Reinickendorfer Füchse
Encyclopedia
Reinickendorfer Füchse are a German association football club
based in Reinickendorf
, a western district of in Berlin
. The football side is part of a larger sports association that has departments for basketball, bowling, boxing, gymnastics, handball, ice hockey
, swimming, tennis, table tennis, and volleyball. In January 2007 the Metropol Cricket Team Berlin joined the club as its cricket
department.
In November 1937 TSV Dorner joined Reinickendorfer Fußball Club Halley-Concordia and the Reinickendorfer Hockeyclub to create Turn- und Rasensportverein Reinickendorf. RFC Halley-Concordia was the product of the 1925 union between Reinickendorfer FC Halley 1910 and Concordia 95. This club made a brief two season appearance in top-flight Berlin competition in 1929–1931.
In the aftermath of World War II most associations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. Most of the former membership of Tura was re-organized as SG Reinickendorf Ost in late 1945, while the footballers formed SG Felsenbeck. In April 1947 SG Reinickendorf Ost gave rise to today's club, Berliner Turn- und Sportverein von 1891 Reinickendorfer Füchse. Felsenbeck became RFC Halley – Borussia in July 1948 and on 1 December the same year, joined BSTV.
The club rose up out of lower level local competition to third division play in the Amateurliga Berlin (III) in 1958. After the formation in 1963 of the Bundesliga, Germany's first professional football league, Reinickendorf joined the new second division Regionalliga Berlin on the strength of a third place finish. A lower table side there, the team was relegated after a 16th place finish in 1969. They continued to play as a third tier side for nearly three decades, finally slipping out of what had become the Regionalliga Nordost (III) to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV) in 1998. During that time Die Füchse captured two Amateur Oberliga Berlin (III) titles, in 1989 and 1990, but performed poorly in the subsequent promotion rounds for the 2. Bundesliga
.
In seven seasons in the Oberliga Nordost-Nord, Reinickendorf generally earned ordinary results until finally being sent down to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) in 2005, where they played until 2008, earning promotion back to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
.
Throughout the 90s and into the new millennium the team has enjoyed some success in cup competition winning Berlin's Paul Rusch Cup in 1997 and 2003 in addition to making two other losing cup final appearances.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in Reinickendorf
Reinickendorf
Reinickendorf is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin-Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.-Subdivision:...
, a western district of in Berlin
Boroughs and localities of Berlin
Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs , each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.-History:Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities...
. The football side is part of a larger sports association that has departments for basketball, bowling, boxing, gymnastics, handball, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, swimming, tennis, table tennis, and volleyball. In January 2007 the Metropol Cricket Team Berlin joined the club as its cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
department.
History
The club was established 28 January 1891 as the gymnastics club Turn Verein Reinickendorf. To honour the memory of Adolf Dorner, who played a leading role in promoting gymnastics within German schools, the club was re-named Turnverein Dorner in September 1893. As the association grew to include departments for other sports it became Turn- und Sportverein Dorner.In the aftermath of World War II most associations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. Most of the former membership of Tura was re-organized as SG Reinickendorf Ost in late 1945, while the footballers formed SG Felsenbeck. In April 1947 SG Reinickendorf Ost gave rise to today's club, Berliner Turn- und Sportverein von 1891 Reinickendorfer Füchse. Felsenbeck became RFC Halley – Borussia in July 1948 and on 1 December the same year, joined BSTV.
The club rose up out of lower level local competition to third division play in the Amateurliga Berlin (III) in 1958. After the formation in 1963 of the Bundesliga, Germany's first professional football league, Reinickendorf joined the new second division Regionalliga Berlin on the strength of a third place finish. A lower table side there, the team was relegated after a 16th place finish in 1969. They continued to play as a third tier side for nearly three decades, finally slipping out of what had become the Regionalliga Nordost (III) to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV) in 1998. During that time Die Füchse captured two Amateur Oberliga Berlin (III) titles, in 1989 and 1990, but performed poorly in the subsequent promotion rounds for the 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
.
In seven seasons in the Oberliga Nordost-Nord, Reinickendorf generally earned ordinary results until finally being sent down to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) in 2005, where they played until 2008, earning promotion back to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...
.
Throughout the 90s and into the new millennium the team has enjoyed some success in cup competition winning Berlin's Paul Rusch Cup in 1997 and 2003 in addition to making two other losing cup final appearances.
Former players
- Christian BacksChristian BacksChristian Backs is a German former footballer who was last manager of Berliner FC Dynamo.-Career:Backs played for Dynamo Berlin for 12 years, winning eight East German titles and two cups in the 1980s.-International career:...
- Francis BaneckiFrancis BaneckiFrancis Banecki is a German footballer who plays for SV Meppen.-Career:Banecki played for Reinickendorfer Füchse and for Hertha BSC in his youth years before moving to Werder Bremen in 2003–04...
- Änis Ben-HatiraÄnis Ben-HatiraÄnis Ben-Hatira is a German footballer of Tunisian descent who plays for Hertha BSC.-Career:Ben-Hatira started his football career playing for his local club Reinickendorfer Füchse before moving to TeBe Berlin, where he spent most of his youth...
- Sascha BigalkeSascha BigalkeSascha Bigalke is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SpVgg Unterhaching.-Club career:Bigalke started his professional career with Hertha BSC, making his first appearance on 31 July 2008 in the UEFA Cup 2008–09 first qualifying round second leg against FC Nistru Otaci...
- Kevin-Prince BoatengKevin-Prince BoatengKevin Prince-Boateng , is a German-born Ghanaian footballer, who plays as a Midfielder for Serie A club A.C. Milan. He won nine caps from The Black Stars of Ghana after appearing for Germany's under-15s to their under-21s; he retired from international football on 4 November 2011.-Club career:A...
- Ashkan DejagahAshkan DejagahAshkan Dejagah is an Iranian-German footballer who Currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg, usually as a striker or a winger. He has represented Germany at youth levels.-Club career:...
- Chinedu EdeChinedu EdeChinedu Ede is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin.- Career :Ede began his career with Berlin AK 07 and joined later the Reinickendorfer Füchse. In summer 1999 was scouted by Hertha BSC. He played there first for the youth team and was promoted to first team on 6 April 2006...
- Thomas HäßlerThomas HäßlerThomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a former German football midfielder and is currently a coach for 1. FC Köln. He was formerly a coach for the Nigeria national team....
- Oliver HolzbecherOliver HolzbecherOliver Holzbecher is a German former footballer who played as a striker. Holzbecher was a West Germany youth international, and came through the youth team of Hertha BSC. He made his Hertha debut in the last game of the 1988–89 season, coming on as a 75th minute substitute against Fortuna Köln...
- Benjamin KöhlerBenjamin KöhlerBenjamin Köhler is a German footballer playing with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2. Bundesliga. Köhler, who is left-footed, can play flexibly on all offensive positions but often finds himself on the left wing....
- Anton MüllerAnton MüllerAnton Müller was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
- Andreas NeuendorfAndreas NeuendorfAndreas "Zecke" Neuendorf is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hertha BSC II.-Career:Neuendorf has played for Bayer Leverkusen and Hertha BSC. He left Berlin after the 2006-07 season, having played with the club for six years...
- Oliver SchröderOliver SchröderOliver Schröder is a German footballer who plays for FC Erzgebirge Aue.-External links:*...
Stadium
The team plays its home matches in the Freiheitsweg which has a capacity of 3,000 (200 seats).Honours
- Amateur Oberliga Berlin (III) champions: 1989, 1990
- Paul Rusch Pokal (Paul Rusch/Berlin Cup) winner: 1997, 2003
- Berliner Pokal (Berlin Cup) finalist: 1992
- Paul Rusch Pokal (Paul Rusch/Berlin Cup) finalist: 2002