Chapter 25Premium
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Oberliga.
As of the 2005/2006 season, Union Berlin was in the fourth division.
One feature of this league was that the season was divided by state and region.
Come to think of it, that was only natural. Long-distance away trips would be a burden for a fourth-division club.
This wasn't a quirk unique to Germany; the lower leagues in England were similar.
The areas where matches were played gradually became more unified and expanded to cover all of Germany.
Anyway.
In 2008, when the 3. Liga—the lowest nationwide league and the bottom professional division—was founded, the Oberliga would be pushed down to the fifth tier, but in 2006 it was still the fourth division.
In the case of the NOFV-Oberliga that Union Berlin belonged to, it covered Berlin and the former East German region, and the season was divided into a northern and southern group...
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