The
Verbandsliga
The Verbandsliga () is the tier-six football league in the German football league system, covering the area of a '' Bundesland'' or a regional part of such Bundesland.[German football league system
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. Before the introduction of the
Regionalliga
A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues.
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s in 1994, the "Verbandsliga Hessen-S" served as the fourth tier of the German league system in the southern part of the state of
Hesse
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. The league also served as the fifth tier of the league system before the introduction of the
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
in 2008
Overview
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd was formed in 1965 as the ''Landesliga Hessen-Süd'', a tier four feeder league to the then ''Amateurliga Hessen''.
The winners of the Verbandsliga Süd are automatically promoted to the
Hessenliga
The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the States of Germany, state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier ...
, the runners-up need to compete with the runners-up of the
Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord and the
Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Mitte'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the int ...
and the 15th placed team of the Hessenliga for another promotion spot.
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd is fed by the Gruppenliga Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Frankfurt West and Hessen-Frankfurt Ost. The winners of those are automatically promoted to the Verbandsliga, the runners-up play-off for another promotion spot.
One Bavarian club plays within the area of the Verbandsliga Süd.
FC Bayern Alzenau and, formerly,
Viktoria Aschaffenburg have played in this league in the past. In 1992, FC Bayern Alzenau switched leagues, coming from the
Landesliga Bayern-Nord straight across to the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd and now, having been promoted, play in the Hessenliga. Viktoria Aschaffenburg have previously been promoted too, but in the 2010–11 season played in the Verbandsliga again. In 2012, Viktoria re-joined the Bavarian leagues.
Up until 1973 it was common for teams to move between Landesligen, resulting in the fact that some teams have won titles in two different Landesligen. This practice has since stopped.
Along with the renaming of the ''Oberliga Hessen'' to ''Hessenliga'' in 2008, the ''Landesliga'' was renamed Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd.
League champions
The league champions:
Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd tables
''Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv''. Retrieved 9 June 2014
Verbandsliga
The league champions since the renaming of the league in 2008:
* VfR Bürstadt declined promotion in 2014, runners-up SpVgg Oberrad promoted instead.
Landesliga
The league champions until the renaming of the league in 2008:
* Four clubs have won the league three times each, Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, SpVgg 05 Bad Homburg, SC Viktoria 06 Griesheim and SG Egelsbach. However, SpVgg 05 Bad Homburg has also won the Landesliga Mitte in 1972, making it four Landesliga titles.
* Like SpVgg 05 Bad Homburg, Hanau 93, SV Wiesbaden and Kickers Offenbach II have also won titles in the Landesliga Süd and Mitte.
Additionally promoted teams
These clubs were promoted to the ''Oberliga'' after finishing second in the league:
* Rot-Weiss Frankfurt holds the record for promotion to the Oberliga Hessen from Landesliga Süd, having achieved it four times.
References
Sources
* ''Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen'', DSFS
* ''Süddeutschlands Fußballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897–1988'' by Ludolf Hyll
* ''Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005'' DSFS 2006
External links
Hessischer Fußball-Verband – HFV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verbandsliga Hessen-Sud
Hessen-Sud
Football competitions in Hesse
1965 establishments in West Germany