page_title: German football league system
section_title: Berlin
hierarchical_section_title: German football league system / State association league systems / Northeastern Germany / Berlin
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of regional soccer association Berlin, Germany Deutsch: DFB-Landesverband Berlin
context_page_description: The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 season consists of 2,235 divisions having 31,645 teams, in which all divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The top three professional levels contain one division each. Below this, the semi-professional and amateur levels have progressively more parallel divisions, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas. Teams that finish at the top of their division at the end of each season can rise higher in the pyramid, while those that finish at the bottom find themselves sinking further down. Therefore, in theory, it is possible for even the lowest local amateur club to rise to the top of the system and become German football champions one day. The number of teams promoted and relegated between the divisions varies, and promotion to the upper levels of the pyramid is usually contingent on meeting additional criteria, especially concerning appropriate facilities and finances.
context_section_description: The Berlin Football Association league system is the state association league system in the state of Berlin and starts at level six of the German league system with the Berlin-Liga on top. The current (2016–17 season) champions are SC Staaken. The champions are directly promoted to Oberliga Nordost.
  As the state of Berlin consists only of the city of Berlin itself, there are no local associations below. In the 2016–17 season, the full system comprises 20 divisions having 307 teams. Additionally, 12 teams play above the state association league system: Hertha BSC (Bundesliga), 1. FC Union Berlin (2. Bundesliga), VSG Altglienicke, Berliner FC Dynamo, Berliner AK 07, Hertha BSC II, 1. FC Union Berlin II and FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin (all Regionalliga Nordost), CFC Hertha 06, SV Lichtenberg 47, SC Staaken and Tennis Borussia Berlin (all Oberliga Nordost).
caption: Berlin Football Association
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