Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte

Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte

Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Founded	1965
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	Level 6
Promotion to	Hessenliga
Relegation to	Gruppenliga Wiesbaden Gruppenliga Gießen/Marburg
Domestic cup(s)	Hessenpokal
Current champions	Teutonia Watzenborn (2014–15)

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Mitte, is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fourth tier.

Overview

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte was formed in 1965 as the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte, a tier four feeder league to the then Amateurliga Hessen.

The winner of the Verbandsliga Mitte automatically qualifies for the Hessenliga, the runners-up need to compete with the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord and the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd as well as the 15th placed team of the Hessenliga for another promotion spot.

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte is fed by the Gruppenliga Hessen-Wiesbaden, and Hessen-Gießen/Marburg. The winners of those 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.

Along with the renaming of the Oberliga Hessen to Hessenliga in 2008, the Landesliga was renamed Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte.

League champions

The league champions:^[1][2]

Verbandsliga

The league champions since the renaming of the league in 2008:

Season	Club
2008–09	VfB Marburg
2009–10	Eintracht Wetzlar
2010–11	SpVgg 1922 Hadamar
2011–12	FSV Braunfels
2012–13	SV Wiesbaden
2013–14	TSV Steinbach
2014–15	Teutonia Watzenborn
2015–16

Landesliga

The league champions until the renaming of the league in 2008:

Season Club 1965–66 FC Hanau 93 1966–67 Kickers Viktoria Mühlheim 1967–68 TuS Naunheim 1968–69 1. FC 1911 Hochstadt 1969–70 FSV 07 Bischofsheim 1970–71 Kickers Offenbach II 1971–72 SpVgg Bad Homburg 1972–73 SSV 1911 Dillenburg 1973–74 FVgg Kastel 06 1974–75 TSV Klein-Linden 1975–76 Viktoria Sindlingen 1976–77 SG 01 Hoechst 1977–78 Viktoria Sindlingen 1978–79 FVgg Kastel 06 1979–80 Eintracht Haiger

Season Club 1980–81 Viktoria Sindlingen 1981–82 SV Wiesbaden 1982–83 RSV Würges 1983–84 TSV Battenberg 1984–85 VfL Marburg 1985–86 SV Wiesbaden 1986–87 SG 01 Hoechst 1987–88 TSV Battenberg 1988–89 SV Wehen 1989–90 VfL Marburg 1990–91 RSV Würges 1991–92 VfL Marburg 1992–93 SG 01 Hoechst 1993–94 VfR 07 Limburg

Season Club 1994–95 VfB Gießen 1995–96 TSV Battenberg 1996–97 VfB Unterliederbach 1997–98 FC Ederbergland 1998–99 VfB Marburg 1999–00 SG Walluf 1932 2000–01 TSG Wörsdorf 2001–02 SC Waldgirmes 2002–03 FSV Braunfels 2003–04 SC Waldgirmes 2004–05 FSV Steinbach 2005–06 RSV Würges 2006–07 SV Wehen II 2007–08 TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf

• FC Ederbergland hold the record in numbers of titles for the Landesliga Mitte, having won four, the first three under the name of TSV Battenberg. Only SpVgg Bad Homburg hold the same number of titles but those were won in the other two Landesligen – Mitte and Süd.

Additionally promoted teams

These clubs were promoted to the Oberliga after finishing second in the league:

Season	Club
1993–94	FC Herborn
1995–96	RSV Würges
1998–99	FSV Braunfels
2000–01	1. FC Eschborn
2005–06	FSV Braunfels
2006–07	Eintracht Wetzlar
2007–08	1. FC Eschborn
2011–12	FC 1931 Eddersheim

References

1. Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte tables & results (German) kicker.de, accessed: 9 June 2014
2. Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 9 June 2014

Sources

• Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (German) DSFS
• Süddeutschlands Fußballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (German) publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (German) DSFS 2006

External links

• Hessischer Fußball-Verband – HFV (German)