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The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as ''Landesliga Sachsen'', is the sixth tier of the
German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for Football in Germany, association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 Season (sports), season consisted of 2,235 Sports_leag ...
and the highest league in the German
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Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
(German: ''Sachsen''). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the
Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...
s in 1994 the fourth tier.


Overview

The ''Landesliga Sachsen'' was established in 1990 from twelve clubs as the highest league for the German state of Saxony, which was established after the league in October 1990, and the Saxon Football Association, SFV (German:''Sächsischer Fußball Verband''). It compromised the area of the three Bezirksligen of
Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...
,
Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
and
Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
. Each of those three leagues contributed four clubs to the new league. The ''Sachsenliga'' was established within the
East German football league system The football league system of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, German: ''Deutsche Demokratische Republik'' or DDR) existed from 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1991. Structure For most of its history, competitive GDR footb ...
and incorporated in the league system of the united Germany at the end of its first season, in 1991. The league has been a feeder league, together with the
Thüringenliga The Thüringenliga is the sixth tier (VI) of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Thuringia (german: Thüringen). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, u ...
and
Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt The Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the ...
, to the
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, which its champion is directly promoted to. As such, it was the fourth tier of the German league system. After the first season, the number of clubs in the league was increased to fourteen; in 1996 the league was again enlarged, to sixteen. In 1994, with the establishment of the
Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. It i ...
as the new third tier of the league system, the ''Sachsenliga'' fell to tier five in the system but remained unchanged otherwise. In 2008, the league was again demoted one level when the 3. Liga was established. However, this changed nothing in the league's status as a feeder league to the
NOFV-Oberliga The NOFV- Oberliga is a division at step 5 of the German football league system. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it became the successor of the DDR-Oberliga, and functions today as a 5th division in the former territory of East Germany and the ...
. The league is sponsored by door and window maker WEKU and carries therefore the official name of ''WEKU Sachsenliga''. This is an unusual fact in Germany as football leagues don't normally carry sponsorship names. The league had, in the 2007–08 season, the unique distinction of having a former
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finalist in its ranks, the re-formed 1. FC Lok Leipzig, loser of the 1987 final. The Landesligen of Thuringia and Saxony are unique in their naming as every other league in Germany of this standing carries the name
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,
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League champions

The league champions:


Founding members of the league

The league was established from twelve clubs from three leagues in 1990. Most of the East German clubs changed their names in the years after the reunion, some reverted to their old ones after a brief period, current names, when different from the one in 1990, are listed. The clubs are: From the Bezirksliga Chemnitz: *
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* SpVgg Zschopau, ''now BSG Motor Zschopau again'' * Rot-Weiß Werdau * SV Tanne Thalheim From the Bezirksliga Dresden: * Fortschritt Neustadt, ''now SSV Neustadt-Hohwald'' * FV Gröditz * Wismut Pirna-Copitz, ''now VfL Pirna-Copitz'' *
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