Brandenburg-Liga
| Brandenburg-Liga |
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| Founded |
| 1990 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| State |
 Brandenburg |
| Promotion to |
| NOFV-Oberliga Nord |
| Relegation to |
| Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord |
| Landesliga Brandenburg-Süd |
| Number of Clubs |
| 16 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 6 |
| Current Champions 2010–11 |
| FSV Union Fürstenwalde |
The Brandenburg-Liga (VI) (formerly the Verbandsliga Brandenburg) is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German state of Brandenburg. Since the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it is the sixth tier of the German football league system. The champions of the Brandenburg-Liga are directly promoted to the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.
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[edit] 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 Bezirksligas of Potsdam, Frankfurt (Oder) and Cottbus. Each of those three Bezirke contributed four clubs to the new league, with one club coming from the 2nd Division. The Verbandsliga was established within the East German football league system 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, together with the Verbandsliga Berlin and Verbandsliga 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.[1]
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 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 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, for geographical reasons, this is the FC Energie Cottbus II.
[edit] League champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1990–91 | FSV PCK Schwedt |
| 1991–92 | FSV Optik Rathenow |
| 1992–93 | Schwarz-Rot Neustadt/Dosse |
| 1993–94 | FV Motor Eberswalde |
| 1994–95 | SG Bornim |
| 1995–96 | SV Babelsberg 03 |
| 1996–97 | Frankfurter FC Viktoria |
| 1997–98 | Energie Cottbus II |
| 1998–99 | Brandenburger SC Süd 05 |
| 1999–00 | Schwarz-Rot Neustadt/Dosse |
| 2000–01 | MSV Neuruppin |
| 2001–02 | Oranienburger FC Eintracht |
| 2002–03 | Frankfurter FC Viktoria |
| 2003–04 | Ludwigsfelder FC |
| 2004–05 | SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug |
| 2005–06 | SV Germania Schöneiche |
| 2006–07 | FSV Optik Rathenow |
| 2007–08 | SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug |
| 2008–09 | FSV 63 Luckenwalde |
| 2009–10 | SV Altlüdersdorf |
| 2010–11 | FSV Union Fürstenwalde |
| 2011–12 | — |
[edit] 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 Rathenow
- SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ "Geschichte – 1990" (in German). Fußball-Landesverband Brandenburg. http://www.flb.de/Landesverband/Geschichte.php. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
[edit] Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
- Kicker Almanach, (German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
[edit] External links
- The North East German Football Association (NOFV) (German)
- The Brandenburg-Liga at Fussball.de (German)
- The Brandenburg Football Association (FLB) (German)
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