In May 1906, VBB chairman Fritz Boxhammer reported at the association meeting for the past financial year an increase in clubs from 26 to 38, as well as a rise in membership from 1,920 to 2,569 athletes. About half a year earlier, the DFB (German Football Association) had listed the VBB as comprising 32 clubs with 2,123 members, and 33 clubs with 1,147 members in the Märkischer Fußball-Bund, competing in Berlin and the surrounding area. This was without mentioning the numerous other competitions made up of football enthusiasts that didn't belong to any of the official associations. It was not permitted for the clubs and associations belonging to the VBB and MFB to compete in these football contests at the time.

The Exelsior Ballspiel-Club - founded in Niederschöneweide in 1898 and later relocated across the Spree to the 15,79 strong, outlying municipality of Oberschöneweide - is mentioned in historical sources. Meanwhile, school teams were also holding their first competitions on riverside meadows and other open spaces: Westende, Sparta, Urania, Germania, and Olympia all competed against one another. Contemporary records also mention an FC Preußen. Dissolutions and new mergers hindered the continuity and further development of these clubs.

But, in late April or early May, a group of football-loving students and apprentices had founded a club near a school in Oberschöneweide, though it did not last long. Soon after, on June 17, 1906, fifteen young men came together with the goal of creating a permanent club to play organised football, as well as track and field. Thus, Olympia Oberschöneweide were founded at Albert Großkopf’s restaurant at Luisenstraße 17 in Oberschöneweide.

Little is known about Hans Sørensen, Otto Rienitz, Oskar Grünwald, Otto Kraaz, Hans Rehn, Arno Georgi, Fritz Schornstein, Johannes Saupe, Arno Böttger, Willi Backe, Fritz Rump, Max Maaß, the founding members from 17. June, 1906, let alone as Fritz Rump, Max and Franz Fähnrich, who were not present at Großkopf's that afternoon. Likewise, little is known about Erwin Mettchen, who was elected chairman, or Ernst Standke, the first team captain, who, like Albert Seipp and Richard Rump, would later become a successful player in Berlin representative teams. It is also unclear what specific role Georg Hirsch, Fritz Bredow, Adolf Rittinghaus, Robert Stach, Karl Fritsche, and Karl and Wilhelm Berkenhoff had in the proceedings. Berkenhoff described Arno Böttger in his text in the booklet to mark the club's 25th birthday in 1931 as someone who "was a notable figure in the local sports life." Which sport he was devoted to is not known.

However, all of these young people must have come together that Sunday in the sole intention of "engaging in football activity according to the rules of the sport," as described on that "wonderful, inviting day for outdoor activities" – thus reported the "Tägliche Rundschau" the following day. It is worth noting that alcoholic beverages were officially prohibited for them, and Albert Großkopf's tavern was still regarded as a coffee house, as it had been under its predecessor's management.

Social gatherings clearly belonged to the matchday routine of the sportsmen. Indeed, "for the vast majority of our football clubs, competition and the joys of the table" were interconnected – or so lamented the editorial writer Gracchus in "Sport im Wort," criticising their lifestyles. The once-valued ancient German custom of a hearty drink at the right time had become a bad habit. All the healthy sport in the world would not help much if subsequent debaucheries were used to "drown the anger and shame of defeat." The winners did not hold back either, according to the pseudonymous author. "Beer is drunk on Saturdays, and the night is sometimes turned into day," he loudly admonished on page two of the paper. Following the fairly contested Sunday game, "offerings are brought to Gambrinus once again," he continued.

When, where, and with whom the young players from Oberschöneweide had their first matches is not documented. Böttger referred to the area near the Spree at the crossing of Wilhelminenhof and Ostendstraße "on the present terrain of the N.A.G. at the Ostender waterfront" as a playing field in the 1931 commemorative publication. Sports reporting in the daily newspapers primarily focused on equestrian sports, and football matches were reserved for sports and specialist magazines. The "Neue Sportwoche" provided space for commentary, where  an anonymous writer quoted a Dr. Hans Fröhlich from the "Leipziger Abendzeitung," who had reminded in the Saxon paper that the youth should "honour the game but should not indulge in the sport." Running onesself ragged until "[you] can't take it anymore!" was poison for body and mind, and this applied "especially to the most modern raw youth sport: football."

"'According to the reliable statistics of the 'New York World'" it stated that the "last year's football season claimed 19 dead and 150 seriously injured." A series of further examples from German reporting continued in this vein, noting "the direct danger of football." Thus, Dr. Fröhlich addressed not only Saxon parents, urging them to "be cautious with your children regarding football," and referencing a sanitary council Dr. Altschul, who taught that "experience shows that boys who once engage in football find no pleasure in any other game; no other game becomes a passion as easily as football." The author of "Neue Sportwoche" finally did put the quoted material into some kind of context, saying, "As it seems, the author does not have a very accurate knowledge of the type of football practiced in Germany." Injuries were often exaggerated in German papers, "for the opponents of football sports, this reporting is indeed a boon."

The young Oberschöneweiders obviously missed the matches taking place on on June 17, 1906, including Germania 88's 2-1 Berlin first division win over Königsberger FC, the East Prussian city's champions. That June weekend was characterized by high temperatures, and "Sport im Wort" reported that the match between BFC Fortuna and BFC Elf had been affected by "scorching heat on the pitch". Played at the Tempelhofer Feld, it was apparently a game as much foughtas played, as after an offside equalizer by the Elf team, Fortuna made played "with all force and sharpness" to turn the encounter around, not shying away from "violating the rules of the sport in every way." The match was abandoned, preventing "any further disturbances."

A few weeks later, on July 22, 1906, Ernst Standke, Albert Seipp, Erwin Mettchen, and their comrades joined the Berliner FC Helgoland 1897, who were competing in the south of Berlin, at the Tempelhofer Feld as the 'Ortsabteilung Oberschöneweide'. The relatively successful club had been a member of the Football Association for six years by then, and thus entering the structure enabled them to participate in the championship for the first time.

Successful, young and accordingly self-assured, the Oberschöneweiders joined with BFC Union 1892 on February 10, 1907. They initially developed with two youth teams and as the IV men's team until they achieved independence on February 22, 1909 – now as a sovereign member of the Football Association.