Verbandsliga Südbaden

Verbandsliga Südbaden
Verbandsliga Südbaden
Country  Germany
State  Baden-Württemberg
Region Baden
Confederation South Badenian football association
Founded 1945
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid Level 6
Promotion to Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
Relegation to Landesliga Südbaden
(3 divisions)
Domestic cup(s) Südbadischer Pokal
Current champions Freiburger FC
(2013–14)

The Verbandsliga Südbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the South Badenian Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the South Baden state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a level 6 division of the German football league system.

Overview

The Verbandsliga Südbaden was formed in 1945, then called Landesliga Südbaden, in the southern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was originally a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest (southern section) and therefore the second tier of the football league system in the southwest of Germany until 1950, when the clubs from Südbaden left the southwest league system and returned to the southern system where they geographically belong. From 1950 until the establishment of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.

The separation of Nordbaden and Südbaden results from the outcome of the 2nd World War when the state was split into two separate occupation zones. The north was in the US zone and the south in the French zone. For this reason the clubs from the south of Baden found themselves thrown in with the Oberliga Südwest (northern group), as those also were in the French zone.

The league was established in 1945 with nine teams in the western and eight teams in the eastern group. Four of those clubs gained entry into the new Oberliga Südwest (southern group) for the 1946–47 season. The year after the league was split into three groups, from 1947 it was staged in one single group and adopted the name Amateurliga Südbaden. The twelve founding members of the league were:

(Current name in brackets)

In the post-war days, clubs in the French zone were not allowed to operate under their pre-war names and had to be adopt a new name. They gradually reverted to their old names as this rule was revoked.

In 1950, with the dissolution of the southern group of the Oberliga Südwest, its 16 clubs were integrated in the southern league system. Two went to the Oberliga Süd, three to the new 2nd Oberliga Süd, the other eleven went to the Amateurligen, six of those to Südbaden.

With the creation of the Amateurliga Schwarzwald-Bodensee in 1960, some clubs of the Südbaden leagues went across, three of those from the Amateurliga, being the FC Villingen, FC Konstanz and FC Radolfzell. Most of those returned in 1974.

With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new Regionalliga Süd but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 1974.

The winner of the Amateurliga Südbaden was not automatically promoted but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off to its league above. Usually, the champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligas Nordbaden, Württemberg and (from 1961) Schwarzwald-Bodensee.

The Offenburger FV is the undisputed champion of this league, having won it nine times.[1] The club played 29 out of a possible 33 in the Amateurliga Südbaden, interrupted only by a four-year spell in the Oberliga Südwest. From 1950 to 1978 it was always a member of the league and continued to be a third division side in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg until 1991, making it 42 uninterrupted years, a German record. The FC Rastatt and SC Freiburg also belonged to the Amateurliga Südbaden for exactly the same time but with lesser success. Rastatt was relegated from the Oberliga in 1986 and Freiburg never fell below its 2nd Bundesliga status again.

In 1978, the league was renamed Verbandsliga Südbaden; at the same time the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg was formed as the new tier three league in the region. The top five teams out of the Verbandsliga went to the new Oberliga while the next ten clubs remained in this league. The bottom placed two teams were relegated to the Landesligas.

Admitted to the new Oberliga:

The winner of the Verbandsliga gains direct promotion to the Oberliga. The runners-up must play-off against the runners-up of Verbandsliga Nordbaden. The winner of this play-off has to face the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Württemberg for the final Oberliga spot. In 1981 no extra spot and in 1994 three extra spots were available due to league format changes.

Feeder leagues to the Verbandsliga Südbaden

The term "Verbandsliga" translates as "Football Association League". There are 21 Football Associations within the German Association German Football Association, Südbaden being one of them.

League champions

The league champions of the league:

Landesliga Südbaden

Season Club
1945–46 Fortuna Rastatt
VfL Konstanz
1946–47 Fortuna Freiburg
Eintracht Singen
SpVgg Rheinfelden

Amateurliga/Verbandsliga Südbaden

Season Club
1947–48 ASV Villingen
1948–49 Lahrer FV
1949–50 SC Baden-Baden
1950–51 FC 08 Villingen
1951–52 Offenburger FV
1952–53 Offenburger FV
1953–54 Offenburger FV
1954–55 FC Rastatt 04
1955–56 FC 08 Villingen
1956–57 FC Konstanz
1957–58 Offenburger FV
1958–59 FC Singen 04
1959–60 Offenburger FV
1960–61 Offenburger FV
1961–62 SC Baden-Baden
1962–63 FC Emmendingen
1963–64 FC Emmendingen
1964–65 SC Freiburg
1965–66 SV Oberkirch
1966–67 Offenburger FV
1967–68 SC Freiburg
1968–69 SV Waldkirch
1969–70 SV Waldkirch

Season Club
1970–71 FC Emmendingen
1971–72 FC Rastatt 04
1972–73 SC Baden-Baden
1973–74 Offenburger FV
1974–75 Offenburger FV
1975–76 FC 08 Villingen
1976–77 Freiburger FC
1977–78 SC Freiburg
1978–79 VfB Gaggenau
1979–80 SC Pfullendorf
1980–81 SV Kuppenheim
1981–82 SC Pfullendorf
1982–83 FC 08 Villingen
1983–84 SV Weil
1984–85 FC 08 Villingen
1985–86 VfB Gaggenau
1986–87 Spfr/DJK Freiburg
1987–88 SC Pfullendorf
1988–89 FC Emmendingen
1989–90 SC Pfullendorf
1990–91 Freiburger FC
1991–92 TuS Lörach-Stetten

Season Club
1992–93 SV Linx
1993–94 FV Donaueschingen
1994–95 SC Pfullendorf
1995–96 Bahlinger SC
1996–97 FC Steinen
1997–98 SC Freiburg II
1998–99 FC Denzlingen
1999–2000 FC Teningen
2000–01 FC 08 Villingen
2001–02 FC Teningen
2002–03 SV Linx
2003–04 FC 08 Villingen
2004–05 SV Linx
2005–06 FC 08 Villingen
2006–07 SV Linx
2007–08 Offenburger FV
2008–09 FC Denzlingen
2009–10 SV Linx
2010–11 Offenburger FV
2011–12 FC Singen 04
2012–13 SV Oberachern
2013–14 Freiburger FC

Source: "Verbandsliga Südbaden". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

Teams promoted to the Oberliga after play-offs

Since the 1978–79 seasons the runners-up have the opportunity to play-off for promotion. The following runners-up have succeeded in the promotion round:

League placings

The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994.[2][3]

Club S 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SC Freiburg II7527 1OOOOOOOOOORRRRRRR
SC Pfullendorf6 1OOORRRORRRRRRRRRRRRO
FC 08 Villingen20O65577 1OO 1O 1OOOOOOOOO
Bahlinger SC192 1OOOOOOOOO2OOOOOOOOO
Kehler FV10131752OOOOOOO
Freiburger FC1733961410106751164138 1O
SV Oberachern5942 1Ox
SV Linx25OOO72232 1O 1O 1O2 1O632x
SV Endingen141513159161214453x
FC Bad Dürrheim612418154x
Offenburger FV14642432 1O2 1OO5x
FC Singen 0413892OOO151483 1O6x
FC Bötzingen12111613913646747x
SV Waldkirch51210128x
SV Solvay Freiburg3109x
FC Radolfzell101410x
FC Denzlingen184834 1OOO716646 1O89711x
SV Kuppenheim201415841115121412x
SV Bühlertal2x
FC Freiburg St. Georgen1x
SC Offenburg1x
FC Rielasingen-Arlen1x
SV Weil am Rhein241015312107117212613
VfR Hausen98121151053214
SC Wyhl115
SV Stadelhofen1411813411893751116
FV Schutterwald511911917
SpVgg Frickingen113
FV Lahr114
VfB Bühl979893510815
FV Donaueschingen20O46256712111515111316
1. SV Mörsch214
FC Emmendingen2465896323242OO51416
SC Pfullendorf II109614610338613
SC Hofstetten115
SV Kirchzarten21216
FC Rastatt 0418111685351410413
SF Elzach-Yach21015
FC Konstanz1441069714716
SV Oberkirch71010131615
DJK Villingen21414
FV Gamshurst2715
FC Wehr 1912381516
FC Teningen12971234 1O 1O310513
FC Wollmatingen21316
FC Steinen-Höllstein161212 1OO101295101215
SV Rust4891116
SV Laufenburg871414121116
FV Herbolzheim313913
SV Au am Rhein114
SV Kirchzarten1616354813
FC Neustadt710115715
VfB Gaggenau12OO4891216
FC Welschingen-Binningen113
SV Oberweiler315
SV Hausach11111216
Lahrer SV21013
SC Gottmadingen-B.21215
SV Kappel21114
Bahlinger SC II116
SV Litzelstetten114
Rot-Weiß Salem31116
TuS Blumberg117
SC Friesenheim513

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga
2B 2. Bundesliga
3L 3. Liga
R Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)
Regionalliga Südwest (2012–present)
O Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league

References

  1. Offenburger FV, official club history (in German), accessed 29 November 2007
  2. Verbandsliga Südbaden tables 1978–present (German) Das deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 19 November 2011
  3. Fussball.de - Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

Sources

External links