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| Full name | Sportverein Babelsberg 03 e.V. | |||
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| Nickname | Nulldrei (Zero-Three) | |||
| Founded | 1903 | |||
| Ground | Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion | |||
| Capacity | 10,787 | |||
| Chairman | Archibald Horlitz[1] | |||
| Manager | Jörg Buder | |||
| League | Regionalliga Nordost | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Nordost, 13th of 18 | |||
| Website | http://www.babelsberg03.de// | |||
SV Babelsberg 03 is aGerman association football club based inPotsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts ofBerlin. The team was founded asSport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again asSG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war sideSpVgg Potsdam 03.
Playing asSV 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 theThird 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 asSpVgg Potsdam in 1943 and earned third- and fourth-place finishes in the two years before the end of World War II.
Following the war, occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in the country, including sports and football associations. The former membership ofSpVgg was re-organized asSG Karl Marx Babelsberg in 1948 in theSoviet-occupied eastern half of the country. On 1 August 1949, they merged with the local clubSG Drewitz and the following year were renamedBSG Motor Babelsberg.
The side was a perennial second division team inEast Germany'sDDR-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 regularFDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) tournament appearances was undistinguished. Just prior toGerman reunification the team suffered relegation from the second division.
On 10 December 1991Motor adopted the nameSportverein Babelsberg 03. They remained a lower division side in the united Germany until breaking through to theNOFV-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 theRegionalliga Nordost (III). A second-place finish in 2001 in what had become the Regionalliga Nord (III) advanced the club to the2. Bundesliga.SV also played its firstDFB-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 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 theRegionalliga Nord (III) for the 2007–08 campaign. In 2009–10 season Babelsberg were promoted back to the3. 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]
| Filmstadt Inferno 99 | |
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| Abbreviation | FI 99 |
| Established | 1999 |
| Type | Ultras club |
| Headquarters | Potsdam, Germany |
| Stand | North |
| Affiliations | St. Pauli |
Filmstadt Inferno 99 are the clubs ultras group. The fanatics stand in the North part of the stadium. The supporters holdleft-wing andanti-fascist political views.[4] As a result, they have strong friendships withSt. Pauli andCeltic. They also had a strong friendship withPartizan Minsk,[5] but this was discontinued after the club was disbanded.
Babelsberg 03 have a fierce rivalry with nearby clubEnergie Cottbus, a faction of whose supporters holdfar-right political views.
The club's honours:
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