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,[1] and the Saxon Football Association, SFV (German:Sächsischer Fußball Verband).

It compromised the area of the three Bezirksligen of Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig.

This is an unusual fact in Germany as football leagues don't normally carry sponsorship names.

This was done so simply by choice of the local football associations (German: Fußballverband) in Saxony and Thuringia and the name could be changed to Verbandsliga if they wish to do so.

Due to the changes to the German league system, the runner-up in 2007–08, Lok Leipzig was also promoted after winning a play-off round with the runner-up from the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, FC Schönberg 95.