BFC Dynamo is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berlin. The team currently plays in the fourth tier Regionalliga Nordost. The club was founded from the football department of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin in 1966. This list covers every season played since the first season of SC Dynamo Berlin. It details the club's achievements in league and cup competitions, and the top goal scorers for each season.
Background Sports club SC Dynamo Berlin was founded on 1 October 1954. The club entered the 1954-55 DDR-Oberliga after taking over the first team of SG Dynamo Dresden and its place in the league. The team played its first match as SC Dynamo Berlin against BSG Rotation Babelsberg in the 12th matchday on 21 November 1954.
SC Dynamo Berlin captured its first title in the 1959 FDGB-Pokal. However, the team would find itself overshadowed in the capital by the local rival ASK Vorwärts Berlin. The team of SC Dynamo Berlin during the 1960s was relatively weak.
Football club BFC Dynamo was founded on 15 January 1966 from the football department of SC Dynamo Berlin. The team finished as runners-up in the 1970-71 FDGB-Pokal and qualified for its first UEFA competition. BFC Dynamo reached the semi-finals of the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup before losing to Dynamo Moscow in a penalty shoot-out. The club thus became the first and so-far only football club in Berlin to have reached the semi-finals of one of the two most prestigious UEFA club competitions (the European Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup), as of 2024.
BFC Dynamo developed a highly successful youth academy during the 1970s. Full-time coaches were available for all youth classes and the club was able to recruit young talents from training centers of SV Dynamo across East Germany. The youth work laid the groundwork the club's future successes. BFC Dynamo became East German champions for the first time in the 1978-79 DDR-Oberliga. The team then made its first appearance in the European Cup. BFC Dynamo defeated Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough 0–1 at the City Ground in the quarter-finals of the 1979-80 European Cup. The club thus became the first German football club to defeat an English club in England in the European Cup.
BFC Dynamo came tho dominate the DDR-Oberliga in the 1980s. The club had the best material conditions in the league and the best team by far. Most of its top performers came through its own youth teams. The team won ten consecutive league titles until the 1987–88 season. However, BFC Dynamo had less success in the FDGB-Pokal during the period, losing three finals. The team eventually completed the Double in the 1987–88 season. Andreas Thom became the league top goal scorer and the East German footballer of the year in the 1987–88 season.
BFC Dynamo was re-branded as FC Berlin on 19 February 1990. The team finished the 1990-91 NOFV-Oberliga in 11th place and just narrowly failed in the play-offs for the 2. Bundesliga. FC Berlin was qualified for the 1991–92 DFB-Pokal. The team was eliminated in the first round by SC Freiburg. FC Berlin fell on hard times after German reunification. The team never made it beyond third tier in the German football league system. FC Berlin managed to qualify for the new Regionalliga Nordost in 1994, but struggled in the league.
The club returned to its original club name on 3 May 1999. BFC Dynamo won the 1998-99 Berlin Cup, capturing its first Berlin Cup title, and qualified for its second appearance in the DFB-Pokal. The difficulties in the Regionalliga Nordost continued. BFC Dynamo was eventually relegated to the NOFV-Oberliga in 2000. For the first time in its history, BFC Dynamo was now a fourth tier team. BFC Dynamo eventually suffered a financial crisis at the end of the 2000–01 season. Insolvency proceedings were opened against the club on 1 November 2001 and the team was consequently relegated to the fifth tier Verbandsliga Berlin.
BFC Dynamo qualified for the NOFV-Oberliga in the 2003–04 season and successfully brought the insolvency proceedings to a positive conclusion, largely through the efforts of supporters and contributions from the new presidium. The club consolidated in the NOFV-Oberliga and captured another two Berlin Cup titles. The team was undefeated in the 2013-14 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and finally qualified for the Regionalliga Nordost.
BFC Dynamo has since established itself firmly in the Regionaliga Nordost. The team eventually won the 2021-22 Regionalliga and win its first ever Regionalliga title. BFC Dynamo has been one of the most successful teams in the Berlin Cup in recent years, winning six Berlin Cup titles since 2013.
BFC Dynamo saw the biggest increase in membership of any club in Berlin in 2021, apart from Hertha BSC and 1. FC Union Berlin; membership increased by 51 percent in 2021. In 2024, BFC Dynamo also reported its highest attendance figures since Die Wende, thus setting a new attendance record since 1990.
Seasons 1954–1965 Season League FDGB-Pokal UEFA Top scorer(s) GoalsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPos261221250491267thR16 Karl-Heinz Holze13121955DDR-Oberliga (1)13823351213183rdn/a Günter Schröter111956DDR-Oberliga (1)2676133747 2013thR16 Günter Schröter Johannes Matzen10101957DDR-Liga (2)261934802852411stSF Dieter Legler Günter Schröter Johannes Matzen1916161958DDR-Oberliga (1)261061037343266thR2 Hermann Bley121959DDR-Oberliga (1)261457462620333rdW Günter Schröter Ralf Quest15111960DDR-Oberliga (1)261286442717322ndR16 Emil Poklitar Günter Schröter14121961-62DDR-Oberliga (1)391891272648453rdRU Emil Poklitar Wilfried Klingbiel Hermann Bley Günter Schröter151111111962-63DDR-Oberliga (1)268711373252310thR16 Günter Schröter131963-64DDR-Oberliga (1)26961135341248thQF Joachim Hall141964-65DDR-Oberliga (1)26861227372311thR2 Joachim Hall7
1966-1990 Season League FDGB-Pokal UEFA Top scorer(s) GoalsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPos1965-66DDR-Oberliga (1)2611312423210259thQF Joachim Hall Erhard Kochale91966-67DDR-Oberliga (1)26691128402113thR16 Erhard Kochale61967-68302073642440471stR16 Peter Lyszczan191968-69DDR-Oberliga (1)261051125362510thSF Manfred Becker91969-70DDR-Oberliga (1)2610882932286thR16 Peter Lyszczan81970-71DDR-Oberliga (1)261051131292259thRU Manfred Becker81971-72DDR-Oberliga (1)261394452025352ndQFSF Norbert Johannsen Wolf-Rüdiger Netz Frank Terletzki1610101972-73DDR-Oberliga (1)269894142266thSFUEFA CupR3 Norbert Johannsen161973-74DDR-Oberliga (1)261231142411276thSF Frank Fleischer Reinhard Lauck81974-75DDR-Oberliga (1)2610106472918304thR16 Norbert Johannsen101975-76DDR-Oberliga (1)261736672443372ndQF Hans-Jürgen Riediger Wolf-Rüdiger Netz20151976-77DDR-Oberliga (1)261448432716324thR16UEFA CupR1 Frank Terletzki Wolf-Rüdiger Netz981977-78DDR-Oberliga (1)261475542529353rdSF Wolf-Rüdiger Netz Hans-Jürgen Riediger16131978-79DDR-Oberliga (1)262141751857461stRUUEFA CupR1 Hans-Jürgen Riediger361979-80DDR-Oberliga (1)262033721656431stQFEuropean Cup QF Hartmut Pelka Hans-Jürgen Riediger Frank Terletzki1916141980-81DDR-Oberliga (1)261754743143391stSFEuropean Cup R2 Wolf-Rüdiger Netz Bernd Schulz18171981-82DDR-Oberliga (1)261853742747411stRUEuropean Cup R2 Hans-Jürgen Riediger Wolf-Rüdiger Netz Rainer Troppa1714131982-83DDR-Oberliga (1)262060722250461stQFEuropean Cup R1 Hans-Jürgen Riediger181983-84DDR-Oberliga (1)261754663630391stRUEuropean Cup QF Rainer Ernst Bernd Schulz27141984-85DDR-Oberliga (1)262042902862441stRUEuropean Cup R2 Rainer Ernst Frank Pastor Andreas Thom3529231985-86DDR-Oberliga (1)2612104463115341stQFEuropean Cup R1 Frank Pastor Andreas Thom20161986-87DDR-Oberliga (1)261943592039421stR2European Cup R2 Frank Pastor Christian Backs Andreas Thom2213131987-88DDR-Oberliga (1)261574593029371stWEuropean Cup R1 Andreas Thom Rainer Ernst2417DDR-Oberliga (1)261286513219322ndWEuropean Cup R1 Andreas Thom Thomas Doll20171989-90DDR-Oberliga (1)26912538353304thQFCup Winners' Cup R2 Thomas Doll121990-91NOFV-Oberliga (1)26781125392211thR2 Thorsten Boer Heiko Bonan98
1991–present Season League Berlin Cup DFB-Pokal UEFA Top scorer(s) GoalsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPos1991-92NOFV-Oberliga Nord (3)342572971582571stR3R1 Ralf Rambow Dirk Rehbein Mario Tolkmitt Mikhail Pronichev181716151992-93NOFV-Oberliga Nord (3)3220210946133424thR16 Dirk Rehbein Bernd Jopek26201993-94NOFV-Oberliga Nord (3)281837532528394thQF Mikhail Pronichev Heiko Brestrich20161994-95Regionalliga Nordost (3)34910155364 2811thSF Michael Steffen Heiko Brestrich21131995-96Regionalliga Nordost (3)3498174468 3513thR1 Mikhail Pronichev131996-97 Regionalliga Nordost (3)34714132948 3513thR16 Marek Seruga Timo Lesch81997-98 Regionalliga Nordost (3)3412715555504311thQF Bernd Jopek Timo Lesch Sebastian Müller1412111998-99Regionalliga Nordost (3)3415811473810538thW Heiko Brestrich Ayhan Gezen 15131999-00Regionalliga Nordost (3)3477203956 2817thRUR2 Denis Kozlov112000-01NOFV-Oberliga Nord (4)342743921775851stR16 Denis Kozlov Danut Oprea Dirk Vollmar Silvian Cristescu381716142001-02NOFV-Oberliga Nord (4)0000000017thR16 Tomasz Suwary Piotr Rowicki Sebastian Müller5442002-03Verbandsliga Berlin (5)342167632934693rdR3 Aka Adek Mba Lars Leps15142003-04Verbandsliga Berlin (5)342671912269851stSF Danny Kukulies412004-05NOFV-Oberliga Nord (4)3215116462818568thR1 Dennis Kutrieb172005-06NOFV-Oberliga Nord (4)301351243212446thSF Hendryk Lau Danny Kukulies17112006-07NOFV-Oberliga Nord (4)3081210424203610thSF Christian Ritter Jeff Kayser82007-08NOFV-Oberliga Nord (4)281486462620505thQ Christian Ritter Christian Rauch12NOFV-Oberliga Nord (5)301686543717562ndR2 Danny Kukulies122009-10NOFV-Oberliga Nord (5)301776704030582ndRU Firat Karaduman Nico Patschinski Christian Preiß1918152010-11NOFV-Oberliga Nord (5)3013611483513457thW Matthias Steinborn182011-12NOFV-Oberliga Nord (5)28851535392913thSFR1 Matthias Steinborn132012-13NOFV-Oberliga Nord (5)3015114592831563rdW Christian Preiß Matthias Steinborn Nico Patschinski Jörn Wemmer131211102013-14NOFV-Oberliga Nord (5)302730751065841stSFR1 Djibril N'Diaye Christian Preiß 16152014-15281112534268455thW Djibril N'Diaye182015-16Regionalliga Nordost (4)3417512664818564thQFR1 Zlatko Muhović Dennis Srbeny15132016-17Regionalliga Nordost (4)341281451544415thW Dennis Srbeny Kai Pröger Thiago Rockenbach2014132017-18Regionalliga Nordost (4)3416612705020544thWR1 Rufat Dadashov Matthias Steinborn29182018-19Regionalliga Nordost (4)341261638614212thSFR1 Marc Brašnić172019-20Regionalliga Nordost (4)23107639296376thSF111172020-21Regionalliga Nordost (4)1153326179206thW Lucas Brumme Matthias Steinborn72021-22Regionalliga Nordost (4)382576842152821stR2R1 Christian Beck Andor Bolyki24182022-23Regionalliga Nordost (4)3415118584513566thSF Christian Beck232023-24Regionalliga Nordost (4)3417107593821614thR16 Rufat Dadashov Tobias Stockinger14132024-25Regionalliga Nordost (4)3413101152448498thW Rufat Dadashov202025-26Regionalliga Nordost (4)3410101445504012thRUR1 Leander Fritzsche Willi Reincke1211
Key
Pld – Matches played W – Games won D – Games drawn L – Games lost GF – Goals for GA – Goals against GD - Goal difference Pts – Points Pos – Final position
n/a – Not applicable
R1 – Round 1 R2 – Round 2 R3 – Round 3 R16 – Round of 16 QF – Quarter-finals SF – Semi-finals RU – Runner-up W – Winner
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
Performance chart
See also History of Berliner FC Dynamo (1954–1978) History of Berliner FC Dynamo (1978–1989) History of Berliner FC Dynamo (1989–2004) History of Berliner FC Dynamo (2004–present)
Explanatory notes
References General
Kicker (in German). Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag GmbH. fussball.de (in German). Frankfurt am Main: DFB GmbH & Co. KG.
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