BSC Kickers 1900

BSC Kickers 1900 is a German football club from the Schöneberg district of south central Berlin. The roots of the club are in the establishment of Berliner Thor- und Fußball Club Elf on 1 November 1900. This was followed by a series of mergers that led to the formation of Schöneberger FC Kickers 1900 in 1923 and the club's advance to first division play in the Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg (I).HistoryEarly mergersFrom 1904 to 1906, predecessor BTuFC Elf was part of the Märkischen Meisterschaft, one of two competing top-flight city leagues, where they earned only lower table finishes. On 1 January 1912, they merged with Berliner Fußballclub Hubertus 05 (established 23 September 1905) to form Berliner Sport-Club Hubertuself. A subsequent merger with Ballspielverein Sportlust-Borussia 1899 Schöneberg in 1923 created Kickers. BSV was the product of an earlier 1920 union between TuFC Sportlust 1904 and Schöneberger FC Borussia which had been formed 1 March 1899 as Berliner TuFC Borussia.Success through the 1920sSchöneberger Kickers were a competitive side in the early 1920s, and after a second-place finish in Staffel B of the Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg in 1925–26, followed up with a first-place result the next season. They lost the divisional final to Hertha BSC, but still advanced to the national level playoff. They beat Duisburger SV (5–4) in an eighth-final match-up, before being convincingly put out in the quarterfinals by defending national champions SpVgg Fürth (0–9). The team also took part in the 1927 Berliner Landespokal (Berlin Cup) where the advanced out of the quarterfinal by beating BV Luckenwalde (2–1) before being eliminated in the semifinals by BFC Viktoria 1889 (1–3).