Elektra Berlin
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Elektra Berlin was a German association football club
from the city of Berlin
and was a predecessor of current-day club FC Treptow
. The club was the team of the city's power utility workers, established in 1928 as Workverein der BEWAG Berlin. It was renamed Sportverein BEWAG Berlin on 28 January 1937 before being again renamed SV Elektra Berlin on 3 October 1938. The club was lost on 11 May 1942.
(1932–33) and the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
(1936–38). After being renamed Elektra they played three more seasons (1938–41) in the top-flight competition. The team took part in the Berliner Pokal (Berlin Cup) in 1930, where they went out in the quarterfinals to BSV 92 Berlin. They also took part in the opening round of the Tchammerspokal, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal
(German Cup), in 1938.
After the dissolution of the team in 1942, a successor side known as Sportgemeinschaft Baumschulenweg Berlin eventually emerged in the latter half of 1945. In June 1949, SG was broken up into Berliner Sport Club Elektra and Baumschulenweger Sportverein Grün-Weiß Neukölln. BSC became Betriebssportgemeinschaft
Bewag Berlin in September 1949 before being renamed BSG Turbine Berlin in 1950. The club became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied East Germany. Turbine played largely as a fourth division side with occasional brief forays into third tier competition. With German reunification
in 1990, Turbine joined Lok Schöneweide to create present-day side FC Treptow
.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
from the city of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and was a predecessor of current-day club FC Treptow
FC Treptow
FC Trepow is a German association football club from the city of Berlin and is the successor to Werkverein der BEWAG Berlin which was established in 1928 as the worker's sports club of the city's electric utility Bewag Aktiengesellschaft.-History:...
. The club was the team of the city's power utility workers, established in 1928 as Workverein der BEWAG Berlin. It was renamed Sportverein BEWAG Berlin on 28 January 1937 before being again renamed SV Elektra Berlin on 3 October 1938. The club was lost on 11 May 1942.
History
Prior to the outbreak of World War II, BEWAG played first division football in the Oberliga BerlinOberliga Berlin
The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was the second tier of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, operating under the name of Amateurliga Berlin. After 1963, it was the third tier until 1991, when the league was...
(1932–33) and the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest football league in the provinces of Brandenburg and Berlin in the German state of Prussia from 1933 to 1945...
(1936–38). After being renamed Elektra they played three more seasons (1938–41) in the top-flight competition. The team took part in the Berliner Pokal (Berlin Cup) in 1930, where they went out in the quarterfinals to BSV 92 Berlin. They also took part in the opening round of the Tchammerspokal, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
(German Cup), in 1938.
After the dissolution of the team in 1942, a successor side known as Sportgemeinschaft Baumschulenweg Berlin eventually emerged in the latter half of 1945. In June 1949, SG was broken up into Berliner Sport Club Elektra and Baumschulenweger Sportverein Grün-Weiß Neukölln. BSC became Betriebssportgemeinschaft
Betriebssportgemeinschaft (GDR)
A Betriebssportgemeinschaft was an organizational form of sports clubs in East Germany.After World War II, the Allied Control Commission had dissolved all existing sports structures, including the dissolution of all existing sports clubs on the basis of directive 23, dated 17 December 1945. This...
Bewag Berlin in September 1949 before being renamed BSG Turbine Berlin in 1950. The club became part of the separate football competition that emerged in Soviet-occupied East Germany. Turbine played largely as a fourth division side with occasional brief forays into third tier competition. With German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
in 1990, Turbine joined Lok Schöneweide to create present-day side FC Treptow
FC Treptow
FC Trepow is a German association football club from the city of Berlin and is the successor to Werkverein der BEWAG Berlin which was established in 1928 as the worker's sports club of the city's electric utility Bewag Aktiengesellschaft.-History:...
.