German top flight football experiences a boom and the foreign media have taken note of it. This post however, looks at three East German clubs which find themselves in one division: the Regionalliga, the fourth division, away from the limelight. All three of them have managed to reach a European Cup Final.

Three Finalists

When considering the actual size with the historical size of FC Magdeburg, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Lokomotive Leipzig, they could easily outclass some of the more established clubs playing in Germany’s second division.