Berliner AK 07

Berliner AK 07 is a German football club based in Berlin. The club was founded in 1907 and has since evolved into a multi-cultural German-Turkish association with temporary ties to professional football in Turkey.

Berliner AK 07
Full nameBerliner Athletik Klub 07 e.V.
Founded15 December 1907
GroundPoststadion
Capacity10,000
ChairmanMehmet Ali Han
ManagerErsan Parlatan
LeagueRegionalliga Nordost (IV)
2018–192nd
WebsiteClub website

History

The association was established on 15 December 1907 in the Wedding district of Berlin as an athletics club interested primarily in running. A football department was formed in 1908 which has since remained a largely anonymous side playing in lower tier city competition. In the early 90s AK 07 played in the sixth division Landesliga Berlin and advanced to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) on the strength of a 1995 championship there. A 1999 Verbandsliga title saw the club further promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV).

AK 07 merged with BSV Mitte in 2004: Mitte had earlier been formed out of the merger of the ethnically Turkish sides BFC Güneyspor and Fenerbahçe Berlin. The restructured association formed a co-operative relationship with Turkish first division club Ankaraspor in June 2006 which focuses on player development in Germany.

On 6 July 2006 the club adopted the name Berlin Ankaraspor Kulübü 07 and selected Ahmet Gökcek, son of the mayor of Ankara, as chairman. With the name change the club also abandoned its traditional colours of red and white to don the blue and white kit of Ankaraspor, but later reverted to its old name and colours.

The club won promotion to the Regionalliga Nord in 2011 and achieved a German Cup upset when it defeated Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 in 2012.[1]

Since 2012 the club plays in the Regionalliga Nordost.[2][3]

Stadium

Berliner AK 07 played its home fixtures in the Sportanlage Lüderitzstraße (capacity 3,000) with an interlude (2000–2003) spent at the Hanne-Sobek-Sportanlage. The team has moved to the 20,000 seat Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district at the start of the 2006–07 season and currently play at the Poststadion.

Current squad
As of 20 November 2019[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Pascal Kühn
3 DF  GER Leander Siemann
5 DF  GER Marcus Mlynikowski
6 MF  GER Tim Oschmann
7 MF  JPN Rintaro Yajima
8 MF  GER Niklas Brandt
9 MF  GER Enes Küç
10 MF  TUR Tahsin Çakmak
11 FW  SLE Abu-Bakarr Kargbo
12 MF  TUR Tolcay Ciğerci
13 MF  SRI Ahmed Razeek
14 DF  GER Oliver Hofmann
15 DF  GER Florijon Belegu
16 MF  GER Alexander Siebeck
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  GER Alper Kara
18 DF  TUR Seyit Bicakci
19 DF  GER Arthur Ekallé
20 MF  GER Yusuf Çoban
21 GK  GER Daniel Bittner
22 MF  TUR Cihan Kahraman
23 FW  POL Jacub Przybylko
24 DF  GER Justin Gerlach
26 GK  SRB Uroš Kabanica
27 MF  GER Kay Michel
36 DF  GER Nico Beyer
89 FW  GER Pierre Merkel
95 DF  GER Shawn Kauter

Former players

Honours

The club's honours:

  • Landesliga Berlin (VI)
    • Champions: 1995
  • Verbandsliga Berlin (V)
    • Champions: 1999
  • Berliner Landespokal
    • Winners: 2010, 2012

References
  1. BAK 07: Einst Berliner Filiale von Ankaraspor (in German) Weltfussball.de, published: 19 August 2012, accessed: 19 August 2012
  2. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  3. Berliner AK 07 at Fussball.de (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  4. "Kaderansicht" (in German). Berliner AK 07. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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