The
Verbandsliga
The Verbandsliga () is the tier-six football league in the German football league system, covering the area of a '' Bundesland'' or a regional part of such Bundesland.[German football league system
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. Until the introduction of the
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the
Regionalliga
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s 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 Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the States of Germany, state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier ...
, the runners-up need to compete with the runners-up of the
Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord
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 int ...
and the
Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named ''Landesliga Hessen-Süd'', is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. Before the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994, the "Verbandsliga Hessen-S" served as the fourth tie ...
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:
Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte tables
''Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv''. Retrieved 9 June 2014
Verbandsliga
The league champions since the renaming of the league in 2008:
Landesliga
The league champions until the renaming of the league in 2008:
* 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:
References
Sources
* ''Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen'', DSFS
* ''Süddeutschlands Fußballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988'' by Ludolf Hyll
* ''Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005'' DSFS 2006
External links
Hessischer Fußball-Verband – HFV
{{German Verbandsligas and Landesligas (football)
Hessen-Mitte
Football competitions in Hesse
1965 establishments in West Germany