Berlin-Liga


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 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin in this position. After the 2007–08 season the Verbandsliga was renamed "Berlin-Liga".
It is the sixth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system; until the introduction of the Regionalligen in 1994 the fourth tier.

Overview

The Berlin-Liga was formed in 1992 as the Verbandsliga Berlin from sixteen clubs in West and East Berlin. It was the first time since 1950, when the East-Berlin sides left the Oberliga Berlin 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 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; since then the winner of the league each year is promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord, together with the winners of the Brandenburg-Liga and the Verbandsliga 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:
From the NOFV-Oberliga Nord:
From the Landesliga Berlin-Staffel I:
From the Landesliga Berlin-Staffel II:
The league champions:
SeasonChampions
1992–93Frohnauer SC
1993–941. FC Wilmersdorf
1994–95Köpenicker SC
1995–96SD Croatia Berlin
1996–97SV Tasmania 73 Neukölln
1997–98Tennis Borussia Berlin II
1998–99Berliner AK 07
1999–2000Türkiyemspor Berlin
2000–01SV Lichtenberg 47
2001–02Köpenicker SC
2002–03SV Yeşilyurt
2003–04Berliner FC Dynamo
2004–05BFC Preussen
2005–06Lichterfelder FC
2006–07Spandauer SV
2007–08Reinickendorfer Füchse
2008–09Lichtenrader BC
2009–101. FC Union Berlin II
2010–11BFC Viktoria 1889
2011–12VSG Altglienicke
2012–13BSV Hürtürkel
2013–14Hertha Zehlendorf
2014–15Tennis Borussia Berlin
2015–16VSG Altglienicke
2016–17SC Staaken
2017–18SpVg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin
2018–19SV Tasmania Berlin