Croatia Berlin
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SD Croatia Berlin is a German association football club
from Berlin
.
The club was founded in 1972 as the ethnically Croatian
side NK Croatia Berlin and was re-named NK Hajduk Berlin in 1985. The association continued to grow through the late 80s, merging with SC Bratsvo 1971 Berlin to become SC Bratsvo-Hajduk Berlin in 1987. The following year a number of smaller clubs (NK Livno, NK Velebit, NK Dinamo) came into the fold until finally a 14 January 1989 merger with SV Croatia 1987 Berlin spawned the present-day club.
SD became the first Croatian club in Germany to reach third tier competition when promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost
after their 1998 Oberliga Nordost, Staffel Nord (IV) championship. SD spent only a single season at that level before suffering through a series of reverses. They slipped to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) in 2001, through the Landesliga Berlin (VI) in 2003, to the Bezirksliga Berlin (VII). SD has since returned to the Landesliga where they have played the last two seasons.
Croatia Berlin competed in the Croatian World Club Championship
in 2007.
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
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
The club was founded in 1972 as the ethnically Croatian
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
side NK Croatia Berlin and was re-named NK Hajduk Berlin in 1985. The association continued to grow through the late 80s, merging with SC Bratsvo 1971 Berlin to become SC Bratsvo-Hajduk Berlin in 1987. The following year a number of smaller clubs (NK Livno, NK Velebit, NK Dinamo) came into the fold until finally a 14 January 1989 merger with SV Croatia 1987 Berlin spawned the present-day club.
SD became the first Croatian club in Germany to reach third tier competition when promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga (football)
The Fußball-Regionalliga is the fourth tier of football in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier of the league system before being disbanded. The Regionalliga was then re-introduced as the third tier of the system in 1994...
after their 1998 Oberliga Nordost, Staffel Nord (IV) championship. SD spent only a single season at that level before suffering through a series of reverses. They slipped to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) in 2001, through the Landesliga Berlin (VI) in 2003, to the Bezirksliga Berlin (VII). SD has since returned to the Landesliga where they have played the last two seasons.
Croatia Berlin competed in the Croatian World Club Championship
Croatian World Club Championship
The Croatian World Club Championship is a football competition organized by the Croatian Football Federation in cooperation with the Croatian Heritage Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia that matches clubs from the Croatian diaspora against each other in a group tournament...
in 2007.
Football
- NOFV-Oberliga NordNOFV-Oberliga NordThe NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...
champions: 1998 - Verbandsliga Berlin champions: 1996
- Berliner Landespokal Runners-up: 1994
External links
- Official website
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Croatia Berlin History at Nogometni MagazinNogometni MagazinNogometni Magazin is a news organization that focusses on Croatian football news. It was launched in March of 2002. The site's editor-in-chief is Vladimir Benić and it is based out of Zagreb....