Berliner SV 1892
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| Full name | Berliner Sport-Verein 1892 e.V. |
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| Nickname(s) | Die Störche (The Storks) |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Ground | Stadion Wilmersdorf |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Michael Kudritzki |
| Trainers | Andreas Lietsch Benno Schaller |
| League | Kreisliga A Berlin, Staffel 1 (IX) |
| 2015–16 | 3rd |
Berliner SV 1892 is a German association football club from the district of Wilmersdorf, Berlin. BSV 1892 is one of the country's oldest clubs and was a founding member of the DFB (German Football Association) in 1900.
The club was managed in 1914 by the 'Hall of Famer' Steve Bloomer.
The club also operates a rugby union department, Berliner SV 92 Rugby, which, in 1948, reached the German rugby union championship final.
The club was founded as Berliner Thor- und Fussball Club Britannia in 1892 and fielded both football and cricket teams, which alongside rugby were English sports becoming popular in continental Europe at the time. The team first appeared in the city's top flight competition in 1899. In July 1914, after retiring as a player, England national football team and Derby County F.C. legend Steve Bloomer went to Germany to coach Britannia Berlin 92. However within three weeks of arriving the First World War broke out and Bloomer found himself interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in the Spandau district of Berlin.
BTuFC Britannia was scheduled to appear in the 1904 national final against VfB Leipzig, regarded at the time as a weaker side despite being the country's defending champion. However, the match was never played. Britannia had earlier defeated Karlsruher FV 6:1 in a game played in Berlin. KFV protested the result because the match had not been played at a neutral venue as required under league rules. The DFB cancelled the final match which was to be held in Kassel and the Viktoria trophy was not awarded that year.
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