FC Berlin narrowly missed promotion to the 2. The team finished the 1990-91 NOFV-Oberliga in eleventh place, but qualified for the play-off for the 2. FC Berlin fans created one of the biggest hooligan scenes in East Germany, and an 18-year-old supporter, Mike Polley, was shot dead by police during riots in Leutzsch in connection with a match against FC Sachsen Leipzig on 3 November 1990. Also Thomas Doll, Frank Rohde and Rainer Ernst left for the Bundesliga after the season.įC Berlin got off to a poor start in the 1990-91 NOFV-Oberliga, and Jürgen Bogs returned as coach. FC Berlin finished the 1989-90 DDR-Oberliga in fourth place and failed for the first time to qualify for a European competition. The number of spectators dropped drastically. The club changed its name to FC Berlin on 19 February 1990, in an attempt to distance the club from the Stasi. The East German Ministry of the Interior declared that it was only prepared to support the club until the end of the 1989–90 season. The Stasi was dissolved and the club thus lost a major sponsor. The dismantling of the champion team from the 1980s was now well underway. Forward Andreas Thom became the first player in the DDR-Oberliga to leave for the West German Bundesliga. The East German regime faltered and parts of the Berlin Wall were opened on 9 November 1989.
The 1989–90 season was tumultuous for BFC Dynamo. History of Berliner FC Dynamo, a German association football club
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