Croatia Berlin

Football club infobox
clubname = SD Croatia Berlin


fullname = Sportsko Drustvo Croatia Berlin e.V.
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founded = 1972
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league = Landesliga Berlin 1 (VII)
season = 2007-08
position = 4th
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SD Croatia Berlin is a German football club in Berlin.

The club was founded in 1972 as the ethnically Croatian side "NK Croatia Berlin" and was re-named "NK Hajduk Berlin" in 1985. The association continued to grow through the late 80s, merging with "SC Bratsvo 1971 Berlin" to become "SC Bratsvo-Hajduk Berlin" in 1987. The following year a number of smaller clubs ("NK Livno", "NK Velebit", "NK Dinamo") came into the fold until finally a January 14, 1989 merger with "SV Croatia 1987 Berlin" spawned the present-day club.

"SD" became the first Croatian club in Germany to reach third tier competition when promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost after their 1998 Oberliga Nordost, Staffel Nord (IV) championship. "SD" spent only a single season at that level before suffering through a series of reverses. They slipped to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) in 2001, through the Landesliga Berlin (VI) in 2003, to the Bezirksliga Berlin (VII). "SD" has since returned to the Landesliga where they have played the last two seasons.

Croatia Berlin competed in the Croatian World Club Championship in 2007.

Honours

*Oberliga Nordost Staffel Nord champions: 1998
*Verbandsliga Berlin champions: 1996

External links

* [http://www.croatia-berlin.de Official site]
* [http://abseits-soccer.com/clubs/croatia.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.nogometni-magazin.com/croatia-berlin.shtml Croatia Berlin History] at Nogometni Magazin hr icon