Verbandsliga Berlin
Encyclopedia
| Berlin-Liga |
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| Founded |
| 1992 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| State |
 Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
| Promotion To |
| NOFV-Oberliga Nord NOFV-Oberliga Nord The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and... |
| Relegation To |
| Landesliga Berlin Staffel 1 |
| Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2 |
| Number of Teams |
| 19 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 6 German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation... |
| Domestic Cup |
| Berliner Landespokal |
| Current Champions 2010–11 |
| BFC Viktoria 1889 |
The Berlin-Liga (VI) (formerly the Verbandsliga
Verbandsliga
The Verbandsliga is the 6th tier of football in Germany, played on a regional basis by Bundesland. In Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg, Bremen and Bavaria the 6th tier is called Landesliga, which is the 7th tier in some of the other Bundesländer...
Berlin) is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German capital
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Since German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
in 1990, it is the highest level of domestic football in Berlin, replacing the Oberliga Berlin
Oberliga Berlin
The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was the second tier of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, operating under the name of Amateurliga Berlin. After 1963, it was the third tier until 1991, when the league was...
in this position. After the 2007–08 season the Verbandsliga was renamed the "Berlin-Liga".
Overview
The Berlin-Liga was formed in 1992 as the Verbandsliga Berlin from sixteen clubs in WestWest Berlin
West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...
and East Berlin
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
. It was the first time since 1950, when the East-Berlin sides left the Oberliga Berlin
Oberliga Berlin
The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was the second tier of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, operating under the name of Amateurliga Berlin. After 1963, it was the third tier until 1991, when the league was...
to play in the East German football league system, that clubs from both halves of the city played in the same Berlin-wide league. It replaced the Landesliga
Landesliga
The Landesliga is the 7th tier of football in most of Germany, one division below the Verbandsliga. In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thüringen, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the 6th tier...
Berlin as the fourth tier of the German league system in Berlin; the Landesliga had in the previous season been expanded to two divisions to integrate the clubs from East Berlin.
In the 1992-93 season, the league winner was promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was the third tier of the German football league system in the central states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. The league existed from 1991 to 1994...
; since then the winner of the league each year is promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...
, together with the winners of the Brandenburg-Liga and the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...
, while the relegated teams go to the Landesliga Berlin Staffel 1 and Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2.
Founding members of the league
The Verbandsliga was formed in 1992 from sixteen clubs from four leagues, these clubs being:From the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte:
- SC Gatow
- SV Lichtenberg 47
- BSV Spindlersfeld, became BSV Marzahn
- FV Wannsee
From the NOFV-Oberliga Nord:
- BFC PreussenBFC PreussenBFC Preussen is a German football club from Berlin. The team is part of a sports club which also has departments for handball, volleyball, athletics, gymnastics, and ice hockey...
- SC Wacker 04
From the Landesliga Berlin-Staffel I:
- 1. FC Wilmersdorf
- SC Staaken
- Köpenicker SC
- Frohnauer SC
- SC Rapide WeddingSV Nord WeddingSV Nord Wedding 1893 is a German association football club that plays in Berlin.- History :Their complicated lineage includes a number of clubs and they can trace their roots back to some of the city's earliest football sides...
From the Landesliga Berlin-Staffel II:
- SC Schwarz Weiss Spandau
- Spandauer SC Teutonia
- SV Tasmania 73 NeuköllnSV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 1973SV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 1973 is a German football club based in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany, currently playing in the Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2 .- History :...
- FC Wacker Lankwitz
- SG Eumako Weißensee
League champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1992–93 | Frohnauer SC |
| 1993–94 | 1. FC Wilmersdorf |
| 1994–95 | Köpenicker SC |
| 1995–96 | SD Croatia Berlin |
| 1996–97 | SV Tasmania 73 Neukölln SV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 1973 SV Tasmania-Gropiusstadt 1973 is a German football club based in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany, currently playing in the Landesliga Berlin Staffel 2 .- History :... |
| 1997–98 | Tennis Borussia Berlin II Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with... |
| 1998–99 | Berlin AK 07 Berlin AK 07 Berliner AK 07 is a German football club based in Berlin. The club was founded in 1907 and has since evolved into a multi-cultural German-Turkish association with ties to professional football in Turkey.- History :... |
| 1999–00 | Türkiyemspor Berlin Türkiyemspor Berlin Türkiyemspor Berlin is German association football club from Berlin. The club began in 1978 as a loose association of young footballers playing recreationally as Kreuzberg Gençler Birliği , named after the Berlin district of Kreuzberg... |
| 2000–01 | SV Lichtenberg 47 |
| 2001–02 | Köpenicker SC |
| 2002–03 | SV Yeşilyurt Berlin |
| 2003–04 | Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:... |
| 2004–05 | BFC Preussen BFC Preussen BFC Preussen is a German football club from Berlin. The team is part of a sports club which also has departments for handball, volleyball, athletics, gymnastics, and ice hockey... |
| 2005–06 | Lichterfelder FC Lichterfelder FC Lichterfelder FC is a German association football club from the Berlin district of Lichterfelde. The club has approximately 1,300 members and includes the country's largest youth department.-History:... |
| 2006–07 | Spandauer SV Spandauer SV Spandauer SV is a German association football club that plays in Berlin.-Early years:The capital city was one of the earliest centres of German football and was home to 1. Spandauer Fußballklub Triton, formed on 24 May 1894, and Sportclub Germania Spandau, formed on 15 October 1895... |
| 2007–08 | Reinickendorfer Füchse Reinickendorfer Füchse Reinickendorfer Füchse are a German association football club based in Reinickendorf, a western district of in Berlin. The football side is part of a larger sports association that has departments for basketball, bowling, boxing, gymnastics, handball, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, table tennis, and... |
| 2008–09 | Lichtenrader BC |
| 2009–10 | 1. FC Union Berlin II 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to... |
| 2010–11 | BFC Viktoria 1889 |
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFSDeutscher Sportclub für FußballstatistikenThe Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands...
- Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports MagazineKicker (sports magazine)kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006