Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
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| Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1990 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| State |
.svg.png) Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of... |
| 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 |
| Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt-Nord |
| Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt-Mitte |
| Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt-Süd |
| 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-Anhalt Cup Saxony-Anhalt Cup The Saxony-Anhalt Cup is an annual football cup competition in Saxony-Anhalt. The Football Association of Saxony-Anhalt is its governing body. All non-professional sides that are members of the FSA may participate. Winners of the Saxony-Anhalt Cup will start in the first round of the DFB Cup... |
| Current Champions 2010-11 |
| FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz is a German football club based in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord .- History :... |
The Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt 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-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
, . 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 Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt was established in 1990 from fourteen clubs as a highest league for the German state of Sachsen-Anhalt, which was established after the league in October 1990, and the Sachsen-Anhalt Football Association, SFV . It compromised the area of the two 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 Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
and Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
. Each of those two Bezirke
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
contributed seven clubs to the new league, with one club each coming from the 2nd Division. The Verbandsliga 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 expanded to sixteen clubs in its second season with two teams relegated. In the 1994-95 season it briefly returned to fourteen clubs, then expanded to eighteen with three relegated teams, a setup it retained for most seasons since.
Originally, the league was positioned below the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was the third tier of the German football league system in the central states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. The league existed from 1991 to 1994...
, together with some of the clubs from the two halves of Berlin
Verbandsliga Berlin
The Berlin-Liga is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German capital. Since German reunification in 1990, it is the highest level of domestic football in Berlin, replacing the Oberliga Berlin in this position...
. As such, it was the fourth tier of the German league system. Upon the disbanding of this Oberliga
Oberliga (football)
The Oberliga is currently the name of the fifth tier of the German football leagues. Before the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier...
in 1994, 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...
became a feeder league 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...
, 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 Landesliga Sachsen
Landesliga Sachsen
The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as Landesliga Sachsen, is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony,...
, which its champion is directly promoted to. With this change in the league system in 1994 went the introduction 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 third tier of the league system which meant the Verbandsligen slipped to fifth tier.
In 2008, the league again was 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.
While the majority of clubs from the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt play in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd, some clubs from the very north of the state are occasionally entered in the northern division, the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...
, for geographical reasons. Three clubs so far have spent time in "exile":
- 1. FC Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
(1994–96) - 1. FC Lok StendalLok Stendal1. FC Lok Stendal is a German association football club that plays in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt.- History :Founded in 1909, FC Viktoria Stendal was dissolved in the aftermath of World War II and re-established in Soviet-occupied East Germany in 1945 as SG Stendal-Nord. The club underwent a number of...
(2000–03) - FC Anhalt Dessau (1994–97), club now defunct
Due to changes in the German league system, the 2007-08 runners-up 1. FC Magdeburg II also had the chance to gain promotion, having to play the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Berlin
Verbandsliga Berlin
The Berlin-Liga is the highest league for football teams exclusively in the German capital. Since German reunification in 1990, it is the highest level of domestic football in Berlin, replacing the Oberliga Berlin in this position...
, SV Lichtenberg
SV Lichtenberg
SV Lichtenberg 47 is a German association football club from Berlin. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that currently has over 900 members in departments for bowling, boxing, fitness and aerobics, gymnastics, line dancing, table tennis, and volleyball.- History :The club was...
. Two drawn games, 1-1 at home and 0-0 away meant promotion for Magdeburg's reserve team on the away-goal rule.
League champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1990-91 | SV Merseburg |
| 1991-92 | Einheit Wernigerode |
| 1992-93 | SV Merseburg |
| 1993-94 | 1. FC Aschersleben 1. FC Aschersleben 1. FC Aschersleben is a German football club from the city of Aschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt. It is the successor to Motor Aschersleben which was part of second tier competition in East Germany in the early 1960s.-History:... |
| 1994-95 | VfL Halle 1896 VfL Halle 1896 VfL Halle is a German association football club from the city of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The oldest club in the city of Halle was founded as Hallescher Fußballclub von 1896 on 16 July 1896... |
| 1995-96 | Fortuna Magdeburg |
| 1996-97 | Hallescher FC Hallescher FC Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900... |
| 1997-98 | 1. FC Aschersleben |
| 1998-99 | FC Anhalt Dessau |
| 1999-00 | Hallescher FC |
| 2000-01 | SV Braunsbedra |
| 2001-02 | FC Anhalt Dessau |
| 2002-03 | Germania Halberstadt Germania Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German association football club from Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as BSG Reichsbahn Halberstadt before being re-named BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 1950... |
| 2003-04 | SV Dessau 05 SV Dessau 05 SV Dessau 05 is a German association football club based in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. They distinguished themselves in 1949 as winners of the inaugural FDGB-Pokal .-History:... |
| 2004-05 | TSV Völpke |
| 2005-06 | SV Dessau 05 |
| 2006-07 | VfB Sangerhausen VfB Sangerhausen VfB Sangerhausen is a German association football club from the city of Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The roots of the club go back to the formation of VfB Sangerhausen in 1906. Following the end of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in... |
| 2007-08 | FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen is a German association football club from the industrial city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in southern Saxony-Anhalt. They currently compete in the tier V NOFV-Oberliga Süd.-History:... |
| 2008-09 | VfL Halle 96 |
| 2009-10 | 1. FC Magdeburg II |
| 2010–11 | FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz is a German football club based in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord .- History :... |
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Founding members of the league
The league was established from fourteen clubs from four leagues in 1990. Most of the East German clubs changed their names in the years after the reunion, some reverting to their old ones after a brief period. Current names, when different, are listed in addition to the name in 1990. The clubs are:From the 2nd Division-Group A:
- SV Schönebeck
From the 2nd Division-Group B:
- SV Merseburg, (was Chemie Buna-Schkopau)
From the Bezirksliga Magdeburg:
- Rot-Weiß Wernigerode, became Germania Wernigerode, merged to form 1. FC Wernigerode, now Germania Wernigerode again
- Einheit Wernigerode, merged to form 1. FC Wernigerode, now Einheit Wernigerode again
- Germania HalberstadtGermania HalberstadtVfB Germania Halberstadt is a German association football club from Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as BSG Reichsbahn Halberstadt before being re-named BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 1950...
- Oschersleber SC
- SV Staßfurt
- Fermersleber SV
From the Bezirksliga Halle:
- Blau-Weiß Hettstedt, now FSV Hettstedt
- Blau-Weiß SangerhausenVfB SangerhausenVfB Sangerhausen is a German association football club from the city of Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The roots of the club go back to the formation of VfB Sangerhausen in 1906. Following the end of World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in...
, now VfB Sangerhausen - 1. FC Weißenfels
- Chemie WolfenFC Grün-Weiß WolfenFC Grün-Weiß Wolfen is a German association football club from the industrial city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in southern Saxony-Anhalt. They currently compete in the tier V NOFV-Oberliga Süd.-History:...
, now Grün-Weiß Wolfen - Arminia Aschersleben1. FC Aschersleben1. FC Aschersleben is a German football club from the city of Aschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt. It is the successor to Motor Aschersleben which was part of second tier competition in East Germany in the early 1960s.-History:...
, now 1. FC Aschersleben - Quedlinburger SV
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