FC Polonia Berlin is a football club founded by Poles living in Berlin and Germans of Polish descent. The club was founded in 2012 and refers to the heritage of the "Polski Klub Sportowy Berlin" (PSK Berlin). PKS Berlin was founded in 1911 and merged with "BSG Handelsorganisation Berlin" (BSG HO Berlin) in 1951. BSG HO Berlin was attached to SV Empor in 1954 and renamed BSG Empor Nord Berlin. The club was known as BSG Empor HO Berlin from 1974. The club reached the third tier of the East German football league system. Polonia Berlin plays in Kreisliga C (eleventh-tier). The name Polonia is used by other Polish-centred clubs in Germany (for example Polonia Hamburg) and abroad.