| Full name | Märkischer Sportverein Normannia 08 Berlin e.V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | MSV | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Finsterwalder Straße (Capacity: 4,000) |
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| Chairman | Torben-Marc Meyer | ||
| Manager | Michael Schmalz | ||
| League | Bezirksliga Berlin – Staffel 2 (VIII) | ||
| 2009–10 | 3rd – Kreisliga Berlin A – Staffel 3 (IX) | ||
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MSV Normannia 08 is a German association football club from the city of Berlin. The club was established 1 October 1908 as Berliner Fußball-Club Normannia and adopted its current identity as Märkischer Sportverein Normannia 08 Berlin in 1988.[1]
Early in its history, the club flirted with failed partnerships. In 1911, they joined with SV Niederschönhausen for a year. They merged with BFC vom Jahre 1893 in 1918 to play as Sportvereinigung Normannia vom Jahre 1893 in another short-lived partnership lasting just a year. In 1928, they adopted the name Berliner Sportclub Normannia before later becoming Sportverein Normannia. Throughout this period and through to the end of World War II, the team played lower-tier local football.
The club briefly disappeared in the aftermath of the war when occupying Allied authorities banned organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, a part of the process of denazification. New clubs soon emerged in the latter half of 1945 and the membership of Normannia was re-organized as Sportgruppe Nordost alongside a large part of the former membership of Nordiska Berlin. Normannia was re-founded on 15 April 1950 and resumed its place as a lower-tier local side. The club's greatest success came with their advance to the Amateur Oberliga Berlin (III) for a single season turn in 1971–72.
Having been promoted from the 2009–10 Kreisliga Berlin A (Staffel 3), MSV Normannia 08 currently play in the 8th tier Bezirksliga Berlin (Staffel 2).