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	NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V)
2014–15	1st – 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 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. 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.

Supporters

The fan movement started in the 80s when TeBe began having it's biggest successes. Despite their fall down the leagues the club still enjoys a relatively strong support. The fans consider themselves fiercely left-wing, and frequently the fans frequently cultivate the club's Jewish traditions as well actions against anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia.

Current squad

As of 5 June 2015

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Niko Varrelmann	Germany
3	Defender	Enes Aydin	Turkey
4	Defender	Marcus Larsen	Germany
5	Defender	Sascha Kuche	Germany
6	Midfielder	Lennart Hartmann	Germany
7	Midfielder	Kadir Erdil	Germany
8	Midfielder	Durim Elezi	Turkey
9	Forward	Michael Fuß	Germany
10	Forward	Ramy Raychouni	Germany
11	Forward	Mehmet Aydin	Turkey
12	Goalkeeper	Domenic Riedel	Germany
14	Midfielder	Jerome Maaß	Germany
15	Midfielder	Tobias Göth	Germany
17	Defender	Daniel Bongartz	Germany
18	Defender	Ertan Turan	Turkey
19	Midfielder	Benjamin Tutic	Germany
20	Defender	Steven Russow	Poland
21	Forward	Nicolai Kitzing	Germany
22	Forward	Will Siakam	Germany
23	Defender	Nicolai Matt	Germany
24	Forward	Sebastian Huke	Germany
25	Midfielder	Jaba Bebua	Germany
27	Midfielder	Thomas Poznanski	Germany
28	Midfielder	Serbülent Ulutürk	Turkey
44	Goalkeeper	Angelo Kempf	Germany

League positions since 1963–64

Main article: List of Tennis Borussia Berlin seasons

The season-by-season performance of the team since 1963–64:

Season Division Tier Position 1963–64 Regionalliga Berlin II 2nd 1964–65 Regionalliga Berlin 1st 1965–66 Regionalliga Berlin 2nd 1966–67 Regionalliga Berlin 2nd 1967–68 Regionalliga Berlin 2nd 1968–69 Regionalliga Berlin 3rd 1969–70 Regionalliga Berlin 2nd 1970–71 Regionalliga Berlin 4th 1971–72 Regionalliga Berlin 4th 1972–73 Regionalliga Berlin 3rd 1973–74 Regionalliga Berlin Promoted to the Bundesliga 1st 1974–75 Bundesliga I 17th 1975–76 2. Bundesliga Nord II Promoted to the Bundesliga 1st 1976–77 Bundesliga I 17th 1977–78 2. Bundesliga Nord II 10th 1978–79 2. Bundesliga Nord 11th 1979–80 2. Bundesliga Nord 13th 1980–81 2. Bundesliga Nord 17th

Season Division Tier Position 1981–82 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin III 1st 1982–83 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin 3rd 1983–84 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin 2nd 1984–85 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga 1st 1985–86 2. Bundesliga II 19th 1986–87 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin III 2nd 1987–88 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin 2nd 1988–89 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin 8th 1989–90 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin 3rd 1990–91 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin 1st 1991–92 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 4th 1992–93 NOFV-Oberliga Nord Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga 1st 1993–94 2. Bundesliga II 19th 1994–95 Regionalliga Nordost III 4th 1995–96 Regionalliga Nordost 1st 1996–97 Regionalliga Nordost 6th 1997–98 Regionalliga Nordost Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga 1st 1998–99 2. Bundesliga II 6th

Season Division Tier Position 1999–00 2. Bundesliga II 13th 2000–01 Regionalliga Nord III 19th 2001–02 NOFV-Oberliga Nord IV 2nd 2002–03 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 4th 2003–04 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 5th 2004–05 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 4th 2005–06 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 5th 2006–07 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 3rd 2007–08 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 6th 2008–09 NOFV-Oberliga Nord V Promoted to the Regionalliga Nord 1st 2009–10 Regionalliga Nord IV 15th 2010–11 NOFV-Oberliga Nord V 14th 2011–12 Berlin-Liga VI 11th 2012–13 Berlin-Liga 8th 2013–14 Berlin-Liga 4th 2014–15 Berlin-Liga 1st 2015–16 NOFV-Oberliga Nord V —

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Notable players

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

Managers

3

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
• Berlin-Liga: (1)
  • Champions 2015
• Brandenburg football championship: (1)
  • Winners 1932
• Oberliga Berlin (5):
  • Champions 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1958
• German amateur football championship: (1)
  • Winners 1998
• Berliner Landespokal: (16) (Record)
  • Winners 1931, 1949, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
  • Runners-up 1943, 1944, 1950, 1960, 1966, (1969), 1970, 1983, 1987, 2003, 2009

Women's football

Main article: Tennis Borussia Berlin (women)

External links

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