Tennis Borussia Berlin

Tennis Borussia Berlin

Full name	Tennis Borussia Berlin e.V.
Nickname(s)	TeBe, Veilchen (Violets)
Founded	9 April 1902
Ground	Mommsenstadion
Ground Capacity	15,005
Chairman	Andreas Voigt
Trainer	Daniel Volbert
League	Berlin-Liga (VI)
2013–14	4th – Berlin-Liga (VI)
Home colours Away colours

Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin–Westend.

History

The team was founded in 1902 as Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia taking its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. Borussia is a Latinised version of Prussia and was a widely used name for sports clubs in the former state of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with Berlin's leading side Hertha BSC. In 1913 the club changed its name to Berliner Tennis Club Borussia. 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^[1] 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.

Finally, in 2000, the club had adopted its current name "Tennis Borussia Berlin", as the club had always been known under this moniker and to avoid being mistaken as a tennis club. It 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.^[2] Seen as one of the pre-season favourites for a second successive relegation, they managed to reach the relegation playoffs at the end of the campaign, but finally lost out 3–1 to SC Borea Dresden over two legs to be relegated to the sixth tier of the German football league system, the Berlin-Liga, for the first time in their history.^[3][4][5]

Current squad

As of 13 August 2014

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Koch, DanielDaniel Koch	Germany
2	Defender	Bruckmann, TimoTimo Bruckmann	Germany
4	Midfielder	Ozvatan, OzgurÖzgür Özvatan	Turkey
5	Defender	Zimmermann, NiklasNiklas Zimmermann	Germany
6	Midfielder	Hartmann, LennartLennart Hartmann	Germany
7	Defender	Kuche, SaschaSascha Kuche	Germany
9	Forward	Fuß, MichaelMichael Fuß	Germany
11	Midfielder	Hendschke, BenjaminBenjamin Hendschke	Germany
12	Midfielder	Lemcke, NorbertNorbert Lemcke	Germany
13	Forward	Raychouni, RamyRamy Raychouni	Germany
14	Midfielder	Chamkhi, HamdiHamdi Chamkhi	Tunisia
17	Midfielder	Bongartz, DanielDaniel Bongartz	Germany
18	Defender	Turan, ErtanErtan Turan	Turkey
19	Midfielder	Hatzipanagiotou, AthanasiosAthanasios Hatzipanagiotou	Greece
20	Midfielder	Podrygała, PatrickPatrick Podrygała	Poland
21	Defender	Jacobeit, ChristianChristian Jacobeit	Germany
22	Forward	El-Moghrabi, ArafaArafa El-Moghrabi	Germany
23	Defender	Matt, NicolaiNicolai Matt	Germany
31	Goalkeeper	Hinz, MichaelMichael Hinz	Germany
—	Midfielder	Gassen, DenizDeniz Gassen	Germany
—	Midfielder	Niroomand, KianKian Niroomand	Iran
—	Goalkeeper	Pruschke, KilianKilian Pruschke	Germany

League positions since 1964

Year Division (Tier) Position 1963–64 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 2nd 1964–65 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 1st 1965–66 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 2nd 1966–67 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 2nd 1967–68 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 2nd 1968–69 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 3rd 1969–70 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 2nd 1970–71 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 4th 1971–72 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 4th 1972–73 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 3rd 1973–74 Regionalliga Berlin (II) 1st 1974–75 Bundesliga (I) 17th 1975–76 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) 1st 1976–77 Bundesliga (I) 17th 1977–78 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) 10th 1978–79 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) 11th 1979–80 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) 13th

Year Division (Tier) Position 1980–81 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) 17th 1981–82 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 1st 1982–83 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 3rd 1983–84 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 2nd 1984–85 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 1st 1985–86 2. Bundesliga (II) 19th 1986–87 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 2nd 1987–88 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 2nd 1988–89 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 8th 1989–90 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 3rd 1990–91 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (III) 1st 1991–92 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (III) 4th 1992–93 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (III) 1st 1993–94 2. Bundesliga (II) 19th 1994–95 Regionalliga Nordost (III) 4th 1995–96 Regionalliga Nordost (III) 1st 1996–97 Regionalliga Nordost (III) 6th

Year Division (Tier) Position 1997–98 Regionalliga Nordost (III) 1st 1998–99 2. Bundesliga (II) 6th 1999–00 2. Bundesliga (II) 13th 2000–01 Regionalliga Nord (III) 19th 2001–02 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 2nd 2002–03 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 4th 2003–04 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 5th 2004–05 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 4th 2005–06 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 5th 2006–07 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 3rd 2007–08 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) 6th 2008–09 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) 1st 2009–10 Regionalliga Nord (IV) 15th 2010–11 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) 14th 2011–12 Berlin-Liga (VI) 11th 2012–13 Berlin-Liga (VI) 8th 2013–14 Berlin-Liga (VI) 4th

Notable players

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

Managers

Honours

• Regionalliga Berlin: (2)
  • Champions 1965, 1974
• 2. Bundesliga Nord: (1)
  • Champions 1976
• Amateur-Oberliga Berlin: (3)
  • Champions 1982, 1985, 1991
• Regionalliga Nordost: (2)
  • Champions 1996, 1998
• NOFV-Oberliga Nord: (2)
  • Champions 1993, 2009
• Brandenburg football championship: (1)
  • Winners 1932
• German amateur football championship: (1)
  • Winners 1998
• Berliner Landespokal: (16) (Record)
  • Winners 1931, 1949, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000,^{[nb 1]} 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
  • Runners-up 1943, 1944, 1950, 1960, 1966, (1969),^{[nb 2]} 1970, 1983, 1987, 2003, 2009

1. ↑ Reserve team
2. ↑ No title awarded, as no date for the final replay could be fixed.

Women's football

References

External links

• Official website
• Tennis Borussia Berlin on Facebook
• Tennis Borussia Berlin on Twitter

Coordinates: 52°30′01″N 13°15′50″E / 52.50028°N 13.26389°E / 52.50028; 13.26389