SC Staaken () is a German sports club in

Staaken Staaken () is a locality at the western rim of Berlin within the borough of Spandau. Geography Staaken borders on the localities of Spandau proper, Falkenhagener Feld and Wilhelmstadt. In the west it shares border with the Brandenburg municipalit ...

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 ...

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. The club was founded in 1919.

History

The club was founded on 12 July 1919. During this time, Hans Berndt played for the club as a youth player. In 1937, the club merged with MTV 1906 Staaken and formed TSV Staaken 1906. The club then merged again in 1942 with BSG Klüssendorf and formed KSG Staaken/Klüssendorf until the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. After the war ended in 1945, Lufthansa SG Berlin dissolved and joined the team to create SG Staaken* ''Enzyklopädie der europäischen Fussballvereine'' Encyclopedia of European Football Clubs, publisher: ''Agon-Sportvert'', published: 2000, . The team was able to win Group C of the 1945–46 Oberliga Berlin* ''100 Jahre Tennis Borussia Berlin'' 100 Years of Tennis Borussia Berlin, publisher: ''Powerplay-Verlag'', published: 2002, , but finished in 3rd place behind SG Wilmersdorf and SG Prenzlauer Berg-West in the championship stage. They stayed in the league for another season but were relegated to the 1. Amateurliga.* ''Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland'' Soccer Scorer Statistics Germany, publisher: ''Books on Demand'', published: 2011, The club split in 1948 and parts of the club became MTV 06 Staaken. SC Staaken then spent many years in the

Regionalliga Berlin The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligas. Ove ...

and the amateur leagues. The club made it to the 4th round of the 1981/1982 Berliner Landespokal but were defeated by FC Wacker Lankwitz, 5–0. The club earned promotion to what is now called the

Berlin-Liga 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 ...

in 1986 and were eventually relegated to the 7th tier Landesliga Berlin. In 2017, they earned promotion into the 5th tier league, NOFV-Oberliga. As of January 2023, the club currently competes in 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 German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and northern Saxony ...

Notable players and staff

Hans Berndt - He played for SC Staaken as a youth player from 1924 to 1936. He then went on to play for

VfB Königsberg VfB Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg, East Prussia. The team played its home games at the Sportplatz des Vereins für Bewegungs Spiele near the Maraunenhof Stadtgärtnerei, aside from 1940 to 1941 ...

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and ta ...

and the German national team. Marvin Knoll - He played for the club as a youth player. He made appearances for

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 ...

and the German youth national teams. Maximilian Mittelstädt - He played for the club as a youth player. He then player over 130 games for

and played the German U-19, U-20 and U-21 national teams.

Manuel Schmiedebach Manuel Schmiedebach (born 5 December 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays for German side Grün-Weiß Ahrensfelde. Career Born in West Berlin, Schmiedebach was first a product of hometown club Hertha BSC's youth teams. In 2008 ...

- He played for the club as a youth player. He made appearances for

and the German youth national teams.

In popular culture

SC Staaken has been featured in the video game series, ''

Football Manager ''Football Manager'' (also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game bega ...

'' since 2015.

References

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External links

Official Website
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