FSV Union Furstenwalde

FSV Union Furstenwalde is a German football club from Furstenwalde/Spree, currently playing in the Regionalliga Nordost (IV). As with many East German clubs at the time, the club (or clubs) has (or have) a complicated history of formations, re-formations, ownership changes, legal changes, name-changes and mergers; however the lineage can be traced back as far back as 1919, with the current incarnation formed in 2002.

History

The roots of the club go back to SC Union 06 Oberschonweide Abt. Furstenwalde, formed in 1919 as a section of Berlin-based SC Union 06 Oberschoneweide and adopted the name SC Union Furstenwalde in 1927 after separating from the latter club. Union went through a number of name changes and merger after 1945 but eventually, in 1971, became SG Dynamo Furstenwalde. Dynamo, affiliated to sports association SV Dynamo and associated with the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, experienced some success at the second level of GDR football, the DDR-Liga. With the end of East Germany Dynamo was dissolved and Union reformed. In 2002 Union merged with Wacker Furstenwalde to form the current club.

The club's recent rise through the league system began when it won promotion to the Brandenburg-Liga, the highest league in the state, in 2008. A championship at this level in 2011 took the club up to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord where it played until 2016, when another title there brought Union up to the Regionalliga Nordost for the first time.

Honours

The club's honours:

• DDR-Liga Staffel B
  • Champions: 1979–80 (as SG Dynamo Furstenwalde)
• FDGB-Pokal
  • Best result: 1988–89 third round
• Brandenburg-Liga (VI)
  • Champions: 2010–11
• Landesliga Brandenburg-Sud
  • Champions: 2007–08
• Brandenburg Cup
  • Champions: 2020
  • Runners-up: 2015, 2021