SV Babelsberg 03

SV Babelsberg 03
Full name Sportverein Babelsberg 03 e.V.
Nickname(s) Nulldrei (Zero-Three)
Founded 1903
Ground Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Ground Capacity 10,499
Chairman Archibald Horlitz[1]
Manager Cem Efe
League Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
2015–16 6th

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

Former logo of SV Babelsberg 03

Playing as SV Nowawes the team gained promotion in 1935 to the first tier Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club was relegated after just three seasons at that level never finishing better than eighth in their ten team division. The club returned to the Gauliga as SpVgg Potsdam in 1943 and earned third- and fourth-place finishes in the two years before the end of World War II.

Postwar play in East Germany

Following the war, occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in the country, including sports and football associations. The former membership of SpVgg was re-organized as SG Karl Marx Babelsberg in 1948 in the Soviet-occupied eastern half of the country. On 1 August 1949, they merged with the local club SG Drewitz and the following year were renamed BSG Motor Babelsberg.

Logo of BSG Motor Babelsberg

The side was a perennial second division team in East Germany's DDR-Liga with the exception of short spells in the third tier in 1968–71, 1972–73, and 1980–81. The club's record in league matches and in regular FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) tournament appearances was undistinguished. Just prior to German reunification the team suffered relegation from the second division.

Post-unification

On 10 December 1991 Motor adopted the name Sportverein Babelsberg 03. They remained a lower division side in the united Germany until breaking through to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) in 1996. The team's budget increased tenfold in the period from 1996 to 1999. They immediately captured the league title there and won promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost (III). A second-place finish in 2001 in what had become the Regionalliga Nord (III) advanced the club to the 2. Bundesliga. SV also played its first DFB-Pokal (German Cup) matches in 2000 and 2001, but was eliminated in the early rounds.

Babelsberg's time in the second division was a short one. They finished at the bottom of the table and by 2003–04 had fallen all the way back to the Oberliga (IV). The club declared bankruptcy in 2003 but managed to continue playing through the adoption of a creditor supported bankruptcy plan. SV fielded strong sides and achieved several top three finishes until they were promoted to the Regionalliga Nord (III) for the 2007–08 campaign. In 2009–10 season Babelsberg were promoted back to the 3. Liga after finishing champions of the Regionalliga Nord. After three seasons at this level the club was relegated again in 2013 and now plays in the Regionalliga Nordost again.[2][3]

Supporters

Filmstadt Inferno 99 are the clubs ultras group.[4] The fanatics stand in the North part of the stadium. The supporters hold left-wing and antifascist political views.[5] As a result they have strong friendships with FC St. Pauli[6] and Partizan Minsk.

Honours

The club's honours:

Current squad

As of 22 July 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Marvin Gladrow
3 Germany DF Lukas Knechtel
5 Germany DF Laurin Von Piechowski
6 Germany DF Mike Eglseder
8 Germany MF Sebastian Stang
9 Germany FW Andis Shala
10 Germany MF Manuel Hoffmann
11 Germany FW Merphi Kwatu
12 Germany GK Kevin Otremba
14 Germany MF Leonard Koch
No. Position Player
16 Germany MF Philip Saalbach
17 Germany FW Abdulkadir Beyazit
19 Germany MF Antonin Hennig
20 Turkey DF Uğurtan Çepni
21 Germany MF Nils Fiegen
22 Germany DF Lionel Salla
23 Germany FW Matthias Steinborn
24 Croatia MF Lovro Šindik
27 Turkey DF Erdal Akdari
28 Germany GK Marco Flügel

References

  1. ↑ http://babelsberg03.de/verein/gremien/
  2. ↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
  3. ↑ SV Babelsbergs 03 at Fussball.de (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  4. ↑ http://ultras-babelsberg.de
  5. ↑ http://www.taz.de/!5120929/
  6. ↑ http://www.pnn.de/regionalsport/1092901/
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