Verbandsliga Baden

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

Verbandsliga Baden
Organising bodyBadenese Football Association
Founded1945
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
RegionBaden
Number of teams16
Level on pyramidLevel 6
Promotion toOberliga Baden-Württemberg
Relegation to
  • Landesliga Mittelbaden
  • Landesliga Odenwald
  • Landesliga Rhein/Neckar
Domestic cup(s)Baden Cup
Current championsFC Astoria Walldorf II
(2019–20)

Overview

The league was formed as Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was a feeder league to the Oberliga Süd and therefore the second tier of the football league system in the south of Germany until the interception of the 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1950. From 1950 until the establishment of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.

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

The separation of North Baden and South Baden results from the outcome of World War II when the state was split into two separate occupation zones. The north was in the US zone and the south in the French zone. The official names for the two FA's reflect the separation of South Baden from the original association, with North Baden just simply calling itself Baden FA.

The league was established in 1945 with ten teams, the winner gaining promotion to the Oberliga Süd. The founder members were:

The league was split into a northern and a southern group from 1946 to 1948.

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 longest continuous member of the league was the SV Sandhausen which gained promotion to it in 1957 and spent 21 seasons in it until its admittance to the new Oberliga in 1978. The VfR Pforzheim spent a record of 28 out of 33 possible seasons in the league.

At the same time as the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg was introduced in 1978, the Amateurliga Nordbaden was renamed Verbandsliga Nordbaden. The top five teams out of the Amateurliga went to the new Oberliga while the rest of the teams found themselves in the Verbandsliga. The league was now set at tier four of the league system.

The winner of the Verbandsliga gains direct promotion to the Oberliga. The runners-up must play-off against the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Südbaden. 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 Baden:

  • Landesliga Mittelbaden
  • Landesliga Odenwald
  • Landesliga Rhein/Neckar

The term "Verbandsliga" translates as "Football Association League". There are 21 football associations within the German Football Association, North Baden being one of them.

League champions

The league champions of the league:

Source: "Verbandsliga Nordbaden". Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv. Retrieved 7 March 2008.

  • Bold denotes team gained promotion.
  • In 1950, three teams were promoted to the new 2nd Oberliga Süd.
  • In 1965, VfR Pforzheim gained promotion as runners–up as the reserve team of Karlsruher SC was ineligible.
  • In 2019, the reserve team of SV Sandhausen gained promotion as runners-up when VfB Gartenstadt declined.
  • In 2020, 1. FC Bruchsal also gained promotion as runners-up due to Oberliga expansion.

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
Main article: List of clubs in the Verbandsliga Baden

The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994.[1][2]

Club S 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
TSG Hoffenheim4932111355742271111111698154396x
TSG Hoffenheim II22210868521579109346109x
FC Astoria Walldorf663485184287218111111135x
FC Nöttingen511121261811891411592643152195412x
1. CfR Pforzheim 5571247258131113x
SV Sandhausen II615141251101116218x
FC Astoria Walldorf II911546231151751x
1. FC Bruchsal10910117684462x
ATSV Mutschelbach243x
Fortuna Heddesheim42234x
SV Spielberg17568739121269347611511415161161014185x
VfB Gartenstadt 83816
VfB Eppingen229613141015149587x
VfR Mannheim 388271410389112101516164223151733398x
SpVgg Neckarelz1017149414319121718139x
Olympia Kirrlach39710x
FC Germania Friedrichstal2310137248731217511611x
Waldhof Mannheim II 4229728102261051271181312x
FC Zuzenhausen138353710914108101013x
TSG Weinheim 22061075115116118632425162511521181114x
VfR Gommersdorf51515131615x
FV Fortuna Kirchfeld116x
SpVgg Durlach-Aue71379661317x
SV Langensteinbach0x
1. FC Mühlhausen0x
TSV 1887 Wieblingen21218
TuS Bilfingen3101214
SV Schwetzingen3041141243441513116883268711715
FC 07 Heidelsheim979331110131416
FV Lauda21231124251061313178148121551417
SGK Heidelberg283213183158781171210513910911121118
FC Español Karlsruhe114
ASV Durlach2014121527673411116611414185136715
TSV Reichenbach209691684101213
Amicitia Viernheim 616151614212911134415
TSV Strümpfelbrunn116
FC Spöck56391114
TSV Höpfingen3151215
SV Kickers Pforzheim211816
SpVgg Neckarelz II21215
TSV Grunbach 711132
TSV Buchen21614
DJK/FC Ziegelhausen/Peterstal115
1. FC Birkenfeld41117616
FC Mosbach613
1. FC Pforzheim51183253723121941163106
TV Hardheim11144151181059111510
FC Germania Forst1111105131314
FC Rot45121115
SpVgg Oberhausen753224814
SV Schollbrunn415141417
FC Neureut14789107131216
TSV Viernheim 614129101516121013
FC Viktoria Bammental101101116551110115714
VfB Leimen15114368435921215
SV Schefflenz116
SV Seckenheim2615
SpVgg Ketsch3101516
VfR Ittersbach651013111613
Viktoria Wertheim14121614
SV Sinsheim1598971215
SV Laudenbach116
SpVgg Heidelsheim114
FC Oestringen713
SG Dielheim10813141414
SG Oftersheim1171161316
VfR Grötzingen68121117
FV 09 Weinheim 27105618
Spfr. Dossenheim115
Alemannia Wilferdingen31313
Fvgg Weingarten715
Karlsruher FV314
VfR Ussingheim115

Key
Color Key
1, 2, 3, ... Bundesliga
1, 2, 3, ... 2. Bundesliga
1, 2, 3, ... 3. Liga
1, 2, 3, ... Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)
Regionalliga Südwest (2012–present)
1, 2, 3, ... Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
1, 2, 3, ... Verbandsliga Baden
1 League champions
Played at a league level below this league
  • S = No of seasons in league (as of 2020–21)

Notes

References
  1. Verbandsliga Nordbaden tables 1978–present (in German) Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

Sources
  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
  • Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine.
  • Süddeutschlands Fußballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, by Ludolf Hyll.
  • Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.
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