BFC Fortuna 1894 Berlin


Fortuna Berlin was a German association football club established on 1 November 1894 in Berlin out of the memberships of the clubs Semnonia Berlin and Berliner FC Hercynia. The short-lived side is notable as one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. The club colours were black and blue and the footballers played in a kit of white shirts and black shorts at their home pitch at Tempelhofer Feld.
The club was a founding member of the VBB and also played in the VDBV as a first division side from 1898–1904 before slipping to lower-tier competition. BFCF also spent at least one season in second division play in the Berliner Ballspiel Bund. In 1910, the team advanced to the final of the Berliner Pokal where they lost 1:4 to Weißenseer FC.
Throughout most of its existence the club was a lower table side with their best result being a second-place finish in 1898. In 1914, Fortuna merged with Britannia Berlin to form present-day side Berliner SV.