History of Berliner FC Dynamo (1954–1978)
The club gained access to a nationwide scouting network supported by the numerous training centres (German: Trainingszentrum) (TZ) of SV Dynamo across East Germany.
Prominent players in the team in the late 1970s were Frank Terletzki, Wolf-Rudiger Netz, Reinhard Lauck, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Lutz Eigendorf, and Norbert Trieloff.
[6] The team played its first match as Dynamo Berlin on 21 November 1954 against BSG Rotation Babelsberg on the 10th matchday of the 1954–55 DDR-Oberliga in front of 20,000 spectators at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark.
[49][50][nb 5] The team of SC Dynamo Berlin would now instead be shaped by a new generation of players, such as Martin Skaba, Werner Heine, Waldemar Mühlbächer, Hermann Bley and Konrad Dorner.
Gyarmati had previously coached SG Dynamo Dresden, SC DHfK Leipzig, ASK Vorwärts Berlin and the East Germany national football team.
[69] After a series of poor results at the beginning of the autumn of 1961, the team was able to reclaim a top place in the league after a 5-1 win over SC Einheit Dresden on the 20th matchday.
Erich Mielke and SV Dynamo officials were conscious of the mass appeal of football and the role of the Berlin club in the reputation of the Stasi.
[8][105][106] The new club was presented by the SV Dynamo President Mielke in front of the 1,400 guests at the founding ceremony in the Dynamo-Sporthalle in Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin.
[119][118] BFC Dynamo played two friendly matches against Hungarian top teams Budapesti Dózsa SE and Ferencváros in Budapest during the winter break.
[123] They then played local rival FC Vorwärts Berlin on the 16th matchday on 26 February 1966, losing the derby 0–1 in front of 12,000 spectators at Dynamo Stadium.
[127] Wolff was a native of Erfurt and had joined the club as a youth player from BSG Motor Weimar, via Dynamo Dresden's sports school, where he had stayed a short time.
Forward Rainer Gesereich, Erhard Kochale, Michael Jakob, and Werner Voigt were transferred to FSG Dynamo Frankfurt after the season.
Young midfielder Peter Rohde from the youth department made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga in the match FC Carl Zeiss Jena on the seventh matchday on 20 September 1969.
Midfielder Frank Terletzki from the youth department made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga away against FC Karl-Marx-Stadt in the 15th matchday on 21 March 1970.
19-year-old defender Bernd Brillat from the youth department made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga in the match against FC Hansa Rostock as a substitute for Norbert Johannsen.
Dynamo Dresden eventually won the match 2–1 after a second goal by Sammer in the 119th minute,[165] and thus secured the first double in the history of East German football.
[110][185][183] The relocation of Vorwärts Berlin also meant that BFC Dynamo would get the opportunity to play more home 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.
[5][4] The team was destined to compete on the European level, boosting East German self-confidence and international prestige, and the players were meant to become socialist heroes.
Key players on the team were Werner Lihsa, Harald Schütze, Frank Terletzki, Dieter Stumpf, Norbert Johannsen, Peter Rohde, Wilfried Trümpler, Jochen Carow, Wolf-Rüdiger Netz, Jürgen Hübner and Ralf Schulenberg.
But the team lost important ground to the constant competition from FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Dynamo Dresden at the end of the first half of the season.
The 17-year-old talented forward Hans-Jürgen Riediger from the youth department made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga as a substitute for Werner Voigt in the match.
[67] BFC Dynamo recruited experienced attacking midfielder and national team player Reinhard Lauck from Union Berlin for the season.
"[235] Lauck had allegedly been advised by the DFV to switch to BFC Dynamo in order to continue playing for the East Germany national football team.
[236] In return for Lauck, Werner Voigt, and Bernd Kempke, as well as Michael Jakob from SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde, were transferred to Union Berlin.
East German football weekly Die neue Fußballwoche commented: "Shortly before the end, the same thing on the other side, but this one surprised even the objective Dresdeners about it.
[255] The 17-year-old defender Norbert Trieloff from the youth department made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga against BSG Wismut Aue on the 11th matchday on 30 November 1974.
[266][263] Wolf-Rüdiger Netz, Michael Noack, Reinhard Lauck, Ralf Schulenberg, Bernard Jonelat, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Frank Terletzki, Roland Jüngling, and Lutz Eigendorf were now key players on the team.
[288] Young goalkeeper Bodo Rudwaleit from the youth department made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga on the eighth matchday against FC Carl-Zeiss Jena on 22 October 1976.
18-year-old forward Ralf Sträßer from the youth department made his debut for the first team of BFC Dynamo in the match, as a substitute for Rainer Wroblewski in the 70th minute.
Young defender Artur Ullrich from the reserve team made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga at home against BSG Wismut Gera on the 19th matchday on 7 April 1978.
