Counting since their first Bundesliga game, August 18, 2019. Lost 0–4 to RB Leipzig in their 2019 debut as fans held up photos of 455 departed supporters who never saw it — the first East Berlin club ever to reach the Bundesliga.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Iron Ones have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first Bundesliga game.
They did win 1 FDGB-Pokal title (1968). The Bundesliga doesn't count those. Neither does the pain.
That's 7 Bundesliga seasons of waiting.
Since then: ChatGPT launched.
2 U.S. presidencies have started.
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FDGB-Pokal titles in 1968 don't hang in this rafter — the Bundesliga doesn't count them.