| Landesliga Hannover |
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| Founded |
| 2006 |
| Nation |
| Germany |
| States |
| Lower Saxony |
| Promotion To |
| Niedersachsenliga |
| Relegation To |
| Bezirksliga Hannover 1-4 |
| Number of Clubs |
| 17 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 6 |
| Current champions 2010-11 |
| VfL Bückeburg |
The Landesliga Hannover, called the Bezirksoberliga Hannover until 2010,[1] is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (German:Niedersachsen). It covers the region of the now defunct Regierungsbezirk Hanover.
It is one of four leagues at this level in Lower Saxony, the other three being the Landesliga Lüneburg, the Landesliga Weser-Ems and the Landesliga Braunschweig.
The term Landesliga can be translated as State league.
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The league was formed in 2006 as a replacement of the Landesliga Hannover, which had existed at this level. The new Bezirksoberliga was made up of sixteen clubs,[2] eleven from the Landesliga and five from the two Bezirksligas. A decider had to be played between the two third-placed teams in the Bezirksligas, which SV Nienstädt 09 won 2-0 over SG Diepholz.[3] No club from the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-West was relegated to the league that season, all three relegated sides went to Weser-Ems. The league was formed in a reorganisation of the league system in Lower Saxony, whereby the four regional Landsligas were replaced by the Bezirksoberligas. Below these, the number of Bezirksligas was increased. In Hannover, the two Bezirksligas were expanded to four, as in the other regions, except Weser-Ems, which was expanded to five.[4]
The Bezirksoberliga, like the Landesliga before, was set in the league system below the Verbandsliga and above the now four Bezirksligas, which were numbered from one to four. The winner of the Bezirksoberliga was directly promoted to the Verbandsliga, while the bottom placed teams, in a varying number, were relegated to the Bezirksliga. The Bezirksoberligas of Weser-Ems and Hannover form the tier below the Verbandsliga West, while those of Lüneburg and Braunschweig form the tier below the eastern division of the Verbandsliga.
In the leagues first season, 2006–07, the runners-up of the league, TSV Stelingen, had to play-off with the runners-up of the Bezirksoberliga Weser-Ems, SV Holthausen-Biene, a game they won 1-0 and thereby gained promotion.[5] In the following season, only the league champions were promoted while, in 2009, the SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen moved up a level as runners-up.
At the end of the 2007-08 season, with the introduction of the 3rd Liga, the Verbandsliga was renamed Oberliga Niedersachsen-West.[6] For the Bezirksoberliga, this had no direct consequences.
After the 2009-10 season, the two Oberligas (English: Premier league) in Lower Saxony will be merged to one single division. The four Bezirksoberliga champions that season will not be automatically promoted, instead they will have to compete with the four teams placed ninth and tenth in the Oberliga for four more spots in this league.[7]
On 17 May 2010, the Lower Saxony football association decided to rename the four Bezirksoberligas to Landesligas from the 1 July 2010. This change in name came alongside the merger of the two Oberliga divisions above it into the Niedersachsenliga.[1]
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third |
| 2006-07 | Heesseler SV | TSV Stelingen | SC Twistringen |
| 2007-08 | Preussen Hameln | 1. FC Germania Egestorf-Langreder | TSV Burgdorf |
| 2008-09 | VfL Bückeburg | SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen | TuS Kleefeld |
| 2009-10 | Arminia Hannover | 1. FC Germania Egestorf-Langreder | TSV Burgdorf |
| 2010-11 | VfL Bückeburg | 1. FC Wunstorf | TSV Burgdorf |
The league was formed from sixteen clubs from the following leagues:
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