FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh

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Full name

FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh 1895 e.V.

Founded

1895

Ground

Nordendarena
(Capacity 3,000)

League

Bezirksliga Berlin (VII)

2005-06

7th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh is a German football club playing in Berlin. The club was founded 29 June 1895 as Concordia Berlin and was one of the founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in Leipzig in 1900.

In its early years the club moved between first and second division level play on the local city circuit and captured its first honors with a second division title in 1901. Concordia fell to amateur level play where they would compete until after the end of World War II in 1945. In the aftermath of the war Allied occupation authorities banned all existing organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. Concordia was re-established as SG Wilhelmsruh and resumed play in the Amateurliga Berlin (II) in the 1947-48 season. The next year the club was re-named FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh and played two more seasons in the Amateurliga as a mid-table side.

The burgeoning Cold War that would divide the country into East and West Germany led to the formation of separate football leagues in the Soviet-occupied areas. Being based in what would become East Berlin, Concordia was ousted from the Amateurliga Berlin to play in the DDR-Liga (II) and was immediately relegated to the Landesliga Berlin (III) after only a single season and a last place finish. The club then played third tier football until the mid 50s when it slipped deeper into the amateur ranks, making only occasional and fleeting appearances in the Bezirksliga Berlin through the 70s and 80s.

The club collapsed in the early 90s and was re-established in May 1992. Today the team fields a total of eighteen teams and emphasizes its youth sides. The men's team (I) plays in the Bezirksliga Berlin (VII).