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| Oberliga Berlin |
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| Founded |
| 1945 |
| Disbanded |
| 1963 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| State |
 Berlin |
| Relegation To |
| Amateurliga Berlin |
| Number of Seasons |
| 18 |
| Replaced by |
| Bundesliga |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 1 |
| Domestic Cup |
| Berlin Cup |
| Last Champions 1962-63 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin |
The Oberliga Berlin was the highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It was by far the smallest of the five Oberligas.
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Overview
The league was created in 1945, incorporating clubs from all four sectors of the allied-occupied Berlin. It replaced the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg as the highest league in the region. In its first year, it was staged in four groups with the winner of each group taking part in a finals tournament. In 1946, three clubs from each of those four groups went to form the single-division, twelve team, Oberliga Berlin. Alongside the Oberliga Berlin, four other Oberligas were formed in Germany in those years:
- Oberliga West (formed in 1947)
- Oberliga Nord (formed in 1947)
- Oberliga Südwest (formed in 1945)
- Oberliga Süd (formed in 1945)
The clubs in Berlin were originally not permitted to carry their pre-war names and had to be simply named after the suburb they represented. This rule was slowly lifted in the three western sectors and by 1948, clubs in what was to become West-Berlin carried their original names again. In the Soviet sector, the future East Berlin, clubs took up names in accordance with the requirements of the new communist regime.
With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner of the Oberliga Berlin went on to the finals tournament with the other Oberliga champions. Being the smallest of the five Oberligas it is not surprising that no club from Berlin won a German championship in these years or even reached the final.
After the 1949-50 season, the clubs from East Berlin left the unified Berlin league system and joined the East German leagues instead. Union Oberschöneweide, qualified for the German championship finals in 1950, was not permitted to participate in this tournament either. The Oberliga Berlin carried on with clubs from West-Berlin only.
Below the Oberliga Berlin ranked the Amateurliga Berlin as a second tier. Originally staged in a varying number of groups, it became a single-group competition from 1950.
In 1963, after 18 seasons, the Oberliga Berlin was disbanded in favor of the new Bundesliga. The champion of the 1962-63 season, Hertha BSC Berlin, was admitted to the new Bundesliga.
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Reforming of the Oberliga Berlin
In 1974, with the disbanding of the Regionalliga Berlin, the Oberliga Berlin was re-created, but now as the third tier of German football. This was however not the formation of a new league but rather the renaming of the Amateurliga Berlin to Oberliga Berlin.
Founding members of the Oberliga Berlin
The following clubs took part in the first proper season of the Oberliga in 1946-47. The names in brackets are the ones they carried in this season:
- Tennis Borussia Berlin, (SG Charlottenburg)
- BSV 1892 Berlin, (SG Wilmersdorf)
- Wacker 04 Berlin, (SG Reinickendorf-West)
- Alemannia 90 Berlin, (SG Prenzlauer Berg)
- SC Staaken, (SG Staaken)
- Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, (SG Mariendorf)
- BFC Nordstern 07, (SG Osloer Straße)
- Köpenicker SC, (SG Köpenick)
- BFC Südring, (SG Südring)
- SV Lichtenberg, (SG Lichtenberg-Nord)
- SG Stadtmitte
- Viktoria 89 Berlin, (SG Tempelhof)
Disbanding of the Oberliga
With the introduction of the new Bundesliga, the Oberligas were disbanded. The top team of the Oberliga Berlin was admitted to the Bundesliga, the clubs placed second to eight went to the Regionalliga Berlin, one of the five new second divisions. The bottom two teams were relegated to the Amateurliga Berlin while the top three from the Amateurliga were promoted.
Admitted to Bundesliga:
The following teams from the Oberliga went to the new Regionalliga:
- Tasmania 1900 Berlin
- Tennis Borussia Berlin
- Spandauer SV
- Hertha Zehlendorf
- Wacker 04 Berlin
- BFC Südring
- BSV 1892 Berlin
Relegated to the Amateurliga:
Winners and runners-up of the Oberliga Berlin
1946 BSV 1892 Berlin Alemannia 90 Berlin 1947 Tennis Borussia Berlin BSV 1890 Berlin 1948 Union 06 Oberschöneweide BSV 1892 Berlin 1949 BSV 1892 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1950 Tennis Borussia Berlin Union 06 Oberschöneweide 1951 Tennis Borussia Berlin Union 06 Berlin 1952 Tennis Borussia Berlin Union 06 Berlin 1953 Union 06 Berlin Spandauer SV 1954 BSV 1892 Berlin Minerva 93 Berlin 1955 Viktoria 89 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1956 Viktoria 89 Berlin Minerva 93 Berlin 1957 Hertha BSC Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1958 Tennis Borussia Berlin Viktoria 89 Berlin 1959 Tasmania 1900 Berlin Spandauer SV 1960 Tasmania 1900 Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin 1961 Hertha BSC Berlin Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1962 Tasmania 1900 Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin 1963 Hertha BSC Berlin Tasmania 1900 Berlin
- Union 06 Oberschöneweide, a club from East Berlin, left the unified league in 1950. Its players moved to West Berlin and formed Union 06 Berlin.
Placings & overall table of the Oberliga Berlin 1946 to 1963
| Club | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | Seasons | Games | GF | GA | Points | |
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| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 434 | 1038 | 599 | 561 | |
| BSV 1892 Berlin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 421 | 833 | 678 | 483 | |
| Spandauer SV | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 374 | 736 | 586 | 427 | |||
| Viktora 89 Berlin | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 408 | 811 | 773 | 412 | ||
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 10 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 345 | 760 | 570 | 404 | |||||
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 299 | 565 | 406 | 359 | |||||||
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 396 | 677 | 775 | 352 | ||
| Union 06 Berlin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 283 | 533 | 529 | 295 | |||||||
| Alemannia 90 Berlin | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 252 | 508 | 465 | 265 | |||||||
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 293 | 451 | 569 | 263 | ||||||
| BFC Südring | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 296 | 443 | 671 | 218 | ||||||
| Minerva 93 Berlin | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 208 | 349 | 408 | 200 | |||||||||
| Hertha Zehlendorf | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 232 | 346 | 425 | 196 | |||||||||
| BFC Nordstern 07 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 138 | 216 | 351 | 101 | ||||||||||||
| Union Oberschöneweide* | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 189 | 87 | 98 | |||||||||||||||
| VfB Pankow* | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 92 | 133 | 56 | |||||||||||||||
| Köpenicker SC* | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 114 | 140 | 53 | |||||||||||||||
| SC Staaken | 5 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 80 | 148 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| VfB Britz | 11 | 13 | 2 | 48 | 61 | 114 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| SV Lichtenberg 47* | 10 | 12 | 2 | 44 | 63 | 106 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| SC Westend 01 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 52 | 65 | 126 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kickers 1900 Berlin | 12 | 10 | 2 | 49 | 47 | 131 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rapide Wedding | 12 | 12 | 2 | 55 | 60 | 148 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norden-Nordwest Berlin | 10 | 1 | 30 | 41 | 73 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| SC Tegel | 10 | 1 | 27 | 39 | 85 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| SG Stadtmitte | 11 | 1 | 22 | 34 | 61 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| VfL Nord | 12 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 47 | 167 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| SSC Südwest | 12 | 1 | 24 | 32 | 64 | 12 |
Source:"Oberliga Berlin". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
Source:"All-time table of the Oberligas". Clas Glenning. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- Table includes results from the finals rounds of the German championship.
- * denotes clubs based in East Berlin.
External links
Oberliga Berlin at Fussballdaten.de
Sources
- "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
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