Berliner AK 07

Poststadion (Capacity: 10.000)

Berliner AK 07 - Energie Cottbus II (2:1) (Regionalliga Nord, 11. April 2012)
1:0 R. Nikol (16.), 1:1 C. Schulze (59.), 2:1 P. Fardjad-Azad (76.)

Attendance: 138
Cost: 10 Euro (Sitplatz)
Programme: Sold Out

Todays teams entering the field

And posing for the fans

Time for kickoff

BAK just shoot wide

The old stands are well and truly grown over

Construction continues in the greandstand

Just testing out the new lens ;-)

Ready for the second half

Corner for BAK

Free kick for BAK

Full time and victory for the hosts

CLUB HISTORY: (wiki) Berliner AK 07 is a German football club based in Berlin. The club was founded in 1907 and has since evolved into a multi-cultural German-Turkish association with ties to professional football in Turkey.
The association was established on 15 December 1907 in the Wedding district of Berlin as an athletics club interested primarily in running. A football department was formed in 1908 which has since remained a largely anonymous side playing in lower tier city competition. In the early 90s AK 07 played in the sixth division Landesliga Berlin and advanced to the Verbandsliga Berlin (V) on the strength of a 1995 championship there. A 1999 Verbandsliga title saw the club further promoted to the Oberliga Nordost-Nord (IV) where they play today. In 2006–07 matched its best ever result at this level with a fourth place finish.
AK 07 merged with BSV Mitte in 2004: Mitte had earlier been formed out of the merger of the ethnically Turkish sides BFC Güneyspor and Fenerbahce Berlin. The re-structured association formed a co-operative relationship with Turkish first division club Ankaraspor in June 2006 which focuses on player development in Germany.
On 6 July 2006 the club adopted the name Berlin Ankaraspor Kulübü 07 and selected Ahmet Gökcek, son of the mayor of Ankara, as Chairman. With the name change the club also abandoned its traditional colours of red and white to don the blue and white kit of Ankaraspor, but later reverted to its old name and colors.
During the season 2007/08 Ankaraspor with a strengthened youth club just managed to avoid relegation. The 2008/09 season was the same and the team managed to avoid relegation on the last match day. In the 2009/10 season BAK finished second in the league. However, the highlight of the season was winning the Berlin Pokal Cup, with a 1-0 final victory over BFC Dynamo. This qualified the club for the first time in the national DFB Cup. There, BAK met in the first round the Bundesliga club 1.FSV Mainz 05 , but lost a tight match 1:2.
By decision of 15 April 2011 took the club back to its old name.
After a third place position in the 2010/11 Oberliga season, BAK rose to the Regionaliga, because the teams placed in front of them, Torgelower SV Greif and FC Hansa Rostock II, for financial reasons, had waived the rise. To meet the expectations in the Regionaliga, Jens Härtel was hired as new head coach, who until then was an assistant coach at SV Babelsberg 03.

HONOURS:
Landesliga Berlin (VI) champions: 1995
Verbandsliga Berlin (V) champions: 1999
Berlin Pokal Champion: 2010/11

STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki) The Poststadion is a multi-use stadium in the Moabit district of Berlin, Germany, built in 1929 for the sports club of the German Reichspost at the site of a former Prussian Uhlan parade ground. A designated landmark since 1990, its stands and terrace are currently under reconstruction. The fields are used mostly for regional football and host the home matches of SC Minerva 93 Berlin and SC Union 06 Berlin, since 2008 also of SV Yeşilyurt Berlin and Berlin AK 07.
The stadium today holds 15,005 people and is all-seater. Before, it held up to 45,000 spectators, who on 10 May 1930 saw the German national football team playing 3-3 against England, one of the first encounters of the two teams. Richard Hofmann scored all three goals for Germany before England's David Jack finally equalised.
After the Deutsches Stadion in Charlottenburg had been closed in 1934, the Poststadion became the site of the German championship final. FC Schalke 04 won with 2-1 over 1. FC Nuremberg, who themselves gained the title two years later in a 2-1 match against Fortuna Düsseldorf. The stadium was also used as a boxing arena, when on 7 July 1935 Max Schmeling won against Paulino Uzcudun after twelve rounds.
Several football matches during the 1936 Summer Olympics were held at the Poststadion, where on 7 August outsider Norway in front of 55,000 spectators kicked Germany out of the tournament by a 2-0 win in the quarter finals. The Nazi leadership including Adolf Hitler witnessed the defeat, whereafter team manager Otto Nerz was dismissed and replaced by Sepp Herberger. Major football events afterwards were held at the Olympiastadion.