Verbandsliga Brandenburg
Encyclopedia
| Brandenburg-Liga |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1990 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
 |
| State |
 Brandenburg Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam... |
| 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 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... Brandenburg-Nord |
| 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... Brandenburg-Süd |
| Number of Clubs |
| 16 |
| 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... |
| Current Champions 2010–11 |
| FSV Union Fürstenwalde FSV Union Fürstenwalde FSV Union Fürstenwalde is a German football club from Fürstenwalde/Spree, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord .- Honours :* DDR-Liga Staffel B Champions: 1979–80 as SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde* FDGB-Pokal best result: 1988–89 third round... |
The Brandenburg-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...
Brandenburg) is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
. Since the introduction of the 3. Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008, it is the sixth tier of the German football league system
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...
. The champions of the Brandenburg-Liga are directly 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...
.
Overview
The Brandenburg-Liga, previously referred to as the Verbandsliga Brandenburg, was established in 1990 from thirteen clubs as a highest league for the German state of Brandenburg, which was established after the league in October 1990, and the Brandenburg Football Association, FLB (German: Fußball-Landesverband Brandenburg). It compromised the area of the three BezirksligasBezirksklasse
The Bezirksliga, Bezirksklasse or Landesklasse is the 8th tier of football in Germany. The Bezirksliga exists in all regions of German football. Below the Bezirksliga usually ranks the Kreisliga...
of Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
, Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the town of Słubice which was a part of Frankfurt until 1945. At the end of the 1980s it reached a population peak with more than 87,000 inhabitants...
and Cottbus
Cottbus
Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...
. Each of those three Bezirke
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
contributed four clubs to the new league, with one club coming from the 2nd Division. 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...
was established within the East German football league system
East German football league system
The football league system of the German Democratic Republic existed from the creation of the DDR-Oberliga in 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1990....
and in cooperated in the league system of the united Germany after the end of its first season, in 1991.
The league was (and still is) a feeder league 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 Verbandsliga Berlin
Verbandsliga Berlin
The Berlin-Liga is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German capital. Since German reunification in 1990, it is the highest level of domestic football in Berlin, replacing the Oberliga Berlin in this position...
and 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...
, which its champion is directly promoted to. As such, it was the fourth tier of the German league system.
The Brandenburg Football Association itself was formed on 28 July 1990.
The league expanded to sixteen clubs in its second season and this number remained as the preferred strength of the league.
With the introduction of the Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
as third tier of the league system in 1994, the Verbandsligas slipped to tier five.
In 2008, the league again was demoted one level when the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
was established. However, this changed nothing in the leagues status as a feeder league to the NOFV-Oberliga.
While the majority of clubs from the Brandenburg-Liga go on to play in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord, one club from the very south of the state is entered into the southern division, the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
, for geographical reasons, this is the FC Energie Cottbus II.
League champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1990–91 | FSV PCK Schwedt |
| 1991–92 | FSV Optik Rathenow FSV Optik Rathenow FSV Optik Rathenow is a German association football club from the city of Rathenow, Brandenburg.-History:The earliest roots of football in the Rathenow area go back to the establishment of Spielvereinigung Rathenow in 1906... |
| 1992–93 | Schwarz-Rot Neustadt/Dosse |
| 1993–94 | FV Motor Eberswalde FV Motor Eberswalde FV Motor Eberswalde is a German association football club from Eberswalde, Brandenberg northeast of Berlin.-History:The club was founded on 1 July 1909 as FC Preussen Eberswalde and steadily improved in the period leading up to World War I advancing to play in the top local league... |
| 1994–95 | SG Bornim SG Bornim SG Bornim is a German association football club based in Bornim, an Ortsteil of Potsdam in Brandenburg.Founded in September 1927, the club merged with Schwarz-Weiß-Grün Universum Töplitz in 1928 to play as Brandenburger Sport Club Bornim Schwarz-Weiß-Grün... |
| 1995–96 | SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team... |
| 1996–97 | Frankfurter FC Viktoria |
| 1997–98 | Energie Cottbus II |
| 1998–99 | Brandenburger SC Süd 05 Brandenburger SC Süd 05 Brandenburger SC Süd is a German association football club from the town of Brandenburg, in the federal state of the same name. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that also has departments for bowling, canoeing, cycling, swimming, and volleyball.... |
| 1999–00 | Schwarz-Rot Neustadt/Dosse |
| 2000–01 | MSV Neuruppin MSV Neuruppin MSV Neuruppin is a German association football club from Neuruppin, Brandenburg. The football team and its youth side is part of a larger sports association of approximately 1,000 members that has departments for athletics, billiards, boxing, chess, disabled sports, gymnastics, hiking, swimming,... |
| 2001–02 | Oranienburger FC Eintracht |
| 2002–03 | Frankfurter FC Viktoria |
| 2003–04 | Ludwigsfelder FC Ludwigsfelder FC Ludwigsfelder FC is a German football club from Ludwigsfelde in Brandenburg.- History :The association was created in 1947 as Vorwärts Ludwigsfelde as the postwar successor to Rot-Weiß Ludwigsfelde established in 1939... |
| 2004–05 | SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug is a German football club from the communities of Falkensee and Finkenkrug in Brandenburg, near the western border of Berlin.- History :... |
| 2005–06 | SV Germania Schöneiche |
| 2006–07 | FSV Optik Rathenow FSV Optik Rathenow FSV Optik Rathenow is a German association football club from the city of Rathenow, Brandenburg.-History:The earliest roots of football in the Rathenow area go back to the establishment of Spielvereinigung Rathenow in 1906... |
| 2007–08 | SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug is a German football club from the communities of Falkensee and Finkenkrug in Brandenburg, near the western border of Berlin.- History :... |
| 2008–09 | FSV 63 Luckenwalde |
| 2009–10 | SV Altlüdersdorf SV Altlüdersdorf SV Altlüdersdorf is a German football club based in Gransee, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord after 11 seasons in the Brandenburg-Liga .Established as Sportverein Altlüdersdorf in 1926, the club was lost after World War II... |
| 2010–11 | FSV Union Fürstenwalde FSV Union Fürstenwalde FSV Union Fürstenwalde is a German football club from Fürstenwalde/Spree, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord .- Honours :* DDR-Liga Staffel B Champions: 1979–80 as SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde* FDGB-Pokal best result: 1988–89 third round... |
| 2011–12 | — |
Founding members of the league
The league was established from thirteen clubs from four leagues in 1990. Most of the East German clubs changed their names in the years after the reunion, some reverted to their old ones after a brief period, current names, when different from the one in 1990, are listed. The clubs are:From the 2nd Division-Group A:
- FSV Velten, went bankrupt in 1998, reformed as SC Oberhavel Velten
From the Bezirksliga Potsdam:
- FSV Optik RathenowFSV Optik RathenowFSV Optik Rathenow is a German association football club from the city of Rathenow, Brandenburg.-History:The earliest roots of football in the Rathenow area go back to the establishment of Spielvereinigung Rathenow in 1906...
- SV Falkensee-FinkenkrugSV Falkensee-FinkenkrugSV Falkensee-Finkenkrug is a German football club from the communities of Falkensee and Finkenkrug in Brandenburg, near the western border of Berlin.- History :...
- TuS Neuruppin, now MSV Neuruppin
- SC Süd Brandenburg, admitted to Verbandsliga through a merger with Chemie Premnitz
From the Bezirksliga Frankfurt/Oder:
- Chemie Schwedt, became 1. FC Schwedt, disbanded in 1997, reformed as FC Schwedt 02
- Stahl Finow, now 1. FV Stahl Finow
- Preußen Elektronik Frankfurt, now SV Preußen Frankfurt
- SV Müncheberg
From the Bezirksliga Cottbus:
- Empor Mühlberg
- ESV Cottbus, became FSV Cottbus 99, now disbanded
- TSG Lübbenau
- Rot-Weiß Elsterwerda
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