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| Full name | Tennis Borussia Berlin e.V. | ||
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| Nicknames | TeBe Veilchen (Violets) Lila-Weiße | ||
| Founded | 9 April 1902 | ||
| Ground | Mommsenstadion | ||
| Capacity | 15,005 | ||
| Chairman | Günter Brombosch | ||
| Head coach | Benjamin Eta | ||
| League | NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) | ||
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga Nordost 18th (relegated) | ||
Tennis Borussia Berlin is aGerman football club based in thelocality ofWestend inBerlin.
The team was founded in 1902 asBerliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia taking its name from its origins as atennis andtable tennis club. Borussia is aLatinised version ofPrussia and was a widely used name for sports clubs in the former state of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed arivalry with Berlin's leading sideHertha BSC. In 1913 the club changed its name toBerliner Tennis-Club Borussia. They won their first city league championship in 1932 in theOberliga Berlin-Brandenburg and repeated the feat in 1941, this time by defeating Hertha (8–2) in theGauliga Berlin-Brandenburg.
Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany after World War II. This included football clubs. TeBe played asSG Charlottenburg in the first season after the war. The club was able to use its nameBerliner Tennis-Club Borussia again from the 1948–49 season. After World War II and into the early 1950s, TeBe emerged as Berlin's top side but were unable to keep up their form and earn selection to Germany's new professional league, theBundesliga, formed in 1963. The team played in tier II leagues throughout the 60s and 70s with the exception of two short-lived forays into the Bundesliga in1974–75 and1976–77. Most of the 1980s were spent playing in the third tierOberliga Berlin.
Through most of its historyTeBe has been afflicted by financial problems but has always managed to hang on while many other of Berlin's clubs folded or disappeared in mergers. In 1997–98, a deep-pocketed sponsor brought expensive new talent to the team as they made a run at a return to2. Bundesliga, which they achieved, winning theRegionalliga Nordost. While initially successful, the bid collapsed in 2000 as the team's finances failed. They were refused a license and were forcibly relegated[1] to theRegionalliga Nord (III) where they finished last in 2000–01 and so slipped further still to theNOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) the following season.
In 2000, the club changed its logo to readTennis Borussia Berlin which became the official club name in 2005. The club had always been known under this moniker and to avoid being mistaken as a tennis club. It continued playing in the fourth tier – fifth after the introduction of the3. Liga in 2008 – until 2009, when they won the Oberliga championship and gained promotion again to the Regionalliga Nord. After running into financial difficulties once again, the club went into administration and dropped back down to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) for the2010–11 season.[2] Seen as one of the pre-season favourites for a second successive relegation, they managed to reach the relegation playoffs at the end of the campaign, but finally lost out 3–1 toSC Borea Dresden over two legs to be relegated to the sixth tier of theGerman football league system, theBerlin-Liga, for the first time in their history.[3][4][5]
The fan movement started in the 1970s when TeBe began having its biggest successes. Despite their fall down the leagues the club still enjoys a relatively strong support. The fans consider themselves fiercelyFar-Left, and frequently the fans cultivate the club's Jewish traditions as well as actions againstantisemitism,racism andhomophobia.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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