BFC Dynamo was developed into a flagship club. It had the best material conditions in the league and the best team by far. BFC Dynamo won ten East German championships in succession between 1979 and 1988. It also won the FDGB-Pokal in 1988 and 1989 as well as the DFV-Supercup in 1989. BFC Dynamo is the only club in Berlin to have reached the semi-finals of a major European tournament. The club reached the semi-finals of the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup, before losing to Dynamo Moscow in a penalty shoot-out. BFC Dynamo put a lot of focus on its youth work. Its successes was built on an elaborate youth system. The club was able to recruit young talented players from training centers (TZ) across the whole of East Germany, including numerous training centers (TZ) of SV Dynamo. BFC Dynamo had the youngest team in the league in the 1975-76 DDR-Oberliga season with an average age of only 22,8 years. Most of its top performers of the 1980s came through its own youth academy or junior team, such as Andreas Thom, Frank Rohde and Rainer Ernst.