SV Germania Schöneiche is a German association football club from

Schöneiche Schöneiche is a municipality in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated directly at the edge to Berlin/ Friedrichshagen and next to Rüdersdorf and Woltersdorf, Brandenburg on the eastern edge of the German capital Berlin ...

in Brandenburg.

History

The earliest predecessor of today's association was the gymnastics club ''MTV Germania Kleinschönbeck Schöneiche'' founded in 1894. In the aftermath of World War II occupying Allied authorities disbanded organizations across the country, including sports and football associations. ''Germania'' was re-established as ''SG Schöneiche'' and became part of the separate

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football competition that emerged in the Soviet-occupied part of the country. As was common in East Germany through the 1950s and 1960s the team underwent several name changes, playing as ''BSG Lokomotive Schöneiche'', ''BSG Motor Friedrichshagen'', ''BSG Motor Ostend'', ''BSG Empor Köpenick'', ''TSG Schöneiche''. Before

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the club was known as ''BSG ZBE Landbau Schöneiche''. The footballers did not enjoy any real success, with their play being limited to district league competition. After reunification in 1990 the club was re-christened ''SV Germania Schöneiche'' and in the mid-90s the footballers began to show signs of improvement beginning with an advance out of the Bezirksliga Brandenburg (VII) into the Landesliga Brandenburg/Nord (VI) in 1997. Two years later they won promotion to the

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(VI) where they would compete for the next seven years until capturing the division title in 2006 and moving up to the

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(V). ''Schöneiche'' captured the Brandenburg Pokal (Brandenburg Cup) in 2004 and subsequently took part in the opening round of the 2004–05

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competition going out 1:2 to 2. Bundesliga club ''

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''. In 2009 Schöneiche again reached the final, but lost the match in their own stadium against

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with 0–1. After six seasons in the Oberliga the club withdrew in 2012 despite finishing sixth in the league and played in the Brandenburg-Liga again. A division title there in 2014 however took it back up to the Oberliga.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
Historical German domestic league tablesSV Germania Schöneiche at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues

Honours

The club's honours: *

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(VI) ** Champions: 2006, 2014 * Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord (VI) ** Champions: 1999 *

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** Winner: 2004 ** Runners-up: 2009 *

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** Participation: 2004–05

Stadium

The club plays its home matches in the Jahnstadion Schöneiche which has a capacity of 2,000. Its 2004 German Cup first round match was played in the larger Alten Försterei stadium of ''

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''.

Notable managers

* Dirk Berger (08.10.2007–present) *

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(01.07.2006 – 07.10.2007) * Jürgen Piepenburg (01.07.2003 – 30.06.2006) * Norberg Hess (01.07.2001 – 30.06.2003) *

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(01.07.1996 – 30.06.2001) * Jürgen Wiese

References

External links

Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
historical German football league tables (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Schoneiche, Germania Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in East Germany Football clubs in Brandenburg Association football clubs established in 1990 1990 establishments in Germany