1945 SG Oberschöneweide SC Union Oberschöneweide was dissolved by the Allied occupation authorities and the club was refounded as SG Oberschöneweide. December 1948 SG Union Oberschöneweide The club was re-admitted under its old club name. 1951 BSG Motor Oberschöneweide Joined with enterprise sports community BSG Motor Oberschöneweide. The team colours are changed from the traditional blue and white to today's characteristic red and white. 1 February 1955 SC Motor Berlin The first team was joined with the new sports club SC Motor Berlin as a football department. 6 June 1957 TSC Oberschöneweide SC Motor Berlin was merged with several enterprise sports communities (BSG) to form sports club TSC Oberschöneweide. 18 February 1963 TSC Berlin Merged with other sports clubs to form TSC Berlin.

[77] Songs[edit] The official Union Berlin song is "Eisern Union" by German punk singer Nina Hagen. [78] The composition was recorded in 1998. Four versions were issued on a CD single by G. I. B Music and Distribution GmbH. The famous supporters' chant 'Eisern Union' (Iron Union) bounces back and forth between the terraces named Waldseite and the Gegengerade, and is followed by mutual acknowledging applause. [79] Christmas tradition[edit] Union Berlin is also well known for its Christmas traditions celebrated in their home stadium. [80] In 2003 the yearly Union Weihnachtssingen started as an unofficial gathering to which just 89 fans showed up.

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[8][9] The players remaining in the east carried on as SG Union Oberschöneweide while a number of players who had fled to the west to form SC organized a third side called Berliner Ballspiel-Club Südost. The western team was a strong side until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, drawing huge crowds to matches in the Olympiastadion. [7] The division of the city led to a change of fortunes for BBC Südost which plays today in the lower divisions before meagre crowds. Restart as Union Berlin (1961–1990)[edit] Ulrich Prüfke (captain) and Ralph Quest raise the FDGB Pokal trophy in 1968. The eastern branch of the club went through a number of name changes: Union Oberschöneweide (1950), BSG Motor Oberschöneweide (1951), SC Motor Berlin (1955), TSC Oberschöneweide (1957), TSC Berlin (1963) – finally becoming the football club 1.

[36] During the redevelopment, Union played at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. Inside the stadium an array of outside beer kiosks and open air grills serving bratwurst and pork steaks at the back of the stand provide the culinary staples. The official opening on 12 July 2013, was celebrated with a friendly against Scottish Champions Celtic.

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In 2013, 27, 500 people attended, including players and supporters of other teams from around Germany and Europe. Fans drink Glühwein (mulled wine), wave candles around, light flares and sing a combination of Christmas carols and football chants. [81] Mascot[edit] Ritter Keule (Literally: Cudgel the Knight) is the mascot of Union Berlin.

Bundesliga. [70] On 2 November 2019, Union Berlin faced Hertha at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei, in the first clash between the clubs in the top flight of German football. An 87th minute Sebastian Polter penalty secured a 1–0 win for Union, in a game temporarily suspended by referee Deniz Aytekin, following fireworks fired by Hertha fans landing amongst Union Berlin fans, as well as on the playing surface. 1, 100 police officers were on duty for the game, with Hertha fans burning Union Berlin shirts, flags and scarves during the game. [71] The supporters of Hertha had also been joined by 20-25 supporters of BFC Dynamo in the guest block.

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The women's team initially competed against Union Berlin's youth teams due to a lack of opponents, playing their first game on 17 January 1970, losing 7–1. In 1971, the team were amalgamated into KWO Berlin's women's team, before KWO merged with Union Berlin in June 1990 following German reunification. [46] The team currently compete in the Regionalliga Nordost. Coaching staff[edit] Role Manager Urs Fischer Assistant manager Sebastian Bönig First-team coach Markus Hoffmann Goalkeeper coach Michael Gspurning Athletic trainer Martin Kruger Rehab trainer Michel Kuper Coordinator, game analysis Adrian Wittmann Game analysis Sebastian Podsiadl Team doctor Clemens Gwinner Fabian Plachel Senior physiotherapist Sven Kuhlbrodt Maximilian Perschk Physiotherapist Robert Kemna Frank Placzek Masseur Thomas Riedel Team coordination Susanne Kopplin Team supervisor / Bus driver Martin Schäfter Managerial history[edit] List of Union Berlin managers since 1965 Uwe Neuhaus was the longest serving manager of 1.

On 21 September 2014, Union Berlin fans staged a silent protest for the first 15 minutes of a 2. Bundesliga home game against RB Leipzig, labelling RB Leipzig a "marketing product pushed by financial interests" with "brainwashed consumers in the stands". Union Berlin won the game 2–1. [76] On 18 August 2019, during Union Berlin's first ever Bundesliga game, at home against RB Leipzig, the club's oldest ultras group, the Wuhlesyndikat, successfully called for a 15-minute silent protest at the start of the club's 2019–20 opener.

[10] 1. FC Union Berlin was initially supported by the FDGB. The intention of the SED to win the support from FDGB for 1. FC Union Berlin was likely well thought out. The FDGB unified all workers in East Germany and therefore was most likely to carry the proper identity for a club of the working people. [11] The club was founded in a ceremony in the clubhouse of VEB Transformatorenwerk Oberschöneheide "Karl Liebknecht" (TRO) in Oberschöneweide on 20 January 1966. The founding of the club was organized by the then-SED First Secretary in Köpenick, Hans Modrow.

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