Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord
Encyclopedia
| Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord |
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| Founded |
| 1965 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| State |
 Hesse Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state... |
| Promotion To |
| Hessenliga Hessenliga The Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3... |
| Relegation To |
| Gruppenliga Hessen-Fulda |
| Gruppenliga Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 1 |
| Gruppenliga Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 2 |
| Domestic Cups |
| Hessenpokal Hesse Cup The Hesse 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.-History:... |
| 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... |
| Current Champions 2010–11 |
| FSC Lohfelden FSC Lohfelden FSC Lohfelden is a German association football club based in Lohfelden, Hesse.-History:It was established in 1895 as the gymnastics and sports club Turn- und Sportverein Crumbach and formed a football department in 1924... |
The 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...
Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Nord, 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...
. Until the introduction of the 3. 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 5th tier of the league system.
Overview
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord was formed in 1965 as the Landesliga Hessen-Nord, a tier four feeder league to the then Amateurliga Hessen.The winner of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord automatically qualifies for the Hessenliga
Hessenliga
The Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3...
, the runners-up needs to compete with the runners-up of Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd
Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Süd, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...
and Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte
Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Mitte, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...
and the 15th placed team of the Hessenliga for another promotion spot.
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord is fed by the Gruppenliga Hessen-Fulda, Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 1 and Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 2. The winners of those divisions are automatically promoted to the Verbandsliga, the runners-up play-off for another promotion spot.
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.
The region covered by the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord is not traditionally a part of the Southern German Football Association, it only became part of it with the formation of the state of Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
in 1945.
Along with the renaming of the Oberliga Hessen to Hessenliga in 2008, the Landesliga was renamed Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord.
Verbandsliga
The league champions since the renaming of the league in 2008:| Season | Club |
| 2008–2009 | 1. FC Schwalmstadt 1. FC Schwalmstadt 1. FC Schwalmstadt is a German association football club from the city of Schwalmstadt, Hesse which was established in 1970 through the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some smaller outlying villages.-History:... |
| 2009–2010 | VfB Süsterfeld |
| 2010–2011 | FSC Lohfelden |
Landesliga
The league champions until the renaming of the league in 2008:
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- KSV Hessen Kassel hold the absolute record for Landesliga titles in Hessen, having won six, all in the Landesliga Nord. Five of those however were won by their reserve team.
Additionally promoted teams
These clubs were promoted to the Oberliga after finishing second and third in the league:| Season | Club |
| 1966–67 | FV Breidenbach |
| 1970–71 | GSV Eintracht Baunatal |
| 1983–84 | Borussia Fulda Borussia Fulda Borussia Fulda is a German association football club from Fulda, Hesse. The club was founded 4 July 1904 as FC Borussia 1904 Fulda and underwent a number of changes in 1923 when they were first joined by Radsportclub 1907 Fulda in July, and then by Kraftsportklub Germania Fulda in September. On 6... |
| 1988–89 | SG Bad Soden |
| 1993–94 | RSV Petersberg |
| 1994–95 | SG Bad Soden SC Upland Willingen |
| 2001–02 | FSC Lohfelden FSC Lohfelden FSC Lohfelden is a German association football club based in Lohfelden, Hesse.-History:It was established in 1895 as the gymnastics and sports club Turn- und Sportverein Crumbach and formed a football department in 1924... |
| 2003–04 | OSC Vellmar OSC Vellmar OSC Vellmar is a German sports club based in Vellmar, Hesse which has departments for Budo, weight lifting, handball, inline hockey, Taekwondo, dance, table tennis, gymnastics, and winter sports.-History:... |
| 2007–08 | Hünfelder SV Hünfelder SV Hünfelder SV is a German association football club from the city of Hünfeld, Hesse. In addition to a football section, the sports club has departments for athletics, basketball, gymnastics, handball, table tennis, and volleyball.-1909 to 1945:... KSV Hessen Kassel II KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel is a German association football club based in Kassel, Hesse. The club was founded as FC Union 93 Kassel in 1893 and just two years later joined FC Hassia 93 Cassel to form Casseler FV 95... |
| 2008-09 | SVA Bad Hersfeld SVA Bad Hersfeld Spielverein Asbach-Bad Hersfeld is a German association football club from Asbach, formerly a separate village, but now part of the town of Bad Hersfeld, Hesse.... |
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