VSG Altglienicke moves to Fürstenwalde: A new chapter begins!

VSG Altglienicke moves to Fürstenwalde: A new chapter begins!

The football club VSG Altglienicke will move to Brandenburg in the coming season to play his home games in the Frisian Stadium in Fürstenwalde. This decision was announced by the city of Fürstenwalde on Friday and the official agreement will be signed next Tuesday. The move is necessary because the stadium in Altglienicke is not renovated and is therefore not regionally league -compatible. In addition, no adequate alternative location in Berlin could be found, which made the situation of the club more difficult, as [rbb24] reported.

Last season, VSG Altglienicke already played in the Hans-Zoschke Stadium, where she shared the place with Lichtenberg 47. Previously, games also took place in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn sports park and in the amateur stadium at the Olympic Stadium. These circumstances illustrate the ongoing discussions about the inadequate stadium situation in Berlin, which are repeatedly on the subject, especially in the lower league area.

political challenges and failures

Marco Brauchmann (CDU), district councilor of Treptow-Köpenick, speaks of the end of the guest tour tour in Berlin stadiums for VSG Altglienicke. The difficulties have been going on for several years: the stadium work on Köpenicker Landstrasse, which has been requesting since 2019, has been delayed by seven years due to complicated coordination and planning processes. The technical development is also a major challenge, since many technical systems are in a dilapidated condition.

In the context of this topic, other Berlin football regional leagueists are also affected, who also complain about a lack of political support. One example is the regional league Hertha 03 Zehlendorf, who has to deal with bureaucratic hurdles such as the approval of a guest fence. Without this, the club could not play on its own stadium and had to switch to the Lichterfelde stadium.

financing and support for clubs

The Berlin Senate Department for Interior and Sport provides 24 million euros for a sports facility renovation program. This program is intended to support football clubs in particular who move to professional sports at the threshold. Stadium infrastructure is provided, among other things, by the Mommsen Stadium, the stadium in Hohenschönhausen and the planned new Jahnstadion, but the renovation of existing stadiums such as that of VSG Altglienicke often hangs at political hurdles.

The VSG Altglienicke sees itself in a transition period that brings with it both sporty and infrastructural challenges. It remains to be seen whether the planned renovation work and support are long. An outlook on the coming season is already raising questions about the future of Berlin football.

For more information on the stadium conditions and the challenges for Berlin football clubs, the article by [Tagesspiegel] and the contribution by [RBB24] is recommended.