Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt. The club currently plays in the 3. Fußball-Liga, the third highest level in the German football league system. For many years, Halle has been in East Germany's highest league, the DDR-Oberliga, up-until the German reunification. However, like many other teams from the fromer East, it then suffered the effects of economic and demographic decline in the region in the 1990s and fell down to amateur leagues. Since 2000, Hallescher FC has ended its downward trend and in the 2011-2012 season, they finally returned to a professional footbal league after 20 years of absence.
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