SD Croatia Berlin is a German football club from

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History

The club was founded in 1972 as the ethnically

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n side ''NK Croatia Berlin'' and was renamed ''NK Hajduk Berlin'' in 1985. The association continued to grow through the late 1980s, merging with ''SC Bratstvo 1971 Berlin'' to become ''SC Bratstvo-Hajduk Berlin'' in 1987. The following year a number of smaller clubs (''NK Livno'', ''NK Velebit'', ''NK Dinamo'') came into the fold until finally a 14 January 1989 merger with ''SV Croatia 1987 Berlin'' spawned the present-day club. SD Croatia Berlin became the first Croatian club in Germany to reach third tier competition when it was promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost after their 1998 Oberliga Nordost, Staffel Nord (IV) championship. SD Croatia Berlin spent only a single season at that level before suffering a series of relegations. They slipped to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) in 2001, through the Landesliga Berlin (VI) in 2003, to the Bezirksliga Berlin (VII). In 2005 it rose back to the Landesliga, the seventh level since 2008, and returned to the Bezirksliga in 2010. Three successive promotions after three years in the Bezirksliga put them back in the Berlin-Liga (VI). SD Croatia Berlin competed in the Croatian World Club Championship in 2007.

Honours

The club's honours:

Football

* NOFV-Oberliga Nord ** Champions: 1998 *

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** Champions: 1996 * Berliner Landespokal ** Runners-up: 1994 * Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2 ** Champions: 2015 * Bezirksliga Berlin Staffel 1 ** Champions: 2013

Other departments

SD Croatia Berlin has its futsal team. It participated in both the domestic and continental competitions.

Futsal honours

DFB Futsal Cup The Deutsche Futsal-Meisterschaft ''(until 2015: DFB Futsal Cup)'' was the top futsal championship in Germany. It was founded in 2006. The championship which is played under UEFA rules, consists of the champion and runner-up of each Futsal-Region ...

** Winners: 2010, 2011

UEFA club competitions record

External links

Official website

Croatia Berlin History
at Nogometni Magazin {{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin, Croatia sd Football clubs in Germany

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Association football clubs established in 1972 Croatian sports clubs outside Croatia Futsal clubs in Germany 1972 establishments in Germany Migrant workers football clubs in Germany