Club Names and Affiliations
The clubs in the East German league system were very similar to clubs in other eastern European communist countries and therefore very different from the rest of Europe. "Free", uncontrolled formation of sports- or football clubs was not possible, as the DFV controlled everything. Players on elite level did not necessarily have a free choice of club either and if they wanted to play in the national team they usually had to join one of the big clubs, a fact after all quite similar to the west.
Football clubs in the former GDR could be classified in four simple categories, identifiable by their names, these being:
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