Oberliga Berlin (1945-63)

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Oberliga Berlin
Founded
1945
Disbanded
1963
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany
State
Flag of Berlin Berlin
Relegation To
Amateurliga Berlin
Number of Seasons
18
Replaced by
Bundesliga
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
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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[edit] 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:

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.


The four sectors of Allied occupation in Berlin

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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:

[edit] 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:

Relegated to the Amateurliga:

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
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.

[edit] External links

Das deutsche Fussball Archiv

Oberliga Berlin at Fussballdaten.de

[edit] References


"Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine


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Oberliga 1945 to 1963
Oberligas: Oberliga Berlin  · Oberliga Nord  · Oberliga Süd  · Oberliga Südwest  · Oberliga West
Replaced by: Bundesliga  · 2nd Bundesliga  · Regionalliga