East German football was reorganized in 1965–1966, when some football departments were made independent from their multi-sports clubs to create ten football clubs. These ten football clubs and SG Dynamo Dresden formed the elite of East German football. They were meant to provide stability to the game at the top level and to supply the national team with talent. Promising players would be ordered to play for them. As part of this reorganization, the football department of SC Dynamo Berlin was separated from the sports club in 1966 and reorganized as football club BFC Dynamo. The football department of SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen was also disbanded, and joined with BFC Dynamo. The team of SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen was made the reserve team of BFC Dynamo, the BFC Dynamo II.