History of Berliner FC Dynamo

[18] The team was now shaped by a new generation of players, including Martin Skaba, Werner Heine, Waldemar Mühlbächer, Hermann Bley and Konrad Dorner.

[35][26] The team would also get the opportunity to play more matches at the larger and more centrally located Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Prenzlauer Berg, which led to increased interest in the club and growing attendance numbers.

[38][nb 3] BFC Dynamo would eventually be able to recruit young talented players from 38 training centers (TZ) across East Germany.

[17] Reinhard Lauck and young forward Hans-Jürgen Riediger won gold medal with the East Germany national football team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

[51][nb 4] Among the young talented players in the team were Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Lutz Eigendorf, Norbert Trieloff, Michael Noack, Roland Jüngling, Rainer Troppa, Bodo Rudwaleit, Ralf Sträßer, Hartmut Pelka and Arthur Ullrich.

[66] The team defeated SG Dynamo Dresden 1–0 in the final matchday in front of 30,000 spectators at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark and won its second consecutive league title.

BFC Dynamo was represented by five players in the squad: Bodo Rudwaleit, Artur Ullrich, Norbert Trieloff, Frank Terletzki and Wolf-Rüdiger Netz.

BFC Dynamo was in first place in the league heading into the final matchday of the 1980-81 DDR-Oberliga, with the same number of points as second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena.

[70] BFC Dynamo defeated FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2–1 in the final match day and won its third consecutive league title.

[71] More players from the youth department were integrated into the first team in the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Rainer Ernst, Bernd Schulz, Olaf Seier, Frank Rohde, Falko Götz and Christian Backs.

"[78] BFC Dynamo midfielder Christian Backs confirmed: "Of course we felt that the fans who usually supported us at Oberliga matches weren't in the stadium.

Players Falko Götz and Dirk Schlegel defected to West Germany during a shopping tour in Belgrade the day before the return leg.

[84] The talented 18-year old forward Andreas Thom from the youth department was given the chance to make his international debut in the match as a replacement for Götz.

[100][99] The overbearing success of BFC Dynamo in the 1980s made fans of opposing teams easily aroused as to what they saw as manipulation by bent referees.

[50][128] As a trainer of the DDR-Oberliga team, Bogs worked with modern training methods, such as video evalutations, which was not yet common in East Germany.

[158] The team lost several key players after the 1990–91 season: Heiko Bonan left for VfL Bochum, Burkard Reich for Karlsruher SC, Waldermar Ksienzyk and Eike Küttner for Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin, Thorsten Boer for Chemnitzer FC, Hendrik Herzog for Schalke 04.

[167] FC Berlin was no longer the absolute treasure trove among former East German clubs, but continued to produce talent thanks to its excellent youth work.

[195] After six years in office, Club President Wanski resigned in June 2000, in protest against main sponsor Lipro AG's demand for influence.

[203][204][205] The German Football Association (DFB) demanded a bank guarantee of 4.2 million Deutsche Mark in the event of promotion, to secure the budget for the Regionalliga Nord.

[215][214] A group of sponsors around former club president Volkmar Waski eventually came forward and offered the money required to commence insolvency proceedings.

[247] Central players in the team in the 2004–05 season were Robert Rudwaleit, Nico Thomaschewski, Dennis Kutrieb, Jörn Lenz and Danny Kukulies.

Liga experience in 2015, including defender Andreas Güntner, Brazilian midfielder Thiago Rockenbach, forward Dennis Srbeny and goalkeeper Bernhard Hendl.

[311] BFC Dynamo recruited striker and Azerbaijan national team player Rufat Dadashov, Turkish midfielder Bilal Çubukçu and Philip Schulz in 2017.

[334] BFC Dynamo was joined by experienced center forward Christian Beck and Moldovan goalkeeper Dmitri Stajila for the 2021–22 season.

[335][336] Key players on the team during the 2021–22 season were Christian Beck, Dmitri Stajila, Chris Reher, Alexander Siebeck, Michael Blum, Andreas Pollasch, Joey Breitfeld, Darryl Geurts, Andor Bolyki, Niklas Brandt and Philip Schulz.

[359][360] Several players left the team after the season, including Beck, Michael Blum, Niklas Brandt, Andreas Pollasch, Marvin Kleihs and Darryl Geurts.

[370] After defeating Berliner AK 07 2–0 in the replay of the match from the 17th matchday on 27 February 2024, the team could retroactively title themselves Herbstmeister in the 2023–24 Regionalliga Nordost.

[373] Midfielder Joey Breitfeld made his 200th competitive appearance for BFC Dynamo in the league match against VSG Altglienicke at the Stadion im Sportforum on 23 March 2024.

[375][376] BFC Dynamo lost several important points in the second half of the 2023-24 Regionalliga Nordost and missed several chances to move to the top of the table.

[385] A number of players left the team after the 2023-24 season, including Felix Meyer, Alexander Siebeck, Amar Suljić and Dominic Duncan.