Pro Sport Berlin 24, formerly Post SV Berlin until 2005, is a German association football club from the city of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. It was formed 29 September 1924 and was one of many the sport clubs established by police and postal workers in the 1920s. Through most of its history the club has been a lower-tier local side.

History

''Post'' played just a single season in the top-flight Oberliga Berlin in 1932–33, just prior to the restructuring of German football under the

Third Reich Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. The country's existing regional leagues were replaced by 16

Gauligen A Gauliga () was the highest level of play in German football from 1933 to 1945. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise. Name The German word '' ...

and ''Post'' failed to qualify for the new

Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest football league in the provinces of Brandenburg and Berlin in the German state of Prussia from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions ...

(I) after its 7th place Oberliga finish. They took part in qualification for Gauliga play at the end of the 1935–36 season, but did poorly. The team's only cup appearance also took place in 1930s when they played in the 1932

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(Berlin Cup). They advanced out of the quarterfinals past '' Südstern Neukölln'' (1:0) to be put out by ''

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'' in their semifinal matchup (2:5). Following World War II, occupying Allied authorities banned most organizations across the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of

de-Nazification Denazification (german: link=yes, Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by removi ...

. ''Post'' was lost in 1945 and not re-formed until 1949 when the club re-appeared as ''Blau-Gelb Berlin'', named for the traditional blue and yellow of the national postal service. It was not until 1952 that the club resumed its historical identity as ''Post Sportverein Berlin''.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. . The division of the city into

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and

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sectors during the

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led to the formation of the postal workers club '' BSG Post Berlin'' which became part of the separate football competition that emerged in

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. In 1972, ''Post'' joined ''SpVgg Berlin 74'' to create ''Post SV 1974 Berlin''. Following

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

, ''BSG Post Berlin'' became part of ''Post SV 74'' in 1990. In 2005, the club was renamed ''Pro Sport Berlin 24'' and does not field a senior men's side anymore but still offers women's football.

References

External links

Official team siteDas deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German domestic league tables Football clubs in Germany

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Association football clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in Germany {{Germany-footyclub-stub