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

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, in the

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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

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

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 Werner Seelenbinder 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

NOFV-Oberliga Nord The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of the former East Germany and West Berlin. It covers the States of Germany, German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a ...

(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 * Bezirksliga Potsdam-Süd (III) ** Champions: 1980 *

(V) ** Runners-up: 2014 * Brandenburgischer Landespokal ** Runners-up: 2003, 2010

References

External links

Official team site
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Das 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