Brandenburger SC Süd is a German association football club from the town of

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of the same name. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that also has departments for

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History

''SC'' was established in 1945 as ''Sportgemeinde Brandenburg-West'' out of the former membership of ''Brandenburger Sport-Club 05'' which, like most other organizations in the country including sports and football clubs, was disbanded by occupying Allied authorities after World War II. Separate football leagues soon emerged in the western and Soviet-controlled areas of Germany and the Brandenburg side became part of the eastern competition. Clubs in

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typically went through numerous name changes in the 1940s and 1950s with their identities reflecting the political ideology of the regime. In 1948, ''SC'' became ''BSG Traktorwerke Brandenburg''. The following year the club was merged with ''BSG Ernst-Thälmann Brandenburg'' and ''BSG Konsum Brandenburg'' (which had played as ''SG Brandenburg-Nord'' between 1945 and 1948) to create ''ZSG

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Brandenburg''. In 1951, ''ZSG'' was in its turn renamed, becoming ''BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag Through the 1950s and on into the early part of the following decade, ''Motor'' played in the second tier DDR-Liga or third tier 2. DDR-Liga, until being sent down in 1963. Throughout this period they made regular appearances in the opening rounds of the

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(East German Cup) with their best result being an advance to the eighth final in 1959. The team re-emerged in second-level competition sporadically during the course of the 1970s and 1980s, and again took part in the FDGB Pokal tournament in 1983 and 1988, but otherwise largely remained out of view. With

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in 1990, the club re-assumed its traditional identity to play as ''Branderburger SC Süd 05'' and the following season was joined by the membership of '' Chemie Premnitz''. ''Brandenburg'' broke through to the

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(IV) in 1999. They were relegated to the Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V) in 2004 after five seasons in the Oberliga. After a successful 2007–08 season the club qualified for the NOFV-Oberliga Nord once more where it finished runners-up in 2014 as its best result.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesBrandenburger SC Süd 05 at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Honours

The club's honours: * 2. DDR-Liga Staffel Süd (III) ** Champions: 1958 * Berzirksliga Potsdam-Süd (III) ** Champions: 1980 *

(V) ** Runners-up: 2014 *

Brandenburgischer Landespokal The Brandenburgischer Landespokal ( en, Brandenburg Cup), known as the '' Krombacher Pokal Brandenburg'' for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football cup competition, held by the ( en, Brandenburg Football Association). It is one of the 21 re ...

** Runners-up: 2003, 2010

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandenburg, SC Football clubs in Germany Sport in Brandenburg an der Havel Football clubs in East Germany Football clubs in Brandenburg 1945 establishments in Germany Association football clubs established in 1945