Saarlandliga
Encyclopedia
| Saarlandliga |
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| Founded |
| 2009 |
| Nation |
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| State |
 Saarland Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states... |
| Promotion To |
| Oberliga Südwest Oberliga Südwest The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system... |
| Relegation To |
| Verbandsliga Saarland Verbandsliga Saarland The Verbandsliga Saarland is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 5th tier of the league system and until the introduction of the Saarlandliga in 2009, it was the 6th tier.... |
| Number of Teams |
| 18 |
| 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 Cups |
| Saarland Cup Saarland Cup The Saarland Cup is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup... |
| Current Champions 2009-10 |
| SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the... |
The Saarlandliga (English: Saarland league) is currently the 6th 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...
in the German federal state of Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
. It is a new league, introduced at the end of the 2008-09 season.
In the past, the term Saarlandliga has unofficially been used for what was at times the Ehrenliga Saarland, the Amateurliga Saarland
Amateurliga Saarland
The Amateurliga Saarland was the highest football league in the state of Saarland and the third tier of the German football league system from 1951, when the clubs from the Saar returned to Germany, till the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Saarland below it in 1978.- Overview...
and, from 1978, the Verbandsliga Saarland
Verbandsliga Saarland
The Verbandsliga Saarland is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 5th tier of the league system and until the introduction of the Saarlandliga in 2009, it was the 6th tier....
. The new league however carries the name officially and is not known by any other name.
Overview
The league was introduced after a decision made by the Saarland Football Association on 31 May 2008. It was decided, that the new league will be operating from the 2009-10 season onwards and slot in between the tier-five Oberliga SüdwestOberliga Südwest
The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
and the, from then on, tier-seven Verbandsliga Saarland
Verbandsliga Saarland
The Verbandsliga Saarland is currently the 7th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 5th tier of the league system and until the introduction of the Saarlandliga in 2009, it was the 6th tier....
. The Verbandsliga will remain as a single-division competition, which is unusual for the German football pyramid, where most leagues have two to three feeder leagues below itself.
To qualify for the new league, a club had to finish within the following specifications at the end of the 2008-09 season:
- All Saarland clubs relegated from the Oberliga Südwest (V) qualify.
- The clubs placed second to seventeenth in the Verbandsliga Saarland (VI) qualify. The Verbandsliga winner earns promotion to the Oberliga.
- The two Landesliga (VII) champions qualify.
As the number of clubs relegated from the Oberliga from Saarland was not known at the time this system was decided on, it was determined that for every team relegated, one less from the Verbandsliga would qualify. In this case, the SV Mettlach
SV Mettlach
SV Mettlach is a German association football club from the city of Mettlach, Saarland.-History:The side has its origins in the establishment of the gymnastics club Turnverein Mettlach in 1885. A football department was formed in 1920 and became independent in 1923...
having been relegated, the seventeenth club from the Verbandsliga would not gain entry to the new Saarlandliga. The clubs from the Verbandsliga not qualified for the new league are to remain in the Verbandsliga and will not suffer relegation to the Landesligas.
Modus
Eighteen teams are scheduled to compete in the league in 2009-10, with a home-and-away season format. The league winner will be promoted to the Oberliga, while the two last placed teams will be relegated to the Verbandsliga. In turn, the best two teams out of that league will earn direct promotion to the Saarlandliga.League champions
| Season | Club |
| 2009-10 | 1. FC Saarbrücken II 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903... |
| 2010-11 | SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the... |
Founding members
The following clubs are qualified for the new league, according to the above system:- From the Oberliga Südwest
- SV MettlachSV MettlachSV Mettlach is a German association football club from the city of Mettlach, Saarland.-History:The side has its origins in the establishment of the gymnastics club Turnverein Mettlach in 1885. A football department was formed in 1920 and became independent in 1923...
- SV Mettlach
- From the Landesligas Saarland
- Borussia Neunkirchen II
- VfB Dillingen
- From the Verbandsliga Saarland
- FSV Jägersburg
- FC Wiesbach
- SC Friedrichsthal
- SC Halberg Brebach
- 1. FC Saarbrücken II
- SV Röchling VölklingenSV Röchling VölklingenSV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the...
- FV Eppelborn
- 1. FC Riegelsberg
- FC Reimsbach
- SG Perl/Besch
- SV Bübingen
- FSV Hemmersdorf
- FC Palatia Limbach
- VfB Hüttigweiler
- SC Gresaubach
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...
- Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006