Berliner SV 1892 is a
German association football club from the district of
Wilmersdorf
Wilmersdorf () is an inner-city locality of Berlin which lies south-west of the central city. Formerly a borough by itself, Wilmersdorf became part of the new Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf following Berlin's 2001 admin ...
, Berlin. ''BSV'' is one of the country's oldest clubs and was a
founding member of the DFB (
German Football Association
The German Football Association ( ; DFB ) is the governing body of Association football, football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and ...
) in 1900. The club also operates a rugby union department,
Berliner SV 92 Rugby, which, in 1948, reached the
German rugby union championship final.
History
Britannia Berlin
The club was founded as ''Berliner Thor- und Fussball Club Britannia in 1892'' and fielded both football and
cricket
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teams, which alongside
rugby were English sports becoming popular in continental Europe at the time. The team first appeared in the city's top flight competition in 1899. In July 1914, after retiring as a player,
England national football team
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and
Derby County F.C. legend
Steve Bloomer
Stephen Bloomer (20 January 1874 – 16 April 1938) was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough. The anthem " Steve Bloomer's Watchin'" is played a ...
went to Germany to coach Britannia Berlin 92. However within three weeks of arriving the
First World War
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broke out and Bloomer found himself interned at
Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in the
Spandau
Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs of Berlin, boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence (geography), confluence of the Havel and Spree (river), Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smalle ...
district of Berlin.
National championship denied
''BTuFC Britannia'' was scheduled to appear in the 1904 national final against