Landesliga Sachsen
Encyclopedia
| Sachsenliga |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1990 |
| Nation |
 |
| State |
 |
| Promotion To |
| NOFV-Oberliga Süd NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony... |
| Relegation To |
| Bezirksliga Chemnitz |
| Bezirksliga Dresden |
| Bezirksliga Leipzig |
| Number of Clubs |
| 16 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 6 German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation... |
| Domestic Cup |
| Saxony Cup |
| Current Champions 2010-11 |
| VfB Fortuna Chemnitz VfB Fortuna Chemnitz VfB Fortuna Chemnitz is German association football club from Chemnitz, Saxony. The club was formed in 2005 out of the fusion of VfB Chemnitz and SV Fortuna Furth Glösa.-History:... |
The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as Landesliga Sachsen, is the sixth tier of the German football league system
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
and the highest league in the German state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, (German:Sachsen). Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system.
Overview
The Landesliga Sachsen was established in 1990 from twelve clubs as a highest league for the German state of Sachsen, which was established after the league in October 1990, and the Sachsen Football Association, SFV (German:Sächsischer Fußball Verband). It compromised the area of the three BezirksligenBezirksklasse
The Bezirksliga, Bezirksklasse or Landesklasse is the 8th tier of football in Germany. The Bezirksliga exists in all regions of German football. Below the Bezirksliga usually ranks the Kreisliga...
of Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
(then:Karl-Marx-Stadt), Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, which still remain as the Landesligen
Landesliga
The Landesliga is the 7th tier of football in most of Germany, one division below the Verbandsliga. In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thüringen, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the 6th tier...
feeder leagues. Each of those three leagues contributed four clubs to the new league. The Sachsenliga was established within the East German football league system
East German football league system
The football league system of the German Democratic Republic existed from the creation of the DDR-Oberliga in 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1990....
and in cooperated in the league system of the united Germany after the end of its first season, in 1991.
The league has been a feeder league, together with the Landesliga Thüringen
Landesliga Thüringen
The Thüringenliga is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Thuringia . Until the introduction of the 3...
and Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
The Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt,...
, to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
, which its champion is directly promoted to. As such, it was the fourth tier of the German league system.
After the first season, the number of clubs in the league was increased to fourteen; in 1996 the league was again enlarged, to sixteen.
In 1994, with the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
as the new third tier of the league system, the Sachsenliga fell to tier five in the system but remained unchanged otherwise.
In 2008, the league was again demoted one level when the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
was established. However, this changed nothing in the leagues status as a feeder league to the NOFV-Oberliga.
The league is sponsored by the brewery of Wernesgrüner
Wernesgrüner
The Wernesgrüner Brewery or Wernesgrüner Brauerei GmbH is a brewery in Steinberg-Wernesgrün, Saxony, Germany.The brewery was founded in 1436 when the brothers Schorer acquired the rights to brew and open a tavern. After establishing property for bottling they soon began brewing on what would...
and carries therefore the official name of Wernesgrüner Sachsenliga. This is an unusual fact for Germany as football leagues don't normally carry sponsorship names.
The league had, in the 2007-08 season, the unique distinction of having a former UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
finalist in its ranks, the re-formed 1. FC Lok Leipzig, loser of the 1987 final.
The Landesligen
Landesliga
The Landesliga is the 7th tier of football in most of Germany, one division below the Verbandsliga. In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thüringen, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the 6th tier...
of Thüringen and Sachsen are unique in their naming as every other league in Germany of this standing carries the name Verbandsliga
Verbandsliga
The Verbandsliga is the 6th tier of football in Germany, played on a regional basis by Bundesland. In Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg, Bremen and Bavaria the 6th tier is called Landesliga, which is the 7th tier in some of the other Bundesländer...
. This was done so simply by choice of the local football associations (German:Fussball Verband) in Sachsen and Thüringen and the name could be changed to Verbandsliga if they wish to do so.
Due to the changes to the German league system, the runners-up in 2007-08, Lok Leipzig was also promoted after winning a play-off round with the runners-up from the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...
, FC Schönberg 95
FC Schönberg 95
FC Schönberg is a German association football club from the city of Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.-History:The club has its origins in TSG Schönberg which was created as SG Schönberg in 1945 at the end of World War II and later played as BSG Traktor Schönberg. In 1962 this side merged with SG...
.
League champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1990-91 | VFC Plauen VFC Plauen VFC Plauen is a German association football club from the city of Plauen, Saxony.-History:The club was founded as 1. Vogtländischer Fußballclub Plauen and took part in the competition of the VMFV... |
| 1991-92 | Dresdner SC Dresdner SC Dresdner SC is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Founded on 30 April 1898, the club was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900... |
| 1992-93 | Chemnitzer FC II Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899.... |
| 1993-94 | VFC Plauen |
| 1994-95 | Dresdner SC |
| 1995-96 | FV Dresden-Nord |
| 1996-97 | SV 1919 Grimma |
| 1997-98 | VfB Leipzig II |
| 1998-99 | VfB Zittau |
| 1999-00 | Stahl Riesa Stahl Riesa TSV Stahl Riesa is a German association football club from Riesa in Saxony.-History:The club was founded as SC Riesa in 1903 in the cellar of the local pub "Bodega" and was re-named Riesaer SV two years later... |
| 2000-01 | FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf |
| 2001-02 | FV Dresden-Laubegast FV Dresden 06 FV Dresden 06 is a German association football club from Dresden, Saxony.-History:The club was established in May 1906 as Sportverein Pretoria Dresden. They soon changed their name to Fußball Klub Habsburg Dresden before becoming Dresden SV 06 in 1914. The club earned its biggest honours to date in... |
| 2002-03 | VfB Auerbach VfB Auerbach VfB Auerbach is a German football club from the city of Auerbach, Saxony. The club also has a tennis department.-History:The association was founded as the Auerbacher Fußball Club on 17 May 1906 making it the second-oldest side in Vogtland... |
| 2003-04 | FC Eilenburg FC Eilenburg FC Eilenburg is a German association football club from the city of Eilenburg, Saxony.The association was created 1 January 1994 as the successor side to Sportverein Mörtitz. The new club joined the Landesliga Sachsen on the strength of SVs Bezirksliga Sachsen title... |
| 2004-05 | FSV Budissa Bautzen Budissa Bautzen FSV Budissa Bautzen is a German association football club from Bautzen, Saxony. Founded as Fußball Klub Budissa Bautzen on 24 May 1904, the club was part of East German competition after World War II. -History:... |
| 2005-06 | FSV Zwickau FSV Zwickau FSV Zwickau is a German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Oberliga champions ZSG Horch Zwickau.-History:In addition to the earliest... |
| 2006-07 | SSV Markranstädt SSV Markranstädt SSV Markranstädt is a German association football club from the city of Markranstädt, Saxony near Leipzig. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for badminton, cycle ball, gymnastics, table tennis, and volleyball.-History:... |
| 2007-08 | FC Erzgebirge Aue II |
| 2008-09 | Dynamo Dresden II |
| 2009-10 | Chemnitzer FC II |
| 2010-11 | VfB Fortuna Chemnitz VfB Fortuna Chemnitz VfB Fortuna Chemnitz is German association football club from Chemnitz, Saxony. The club was formed in 2005 out of the fusion of VfB Chemnitz and SV Fortuna Furth Glösa.-History:... |
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Founding members of the league
The league was established from twelve clubs from three leagues in 1990. Most of the East German clubs changed their names in the years after the reunion, some reverted to their old ones after a brief period, current names, when different from the one in 1990, are listed. The clubs are:From the Bezirksliga Chemnitz:
- VFC PlauenVFC PlauenVFC Plauen is a German association football club from the city of Plauen, Saxony.-History:The club was founded as 1. Vogtländischer Fußballclub Plauen and took part in the competition of the VMFV...
- SpVgg Zschopau, now BSG Motor Zschopau again
- Rot-Weiß Werdau
- SV Tanne Thalheim
From the Bezirksliga Dresden:
- SSV Fortschritt Neustadt, now SSV Neustadt-Hohwald
- FV Gröditz
- Wismut Pirna-Copitz, now VfL Pirna-Copitz
- VfB Zittau
From the Bezirksliga Leipzig:
- SSV MarkranstädtSSV MarkranstädtSSV Markranstädt is a German association football club from the city of Markranstädt, Saxony near Leipzig. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for badminton, cycle ball, gymnastics, table tennis, and volleyball.-History:...
- Motor Grimma, now SV 1919 Grimma
- SV Altenburg, (now playing in the Thüringen league system)
- 1. FSV Wurzen, now ATSV Frisch-Auf Wurzen
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFSDeutscher Sportclub für FußballstatistikenThe Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands...
- Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports MagazineKicker (sports magazine)kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006