league, the DDR-Oberliga, up-until the German reunification. However, like many other teams from the former 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 2011-12 season, they finally returned to a professional football league after 20 years of absence. They were relegated to the Regionalliga in 2024.

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