The 1965–66 season was
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin's first and only season in the
Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. They finished 18th in the Bundesliga and were relegated to the
Regionalliga Berlin, having set multiple Bundesliga records such as least points, fewest goals, most goals conceded and fewest wins. They were eliminated from the
DFB-Pokal in the first round by
1. FC Köln
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...
.
Season summary
Tasmania Berlin were added to the league just two weeks before the start of the season after city rivals
Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...
had been thrown out on financial irregularities. They were not even first choice for a replacement as the Berlin representative, as they had only finished in third place in
Regionalliga Berlin. But when champions
Tennis Borussia were considered too weak after failing in the promotion play-off rounds and therefore were not asked, and runners-up
Spandauer SV
Spandauer SV was a German football club from Berlin.
History
Early years
The capital city was one of the earliest centres of German football and was home to 1. Spandauer Fußballklub Triton, formed on 24 May 1894, and Sportclub Germania S ...
declined their interest in a Bundesliga spot as well, Tasmania gladly accepted the invitation by the
German FA
The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of ...
.
The decision turned out to be a fatal one for the club. Tasmania's team was never capable of competing in the Bundesliga. They set up a various number of records, including, among others, lowest point total (8), fewest wins (2), most losses (28), fewest goals scored (15), most goals against (108) and lowest match attendance for a Bundesliga game (827 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 15 January 1966).
Most of the records are still intact.
Competitions
Bundesliga
League table
Matches
DFB-Pokal
Notes
References
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