SV Stern Britz 1889 is a German football club from

Britz Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the sit ...

, which is part of the city district of

Neukölln Neukölln (), officially abbreviated Neuk, is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located south-east of Berlin's center and stretches from the inner city southward to the border with Brandenburg, encompassing the eponymous quarter of Neu ...

in southcentral

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. Predecessor ''BFC Stern'' was one of the founding clubs of the

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.

History

Berliner Fußball-Club Stern vom Jahre 1889

Predecessor side ''Stern'' was established in early 1889 as ''Berliner Fußball-Club Marbert'' and was renamed on 3 May 1889 to ''Berliner FC Stern 89''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . The club played a single season in the top-flight Oberliga Berlin in 1906–07 and was relegated after an 8th-place result. They took part in the Berliner Pokal (Berlin Cup) in 1926 and advanced to the quarterfinals where they were put out by '' BFC Vorwärts 90 Berlin'' (2:3). ''Stern'' remained a lower circuit team through to the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Their achievements were modest with their highest advance being to the Bezirksliga Berlin in 1939. Following the conflict, occupying Allied authorities banned organizations throughout the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of

de-Nazification Denazification () was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by removing those who had been Nazi Par ...

. ''Stern'' re-emerged on 8 July 1950 as ''1. FC Neukölln Stern''. They earned promotion to the

Amateurliga Berlin The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was the second tier of the German football league system in the city of West Berlin in Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, operating under the name of Amateurliga Berlin. After 1963, it was ...

(III) in 1953 with their best result coming the following season when they finished in third place. ''Neukölln'' were relegated after the 1957–58 season after crashing to 15th place and disappeared into lower division competition.

SV Stern Britz 1889

''Stern'' merged with ''Spielvereinigung Britz Süd 1949'' on 15 June 1973 making the transition from a football club to a more broadly based sports club called ''Sportverein Stern Britz 1889'' that also included departments for dance, darts, and swimming. Today the association offers its members aerobics, cheerleading, dance, and American football while still fielding its traditional football side. Much of the football department's focus has turned to its youth teams. The American football team was founded as an independent club known as the ''Berlin Thunderbirds'' in 1992 and joined ''SV'' the following year. By 2002 it had grown into Berlin's largest American football team with close to 300 members.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin, Stern Britz Football clubs in Germany

Stern The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. O ...

Association football clubs established in 1889 1889 establishments in Germany