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Tennis Borussia Berlin
1997–98 season
ManagerHermann Gerland
StadiumMommsenstadion
Regionalliga Nordost1st
DFB-PokalDNQ
Berliner LandespokalWinners
Deutsche AmateurmeisterschaftWinners
Top goalscorerIlija Aračić (16)
Highest home attendance3,442 (vs.
1. FC Union Berlin)
Lowest home attendance501 (vs. Hansa Rostock (A))
Average home league attendance1,259
← 1996–97

The 1997–98 season was the fourth time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the Regionalliga Nordost, the third highest tier of the German football league system at the time. Tennis Borussia went through the entire league season undefeated; after 34 league games, TeBe won their division with a 32-point lead over second-placed Dynamo Dresden. The club did not qualify for the DFB-Pokal, but won the Berliner Landespokal; beating VfB Lichterfelde 2–1 in the final at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. Ilija Aračić scored 16 of the club's 86 league goals.

1997–98 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SCG Goran Ćurko
GK   GER Roman Görtz
DF   TUR Müslüm Can
DF   TUN Fahed Dermech
DF   GER Olaf Kapagiannidis
DF   GER Jens Melzig
DF   SCG Dejan Raičković
DF   GER Marko Tredup
MF   BIH Bruno Akrapović
MF   GER Guido Block
MF   BIH Junuz Ćoralić
MF   TUR Celaleddin Koçak
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   TUR Faruk Namdar
MF   GER Dirk Rehbein
MF   POL Zbigniew Szewczyk
FW   GER Thomas Adler
FW   CRO Ilija Aračić
FW   ESP Francisco Copado
FW   POL Jacek Frąckiewicz
FW   ALB Harun Isa
FW   GER Kreso Kovacec
FW   GER Mike Lünsmann (from 1 January 1998)
FW   MKD Goran Markov

1997–98 fixtures

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27 July 1997 Regionalliga Spandauer SV 0 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion an der Neuendorfer Straße, Berlin
14:00 Kusche   Schiemann   Hecker   Nied   Report Raičković   45'
Akrapović   88' (pen.)
Isa  
Attendance: 1,191
Referee: Joachim Haack
1 August 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 0 – 0 Dynamo Dresden Mommsenstadion, Berlin
20:00 Tredup   Report Wahl   Hanke   Schmidt  
Milde   84'
Großmann   87'  
Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Bernd Reck
10 August 1997 Regionalliga FC Berlin 0 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, Berlin
14:00 Jonelat   Gezen   Report Aračić   8', 74'
Raičković   Szewczyk   Ćurko  
Attendance: 794
Referee: Bernd Heynemann
15 August 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1 – 1 1. FC Magdeburg Mommsenstadion, Berlin
18:00 Dermech   42'
Tredup  
Report Lieberam   55'
Zentrich   Zarczynski  
Attendance: 1,315
Referee: Jörg Keßler
23 August 1997 Regionalliga 1. FC Union Berlin 1 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin
14:00 Persich   27'
Petrowsky   Persich  
Report Isa   22'
Melzig   84'
Melzig   Aračić   Isa  
Attendance: 2,018
Referee: Torsten Koop
31 August 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1 – 0 FC Sachsen Leipzig Mommsenstadion, Berlin
14:00 Markov   27' Report Lucic  
Virág   14'
Attendance: 2,518
Referee: Lothar Kruse
3 September 1997 Berliner Landespokal
1/64
Tennis Borussia Berlin 7 – 0 BSC Agrispor Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Block  
Markov  
Aračić   
Isa  
Rehbein  
Dermech  
Attendance: 132
6 September 1997 Regionalliga FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0 – 4 Tennis Borussia Berlin Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt
15:30 Dimitrijević   Nowak   Taubmann   Tews   Report Dermech   11'
Große   19' (o.g.)
Isa   26'
Aračić   54'
Aračić   Melzig   Tredup  
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Helmut Bley
12 September 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 0 SV Babelsberg 03 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Akrapović   11' (pen.)
Isa   14'
Aračić   65', 82'
Tredup  
Raičković   18'
Report Petsch   61'   Attendance: 2,799
Referee: Peter Müller
19 September 1997 Regionalliga VFC Plauen 0 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Vogtlandstadion, Plauen
18:00 Färber   Stadelmann   Report Block   28'
Aračić   88'
Copado   Namdar  
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Lothar Kruse
28 September 1997 Regionalliga Hertha Zehlendorf 0 – 1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Ernst-Reuter-Stadion, Berlin
14:00 Blüthmann   Kunert   Henklein  
Sadriu   Waldow   Yıldız  
Report Copado   46'
Adler   57'
Koçak   Namdar  
Attendance: 818
Referee: Peter Augar
4 October 1997 Berliner Landespokal
1/32
Tennis Borussia Berlin 9 – 0 Neuköllner Sportfreunde Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Block  
Raičković  
Markov     
Adler    
Attendance: 196
12 October 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 0 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl Mommsenstadion, Berlin
14:00 Copado   19', 69'
Dermech   67'
Adler   71'
Ćurko   Tredup  
Report Schwöbel   Wiemer   Attendance: 1,501
Referee: Jens Schößler
18 October 1997 Regionalliga Chemnitzer FC 0 – 1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Chemnitz
14:00 Schmidt   Tetzner  
Liebers   6'  
Gvozden   90'
Report Aračić   74'
Akrapović   Isa   Koçak   Melzig   Namdar  
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Jörg Keßler
24 October 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 5 – 0 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal Mommsenstadion, Berlin
18:00 Copado   18'
Melzig   26', 32'
Raičković   52'
Tredup   56'
Dermech  
Report Buchheim   Attendance: 1,070
Referee: Klaus-Dieter Voigt
2 November 1997 Regionalliga FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen 1 – 3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Albert-Kuntz-Sportpark, Nordhausen
14:00 Ludwig   77'
Otto   Trocha  
Report Kovacec   12', 63'
Copado   29'
Ćurko   Akrapović   Copado  
Attendance: 1,325
Referee: Torsten Junghof
8 November 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 0 Reinickendorfer Füchse Mommsenstadion, Berlin
14:00 Kovacec   25', 49', 74'
Akrapović  
Report Manai   Attendance: 1,005
Referee: Peter Kiefer
22 November 1997 Regionalliga Hansa Rostock (A) 0 – 3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Volksstadion, Rostock
14:00 Kollmorgen   Report Namdar   5'
Kovacec   39', 87'
Copado   Melzig   Block  
Attendance: 300
Referee: Michael Wendorf
7 December 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 0 FC Erzgebirge Aue Mommsenstadion, Berlin
13:00 Namdar   41'
Copado   55'
Melzig   90'
Akrapović   Kovacec  
Report Barth   Palke   Thielemann  
Miftari   45'   Beuckert   76'
Attendance: 1,203
Referee: Christian Schößling
12 December 1997 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 5 – 0 Spandauer SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Namdar   6'
Aračić   32'
Copado   50', 55'
Podvorica   90' (pen.)
Akrapović  
Report Podvorica   Attendance: 612
Referee: Wolfgang Ströhl
23 January 1998 Regionalliga Dynamo Dresden 0 – 3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
19:00 Binke   Jelen  
Reckmann   76'   Milde   79'
Report Aračić   8'
Lünsmann   16'
Bernhardt   51' (o.g.)
Raičković   Tredup  
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Peter Weise
7 February 1998 Regionalliga 1. FC Magdeburg 0 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg
14:00 Egler   Maltritz   Report Lünsmann   11'
Aračić   13'
Attendance: 1,847
Referee: Peter Müller
13 February 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 0 1. FC Union Berlin Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Aračić   73'
Isa   90'
Akrapović   Dermech  
Copado   89'  
Report Bergner   Schneider   Wendt   Attendance: 3,442
Referee: Christian Schößling
21 February 1998 Regionalliga FC Sachsen Leipzig 0 – 0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark, Leipzig
14:00 Filipovic   Virág   Report Aračić   Copado   Kovacec   Melzig   Attendance: 3,456
Referee: Frank Fleske
27 February 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 1 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Namdar   14', 28'
Aračić   48'
Akrapović   87'
Raičković   Tredup  
Report Sugzda   49'
Fuhrmann   Schönberg  
Nowak   88'  
Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Bernd Robel
7 March 1998 Regionalliga SV Babelsberg 03 1 – 3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam
14:00 Lau   8'
Knuth   Kovačić   Meinecke  
Report Kovacec   7'
Tredup   78'
Aračić   87'
Koçak   Kovacec   Tredup  
Attendance: 1,851
Referee: Burkhard Pleske
13 March 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 0 VFC Plauen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Isa   32'
Kovacec   47'
Lünsmann   85'
Akrapović   Dermech  
Report Attendance: 532
Referee: Markus Scheibel
18 March 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 0 – 0 FC Berlin Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Dermech   Raičković   Report Ohly   Attendance: 763
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
22 March 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1 – 0 Hertha Zehlendorf Mommsenstadion, Berlin
14:00 Dermech   59'
Isa   Melzig  
Report Unutkan   Waldow   Wüstemann   Attendance: 791
Referee: Robert Sturm
28 March 1998 Berliner Landespokal
Semi-Final
SV Lichtenberg 47 0 – 3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Hans-Zoschke-Stadion, Berlin
Kovacec   
Melzig  
Attendance: 828
4 April 1998 Regionalliga Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 0 – 1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion der Hüttenwerker, Eisenhüttenstadt
14:00 Bartz   Schade   Wiemer   Report Kovacec   69'
Dermech   Kovacec  
Attendance: 540
Referee: Peter Kiefer
8 April 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 0 Chemnitzer FC Mommsenstadion, Berlin
18:00 Copado   45', 47'
Namdar   73'
Dermech   Szewczyk  
Report Liebers   Tetzner   Attendance: 614
Referee: Klaus-Dieter Voigt
11 April 1998 Regionalliga FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 1 – 3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion am Hölzchen, Stendal
14:00 Wiedemann   89'
Lässig   Shubitidze  
Report Dermech   47'
Namdar   77'
Copado   90'
Copado   Szewczyk  
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Bernd Reck
18 April 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 0 FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
14:00 Melzig   28'
Aračić   32', 65', 71'
Akrapović  
Report Ludwig   Attendance: 601
Referee: Peter Müller
30 April 1998 Regionalliga Reinickendorfer Füchse 1 – 4 Tennis Borussia Berlin Sportplatz Freiheitsweg, Berlin
18:00 Schmidt   76'
Holzbecher  
Report Kovacec   22'
Namdar   35'
Isa   86'
Copado   87'
Kovacec   Namdar  
Attendance: 567
Referee: Frank Fleske
5 May 1998 Regionalliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 6 – 0 Hansa Rostock (A) Mommsenstadion, Berlin
18:00 Namdar   3', 27'
Raičković   62'
Dermech   63'
Kovacec   75'
Adler   82'
Dermech  
Report Laaser   Attendance: 501
Referee: Dirk Zschoke
9 May 1998 Regionalliga FC Erzgebirge Aue 0 – 0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue
14:00 Fankhänel   Report Can   Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Burkhard Pleske
1997–98 Regionalliga Nordost
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin (Q) 34 29 5 0 86 7 +79 92 Qualification for Regionalliga promotion playoff
2 Dynamo Dresden 34 17 9 8 60 39 +21 60
3 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 17 6 11 68 55 +13 57
4 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 16 8 10 60 36 +24 56
5 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 16 8 10 59 49 +10 56
6 1. FC Union Berlin 34 15 9 10 46 36 +10 54
7 FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 14 10 10 43 43 0 52
8 Chemnitzer FC 34 14 9 11 54 36 +18 51
9 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 34 15 6 13 50 56 −6 51
10 VFC Plauen 34 13 9 12 55 51 +4 48
11 FC Berlin 34 12 7 15 55 55 0 43
12 1. FC Magdeburg 34 10 9 15 60 65 −5 39
13 Spandauer SV 34 11 6 17 42 64 −22 39
14 SV Babelsberg 03 34 10 8 16 33 50 −17 38
15 Hertha Zehlendorf (R) 34 9 7 18 39 62 −23 34 Relegation to 1998–99 NOFV-Oberliga
16 Reinickendorfer Füchse (R) 34 8 7 19 27 64 −37 31
17 FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen (R) 34 7 8 19 32 58 −26 29
18 Hansa Rostock (A) (R) 34 5 5 24 34 77 −43 20
Source: fussballdaten.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Player statistics

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Pos Player Apps Goals
Regionalliga Nordost
FW   Thomas Adler 25 3
MF   Bruno Akrapović 34 3
FW   Ilija Aračić 32 16
MF   Guido Block 19 1
DF   Müslüm Can 18 0
FW   Francisco Copado 27 12
MF   Junuz Ćoralić 1 0
GK   Goran Ćurko 34 0
DF   Fahed Dermech 32 6
FW   Jacek Frąckiewicz 5 0
GK   Roman Görtz 0 0
FW   Harun Isa 28 6
DF   Olaf Kapagiannidis 13 0
MF   Celaleddin Koçak 33 0
FW   Kreso Kovacec 18 12
FW   Mike Lünsmann 12 3
FW   Goran Markov 12 1
DF   Jens Melzig 25 5
FW   Faruk Namdar 25 10
DF   Dejan Raičković 29 3
MF   Dirk Rehbein 5 0
MF   Zbigniew Szewczyk 13 0
DF   Marko Tredup 27 2

Promotion playoffs

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Winning the Regionalliga Nordost did not grant Tennis Borussia Berlin an automatic promotion to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, they had to enter a playoff against Regionalliga Nord champions Hannover 96 for the right to play in Germany's second tier.

After two legs, Tennis Borussia Berlin lost out to Hannover 96 3–1 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, but had a second chance to earn promotion in a three-team playoff with the runners-up of the Regionalliga Süd and Regionalliga West/Südwest divisions as part of the 1998 German amateur football championship.

21 May 1998 Promotion playoff Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 0 Hannover 96 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
N.N.    Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Winfried Buchhart
24 May 1998 Promotion playoff Hannover 96 2 – 0
(a.e.t.)

(3 – 1 p)
Tennis Borussia Berlin Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Asamoah   7'
Milovanović   84'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust
Penalties
Ernst  
Linke  
Kreuz  
  Raičković
  Akrapović
  Isa
  Copado

1998 German amateur football championship

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After beating Kickers Offenbach and Sportfreunde Siegen, Tennis Borussia were crowned German amateur football champions (German: Deutsche Amateurmeister). Despite having lost to Hannover 96, TeBe were promoted. Incidentally, the two met in the first round of the following season's DFB-Pokal, where the Veilchen avenged their playoff defeat with a 1–0 win as well as four of the six league points.

1998 German amateur football championship
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin (P) 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Promotion to 1998–99 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
2 Sportfreunde Siegen 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 Kickers Offenbach 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted
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