Club

1. FC Union Berlin

Who we are

1. FC Union Berlin were founded under the current name on 20.01.1966, but including our predecessor clubs, we can look back on a history of more than 100 years. Measured by our membership of more than 69,000 Unioner, we are the largest sports club in Berlin. Compared nationwide, we belong to the top 10 football clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga with the largest memberships.

Currently, our first men's team are competing in the Bundesliga having achieved promotion for the first time through the relegation play-off in the summer of 2019. After finishing in seventh place and qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League in summer 2021, we made it to the Europa League the following year and jumped to fifth place in the Bundesliga. As the fourth-place team, we then qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in our history at the end of the 22/23 season.

The women’s team of 1. FC Union Berlin entered the 2023/24 season as professionals for the first time. As champions of the Regionalliga Nordost, they qualified for the play-offs to the 2. Bundesliga after a season without defeat and achieved promotion to second flight with two victories.

News

April 08, 2025Club

Clear and Functional

Union Have a New Online Presence

Union Take Case to Permanent Court of Arbitration

March 26, 2025Club

Following DFB Court's Decision

Union Take Case to Permanent Court of Arbitration

March 19, 2025Club

Advance Ticket Sales Begin

The Women's Final Run

March 13, 2025Club

Signed Shirts to be Auctioned for a Good Cause

Eisern für Menschlichkeit

March 11, 2025Club

Ticketing Info for Members

Wolfsburg and Stuttgart at Home

March 06, 2025Club

Final Info for the Train to Frankfurt

All Aboard

Our story

1. FC Union Berlin e.V. were founded at a conference that took place in the late afternoon of 20.01.1966 in the club house of the Oberschöneweide Transformatorenwerk where, in the club house hall, the name "1. FC Union Berlin" was publicly announced for the first time. It was based on a survey spread through the press among Berlin football fans – having been invited to submit suggestions for an appropriate name and corresponding emblem.

To the club history

Presidium of the founding conference of 1. FC Union Berlin (3rd from left: the new chairman Werner Otto, General Director of the Association of State-Owned Companies for High Voltage Equipment and Cables | 4th from left: Paul Fettback, club secretary | 6t

Our home since 1920.

We play our home games at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. Currently, our stadium has a capacity of 22,012 (18,395 standing and 3,617 seated places). The name comes from the adjacent old forester's lodge, which currently houses, among other things, the offices of the club management.

The stadium was opened on 7 August 1920 and has undergone various structural changes over the decades.

To the stadium history