Squad
Frank Terletzki1968current
Dennis Srbeny2015current
Thiago Rockenbach2015current
Joshua Silva2016current- David Malembanacurrent
Günter Schröter1953–1963
Johannes Matzen1954–1958- Karl-Heinz Holze1954–1957
Werner Heine1954–1966
Waldemar Mühlbächer1956–1967
Hermann Bley1958–1967
Willi Marquardt1958–1965
Jochen Carow1964–1975
Werner Lihsa1967–1975- Frank Terletzki1969–1986
Ralf Schulenberg1969–1976
Wolf-Rüdiger Netz1971–1984
Hans-Jürgen Riediger1972–1984
Reinhard Lauck1973–1981
Lutz Eigendorf1974–1979
Norbert Trieloff1974–1987
Rainer Ernst1975–1990
Artur Ullrich1976–1986
Ralf Sträßer1976–1984
Bodo Rudwaleit1977–1990
Rainer Troppa1977–1987
Bernd Schulz1979–1989
Falko Götz1979–1983
Frank Rohde1979–1990
Christian Backs1980–1992
Olaf Seier1980–1983
Andreas Thom1983–1990
Dirk Anders1984–1989
Frank Pastor1984–1989
Waldemar Ksienzyk1984–1991
René Deffke1985–1986
Burkhard Reich1986–1989
Hendrik Herzog1986–1991
Thomas Doll1986–1990
Heiko Bonan1989–1991
René Rydlewicz1989–1990- Pavel Chaloupka1990–1991
Iliya Valov1991–1991
Ronny Nikol1993–1995- Ayhan Gezen1996–1999
- Ayhan Gezen2000–2001
- Jörg Schwanke2003–2004
- Tobias Kurbjuweit2008–2010
Shergo Biran2011–2012- Carsten Busch2012–2013
- Philipp Haastrup2013–2016
Stephan Flauder2013–2015- Andis Shala2014–2015
- Christopher Mandiangu2014–2015
- Paul Grischok2014–2014
- Takahiro Tanio2019–2019
BFC Dynamo is an association football club based in Berlin, Germany, known for its rich history in East German football.
The club was formed as a football department of SC Dynamo Berlin on October 1, 1954, to create a competitive team in East Berlin.
BFC Dynamo won ten consecutive DDR-Oberliga championships from 1978 to 1988, a record that remains unmatched in East Germany.
Biography
Formation
BFC Dynamo, officially known as Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., was established as a football department of SC Dynamo Berlin on October 1, 1954. This formation was part of a strategic move to create a competitive football team in East Berlin, capable of rivaling popular West Berlin clubs like Hertha BSC. The club quickly became a center of excellence within the East German sports association SV Dynamo, with players from the renowned SG Dynamo Dresden joining the new team. BFC Dynamo played its inaugural match on November 21, 1954, against BSG Rotation Babelsberg in the DDR-Oberliga.
Rise to Prominence
Throughout the late 1950s and into the 1980s, BFC Dynamo established itself as a dominant force in East German football. The club won its first major trophy, the FDGB-Pokal, in 1959 and went on to achieve an unprecedented ten consecutive DDR-Oberliga championships from 1978 to 1988. This remarkable achievement remains unmatched in East German football history. The club also made significant strides in European competitions, reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup twice and the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Legacy
BFC Dynamo's legacy is marked by its status as the most successful club in the DDR-Oberliga, with a total of ten championships and multiple domestic cup victories. The club's influence extended beyond the pitch, as it became a symbol of East German sports culture. After the reunification of Germany, BFC Dynamo transitioned into the NOFV-Oberliga and continues to compete in the Regionalliga Nordost, maintaining its historical significance in German football.
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Career & Clubs
Background: SC Dynamo Berlin (1954–1966)
BFC Dynamo started as a football department of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin. SC Dynamo Berlin was founded on 1 October 1954 as one of the new elite sports clubs in East Germany. The sports club was affiliated to sports association SV Dynamo.
The new sports club SC Dynamo Berlin became a center of excellence (German: Leistungsschwerpunkte) of sports association SV Dynamo. In order to establish a competitive side in Berlin, the team of SG Dynamo Dresden and its place in the DDR-Oberliga was transferred to the new sports club SC Dynamo Berlin. The relocation was designed to give the capital a team that could rival teams from West Berlin, such as Hertha BSC, which were still popular in East Berlin. Among the players delegated from SG Dynamo Dresden were Johannes Matzen, Herbert Schoen and Günter Schröter. The team played its first match as SC Dynamo Berlin on 21 November 1954 against BSG Rotation Babelsberg in the 1954-55 DDR-Oberliga. Most players of the former SG Dynamo Dresden team had aged by the late 1950s. The team was now instead shaped by a new generation of players, including Martin Skaba, Werner Heine, Waldemar Mühlbächer, Hermann Bley and Konrad Dorner. SC Dynamo Berlin won its first trophy in the 1959 FDGB-Pokal. However, the team was not allowed to participate in the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup. The East German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR) (DFV) decided that local rival and…
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- Regionalliga Nordost
Legacy
BFC Dynamo was the most successful club in the DDR-Oberliga. The club won ten consecutive championships, which is a feat no other team in East Germany has matched. The DDR-Oberliga was rebranded as the NOFV-Oberliga from the 1990–91 season. The league was then replaced by the Bundesliga as the highest competition from the 1991–92 season, as East Germany had joined West Germany to form the reunited Germany.
Domestic
East German Champions Winners: (10) 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 (record) Runners-up: (4) 1960, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1988–89 FDGB-Pokal Winners: (3) 1959, 1987–88, 1988–89 Runners-up: (6) 1961–62, 1970–71, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85 DFV-Supercup Winners: 1989 Fuwo-Pokal (de) Runners-up: 1972 DDR-Liga (II) Winners: 1957, DDR-Liga Nord (II) Winners: 1967–68 DDR-Liga B (II) Winners: 1971–72 Runners-up: 1974–75 DDR-Liga A (II) Winners: 1985–86
International
European Cup Quarter-finals: 1979–80, 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals: 1971–72
Double
DDR-Oberliga and FDGB-Pokal Winners: 1988
Regional
Bezirksliga Berlin (III) Winners: 1966–67, 1983–84 Regionalliga Nordost (IV) Winners: 2021–22 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (III–V) Winners: (3) 1991–92, 2000–01, 2013–14 Runners-up: 2008–09, 2009–10 Berlin-Liga (V) Winners: 2003–04 Berlin Cup (III–VII) Winners: (8) 1998–99, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2024–25 Runners-up: 1999–00, 2009–10, 2025–26
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Identifiers & aliases
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo or BFC, alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berlin. The team competes in the Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football.
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