SV Babelsberg 03

SV Babelsberg 03

Full name	Sportverein Babelsberg 03 e.V.
Nickname(s)	Nulldrei (Zero-Three)
Founded	1903
Ground	Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Capacity	10,787
Chairman	Archibald Horlitz [1]
Manager	Jörg Buder
League	Regionalliga Nordost
2024–25	Regionalliga Nordost, 13th of 18
Website	http://www.babelsberg03.de//
Home colours Away colours Third colours

SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.

History

Former club crest of SV Babelsberg 03

Playing as SV Nowawes the team gained promotion in 1935 to the first tier Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club was relegated after just three seasons at that level never finishing better than eighth in their ten team division. The club returned to the Gauliga as SpVgg Potsdam in 1943 and earned third- and fourth-place finishes in the two years before the end of World War II.

Postwar play in East Germany

Historical chart of SV Babelsberg league performance

Following the war, occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in the country, including sports and football associations. The former membership of SpVgg was re-organized as SG Karl Marx Babelsberg in 1948 in the Soviet-occupied eastern half of the country. On 1 August 1949, they merged with the local club SG Drewitz and the following year were renamed BSG Motor Babelsberg.

Logo of BSG Motor Babelsberg

The side was a perennial second division team in East Germany's DDR-Liga with the exception of short spells in the third tier in 1968–71, 1972–73, and 1980–81. The club's record in league matches and in regular FDGB-Pokal (East German Cup) tournament appearances was undistinguished. Just prior to German reunification the team suffered relegation from the second division.

Post-unification

On 10 December 1991 Motor adopted the name Sportverein Babelsberg 03. They remained a lower division side in the united Germany until breaking through to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) in 1996. The team's budget increased tenfold in the period from 1996 to 1999. They immediately captured the league title there and won promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost (III). A second-place finish in 2001 in what had become the Regionalliga Nord (III) advanced the club to the 2. Bundesliga. SV also played its first DFB-Pokal (German Cup) matches in 2000 and 2001, but was eliminated in the early rounds.

Babelsberg's time in the second division was a short one. They finished at the bottom of the table and by 2003–04 had fallen back to the Oberliga (IV). The club declared bankruptcy in 2003 but managed to continue playing through the adoption of a creditor supported bankruptcy plan. SV fielded strong sides and achieved several top three finishes until they were promoted to the Regionalliga Nord (III) for the 2007–08 campaign. In 2009–10 season Babelsberg were promoted back to the 3. Liga after finishing champions of the Regionalliga Nord. After three seasons at this level the club was relegated again in 2013 and now plays in the Regionalliga Nordost again. ^{[2] [3]}

Supporters

Filmstadt Inferno 99
Abbreviation	FI 99
Established	1999
Type	Ultras club
Headquarters	Potsdam, Germany
Stand	North
Affiliations	St. Pauli

Filmstadt Inferno 99 are the clubs ultras group. The fanatics stand in the North part of the stadium. The supporters hold left-wing and anti-fascist political views. ^[4] As a result, they have strong friendships with St. Pauli and Celtic. They also had a strong friendship with Partizan Minsk, ^[5] but this was discontinued after the club was disbanded.

Babelsberg 03 have a fierce rivalry with nearby club Energie Cottbus, a faction of whose supporters hold far-right political views.

Honours

The club's honours:

• Bezirksliga Potsdam (III)
  • Champions: 1973
• Bezirksliga Potsdam-Süd (III)
  • Champions: 1981
• Verbandsliga Brandenburg (V)
  • Champions: 1996
• NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV)
  • Champions: 1997, 2007
• Regionalliga Nord (III-IV)
  • Champions: 2010
  • Runners-up: 2001
• Brandenburg Cup
  • Winners: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2021
  • Runners-up: 2001, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2024

Current squad

As of 15 September 2024 ^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Yannik Bangsow 2 DF   GER Darijan Silic 3 DF   GER Jannis Lang(on loan from Hansa Rostock) 5 DF   GER Jannes Vollert 6 MF   GER Paul Wegener 7 FW   GER Samir Werbelow 8 MF   SVK Andreas Pollasch 10 MF   GER Daniel Frahn 11 FW   GER Maurice Čović 12 GK   GER Sebastian Jung 14 FW   SUI Ruwen Werthmüller 15 MF   GER Tjalf Geue

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   GER George Didoss 18 FW   GER Stanley Keller 19 MF   GER Luca Dahlke 21 DF   GER Philipp Zeiger 22 MF   GER Leon Bürger 24 FW   GER Gian Luca Schulz 27 DF   GER Gordon Büch 28 MF   GER Jeremy Postelt 29 GK   GER Julien Korn 31 DF   SEY Charmaine Häusl 33 FW   GER Mike Bachmann — GK   GER Cem Bağcı

References

1. "Gremien - BABELSBERG 03". babelsberg03.de. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
2. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
3. SV Babelsbergs 03 at Fussball.de (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
4. Kopp, Johannes (11 May 2011). "Stammplatz links außen". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German).
5. "Eine Sehnsucht trifft die andere". pnn.de (in German). 6 July 2016.
6. "Erste Mannschaft". babelsberg03.de. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer ^{[ usurped ]}
• Ultras website (in German)