Verbandsliga Baden

Verbandsliga Baden

Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Region	Baden
Confederation	Badenian football association
Founded	1945
Number of teams	15
Level on pyramid	Level 6
Promotion to	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
Relegation to	Landesliga Mittelbaden Landesliga Odenwald Landesliga Rhein/Neckar
Domestic cup(s)	North Baden Cup
Current champions	SV Sandhausen II (2014–15)

The Verbandsliga Baden is a German amateur football division administered by the Badenian Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Baden state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a level 6 division of the German football league system.

Overview

The league was formed as Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was a feeder league to the Oberliga Süd and therefore the second tier of the football league system in the south of Germany until the interception of the 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1950. From 1950 until the establishment of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.

The winner of the Amateurliga Nordbaden was not automatically promoted but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off to its league above. Usually, the champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligas Südbaden, Württemberg and (from 1961) Schwarzwald-Bodensee.

The separation of Nordbaden and Südbaden results from the outcome of the 2nd World War when the state was split into two separate occupation zones. The north was in the US zone and the south in the French zone. The official names for the two FA's reflect the separation of Südbaden from the original association, with Nordbaden just simply calling itself Baden FA.

The league was established in 1945 with ten teams, the winner gaining promotion to the Oberliga Süd. The founder members were:

• VfL Neckarau
• VfB Knielingen
• VfB Mühlburg
• VfR Pforzheim
• ASV Feudenheim
• SpVgg Sandhofen
• Amicitia Viernheim
• FV Daxlanden
• Phönix Mannheim
• 1. FC Pforzheim

The league was split into a northern and a southern group from 1946 to 1948.

With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new Regionalliga Süd but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 1974.

The longest continuous member of the league was the SV Sandhausen which gained promotion to it in 1957 and spent 21 seasons in it until its admittance to the new Oberliga in 1978. The VfR Pforzheim spent a record of 28 out of 33 possible seasons in the league.

At the same time as the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg was introduced in 1978, the Amateurliga Nordbaden was renamed Verbandsliga Nordbaden. The top five teams out of the Amateurliga went to the new Oberliga while the rest of the teams found themselves in the Verbandsliga. The league was now set at tier four of the league system.

The winner of the Verbandsliga gains direct promotion to the Oberliga. The runners-up must play-off against the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Südbaden. The winner of this play-off has to face the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Württemberg for the final Oberliga spot. In 1981 no extra spot and in 1994 three extra spots were available due to league format changes.

Feeder leagues to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden

• Landesliga Mittelbaden
• Landesliga Odenwald
• Landesliga Rhein/Neckar

The term "Verbandsliga" translates as "Football Association League". There are 21 Football Associations within the German Association German Football Association, Nordbaden being one of them.

League champions

The league champions of the league:

Season Club 1945–46 VfL Neckarau 1946–47 VfB Mühlburg ASV Feudenheim 1947–48 TSG Rohrbach VfR Pforzheim 1948–49 1. FC Pforzheim 1949–50 VfL Neckarau 1950–51 ASV Feudenheim 1951–52 Karlsruher FV 1952–53 FV Daxlanden 1953–54 Amicitia Viernheim 1954–55 Amicitia Viernheim 1955–56 Amicitia Viernheim 1956–57 Amicitia Viernheim 1957–58 VfL Neckarau 1958–59 VfR Pforzheim 1959–60 Phönix Mannheim 1960–61 SV Sandhausen 1961–62 VfL Neckarau 1962–63 FV 09 Weinheim 1963–64 SV Schwetzingen 1964–65 Karlsruher SC II 1965–66 Germania Forst 1966–67 ASV Feudenheim 1967–68 VfL Neckarau

Season Club 1968–69 Germania Forst 1969–70 FV 09 Weinheim 1970–71 Waldhof Mannheim 1971–72 Waldhof Mannheim 1972–73 VfR Mannheim 1973–74 Karlsruher FV 1974–75 VfB Eppingen 1975–76 VfR Mannheim 1976–77 SV Neckargerach 1977–78 FV 09 Weinheim 1978–79 VfB Eppingen 1979–80 SV Neckargerach 1980–81 FV Lauda 1981–82 SV Neckargerach 1982–83 Karlsruher SC II 1983–84 SGK Heidelberg 1984–85 1. FC Pforzheim 1985–86 SV Schwetzingen 1986–87 Amicitia Viernheim 1987–88 VfL Neckarau 1988–89 Karlsruher SC II 1989–90 VfB Eppingen 1990–91 VfB Leimen 1991–92 VfR Pforzheim

Season Club 1992–93 ASV Durlach 1993–94 Karlsruher SC II 1994–95 FC Bammenthal 1995–96 SG Oftersheim 1996–97 FV Lauda 1997–98 SGK Heidelberg 1998–99 TSG 62 Weinheim 1999–2000 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2000–01 TSG 62 Weinheim 2001–02 FC Nöttingen 2002–03 TSG 62 Weinheim 2003–04 VfR Mannheim 2004–05 ASV Durlach 2005–06 1. FC Pforzheim 2006–07 FC Astoria Walldorf 2007–08 ASV Durlach 2008–09 SV Spielberg 2009–10 SpVgg Neckarelz 2010–11 SV Spielberg 2011–12 TSV Grunbach 2012–13 1. FC Bruchsal 2013–14 SV Kickers Pforzheim 2014–15 SV Sandhausen II 2015–16

Source: "Verbandsliga Nordbaden". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 2008-03-07.

• Bold denotes team gained promotion.
• In 1950, three teams were promoted to the new 2nd Oberliga Süd.
• In 1965, the VfR Pforzheim gained promotion as runners–up as the reserves team of Karlsruher SC was ineligible.

Teams promoted to the Oberliga after play–offs

Since the 1978–79 seasons the runners–up have the opportunity to play–off for promotion. The following runners–up have succeeded in the promotion round:

• 1982 SV Schwetzingen
• 1983 FV 09 Weinheim
• 1985 FV Lauda
• 1989 Amicitia Viernheim
• 1994 Amicitia Viernheim
• 1996 SGK Heidelberg
• 2001 Waldhof Mannheim II
• 2003 TSG Hoffenheim II
• 2009 TSG Weinheim
• 2011 VfR Mannheim
• 2014 FC Germania Friedrichstal
• 2015 1. CfR Pforzheim

League placings

The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994.^[1][2]

Club	S	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TSG Hoffenheim	4			9	3	2	1	1	13	5	5	7	4	2	2	7	11	11	11	16	9	8	x
FC Astoria Walldorf	6								6	3	4	8	5	1	8	4	2	8	7	2	1	8	x
TSG Hoffenheim II	2								2	2	10	8	6	8	5	2	1	5	7	9	10	9	x
SpVgg Neckarelz	8											17		14	9	4	1	4	3	1	9	12	x
SV Spielberg	16	5	6	8	7	3	9	12	12	6	9	3	4	7	6	1	15	1	14	15	16	1	x
FC Nöttingen	5				11	12	12	6	1	8	1	18	9	14	11	5	9	2	6	4	3	15	x
FC Germania Friedrichstal	8													10	13	7	2	4	8	7	3	12	x
SV Sandhausen II	5															15		14		12	5	1	x
1. CfR Pforzheim ^5	5																	7	12	4	7	2	x
VfR Mannheim ^3	4	8	2	7	14	10	3	8	9		1	12	10	15	16	16	4	2	2	3	15	17	x
SV Kickers Pforzheim	2																				1	18	x
FC Astoria Walldorf II	7																11	5	4	6	2	3	x
Amicitia Viernheim^6	15	15	16	14											2	12	9	11	13			4	x
TSG Weinheim ^2	17	6	10	7	5	1	15	1	16	1	18	6	3	2	4	2	5	16	2	5	11	5	x
1. FC Bruchsal	5																	9	10	1	17	6	x
SpVgg Durlach-Aue	3															13						7	x
SV Schwetzingen	27	4	11	4	12	4	3	4	4	15				13	11	6	8	8	3	2	6	8	x
SGK Heidelberg	25	3	2	13	1	8	3	15	8	7	8	11	7	12	10	5	13			9	10	9	x
TSV Reichenbach	19											9	6	9	16					8	4	10	x
FC Spöck	5																		6	3	9	11	x
TSV Höpfingen	3																			15		12	x
VfR Gommersdorf	3							15													15		x
ASV Durlach	17	14	12	15	2	7	6	7	3	4	11	1	16	6	1	14	14	18	5	13			x
FC Zuzenhausen	9												8	3	5	3	7	10	9	14			x
FV Lauda	19	2	3	1	12	4	2	5	10	6	13	13	17	8	14	8	12	15					x
Waldhof Mannheim II ^4	21	9	7	2	8	10	2	2	6	10							5	12	7	11	8	13
FC 07 Heidelsheim	8														7	9	3	3	11	10	13	14
SpVgg Neckarelz II	2																				12	15
TSV Grunbach ^7	1																		1	13	2
VfB Eppingen	18				9	6	13	14					10	15							14
TSV Buchen	2															16			14
DJK/FC Ziegelhausen/Peterstal	1																		15
1. FC Birkenfeld	4												11	17				6	16
FC Mosbach	6																	13
1. FC Pforzheim^5	11	8	3	2	5	3	7	2	3	12	19	4	1	16	3	10	6
TV Hardheim	11		14		4	15			11	8	10	5	9	11	15		10
FC Germania Forst	11					11	10	5	13	13							14
FC Rot	4													5	12	11	15
SpVgg Oberhausen	7									5	3	2	2	4	8	14
SV Schollbrunn	4						15			14		14			17
FC Neureut	14						7	8	9	10	7	13	12	16
TSV Viernheim ^6	14	12	9	10	15		16				12	10	13
FC Viktoria Bammental	10	1	10	11	16	5	5	11	10	11	5	7	14
VfB Leimen	15	11	4	3	6	8	4	3	5	9	2	12	15
SV Schefflenz	1												16
SV Seckenheim	2										6	15
SpVgg Ketsch	3							10	15			16
VfR Ittersbach	6			5	10	13	11	16			13
Viktoria Wertheim	14			12	16						14
SV Sinsheim	15					9	8	9	7	12	15
SV Laudenbach	1									16
SpVgg Heidelsheim	1								14
FC Oestringen	7							13
SG Dielheim	10		8	13	14	14	14
SG Oftersheim	11	7	1	16	13	16
VfR Grötzingen	6	8	12	11	17
FV 09 Weinheim ^2	7	10	5	6	18
Spfr. Dossenheim	1			15
Alemannia Wilferdingen	3	13	13
Fvgg Weingarten	7		15
Karlsruher FV	3	14
VfR Ussingheim	1	15

Key

Color	Key
1, 2, 3, ...	Bundesliga
1, 2, 3, ...	2. Bundesliga
1, 2, 3, ...	3. Liga
1, 2, 3, ...	Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012) Regionalliga Südwest (2012–present)
1, 2, 3, ...	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
1, 2, 3, ...	Verbandsliga Baden
1	League champions
	Played at a league level below this league

• S = No of seasons in league (as of 2015–16)

Notes

• ¹ In 1995, VfR Pforzheim withdrew from the Oberliga.
• ² In 1998, FV 09 Weinheim joined TSG Weinheim.
• ³ In 2002, VfR Mannheim withdrew to the Landesliga.
• ⁴ In 2003, Waldhof Mannheim II withdrew from the Oberliga.
• ⁵ In 2010, 1. FC Pforzheim merged with VfR Pforzheim to form 1. CfR Pforzheim.
• ⁶ In 2008, SpVgg Amicitia Viernheim merged with TSV Viernheim to form TSV Amicitia Viernheim.
• ⁷ In 2014, TSV Grunbach withdrew from the Oberliga.

References

1. Verbandsliga Nordbaden tables 1978–present (German) Das deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 26 September 2011
2. Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

Sources

• Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
• Kicker Almanach, (German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
• Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006

External links

• (German) Das deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables
• (German) Fussball.de: Verbandsliga Nordbaden
• (German) BFV: Baden Football Association