SC Union 06 Berlin

SC Union 06 Berlin traces its roots back to the FC Olympia Oberschöneweide, a club formed in 1906. Renamed to SC Union Oberschöneweide the predecessor club won the Berlin championship in 1920, 1923, 1940 and 1948 as well as the Berlin Cup in 1947 and 1948. Union's greatest success however came in the 1923 German football championship where it reached the final but lost 3–0 to Hamburger SV. After the Second World War the club reformed as Sportgemeinde Oberschöneweide. It took part in the 1948 German football championship but lost to 7–0 FC St. Pauli in the quarter-finals. After a runners-up finish in the Oberliga Berlin in 1950 and qualification to the 1950 German football championship Union was refused permission to travel to Kiel to play Hamburger SV by the Soviet occupation authorities. The team consequently decided to leave East Berlin for the western half of the city. It travelled to Kiel, lost 7–0 to HSV and shortly after formed a new club, the current SC Union 06 Berlin, on 9 June 1950 in West Berlin. SG Oberschöneweide continued to exist in East Berlin and eventually became what is now 1. FC Union Berlin. Another group of Union players formed BBC Südost, also based in the West, but the latter was disbanded in 1990. The new club, now based in West Berlin and playing in the Oberliga Berlin which now did not include clubs from the East anymore, experienced an era of success from 1950 to 1953. Union finished runners-up in the league to Tennis Borussia Berlin in 1951 and…

The club's honours:

Oberliga Berlin Champions: 1952–53 Runners-up: 1950–51, 1951–52 Amateurliga Berlin Champions: 1960–61, 1975–76