Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord

Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord

Founded	1965
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	Level 6
Promotion to	Hessenliga
Relegation to	Gruppenliga Fulda Gruppenliga Kassel Gruppe 1 Gruppenliga Kassel Gruppe 2
Domestic cup(s)	Hessenpokal
Current champions	Hünfelder SV (2019–20)

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Nord, 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, and until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 it was the fourth tier.

Overview

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

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

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord is fed by the Gruppenliga Hessen-Fulda, Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 1 and Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 2. The winners of those divisions 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.

The region covered by the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord is not traditionally a part of the Southern German Football Association, it only became part of it with the formation of the state of Hesse in 1945.

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

League champions

The league champions: ^{[1] [2]}

Verbandsliga

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

Season	Club
2008–09	1. FC Schwalmstadt
2009–10	VfB Süsterfeld
2010–11	FSC Lohfelden
2011–12	Hünfelder SV
2012–13	TSV Lehnerz
2013–14	1. FC Schwalmstadt
2014–15	Borussia Fulda
2015–16	SV Steinbach
2016–17	SV Buchonia Flieden
2017–18	Hünfelder SV
2018–19	SV Steinbach
2019–20	Hünfelder SV

Landesliga

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

Season Club 1965–66 Hermannia Kassel 1966–67 KSV Hessen Kassel II 1967–68 Hünfelder SV 1968–69 Hermannia Kassel 1969–70 KSV Baunatal 1970–71 KSV Hessen Kassel II 1971–72 KSV Baunatal 1972–73 GSV Eintracht Baunatal 1973–74 BC Sport Kassel 1974–75 Hermannia Kassel 1975–76 SV Olympia 1914 Kassel 1976–77 VfB Schrecksbach 1977–78 FSV Bergshausen 1978–79 TuSpo 1886 Ziegenhain 1979–80 SG Bad Soden

Season Club 1980–81 Hessen Bad Hersfeld 1981–82 CSC 03 Kassel 1982–83 VfB Schrecksbach 1983–84 KSV Hessen Kassel II 1984–85 Hessen Bad Hersfeld 1985–86 GSV Eintracht Baunatal 1986–87 CSC 03 Kassel 1987–88 Hermannia Kassel 1988–89 KSV Hessen Kassel II 1989–90 Borussia Fulda 1990–91 SC Upland Willingen 1991–92 SC Neukirchen 1992–93 FSC Lohfelden 1993–94 KSV Baunatal

Season Club 1994–95 KSV Hessen Kassel II 1995–96 SV Buchonia Flieden 1996–97 FV Steinau 1997–98 SVA Bad Hersfeld 1998–99 KSV Baunatal 1999–00 OSC Vellmar 2000–01 SV Buchonia Flieden 2001–02 KSV Hessen Kassel 2002–03 Hünfelder SV 2003–04 1. FC Schwalmstadt 2004–05 TSG Wattenbach 2005–06 Borussia Fulda 2006–07 FSC Lohfelden 2007–08 OSC Vellmar

• KSV Hessen Kassel hold the absolute record for Landesliga titles in Hessen, having won six, all in the Landesliga Nord. Five of those however were won by their reserve team.

Additionally promoted teams

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

Season	Club
1966–67	FV Breidenbach
1970–71	GSV Eintracht Baunatal
1983–84	Borussia Fulda
1988–89	SG Bad Soden
1993–94	RSV Petersberg
1994–95	SG Bad Soden SC Upland Willingen
2001–02	FSC Lohfelden
2003–04	OSC Vellmar
2007–08	Hünfelder SV KSV Hessen Kassel II
2008–09	SVA Bad Hersfeld
2009–10	SV Buchonia Flieden
2018–19	SV Neuhof
2019–20	SV Buchonia Flieden

References

1. Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord tables & results (in German) kicker.de . Retrieved 9 June 2014
2. Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord tables (in German)Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 9 June 2014

Sources

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

External links

• Hessischer Fußball-Verband – HFV (in German)