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38-672: The Verbandsliga Südbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the South Badenese 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 . The Verbandsliga Südbaden was formed in 1945, then called Landesliga Südbaden , in

76-609: A club which already has a team in the Regionalliga, or which has a team which will be relegated to the Regionalliga, the B-team cannot be promoted, and the next highest qualified team will be promoted instead. There are fourteen "Oberligen", based on states and regions of Germany . From 1974 to 1994, the Oberligas, originally called 1st Amateurliga, were set right below the two 2nd Bundesligas, North and South. Originally there

114-896: A reform of its league system. The historical league system, with the Amateurliga Südbaden as the top league, the third division, followed by the 2nd Amateurliga, the A-Klasse, B-Klasse and C-Klasse was replaced with the Verbandsliga Südbaden , now the fourth division, followed by the Landesliga, Bezirksliga, Kreisliga and Kreisliga B. As of 2017, the SBFV has 272,181 members, 715 member clubs and 5,715 football teams played within its league system. Oberliga (football) The Oberliga ( German: [ˈoːbɐˌliːɡa] , "Upper League"; plural: Oberligen )

152-536: A single division league, and reverted to two divisions in 2020 for one season only. The NOFV-Oberliga was established in 1991 after the German reunification . It covers former East Germany and the city of Berlin . Originally having three divisions, in 1994 the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte ceased to continue and its clubs were split between the other two divisions, NOFV-Oberliga Nord and NOFV-Oberliga Süd . The participating teams are redistributed between

190-529: A single league and is the oldest Oberliga to operate continuously in this format. The Oberliga Mittelrhein was elevated to Oberliga status in 2012 after the disbanding of the NRW-Liga which it previously had served. The Oberliga Niederrhein was elevated to Oberliga status in 2012 after the disbanding of the NRW-Liga which it previously had served. The Oberliga Niedersachsen was established in 2008, initially in two regional divisions, in 2010 reduced to

228-690: Is the fifth tier of the German football league system . Before the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier. At the end of the 2011–12 season the number of Oberligas was increased from eleven to fourteen. With the exception of the Nazi -era Gauliga , the term Oberliga (equivalent to Premier League in English) was used prior to the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 for first-division leagues in West Germany . Between 1978–94

266-676: Is the undisputed champion of this league, having won it a record 12 times. The club played 28 out of a possible 33 seasons 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

304-704: The NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte . The highest level of league play in Berlin is now the Berlin-Liga . The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte existed from the German reunification in 1991 until its dissolution in 1994. Its clubs were moved to either the NOFV-Oberliga Nord or the NOFV-Oberliga Süd . The Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen existed from 1994 till 2004 as a replacement for

342-730: The Oberliga Nord . With the reestablishment of the Oberliga Nord, the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen ceased to exist. The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein existed from 1994 till 2004 as a replacement for the Oberliga Nord . With the reestablishment of the Oberliga Nord, the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein ceased to exist. The Oberliga Nordrhein was established in 1978 as a new joint amateur top flight for

380-863: 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

418-674: The SFV are the football associations of Hesse , Bavaria , Württemberg and Baden . The SFV is the largest of the five regional federations and based in Munich . In 2017, the SBFV had 272,181 members, 715 member clubs and 5,715 teams playing in its league system, making it the eight-largest of the 21 state associations in Germany. Football in Southern Germany, and thereby in Baden

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456-674: The SFV . The SFV had the responsibility to organise the Oberliga and the new 2nd Oberliga, all other leagues were part of their state associations. In 1950, the clubs from South Baden returned to the Southern German federation, ending the era of the French Zone championship. The best clubs from the region, SSV Reutlingen and FC Singen 04 , were grupped in the Oberliga Süd while Freiburger FC and FC Konstanz entered

494-580: 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: The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994. South Badenese Football Association The South Baden FA is also part of the Southern German Football Association , the SFV , one of five regional federations in Germany . The other members of

532-480: 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

570-573: 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

608-457: The Bundesliga in 1963 there were five regional Oberligen: Based on criteria outlined by the German association in October 1962 an evaluation system covering the last 12 seasons was established through which the sixteen clubs from these five leagues were established which were to form the new nationwide first division Bundesliga, with the others going to the new second tier Regionalligen. Below

646-517: 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

684-532: The Oberliga the 2. Oberliga existed from 1949 to 1963 as the second tier in West Germany, except in Northern Germany and West Berlin where this level was never introduced. The 2. Oberligas were: Oberliga champions are usually promoted to Regionalliga which is directly below the 3. Liga . The Oberliga Nordost has two divisions ("Süd" and "Nord"). If the champion of an Oberliga is the B-team of

722-721: The Southern German track and field association, forming a much enlarged federation, the Süddeutscher Fussball- und Leichtathletik-Verband - SFLV . With the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, the federation received the order from Berlin to disband itself in March 1933. On 6 August 1933, the SFLV held its last general meeting, in Stuttgart , where the order to disband was officially carried out. The financial liquidation of

760-851: The best teams of the Verbandsliga Niederrhein and the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein . It was replaced by the NRW-Liga in 2008, which is a merger of the Oberliga Nordrhein and the Oberliga Westfalen . The NRW-Liga was formed in 2008 and disbanded again in 2012 and replaced by the Oberliga Westfalen , the Oberliga Mittelrhein and the Oberliga Niederrhein . The Oberliga Nord was formed in 1974 to form

798-512: The champions from the northern half of the occupation zone, from what was to become the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . The Südbadischer Fußball-Verband was formed on 12 December 1948 in Freiburg im Breisgau in a meeting of 293 clubs. To alleviate any friction between the Southern German and the state association, the state associations became a member of the SFV but the football clubs remained members of their state associations only, not

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836-520: The establishment of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system. The separation of North Baden and South Baden 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

874-479: The federation was completed in 1942. Post- Second World War Germany saw South Baden become part of the French occupation zone. As travel within the occupation zone was restricted, the reestablishing of a Southern German federation seemed initially impossible. In September 1945, a regional football league was established, the Oberliga Süd , which was made up of 16 of the foremost football clubs of Southern Germany. The organisers of this competition had also received

912-659: 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 Football Association , South Baden being one of them. The league champions of the league: Source: "Verbandsliga Südbaden" . Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv . Retrieved 9 March 2008 . Since

950-578: The highest playing level for the states of Lower Saxony , Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg and Bremen . As such it was a continuation of the old Regionalliga Nord which was superseded by the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1974. It stopped operating in 1994 when the Regionalliga Nord was reformed, now as the third tier of the German football league system. It was replaced by the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and

988-399: 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 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

1026-544: 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 Baden . The winner of this play-off has to face the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Württemberg for

1064-546: The new second division 2. Oberliga Süd . Reutlingen is now not part of the SBFV anymore, having joined the Württemberg FA instead. In 1951 merger talks were held with the Baden FA to have one federation for the whole state of Baden and terms were agreed on but the merger was never implemented and the separation of Baden football continues to this day. In 1978, the association, like Württemberg and Baden, implemented

1102-467: The northern and the southern division based on geographical needs. If possible, teams from Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern promote to the northern division, whereas teams from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia promote to the southern division. In some seasons, the northern and southern divisions cover teams from northern Saxony-Anhalt and southern Brandenburg respectively. The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar , named Oberliga Südwest until 2012,

1140-466: The permission to reestablish the SFV from the US authorities. Below the Oberliga, the not yet officially reestablished SFV decreed that Landesligas were to be established for each of the states. On 4 November 1945, the new Oberliga played its first round. The clubs from South Baden however were outside this framework, playing in their own league system instead and then playing a French zone championship with

1178-595: The previous season: The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg was formed in 1978 to provide a single-division 3rd tier league for the state of Baden-Württemberg. Previously, the clubs in the state had played in four separate Amateurligas: Nordwürttemberg, Schwarzwald-Bodensee, Nordbaden and Südbaden. Two of those were merged, the Amateurligas Nordwürttemberg and Schwarzwald-Bodensee to form the Verbandsliga Württemberg. The Bayernliga

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1216-518: 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

1254-528: The term Amateuroberliga was used for third-tier leagues, which were then the highest level of amateur play in the country. The current usage of the designation Oberliga was introduced in 1994. In East Germany a separate league structure was in place from 1948–1990 and the top flight division there was known as the DDR-Oberliga . From the end of the Second World War until the formation of

1292-429: Was 15 Amateurligas which were reduced to 8 Oberligas in 1978. From 1981 the 2nd Bundesliga was reduced to one single league. Because there always were more Oberliga champions then promotion spots, these clubs had to determine the promoted teams by the way of a promotion play-off to the 2. Bundesliga , called "Aufstiegsrunde zur 2. Bundesliga". Since 2012–13 fourteen leagues exist on Oberliga level, increased from eleven

1330-502: Was formed in 1945. In 1946–47, 1947–48 and from 1953–54 till 1962–63 it was split in a northern and a southern division. From 1963 to 2012 it played in the single division format. Since 2012 it again plays with a northern and a southern division. The Bremen-Liga was established in 2008. The Oberliga Hamburg was established in 2008. The Hessenliga was formed in 1945. In its first two seasons, 1945/46 and 1946/47 it played in two separate divisions, east and west. Since then it has been

1368-631: Was formed in 1978 to provide a single-division for the Westphalia region. It was disestablished in 2008 with the introduction of the NRW-Liga but reestablished in 2012. The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was established in 1974 to accommodate the majority of clubs of the Regionalliga Berlin when this league ceased to exist. With the German reunification in 1991 the Oberliga Berlin ceased to exist and its clubs were spread between

1406-690: Was formed in 1978 to provide a single-division third tier league for the two states Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate . Previously, the clubs that make up this Oberliga played in three separate leagues: the Amateurligas Südwest, Saarland, and Rheinland. The league split into two divisions in 2020 for one season only. The Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein was established in 2008 as the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga and took its present name in 2017. It also split into two divisions in 2020 for almost one year only. The Oberliga Westfalen

1444-604: Was originally administrated by the Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband , which was formed on 17 October 1897 in Karlsruhe , then under the name of Verband Süddeutscher Fussball-Vereine . The new federation soon began to organise a regional football competition, the Southern German football championship , followed by a league system a few years later. In November 1927, the federation merged with

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