Oberliga Hessen

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Oberliga Hessen
Founded
1945
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany: Position of Hessen highlighted
State
Flag of Hesse Hessen
Promotion To
Regionalliga Süd
Relegation To
Landesliga Hessen-Süd
Landesliga Hessen-Mitte
Landesliga Hessen-Nord
Number of Teams
18
Level on Pyramid
Level 5
Domestic Cups
Hessen Pokal
Current Champions 2007-08
SV Darmstadt 98

The Oberliga Hessen is the highest Football League in the state of Hessen and the Hessen Football League System. It is one of seven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier. It's traditional sister leagues and rivals are the Oberliga Bayern and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.

The league is sometimes also referred to as Hessenliga.

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[edit] Overview

The league was formed in 1945 and eccept for it's first two seasons it has always played as one single division. As such, it is the longest continuously operating Oberliga in Germany. The league was called Landesliga Hessen until 1950 and actually formed the second tier of southern German football. With the introduction of the 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1950, the Landesliga Hessen was renamed Amateurliga Hessen. From 1978, it was called Amateur Oberliga Hessen and finally, in 1994 it was renamed Oberliga Hessen.

Since introduction of the Regionalliga Süd in 1994, the winner of the Oberliga Hessen is automatically promoted to this league, till 1994 the winners of the Oberligas had to play-off for the four promotion spots to the 2nd Bundesliga with the other Oberliga winners.

In 1994, with the introduction of the Regionalliga, six clubs from Hessen were qualified for the new league, based on their performance over the last three seasons, these clubs being:

Originally, the FSV Frankfurt, champion of 1994, would have also been qualified but gained promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga instead.

The Oberliga Hessen still remained below the Regionalliga Süd after the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000 but this reduction meant that the Oberliga champions in that year were not promoted.

With the changes in the league system in 2008, four clubs from the Oberliga Hessen were promoted to Regionalliga Süd after the 2007-08 season, nominally the top four teams, however, there was also financial requirements to receive a Regionalliga license. The four clubs were:

The Oberliga is fed by the three Landesligas. The winners of those are directly promoted to Oberliga, the three runners-up play-off with the 15th club from the Oberliga for one more promotion spot.

Feeder leagues to the Oberliga Hessen

The Oberliga Hessen currently also accommodates two clubs from Bavaria, the FC Bayern Alzenau and Viktoria Aschaffenburg. The first joined the Hessen league system only in 1992, the later has played there very successfully for quite a long time and archived qualification to the Regionalliga in 2008.

[edit] Champions of the Oberliga Hessen

Season Club
1945-46 SV Wiesbaden & Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1946-47 FC Rödelheim & Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
1947-48 FC Rödelheim
1948-49 Hessen Kassel
1949-50 SV Darmstadt 98
1950-51 Olympia Lampertheim
1951-52 Olympia Lampertheim
1952-53 FC Hanau 93
1953-54 Borussia Fulda
1954-55 SpVgg Bad Homburg
1955-56 SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
1956-57 Borussia Fulda
1957-58 VfB Friedberg
1958-59 VfL Marburg
1959-60 Borussia Fulda
1960-61 FC Hanau 93
1961-62 SV Darmstadt 98
1962-63 VfB Giessen
1963-64 SV Darmstadt 98
1964-65 Opel Rüsselsheim
1965-66 Germania Wiesbaden
Season Club
1966-67 SV Wiesbaden
1967-68 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
1968-69 FSV Frankfurt
1969-70 Eintracht Frankfurt II
1970-71 SV Darmstadt 98
1971-72 VfR Bürstadt
1972-73 FSV Frankfurt
1973-74 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1974-75 FSV Frankfurt
1975-76 KSV Baunatal
1976-77 VfR Bürstadt
1977-78 FC Hanau 93
1978-79 VfR Bürstadt
1979-80 Hessen Kassel
1980-81 Viktoria Griesheim
1981-82 FSV Frankfurt
1982-83 VfR Bürstadt
1983-84 VfR Bürstadt
1984-85 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1985-86 Kickers Offenbach
1986-87 Kickers Offenbach
Season Club
1987-88 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1988-89 Hessen Kassel
1989-90 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
1990-91 Hessen Kassel
1991-92 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1992-93 Kickers Offenbach
1993-94 FSV Frankfurt
1994-95 SC Neukirchen
1995-96 Borussia Fulda
1996-97 SV Wehen
1997-98 FSV Frankfurt
1998-99 SV Darmstadt 98
1999-2000 KSV Klein-Karben
2000-01 Borussia Fulda
2001-02 Eintracht Frankfurt II
2002-03 1. FC Eschborn
2003-04 SV Darmstadt 98
2004-05 1. FC Eschborn
2005-06 Hessen Kassel
2006-07 FSV Frankfurt
2007-08 SV Darmstadt 98

Source:Oberliga Hessen. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.

  • The record number of league titles is held by FSV Frankfurt and SV Darmstadt 98, each with seven.

[edit] Placings in the Oberliga Hessen 1980 to 2008

Club 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
SV Wehen 4 5 11 9 3 ♦ 7 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Kickers Offenbach ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 1 ♦ ♦ 3 3 7 1 2 ♦ 3 2 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
KSV Hessen Kassel 4 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 1 ♦ 1 3 5 6 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 2 13 1 ♦ ♦
FSV Frankfurt ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ 3 10 5 3 5 4 8 6 5 2 1 ♦ ♦ 7 1 ♦ ♦ 4 2 3 6 2 2 1 ♦
SV Darmstadt 98 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 9 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ 1
1. FC Eschborn 12 1 ♦ 1 ♦ 16
Eintracht Frankfurt II 5 5 3 2 5 3 7 11 11 8 10 8 9 12 10 2 ♦ 8 6 4 4 5 1 ♦ 9 12 11 5 4
Borussia Fulda 1 17 10 12 3 8 7 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ 4 3 8 9
SC Neukirchen 1 10 11 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 3 8 11
SG Egelsbach 1 8 14 17 4 4 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ 7
Rot-Weiß Frankfurt 15 19 4 4 3 1 2 6 6 5 ♦ 15 15
Viktoria Aschaffenburg 3 2 9 3 2 1 ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ 7 4 1 15 4 2 3 3 5 6 10 10 16 10 10 2 3
VfR Bürstadt ♦ ♦ 2 1 1 ♦ 2 5 9 6 5 13 13 14 15 5 14 13 14 18
SV Wehen II 2
SC Waldgirmes 18 3 3 3 5
TSG Wörsdorf 9 14 8 7 8 10 6
FC Bayern Alzenau 2 B B B B B B B B B B B B B 5 6 7
KSV Baunatal 2 10 4 6 6 7 3 7 7 12 9 16 15 12 2 14 6 11 4 14 13 8
Germania Ober-Roden 5 11 17 10
FSV Fernwald 15 7 11
KSV Klein-Karben 11 3 1 8 5 10 12 6 9 4 12
FSC Lohfelden 16 9 9 11 12 9 5 16 17 13
RSV Würges 14 15 17 10 14 11 14
SV Buchonia Flieden 17 15 13 7 9 4 9 16
Eintracht Wetzlar 17
1. FC Schwalmstadt 5 14 13 12 18
SV Bernbach 4 5 2 7 8 15 11 8 14 16 14
FV Bad Vilbel 13 7 6 6 9 4 10 3 7 4 12 10 5 6 15
OSC Vellmar 9 13 15 15 7 17
FSV Braunfels 17 16 18
SV Erzhausen 1 12 6 9 4 8 12
SG Bruchköbel 16
TSG Wattenbach 18
Eintracht Wald-Michelbach 5 13 17
VfB Marburg 12 10 14 15 17 17 13 14 7 7 15 18
Hünfelder SV 17
Viktoria Griesheim 11 1 6 8 4 12 10 13 18 18 18
SG Hoechst 1 14 9 8 7 16 8 5 6 7 15 18 8 8 4 5 2 7 11 3
SG Walluf 13 16
TGM/SV Juegesheim 8 14 17
VfB Giessen 1 15 7 16 5 6 9 12 9 6
SG Croatia Frankfurt 17
FC Ederbergland 3 6 11 18
SGV Germania Horbach 1 10
Kickers Offenbach II 1 8 15
SVA Bad Hersfeld 11 16
VfB Unterliederbach 10 13 18
FV Steinau 8 15
SpVgg Bad Homburg 8 14 15 3 2 2 9 2 16 16
SV Raunheim 13 15
FC Herborn 10 12 12 16
TSV Battenberg 3 9 6 15 11 16 14
SG Bad Soden 13 7 16 18 11 15
Eintracht Haiger 6 10 12 7 5 13 2 6 7 11 12 14 11 13 13 13 16
VfR Limburg 11 10 18
SC Willingen 16 16
SV Mörlenbach 14 12 17
KSV Hessen Kassel II 11 8 16 15 18
FV Progres Frankfurt 3 19
RSV Petersberg 14
Rot-Weiß Walldorf 9 12 11 8 8 17 16
SV Wiesbaden 1 5 13 18 6 10 10 14 14 10 7 12
Viktoria Sindlingen 17 5 9 11 6 14 12 12 13 13 15
FC Erbach 4 9 14 9 9 13 14
Hermannia Kassel 16
SpVgg Dietesheim 11 13 8 13 4 8 15
SC Kassel 03 11 12 2 15 16
TuSpo Ziegenhain 5 9 4 12 10 10 16 11 14 17
Eintracht Baunatal 17
Starkburgia Heppenheim 13 15 13 14 18 16
Hessen Hersfeld 17 17
FC Hanau 93 10 3 18 4 18
VfR Schrecksbach 17
Fvgg Kastel 7 12 15 17
FSV Bergshausen 4 11 19
SSV Dillenburg 6 16
FCA Darmstadt 12 17
FC Hochstadt 16 18
Olympia Kassel 18

Source:Oberliga Hessen. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.

  • ♦ denotes club played in a league higher then the Oberliga.
  • [1] The following clubs withdrew from the league: Kickers Offenbach II (1985), SV Wiesbaden (1994), SG Egelsbach (1998), SGV Germania Horbach (2000), VfB Giessen (2001), SG Hoechst (2002), SC Neukirchen (2003), Borussia Fulda (2004), SV Erzhausen (2006).
  • [2] In 1992, FC Bayern Alzenau moved from the Bavarian to the Hessen league system.
  • [3] In 1997, TSV Battenberg merged with SV Allendorf to form FC Ederbergland.
  • [4] In 1998, Hessen Kassel folded and reformed.
  • [5] In 2004, TuSpo Ziegenhain and Jahn Treysa merged to form 1. FC Schwalmstadt.

[edit] Teams in the Oberliga Hessen

German Oberliga Hessen (IV) Football Clubs (2007-08)
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FC Bayern Alzenau | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | KSV Baunatal | SV Darmstadt 98  | FSV 1926 Fernwald | SV Buchonia Flieden | Eintracht Frankfurt U23 | Rot-Weiß Frankfurt  | Borussia Fulda | KSV Klein-Karben | FSC Lohfelden | Germania Ober-Roden | 1. FC Schwalmstadt  | SC Waldgirmes | SV Wehen II | Eintracht Wetzlar | TSG Wörsdorf | RSV Würges

[edit] External links

[edit] Sources

  • "Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen" - An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, published by the DSFS
  • "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine

[edit] References


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