FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin

FC Viktoria 1889
Full name	Fußball-Club Viktoria 1889 Berlin Lichterfelde-Tempelhof e.V.
Founded	6 June 2013; 6 June 1889 (BFC Viktoria 1889); 20 March 1892 (Lichterfelder FC)
Ground	Stadion Lichterfelde
Capacity	4,300
Chairman	Christoph Schulte-Kaubrügger
Manager	Mario Block
League	Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
2015–16	12th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin is a German association football club, formed in 2013 following a merger between BFC Viktoria 1889 and Lichterfelder FC,^[1]

With 1,600 active members the club has the largest football department in Germany.^[2]

History

FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin was formed in a merger of BFC Viktoria 1889, one of the oldest football clubs in Germany and Lichterfelder FC, a club which had gone through a number of name changes and mergers before. The new club has been playing in the Regionalliga Nordost since its formation, courtesy to a 2012–13 title in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord won by Viktoria.^[3]^[4]

The club won the Berliner Landespokal, the local cup competition in Berlin, in 2014 and thereby qualified for the first round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal where it lost 0–2 to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.^[5]

Honours

The club's honours:

Berliner Landespokal
- Winners: 2014

Current squad

As of 22 July 2016^[update]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Dominik Kisiel	Germany
2	DF	Severin Mihm	Germany
3	DF	Patrick Brendel	Germany
4	DF	Thomas Franke	Germany
5	MF	David Hollwitz	Germany
6	DF	Robin Mannsfeld	Germany
7	MF	Christian Skoda	Germany
9	MF	Ozan Pekdemir	Turkey
10	MF	Ümit Ergirdi	Turkey
13	FW	Chris Reher	Germany
14	MF	Oliver Hofmann	Germany
16	MF	Maximilian Watzka	Germany
17	MF	Mattia Trianni	Italy
18	DF	Kenan Günaydin	Turkey
19	DF	Tobias Gunte	Germany
22	DF	Tim Lensinger	Germany
26	GK	Pascal Kühn	Germany
27	MF	Maik Haubitz	Germany
28	DF	Glodi Zingu	Angola
33	FW	Karim Benyamina	Algeria
35	MF	Ugurcan Yilmaz	Turkey
36	MF	Serkan Tokgöz	Turkey
37	MF	Giancarlo Minuti	Italy
38	MF	Michele Mazzamurro	Italy