Eintracht Mahlsdorf

Football club infobox
clubname = BSV Eintracht Mahlsdorf


fullname = Berliner Sportverein Eintracht Mahlsdorf e.V.
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founded = 1896
ground = Sportplatz Am Rosenhag
capacity = 1,000
chairman =
manager =
league = Verbandsliga Berlin (VI)
season = 2007-08
position = 5th
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Eintracht Mahlsdorf is a German football from the eastern city district of Mahlsdorf in Berlin.

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History

"Eintracht" was inititally established in 1896 as a gymnastics club by local youth, but not formally registered until the following year. Football was popular within the club from its earliest days and a football department was organized in 1912 with the team was taking part in established local competition by 1916. World War I resulted in play being suspended in most parts of the country and not resumed until 1919. In 1923 many of "Eintracht"'s footballers abandoned the lilac-and-white to play in the black-and-yellow of newly formed "Adler Mahlsdorf". With the rise to power of the Nazis in the 30s, many clubs, including "Eintracht" and "Adler", were disbanded and their memberships organized into sports associations sanctioned by the regime.

Following World War II the club played in the football competition that emerged in Russian occupied East Germany. Prior to the isolation of East Berlin from the rest of the city "Mahlsdorf" advanced past "Hertha Zehlendorf" and "Spandauer SV" to the quarter finals of the 1949 in Berlin Cup where they were put out by "Berliner SV".

Beginning in 1955 the side played as "Medizin Lichtenberg" as it was identified with the larger city district that included Mahlsdorf and, like other East German clubs, associated with a specific industry. The club was renamed "Medizin Mahrzan" in 1982 - once again for a larger city district - and then in 1987 was dubbed "Medizin Berlin 1896".

After German re-unification the club reclaimed its traditional name and registered as an iindependent entity on June 3, 1999. Following the merger of the football competitions of the two Germanys in 1991, "Mahlsdorf" played in the fourth tier Verbandsliga Berlin but was immediately relegated to the Landesliga Berlin (V) before slipping still further into local league play. The team eventually returned to the Landesliga and after a second place result in 2002-03 made their way back to what was now the fifth tier Verbandsliga Berlin. "Mahlsdorf" currently plays in the Verbandliga after being relegated in 2005 and then re-promoted in 2006.

tadium

The club plays its home matches at the Sportplatz Am Rosenhag which has a capacity of 1,000.

External links

* [http://www.bsv-eintracht-mahlsdorf.de/ Official team site]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German football league tables (in German)