SV Tasmania Berlin


SV Tasmania Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Neukölln of the homonymous borough of Neukölln in Berlin, Germany. The team is currently playing in the fifth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord.
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History

SV Tasmania Berlin trace their origins back to SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin, founded in 1900.
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin achieved a unique place in German football history by playing a single season in the top flight, the 1965/66 Bundesliga. Their inclusion was granted shortly before the season began, prompted by financial irregularities at other clubs and a desire to ensure West Berlin had representation in the Bundesliga during the Cold War. The squad, largely composed of players from Berlin's local leagues, faced significant challenges. They began the season with a 2-0 victory over Karlsruhe SC in front of 81,000 spectators at the Olympiastadion, which lacked floodlights. This would be their only win until the penultimate match, a 1-0 victory over Borussia Neunkirchen, after 32 games and 27 defeats. Tasmania Berlin set multiple negative records in the Bundesliga season, including fewest goals scored, most goals conceded, fewest wins, most defeats, highest home defeat, and fewest points. By January 1966, they were playing in front of only 827 spectators, a record low for the Bundesliga.
By the early 1970s SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin were suffering dire financial issues, and so the amateur and youth players of the team decided to establish their own club on 3 February 1973, which they named SV Tasmania 73 Neukölln. Later that year, Tasmania 1900 was declared bankrupt and was disbanded. Many club officials and players followed suit to support the new team in Neukölln.
Tasmania 73 played the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons in the then fourth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord. In December 2000, the club was renamed SV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 1973. 2007–08 saw Tasmania-Gropiusstadt play in the Berlin-Liga. Following a league restructure and two relegations in succession, the club played the 2009–10 season in the 8th tier Bezirksliga Berlin Staffel 3 before finishing second and gaining promotion to the Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2 for the 2010–11 season. In 2011, the club was renamed SV Tasmania Berlin. After finishing first in the 2011–12 Landesliga season the club was promoted once again to the Berlin-Liga. Tasmania won the 2018–2019 season and was promoted to the fifth-tier NOFV-Oberliga for the 2019–2020 season.

Stadium

Tasmania's home matches are played at the 3,000-capacity Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark in Berlin-Neukölln, directly next to the site of the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport.

Honours

The club's honours:NOFV-Oberliga