DDR-Liga

DDR Liga
The East German Bezirke
Founded1950
Folded1991
Replaced by2nd Bundesliga
CountryEast Germany
Level on pyramidLevel 2
Promotion toDDR-Oberliga
Relegation toII. DDR-Liga (1956–62)
Bezirksliga (15 regional leagues) (1951–55, 1963–90)
Last champions1. FC Union Berlin
FSV Zwickau
(1990–91)

The DDR-Liga (English: GDR League or East German League) was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic, commonly East Germany), being roughly equivalent to the 2. Bundesliga in West Germany.