Brandenliga Fussball

The Brandenliga Fussball is a football league in Brandenburg. It has 3 tiers, the Brandenliga 1, Brandenliga 2 and Brandenliga 3. The first tier has 15 teams and the second and third tiers have 12 teams.

Brandenliga 1
The Brandenliga 1 was established in 1950, shortly after independence. Before that, most of the teams played in the German or Polish leagues. The first winner was Hertha BSC who still manage to fill in to the top ranking teams in Brandenburg. Hertha BSC would dominate the league until 1968 when Union Berlin was promoted to Brandenliga 1 and finished 2nd, just 4 points behind Hertha BSC. Hertha BSC and Union Berlin would then have a back and forth over who would win the Brandenliga 1, with also a surprise win from the Potsdam Wolves in 1985. In 1991, yet another new team would join the top of the table going under Forst FC. Forst FC won 3 championships in a row (in 1993, 1994 and 1995), but then they fell mid table and haven't gotten a full recovery. In 2009 RB Leipzig was formed and they were given a Brandenliga 2 spot. By 2011 they had already won their first championship and got 5 in a row, getting beaten by Hertha in 2016.