Berliner AK 07 is a
German football club based in the locality of
Moabit
Moabit () is an inner city locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany. As of 2016, around 77,000 people lived in Moabit. First inhabited in 1685 and incorporated into Berlin in 1861, the former industrial and working-class neighbourhood i ...
of the
borough
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History
In the Middle A ...
of
Mitte in
Berlin
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, Germany. The team competes in the fourth tier
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...
.
History
The association was established on 15 December 1907 in the
Wedding district of Berlin as an athletics club interested primarily in running. A football department was formed in 1908 which has since remained a largely anonymous side playing in lower tier city competition. In the early 90s ''AK 07'' played in the sixth division Landesliga Berlin and advanced to the
Verbandsliga Berlin
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(V) on the strength of a 1995 championship there. A 1999 Verbandsliga title saw the club further promoted to the
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
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(IV).
''AK 07'' merged with ''BSV Mitte'' in 2004: ''Mitte'' had earlier been formed out of the merger of the ethnically Turkish sides ''BFC Güneyspor'' and ''Fenerbahçe Berlin''. The restructured association formed a co-operative relationship with Turkish first division
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
Ankaraspor
Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League.
History
Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bele ...
in June 2006 which focuses on player development in Germany.
On 6 July 2006 the club adopted the name ''Berlin Ankaraspor Kulübü 07'' and selected Ahmet Gökcek, son of the mayor of
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
, as chairman. With the name change the club also abandoned its traditional colours of red and white to don the blue and white kit of Ankaraspor, but later reverted to its old name and colours.
The club won promotion to the
Regionalliga Nord
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in 2011 and
achieved a German Cup
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upset when it defeated Bundesliga side
1899 Hoffenheim
Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg.
Originally founded in 189 ...
4–0 in 2012.
BAK 07: Einst Berliner Filiale von Ankaraspor
Weltfussball.de, published: 19 August 2012, accessed: 19 August 2012
Since 2012 the club plays in the Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...
.[Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv]
Historical German domestic league tables[Berliner AK 07 at Fussball.de]
Tables and results of all German football leagues
Stadium
Berliner AK 07 played its home fixtures in the Sportanlage Lüderitzstraße (capacity 3,000) with an interlude (2000–2003) spent at the Hanne-Sobek-Sportanlage. The team has moved to the 20,000 seat Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg
Prenzlauer Berg () is a locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right. However, that year it was incor ...
district at the start of the 2006–07 season and currently play at the Poststadion
The Poststadion is a multi-use stadium in the locality of Moabit of the borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The stadium was built in 1929 for the sports club of the German Reichspost at the site of a former Prussian Uhlan parade ground. It is a ...
.
Current squad
Former players
* Kemal Halat
* Ahmed Waseem Razeek
Ahmed Waseem Razeek (born 13 September 1994) is a professional Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Right#Winger, right winger for Hong Kong First Division League club Eastern District SA, Eastern District. Born in Germany, ...
Honours
The club's honours:
* Landesliga Berlin (VI)
** Champions: 1995
* Verbandsliga Berlin
The Berlin-Liga (VI), formerly the Verbandsliga Berlin, is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German capital. Since German reunification in 1990, it has been the highest level of domestic football in the city, replacing the A ...
(V)
** Champions: 1999
* Berliner Landespokal
The Berliner Landespokal ( en, Berlin Cup) is an annual football cup competition held by the Berlin Football Association (German: Berliner Fußballverband, BFV). The cup winner qualifies for the national DFB-Pokal. Cup finals are usually held in t ...
** Winners: 2010, 2012
** Runner-up: 2021
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References
External links
*
Abseits Guide to German Soccer
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Football clubs in Germany
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Association football clubs established in 1907
Sports clubs established in 1907
1907 establishments in Germany
Turkish association football clubs outside Turkey
Migrant workers football clubs in Germany
Diaspora sports clubs