Saarlandliga

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Saarlandliga
Deutschland Lage des Saarlandes.svg
Founded2009
CountryGermany
StateSaarland
Number of clubs18
Level on pyramid Level 6
Promotion to Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
Relegation to Verbandsliga Saarland
Domestic cup(s) Saarland Cup
Current champions SV Auersmacher
(2021–22)

The Saarlandliga (English: Saarland league) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in the German federal state of Saarland. It was a new league, introduced at the end of the 2008-09 season.

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In the past, the term Saarlandliga has unofficially been used for what was at times the Ehrenliga Saarland, the Amateurliga Saarland and, from 1978, the Verbandsliga Saarland. The new league however carries its name officially and is not known by any other name.

Overview

The league was introduced after a decision made by the Saarland Football Association on 31 May 2008. It was decided that the new league would be operating from the 2009-10 season onwards and slotted in between the tier-five Oberliga Südwest and, from then on, the tier-seven Verbandsliga Saarland. [1] The Verbandsliga remains as a single-division competition, which is unusual for the German football pyramid, where most leagues have two to three feeder leagues below itself.

To qualify for the new league, a club had to finish within the following specifications at the end of the 2008-09 season:

As the number of clubs relegated from the Oberliga from Saarland was not known at the time this system was decided on, it was determined that for every team relegated, one fewer from the Verbandsliga would qualify. In this case, the SV Mettlach having been relegated, the seventeenth club from the Verbandsliga would not gain entry to the new Saarlandliga. The clubs from the Verbandsliga not qualified for the new league were to remain in the Verbandsliga and would not suffer relegation to the Landesligas.

Modus

Eighteen teams are scheduled to compete in the league since 2009-10, with a home-and-away season format. The league winner is promoted to the Oberliga, while the two last placed teams are relegated to the Verbandsliga. In turn, the best two teams out of that league earn direct promotion to the Saarlandliga.

League champions

The league champions: [2]

SeasonClub
2009–10 1. FC Saarbrücken II
2010–11 SV Röchling Völklingen
2011–12SC Halberg Brebach
2012–13 FC Hertha Wiesbach
2013–14 Saar 05 Saarbrücken
2014–15 FSV Jägersburg
2015–16 FV Diefflen
2016–17FV Eppelborn
2017–18TuS Herrensohr
2018–19SV Elversberg II
2019–20FV Eppelborn
2020–21Season curtailed and annulled
2021–22 SV Auersmacher

Founding members

The following clubs qualified for the new league, according to the above system:

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References

  1. Aufstiegs- und Abstiegsregelungen nach der Saison 2008/09 (in German) Saarland FA website. Retrieved 14 June 2009
  2. Saarlandliga tables & results (in German) kicker.de . Retrieved 9 June 2014

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