The Sachsenliga , formerly referred to as Landesliga Sachsen , is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony (German: Sachsen ). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fourth tier.
10-590: The Landesliga Sachsen was established in 1990 from twelve clubs as the highest league for the German state of Saxony, which was established after the league in October 1990, and the Saxon Football Association, SFV (German: Sächsischer Fußball Verband ). It compromised the area of the three Bezirksligen of Chemnitz , Dresden and Leipzig . Each of those three leagues contributed four clubs to
20-579: A former UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist in its ranks, the re-formed 1. FC Lok Leipzig , loser of the 1987 final. The Landesligen of Thuringia and Saxony are unique in their naming as every other league in Germany of this standing carries the name Verbandsliga . This was done so simply by choice of the local football associations (German: Fußballverband ) in Saxony and Thuringia and the name could be changed to Verbandsliga if they wish to do so. Due to
30-476: The 3. Liga was established. However, this changed nothing in the league's status as a feeder league to the NOFV-Oberliga . The league is sponsored by door and window maker WEKU and carries therefore the official name of WEKU Sachsenliga . This is an unusual fact in Germany as football leagues don't normally carry sponsorship names. The league had, in the 2007–08 season, the unique distinction of having
40-592: The German football league system . Depending on the structural organisation within each of the 21 state football associations of the German Football Association , the Bezirksliga either falls under the state association's jurisdiction or one of its subsidiary county football associations that organise their divisions mostly following the borders of the corresponding government districts . In
50-722: The East German clubs changed their names in the years after the reunion, some reverted to their old ones after a brief period, current names, when different from the one in 1990, are listed. The clubs are: From the Bezirksliga Chemnitz : From the Bezirksliga Dresden : From the Bezirksliga Leipzig : Bezirksliga The Bezirksliga (English: County League ) is commonly a medium set of amateur divisions set at steps 7, 8 or 9 in
60-540: The German league system. After the first season, the number of clubs in the league was increased to fourteen; in 1996 the league was again enlarged, to sixteen. In 1994, with the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost as the new third tier of the league system, the Sachsenliga fell to tier five in the system but remained unchanged otherwise. In 2008, the league was again demoted one level when
70-559: The Hesse state association renamed the division to Gruppenliga and as the state associations of Lower Saxony and Bavaria disbanded the league in recent years. This article about a German association football competition is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fu%C3%9Fball-Gruppenliga Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
80-513: The changes to the German league system, the runner-up in 2007–08, Lok Leipzig was also promoted after winning a play-off round with the runner-up from the Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , FC Schönberg 95 . The league champions: Source: "Landesliga Sachsen" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 10 February 2008 . The league was established from twelve clubs from three leagues in 1990. Most of
90-519: The league pyramid, the Bezirksliga always ranks below the superior state association's divisions, typically being the Verbandsliga and the Landesliga but ahead of the district associations' Kreisliga . The Bezirksliga does not exist within all associations, and where existing it is set in varying numbers and form. The former Bezirksoberliga is currently not existing in the league system, as
100-601: The new league. The Sachsenliga was established within the East German football league system and incorporated in the league system of the united Germany at the end of its first season, in 1991. The league has been a feeder league, together with the Thüringenliga and Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt , to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd , which its champion is directly promoted to. As such, it was the fourth tier of
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