2008–09 Hessenliga

Hessenliga

Season	2008–09
Champions	SC Waldgirmes
Promoted	FC Bayern Alzenau
Relegated	SV Buchonia Flieden, Borussia Fulda, KSV Hessen Kassel II, FSC Lohfelden
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1086 (3.18 per match)
Biggest home win	FC Viktoria 09 Urberach 7–1 SV Buchonia Flieden
Biggest away win	KSV Hessen Kassel II 0–7 SC Waldgirmes
Highest scoring	FC Viktoria 09 Urberach 7–3 KSV Baunatal
2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season of the Hessenliga was the first season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system after the introduction of the 3. Fußball-Liga.

SC Waldgirmes, champions of the Hessenliga, did not meet the licensing criteria for the Fußball-Regionalliga. In their place, the Bavarian team FC Bayern Alzenau were promoted to the 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd. SV Buchonia Flieden, Borussia Fulda, KSV Hessen Kassel II and FSC Lohfelden were relegated to their respective Verbandsligen.

1. FC Schwalmstadt and SVA Bad Hersfeld from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, VfB Marburg from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte and FSV Frankfurt II from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd were promoted to the 2009–10 Hessenliga. Joining them in the Hessenliga next season are Viktoria Aschaffenburg, having been relegated from the Regionalliga.

Alzenau

Baunatal

Eschborn

Fernwald

Flieden

Rot-Weiss Frankfurt

Fulda

Hünfeld

Kassel

Klein-Karben

Lohfelden

Ober-Roden

Offenbach

Stadtallendorf

Urberach

Vellmar

Waldgirmes

Wörsdorf

Würges

Location of teams in the 2008–09 Hessenliga

2008–09 Hessenliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SC Waldgirmes (C)	36	23	6	7	85	45	+40	075^*
2	FC Bayern Alzenau (P)	36	21	6	9	75	46	+29	068^1	Promotion to 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd
3	FC Viktoria 09 Urberach	36	19	6	11	76	50	+26	63
4	Kickers Offenbach II	36	15	12	9	68	52	+16	57
5	KSV Baunatal	36	16	6	14	77	62	+15	54
6	1. FC Eschborn	36	15	9	12	58	45	+13	54
7	KSV Klein-Karben	36	13	12	11	66	60	+6	51
8	TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf	36	13	12	11	56	52	+4	51
9	OSC Vellmar	36	14	9	13	53	58	−5	51
10	Hünfelder SV	36	13	10	13	66	61	+5	49
11	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	36	12	13	11	57	58	−1	048^1
12	FSV 1926 Fernwald	36	11	13	12	53	49	+4	46
13	TSG Wörsdorf	36	11	13	12	37	36	+1	46
14	RSV Würges	36	11	13	12	49	45	+4	045^1
15	1. FC Germania 08 Ober-Roden	36	11	10	15	47	51	−4	43
16	SV Buchonia Flieden (R)	36	10	9	17	54	80	−26	39	Relegation to 2009–10 Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord
17	Borussia Fulda (R)	36	8	11	17	39	60	−21	35
18	KSV Hessen Kassel II (R)	36	8	9	19	39	85	−46	33
19	FSC Lohfelden (R)	36	7	3	26	31	91	−60	023^1

Source: fussballdaten.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* SC Waldgirmes did not meet the licensing criteria for the Regionalliga. FC Bayern Alzenau were promoted in their place.
¹ FC Bayern Alzenau, Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, RSV Würges and FSC Lohfelden were docked 1 point for not fulfilling league requirements.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

External links

• Hessischer Fußball-Verband – official website of the Hessian Football Association (German)