SG Bornim
Encyclopedia
SG Bornim is a German association football club
based in Bornim, an Ortsteil
of Potsdam
in Brandenburg
.
Founded in September 1927, the club merged with Schwarz-Weiß-Grün Universum Töplitz in 1928 to play as Brandenburger Sport Club Bornim Schwarz-Weiß-Grün. The club played in the local Havelland circuit until 1945.
Following World War II
, the club was disbanded before being re-established as Sportmeinde Bornim. Located in the Soviet-occupied eastern part of the country, the Bornim side became part of the separate football competition that emerged there. SG Bornim was one of a small group of East German clubs that included teams such as Concordia Wilhelmsruh
, Berolina Stralau, and SG Hohenschönhausen that remained independent and was not connected to industry or government. The team's success was limited with their furthest advance being their stay in the Bezirksliga Potsdam (III) from 1972–84.
Their fortunes improved following German reunification
when they climbed quickly out of district-level Bezirkaliga (VII) competition through the Landesliga Brandenburg/Nord (VI) to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg
(V) by 1993. In their first season there, the club finished third behind Motor Eberswalde
and SV Babelsberg 03
and the next year they captured the division title. They were promoted to the fourth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord
where they played three seasons as a lower tier side until finally relegated in 1998. After one more season in Verbandsliga play the club was forced to abandon upper level competition for financial reasons. Today, Bormin is part of the ninth tier Kreisliga Havelland-Mitte.
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...
based in Bornim, an Ortsteil
Quarter (country subdivision)
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of Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
in Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
.
Founded in September 1927, the club merged with Schwarz-Weiß-Grün Universum Töplitz in 1928 to play as Brandenburger Sport Club Bornim Schwarz-Weiß-Grün. The club played in the local Havelland circuit until 1945.
Following World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the club was disbanded before being re-established as Sportmeinde Bornim. Located in the Soviet-occupied eastern part of the country, the Bornim side became part of the separate football competition that emerged there. SG Bornim was one of a small group of East German clubs that included teams such as Concordia Wilhelmsruh
FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh
FC Concordia Wilhelmsruh is a German association football club based in Berlin. The club was founded on 29 June 1895 as Concordia Berlin and was one of the founding members of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900...
, Berolina Stralau, and SG Hohenschönhausen that remained independent and was not connected to industry or government. The team's success was limited with their furthest advance being their stay in the Bezirksliga Potsdam (III) from 1972–84.
Their fortunes improved following 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...
when they climbed quickly out of district-level Bezirkaliga (VII) competition through the Landesliga Brandenburg/Nord (VI) to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg
Verbandsliga Brandenburg
The Brandenburg-Liga is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German state of Brandenburg. Since the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it is the sixth tier of the German football league system...
(V) by 1993. In their first season there, the club finished third behind Motor Eberswalde
FV Motor Eberswalde
FV Motor Eberswalde is a German association football club from Eberswalde, Brandenberg northeast of Berlin.-History:The club was founded on 1 July 1909 as FC Preussen Eberswalde and steadily improved in the period leading up to World War I advancing to play in the top local league...
and SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team...
and the next year they captured the division title. They were promoted to the fourth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The 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...
where they played three seasons as a lower tier side until finally relegated in 1998. After one more season in Verbandsliga play the club was forced to abandon upper level competition for financial reasons. Today, Bormin is part of the ninth tier Kreisliga Havelland-Mitte.