This rule was slowly lifted in the three western sectors and by 1948, clubs in what was to become West-Berlin carried their original names again.

In the Soviet sector, the future East Berlin, clubs took up names in accordance with the requirements of the new Communist regime.

Being the smallest of the five Oberligas it is not surprising that no club from Berlin won a German championship in these years or even reached the final.

Union Oberschöneweide, qualified for the German championship finals in 1950, was not permitted to participate in this tournament either.

Novel ideas were floated to combat the problem, like, instead of players receiving the maximum legal wage for a footballer in West Germany's top tier at the time, DM 400 per month, the players should only be paid for results, meaning they would not receive any money for games the club lost.

Admitted to Bundesliga: The following teams from the Oberliga went to the new Regionalliga: Relegated to the Amateurliga: The qualifying system for the new league was fairly complex.

Clubs within the same Oberliga that were separated by less than 50 points were considered on equal rank and the 1962-63 placing was used to determine the qualified team.

[4] From this league, only three clubs applied for the one available spot, Hertha BSC Berlin qualified early.