The Saarlandliga (English: Saarland league ) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in the German federal state of Saarland . It was a new league, introduced at the end of the 2008-09 season.
10-728: In the past, the term Saarlandliga has unofficially been used for what was at times the Ehrenliga Saarland , the Amateurliga Saarland and, from 1978, the Verbandsliga Saarland . The new league however carries its name officially and is not known by any other name. The league was introduced after a decision made by the Saarland Football Association on 31 May 2008. It was decided that the new league would be operating from
20-658: The Amateurliga Südwest and Rheinland . With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new Regionalliga Südwest but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga Süd in 1974. In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was formed to allow direct promotion to the 2. Bundesliga Süd for the amateur champion of
30-677: The Verbandsliga Saarland below it in 1978. The Ehrenliga Saarland was formed in 1947 in the state of Saarland. The league was originally a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest . Due to the special situation of Saarland, its clubs left the German football league system from 1948 to 1951 with the 1. FC Saarbrücken playing a year in the French second division . Three seasons in this period were played under independent Saarland Football Association control. From its return in 1951, now under
40-548: The 1. FC Saarbrücken and Borussia Neunkirchen . The year after, three clubs were admitted to the new 2. Oberliga Südwest, the Viktoria Hühnerfeld , SC Altenkessel und Sportfreunde Saarbrücken . The winner of the Amateurliga Saarland was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off . The champion would have to compete with the winners of
50-410: The 2009-10 season onwards and slotted in between the tier-five Oberliga Südwest and, from then on, the tier-seven Verbandsliga Saarland . The Verbandsliga remains as a single-division competition, which is unusual for the German football pyramid, where most leagues have two to three feeder leagues below itself. To qualify for the new league, a club had to finish within the following specifications at
60-587: The Saarlandliga. The league champions: The following clubs qualified for the new league, according to the above system: Ehrenliga Saarland The Amateurliga Saarland was the highest football league in the state of Saarland and the third tier of the German football league system from 1951, when the clubs from the Saar returned to Germany , until the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and
70-606: The Verbandsliga not qualified for the new league were to remain in the Verbandsliga and would not suffer relegation to the Landesligas. Eighteen teams are scheduled to compete in the league since 2009-10, with a home-and-away season format. The league winner is promoted to the Oberliga, while the two last placed teams are relegated to the Verbandsliga. In turn, the best two teams out of that league earn direct promotion to
80-444: The area. The last league winner, Borussia Neunkirchen, was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. The teams placed two to seven gained entry to the Oberliga while the other twelve teams were put into the new Verbandsliga Saarland, now the fourth tier of the football league system. Admitted to the new Oberliga : Relegated to the new Verbandsliga : Source: "Verbandsliga saarland" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from
90-465: The end of the 2008-09 season: As the number of clubs relegated from the Oberliga from Saarland was not known at the time this system was decided on, it was determined that for every team relegated, one fewer from the Verbandsliga would qualify. In this case, the SV Mettlach having been relegated, the seventeenth club from the Verbandsliga would not gain entry to the new Saarlandliga. The clubs from
100-401: The name of Amateurliga Saarland, until the establishment of the Oberliga Südwest in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system. The league was established in 1947 with ten teams, the winner gaining promotion to the Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were: With the return to the German league system in 1951, two teams from the Amateurliga were admitted to the Oberliga Südwest,
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