1. FC Union Berlin

First foundation (1906–1945)

The name 1. FC Union Berlin was used by two football clubs that shared a common origin as FC Olympia Oberschöneweide, founded in 1906 in Oberschöneweide, which at that time was a suburb of Berlin. The side took on the name SC Union 06 Oberschöneweide in 1910. Union was one of Berlin's premier clubs in the interwar period, regularly winning local championships and competing at the national level, including an appearance in the 1923 German championship final which they lost 0–3 to Hamburger SV. Early on, the team was nicknamed "Schlosserjungs" (English: metalworker-boys) because of their then all blue kit, reminiscent of the typical work clothing worn in the factories of the industrial Oberschöneweide district. The popular cry of Union supporters – "Eisern Union!" (Iron Union) – also emerged at this time. Since its foundation the club has had a distinct working-class image, in contrast to other local clubs with more middle-class origins, such as Viktoria 89 Berlin, Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, BSV 92 Berlin or Tennis Borussia Berlin. In 1933, German football was reorganized under the Third Reich into 16 top-flight divisions known as Gauligen. Oberschöneweide became part of the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg, where they generally earned middling, unexceptional results. They were relegated in 1935 and returned to first division play in 1936 after only one season's absence. In 1940, the team finished first in Group B of the division and then defeated…

Domestic

German Football Championship Runners-up: 1923 DDR-Liga Nord (II) Winners: 1965–66, 1969–70 Runners-up: 1963–64 DDR-Liga B (II) Winners: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1981–82 DDR-Liga A (II) Winners: 1984–85, 1990–91 Runners-up: 1989–90 3. Liga (III) Winners 2008–09 II. DDR-Liga I (III) Winners: 1961–62 DFB-Pokal Runners-up: 2000–01 FDGB-Pokal: Winners: 1967–68 Runners-up: 1985–86

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Regional

Berlin/Brandenburg Champions (−1933) Winners: 1920, 1923 Runners-up: 1917, 1925 Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg: Winners: 1940 Oberliga Berlin (1945–63): Winners: 1947–48 Runners-up: 1949–50 NOFV-Oberliga Mitte (III) Winners: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 Regionalliga Nordost (III) Winners: 1999–2000 Runners-up: 1995–96 Regionalliga Nord (III) Winners: 2000–01 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) Winner: 2005–06 Berlin Cup (Tiers III–VII) Winners: 1947, 1948, 1994, 2007, 2009 Runners-up: 1926, 1997

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Youth

East German Youth Championship (Jugendmeisterschaften der DDR (Fußball)) Runners-up: 1985, 1988 East German Junior Cup (Junge Welt-Pokal) (Junge Welt-Pokal) Winners: 1960

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