Fuchse Berlin Reinickendorf
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Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf are a German sports club based in Reinickendorf, a western district of Berlin. The football side is part of a larger sports association that has departments for basketball, bowling, boxing, gymnastics, team handball, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, table tennis, and volleyball. In January 2007 the Metropol Cricket Team Berlin joined the club as its cricket department.
History
The club was established 28 January 1891 as the gymnastics club Turn Verein Reinickendorf. To honour the memory of Adolf Dorner, who played a leading role in promoting gymnastics within German schools, the club was renamed Turnverein Dorner in September 1893. As the association grew to include departments for other sports it became Turn- und Sportverein Dorner.
In November 1937 TSV Dorner joined Reinickendorfer Fußball Club Halley-Concordia and the Reinickendorfer Hockeyclub to create Turn- und Rasensportverein Reinickendorf. RFC Halley-Concordia was the product of the 1925 union between Reinickendorfer FC Halley 1910 and Concordia 95. This club made a brief two season appearance in top-flight Berlin football competition, from 1929 until 1931.
In the aftermath of World War II most associations in the country, including sports and football clubs, were dissolved by occupying Allied authorities. Most of the former membership of Tura was re-organized as SG Reinickendorf Ost in late 1945, while the footballers formed SG Felsenbeck. In April 1947 SG Reinickendorf Ost gave rise to today's club, Berliner Turn- und Sportverein von 1891 Reinickendorfer Füchse. Felsenbeck became RFC Halley – Borussia in July 1948 and on 1 December the same year, joined BSTV.
Fuchse Berlin Reinickendorf spiller sine hjemmekamper i Max-Schmeling-Halle. Hallen har en kapasitet på 9000 tilskuere og er kjent for sin gode atmosfære.
Klubbens største suksess kom i 2015 da de vant EHF-cupen. De har også vunnet det tyske mesterskapet tre ganger, i 2011, 2014 og 2015.
Fuchse Berlin Reinickendorf har en rekke kjente spillere på laget, som for eksempel Silvio Heinevetter, Paul Drux og Fabian Wiede. Klubben har også en sterk ungdomsavdeling, som har produsert flere spillere som har gått videre til å spille for det tyske landslaget.
Fuchse Berlin Reinickendorf er en av de mest populære håndballklubbene i Tyskland og har en stor fanskare. Klubben er kjent for sitt aggressive forsvarsspill og sine raske angrep.