The Landesliga Württemberg (consisting of four divisions) is the second highest league of the

Württemberg Football Association The Württemberg Football Association (german: Württembergischer Fußballverband), the ''WFV'', is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the north-western part of the state of Baden-Württember ...

and the seventh highest league in the

German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for Football in Germany, association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 Season (sports), season consisted of 2,235 Sports_leag ...

. It was first carried out between 1945 and 1950. In today's form, consisting of four divisions, it has existed since 1978.

History

Landesliga Württemberg 1945-1950

Landesliga Württemberg first existed from 1945 to 1950 as a second-class league and played on the same level with the ''Verbandsliga Südwürttemberg'', which was organized by the ''Südwestdeutscher Fußballverband''. In 1950, both leagues merged to third-class

Amateurliga Württemberg The Amateurliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the region of the Württemberg Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 until the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württ ...

Founding football clubs in 1949-50 season

TSG Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 is a German football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. The modern-day football department, officially playing as SSV Ulm 1846 Fussball, was formed on 9 March 2009 when the department separated from SSV Ulm 1846. The club's great ...

Sportfreunde Stuttgart The Sportfreunde Stuttgart is a German association football club from the city of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. History 1874 to 1945 The club was formed, as a gymnastics club, on 18 April 1874, under the name of Turnverein Heslach. In June 1 ...

, 1. Göppinger SV, Stuttgarter SC,

SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 is a German football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. The modern-day football department, officially playing as SSV Ulm 1846 Fussball, was formed on 9 March 2009 when the department separated from SSV Ulm 1846. The club's great ...

, SpVgg Feuerbach,

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheer ...

Union Böckingen Union Böckingen is a German sports club from the district of Böckingen in the city of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1908 out of the merger of ''Fussball Klub Germania 08 Böcking'' and ''Viktoria Böcking'', the club today has 1,200 ...

, FV Zuffenhausen

Landesliga Württemberg from 1978 onwards

Starting in the 1978–79 season, the new Landesliga Württemberg was introduced with four divisions. In 1978 it was the fifth league level below the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, 2nd Bundesliga (South),

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German footb ...

and

Verbandsliga Württemberg The Verbandsliga Württemberg is a German amateur football division administered by the Württemberg Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Württemberg state association, the Verbandslig ...

Promotion and relegation

The champions of the four divisions are automatically promoted to the

. The four runners-up compete against each other in the relegation round for the Verbandsliga. There they participate in two knockout rounds. The runner-up who wins advances to compete in an additional relegation match against the club from the Verbandsliga that ended the season in the relegation place. The normal number of teams per season is 16. If there are more teams descending from the Verbandsliga than teams being promoted out of the district league or more teams promoted to the Verbandsliga than teams descending to the district league, then the number of teams increases. When this occurs, the "tightened" relegation rule applies in the following season. In this case, the number of teams that descends is increased to the number of teams that exceeds the usual 16 participating teams.

References

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