Verbandsliga Bremen
 
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| Country |
 Germany
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| State |
 Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
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| Founded | 1947 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 5 |
| Promotion to | Regionalliga Nord |
| Relegation to | Landesliga Bremen |
| Current champions |
Bremer SV (2015–16) |
 2015–16
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The Bremen-Liga, sometimes also referred to as Oberliga Bremen, is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system.
The league was formed in 1947 as Amateurliga Bremen by thirteen clubs, including four from outside of the city-state, in the newly recreated state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen which was then part of the US occupation zone in Germany.
The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and its football association are the smallest in Germany. The state is actually separated in two halves, the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven are split by the state of Niedersachsen.
From the start, the Amateurliga Bremen was a feeder league to the Oberliga Nord which its champion had the option of promotion to. Promotion had to be archived through a play-off with teams from the Amateurligas of Niedersachsen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. As such, the league was the second tier of the northern German league system.
Promotion to the Oberliga however, became hard to archive for the Bremen champion which only succeeded in 1948 and 1961. This resulted however in a number of back-to-back championships, an oddity for leagues at this level in Germany where direct promotion is the standard.
After its second season, the four clubs from Niedersachsen left the league to rejoin the Niedersachsen league system. To this day, the Bremen league system however continues to host a few clubs from the neighboring state, usually clubs based right at the border of Bremen.
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