As early as 1990 - in the year of the reunification - the formation of a new single-track top Berlin league was called for at an extraordinary association day of the BFV, but this only became a reality at the beginning of the 1992/93 season.
The newly founded Association League Berlin initially started in fourth class among the three major leagues of the Northeast German Football Association (NOFV). With the reintroduction of the regional leagues at the beginning of the 1994/95 season as the third-class substructure of the 2nd division, the association league slipped one class lower. The title of the Berlin champion now entitles promotion to the new Northeast football league .
At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, the Berlin championship title faced another devaluation. With the introduction of a new single-track third league , all of the leagues below were shifted one class down. The Verbandsliga Berlin - called the Berlin League since 2008 - is now only sixth class.
1992 1. FC Lübars (Landesliga Berlin)
1993 SC Staaken (Verbandsliga Berlin) 1994 1. FC Wilmersdorf 1995 Köpenicker SC 1996 SD Croatia Berlin 1997 Tasmania Neukölln 1998 Tennis Borussia Berlin II 1999 Berliner AK 07 2000 Türkiyemspor Berlin 2001 SV Lichtenberg 47 2002 Köpenicker SC 2003 SV Yeşilyurt Berlin 2004 BFC Dynamo 2005 BFC Preussen 2006 Lichterfelder FC 2007 Spandauer SV 2008 Reinickendorfer Füchse 2009 Lichtenrader BC 25 2010 1. FC Union Berlin II 2011 BFC Viktoria 1889 2012 VSG Altglienicke 2013 BSV Hürtürkel 2014 Hertha Zehlendorf 2015 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2016 VSG Altglienicke
Web links
- f-archiv.de The German Football Archive
- www.rsssf.com The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)
- www.fussball-historie.de Hirschi's football pages
- www.arge-berlin-liga.de Official homepage of the ARGE Berlin-Liga
Individual evidence
- ^ Football in Berlin: Players - Clubs - Emotions 1880 to today. Henry Werner, Elsengold Verlag 2016.