FSV Union Fürstenwalde is a German football club from Fürstenwalde/Spree, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V). As with many East German clubs at the time, the club has 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 Oberschönweide Abt. Fürstenwalde, formed in 1919 as a section of Berlin-based SC Union 06 Oberschöneweide and adopted the name SC Union Fürstenwalde 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 Fürstenwalde. 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 Fürstenwalde 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.Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFSV Union Fürstenwalde at Fussball.de Tables and results of all German football leagues
Naming history Date Full Name Short name 1919 Sportclub Union Oberschöneweide/Abteilung Fürstenwalde SC Union Oberschöneweide/Fürstenwalde 1927 Sportclub Union Fürstenwalde 1919 SC Union Fürstenwalde 1933 Fußballclub 1919 Fürstenwalde FC 1919 Fürstenwalde 1946 FDJ Sportgemeinschaft Fürstenwalde FDJ SG Fürstenwalde 1950 Sportgemeinschaft Union Fürstenwalde SG Union Fürstenwalde 1958 Betriebssportgemeinschaft Empor Fürstenwalde BSG Empor Fürstenwalde 1961 Turnsportgemeinschaft Fürstenwalde TSG Fürstenwalde 1971 Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Fürstenwalde SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde 1990 Fußballsportverein Fürstenwalde FSV Fürstenwalde 1995 Fußballsportverein Wacker Fürstenwalde FSV Wacker Fürstenwalde 2002 Fußballsportverein Union Fürstenwalde FSV Union Fürstenwalde
Honours The club's honours: DDR-Liga Staffel B (II) Champions: 1979–80 (as SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde) FDGB-Pokal Best result: 1988–89 third round Bezirksliga Frankfurt (Oder) Staffel 2 (IV) Champions: 1959 (as BSG Empor Fürstenwalde) Brandenburg-Liga (VI) Champions: 2010–11 Landesliga Brandenburg-Süd Champions: 2007–08 Brandenburg Cup Champions: 2020 Runners-up: 2015, 2021 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V) Champions: 2015–16
References
External links FSV Union Fürstenwalde