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| Full name | Fußball Sportverein Optik Rathenow | ||
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| Founded | 1945 (as SG Rathenow) 1991 (as FSV Optik Rathenow) | ||
| Ground | Vogelgesang | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Mario Schmeling | ||
| Manager | Ingo Kahlisch | ||
| League | NOFV-Oberliga Nord | ||
| 2022–23 | NOFV-Oberliga Nord, 13th of 18 | ||
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FSV Optik Rathenow is a German association football club who compete in the Oberliga. The club is situated in the city of Rathenow, near Berlin, and play their home games at the Vogelgesang.
In 1994, the club earned three promotions in quick succession under coach, Ingo Kahlisch, and reached Germany's 3rd tier, enjoying a three-season spell at that level competing against the likes of FC Union Berlin and Dynamo Dresden. Following their return to fourth-tier play in 1997, the Rathenowers were regulars in the competition until 2005. The club has featured twice in the DFB Pokal main rounds, most recently against 2. Bundesliga club, FC St. Pauli.