Adlershofer BC
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Adlershofer BC is a German football club
from Berlin
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. The club was established 9 November 1908 as Adlershofer Ballspiel-Club and in 1914 was joined with Wildauer Fußball-Club Phönix.
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In March 1935 the club merged with Thor- und Fußballclub Colombia 04 Adlershof and Adlershofer Turnverein to play as Adlershofer BC Colombia 04 before again later playing simply as Adlershofer BC. Following World War II most organizations in Germany – including sports and football clubs – were banned by occupying Allied authorities
. Most were quickly reconstituted and the former membership of Adlershofer BC established Sportgruppe Adlershof in 1945 to take part in the hastily organized Stadtliga Berlin in 1945–46. They finished poorly and were part of the Landesliga Berlin (II) from 1947–50. In 1948 they readopted their traditional identity as Adlershofer BC before being directed by authorities in November 1953 to give up the name and play as Sportgemeinschaft Adlershofer.
During this period, rising tensions
between the Western Allies (the United States, Britain, and France) and the Soviet Union led to the division of Germany and the city of Berlin. The Adlershofer club was located in the Soviet zone of occupation and became part of the separate football competition that emerged in East Germany, playing in the DDR-Liga (II) in 1952–53 before being sent down to lower level play. SG made appearances in the opening rounds of the FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) in 1954, 1958, and 1960 and, except for a single season turn in the 2. DDR-Liga (III) in 1962–63, remained a lower tier side.
In 1989 with the approach of German reunification
the club again took on the name Adlershofer BC and by 1997 had advanced to the Verbandsliga Berlin
(IV), the highest city based circuit, which is today the Berlin-Liga (VI), where the club still competes.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
from Berlin
Berlin
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. The club was established 9 November 1908 as Adlershofer Ballspiel-Club and in 1914 was joined with Wildauer Fußball-Club Phönix.
History
Adlershofer BC played as a lower table side in the top flight Oberliga Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. German football was reorganized under the Third Reich in 1933 and the team failed to qualify to play in the new first division Gauliga Berlin-BrandenburgGauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest football league in the provinces of Brandenburg and Berlin in the German state of Prussia from 1933 to 1945...
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In March 1935 the club merged with Thor- und Fußballclub Colombia 04 Adlershof and Adlershofer Turnverein to play as Adlershofer BC Colombia 04 before again later playing simply as Adlershofer BC. Following World War II most organizations in Germany – including sports and football clubs – were banned by occupying Allied authorities
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during 1945–49. In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe, US forces had pushed beyond the previously agreed boundaries for the...
. Most were quickly reconstituted and the former membership of Adlershofer BC established Sportgruppe Adlershof in 1945 to take part in the hastily organized Stadtliga Berlin in 1945–46. They finished poorly and were part of the Landesliga Berlin (II) from 1947–50. In 1948 they readopted their traditional identity as Adlershofer BC before being directed by authorities in November 1953 to give up the name and play as Sportgemeinschaft Adlershofer.
During this period, rising tensions
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
between the Western Allies (the United States, Britain, and France) and the Soviet Union led to the division of Germany and the city of Berlin. The Adlershofer club was located in the Soviet zone of occupation and became part of the separate football competition that emerged in East Germany, playing in the DDR-Liga (II) in 1952–53 before being sent down to lower level play. SG made appearances in the opening rounds of the FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) in 1954, 1958, and 1960 and, except for a single season turn in the 2. DDR-Liga (III) in 1962–63, remained a lower tier side.
In 1989 with the approach of German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
the club again took on the name Adlershofer BC and by 1997 had advanced to the Verbandsliga Berlin
Verbandsliga Berlin
The Berlin-Liga is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German capital. Since German reunification in 1990, it is the highest level of domestic football in Berlin, replacing the Oberliga Berlin in this position...
(IV), the highest city based circuit, which is today the Berlin-Liga (VI), where the club still competes.