Berliner AK 07

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 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV).

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 Fenerbahçe Berlin. The restructured 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 colours.

The club won promotion to the Regionalliga Nord in 2011 and achieved a German Cup upset when it defeated Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 in 2012.[1]

Since 2012 the club plays in the Regionalliga Nordost.[2][3]

Berliner AK 07 played its home fixtures in the Sportanlage Lüderitzstraße (capacity 3,000) with an interlude (2000–2003) spent at the Hanne-Sobek-Sportanlage. The team has moved to the 20,000 seat Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district at the start of the 2006–07 season and currently play at the Poststadion.

As of 20 November 2019[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Pascal Kühn 3 DF Leander Siemann 5 DF Marcus Mlynikowski 6 MF Tim Oschmann 7 MF Rintaro Yajima 8 MF Niklas Brandt 9 MF Enes Küç 10 MF Tahsin Çakmak 11 FW Abu-Bakarr Kargbo 12 MF Tolcay Ciğerci 13 MF Ahmed Razeek 14 DF Oliver Hofmann 15 DF Florijon Belegu 16 MF Alexander Siebeck

No. Position Player 17 MF Alper Kara 18 DF Seyit Bicakci 19 DF Arthur Ekallé 20 MF Yusuf Çoban 21 GK Daniel Bittner 22 MF Cihan Kahraman 23 FW Jacub Przybylko 24 DF Justin Gerlach 26 GK Uroš Kabanica 27 MF Kay Michel 36 DF Nico Beyer 89 FW Pierre Merkel 95 DF Shawn Kauter

• Kemal Halat

The club's honours:

• Landesliga Berlin (VI)
  • Champions: 1995
• Verbandsliga Berlin (V)
  • Champions: 1999
• Berliner Landespokal
  • Winners: 2010, 2012

• Official website
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer