Turbine Potsdam
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| Full name | 1. Frauen-Fußball-Club Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Turbinen (Turbines) Torbienen (Goal-bees) |
| Founded | 3 March 1971 |
| Ground |
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam |
| Capacity | 10,499 |
| Chairman | Rolf Kutzmutz |
| Manager | Matthias Rudolph |
| League | Bundesliga |
| 2015–16 | 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam is a football club team in Potsdam, Germany. The full name is 1. Frauen-Fußball-Club Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V. (FFC meaning "Women's Football Club" in German). They are one of the most successful teams in Germany. The team plays in the Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion in the Babelsberg district of Potsdam.
Before the reunification of Germany, the team was one of the predominant teams in East German women's football. The team currently plays in the German women's Bundesliga and it is the only team from the former East to win the unified title. The team also won the UEFA Women's Champions League competition in the 2004–05 season, beating the Swedish team of Djurgården/Älvsjö 5–1 overall in the final. Their biggest rivals are Western FFC Frankfurt.
In 1955, the Betriebssportgemeinschaft Turbine Potsdam was founded. The club was supported by the local energy supplier. The men’s football team played with mediocre success on lower levels.
On New Year’s Eve 1970, Bernd Schröder, an employee of the energy supplier, discovers a strange piece of paper on the company’s blackboard. It says that a women’s football team will be established on 3 March 1971. The identify of the person responsible for this paper was never established.
The women’s team was founded on 3 March 1971, and Bernd Schröder became the first coach. The first match was played on 25 May 1971, at Empor Tangermünde and ended with a 3–0 win for Turbine. The first district championship was played a year later and was won by Turbine.
Schröder was always looking for new players. He concentrated on former track and field athletes who were dropped by their clubs. Schröder became a senior employee in his company, so he could offer jobs and flats for the new players.
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