1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Formed: 1955
Nickname: Turbinen (Turbine)

UEFA Women's Cup best performance: 2004/05 winners

Domestic honours
• League title: 10 (1981*, 1982*, 1983*, 1985*, 1986*, 1989*, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010)
• German Cup: 3 (2004, 2005, 2006)

*East German league

Round of 32: FC Honka Espoo 8-1 (a), 8-0 (h), agg: 16-1
Round of 16: Brøndby IF 1-0 (h), 4-0 (a), agg: 5-0
Quarter-finals: Røa IL 5-0 (h), 5-0 (a), agg: 10-0
Semi-finals: FCR 2001 Duisburg 0-1 (a), 1-0 (h, aet), agg: 1-1, 3-1 pens

History
• BSG Turbine Potsdam was founded as a men's side in 1955. A female team was started up 16 years later by Bernd Schröder, an employee of the energy supplier the club was part of.

• They immediately won their district championship and by the 1980s were dominant in East Germany.

• Despite struggling in the early years of a reuinified Germany, they gained promotion to the top level in 1994 and were part of the inaugural Frauen-Bundesliga in 1997/98.

• The women's club split from the main outfit to become 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in 1999 and were soon a leading club, denied the 2002/03 title when a last-minute Petra Wimbersky strike against 1. FFC Frankfurt was ruled offside.

• However, a strong youth system ensured Potsdam would soon win honours with a double the next season and a UEFA Women's Cup in 2005. They lost the final the following year to Frankfurt despite a domestic double and after reclaiming the German title in 2008/09, went on to reach the first UEFA Women's Champions League final.

Key players
Striker Anja Mittag has spent virtually all her senior career with Potsdam and is a prolific striker, with support coming from Fatmire Bajramaj, signed from FCR 2001 Duisburg last summer, Nadine Kessler and Jennifer Zietz. At the back Babett Peter was a revalation for Germany at UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2009.

Coach: Bernd Schröder
Date of Birth: 22 July 1942
Nationality: German
Playing career: Clubs in Leipzig
Coaching career: 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (twice), East Germany women

The driving force behind Potsdam's success, Schröder was a goalkeeper in his playing days for various Leipzig clubs. In 1971 he was the first coach of Turbine's female side and led them to six East German titles over the next two decades, also coaching the national team in the only game they ever played, losing 3-0 to Czechoslovakia in Potsdam on 9 May 1990.

In 1991/92 he stepped upstairs to become Potsdam president but became coach again during the first Frauen-Bundesliga season in 1997/98. Potsdam were soon among the leading clubs in Germany and in the mid-2000s the club won two domestic doubles and the UEFA Women's Cup, as well as bringing through many strong young players like Mittag, Bianca Schmidt and Peter.