Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte


The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Mitte, is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system. 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.

Overview

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte was formed in 1965 as the Landesliga Hessen-Mitte, a tier four feeder league to the then Amateurliga Hessen.
The winner of the Verbandsliga Mitte automatically qualifies for the Hessenliga, the runners-up need to compete with the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord and the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd as well as the 15th placed team of the Hessenliga for another promotion spot.
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte is fed by the Gruppenliga Hessen-Wiesbaden, and Hessen-Gießen/Marburg. The winners of those are automatically promoted to the Verbandsliga, the runners-up play-off for another promotion spot.
Up until 1973 it was common for teams to move between Landesligen, resulting in the fact that some teams have won titles in two different Landesligen. This practice has since stopped.
Along with the renaming of the Oberliga Hessen to Hessenliga in 2008, the Landesliga was renamed Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte.

League champions

The league champions:

Verbandsliga

The league champions since the renaming of the league in 2008:
SeasonClub
2008–09VfB Marburg
2009–10Eintracht Wetzlar
2010–11SpVgg Hadamar
2011–12FSV Braunfels
2012–13SV Wiesbaden
2013–14TSV Steinbach
2014–15Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg
2015–16Viktoria Kelsterbach
2016–17SC Waldgirmes
2017–18FC Eddersheim
2018–19FSV 1926 Fernwald

Landesliga

The league champions until the renaming of the league in 2008:
SeasonClub
1965–66FC Hanau 93
1966–67Kickers Viktoria Mühlheim
1967–68TuS Naunheim
1968–691. FC 1911 Hochstadt
1969–70FSV 07 Bischofsheim
1970–71Kickers Offenbach II
1971–72SpVgg Bad Homburg
1972–73SSV 1911 Dillenburg
1973–74FVgg Kastel 06
1974–75TSV Klein-Linden
1975–76Viktoria Sindlingen
1976–77SG 01 Hoechst
1977–78Viktoria Sindlingen
1978–79FVgg Kastel 06
1979–80Eintracht Haiger

SeasonClub
1980–81Viktoria Sindlingen
1981–82SV Wiesbaden
1982–83RSV Würges
1983–84TSV Battenberg
1984–85VfL Marburg
1985–86SV Wiesbaden
1986–87SG 01 Hoechst
1987–88TSV Battenberg
1988–89SV Wehen
1989–90VfL Marburg
1990–91RSV Würges
1991–92VfL Marburg
1992–93SG 01 Hoechst
1993–94VfR 07 Limburg

SeasonClub
1994–95VfB Gießen
1995–96TSV Battenberg
1996–97VfB Unterliederbach
1997–98FC Ederbergland
1998–99VfB Marburg
1999–00SG Walluf 1932
2000–01TSG Wörsdorf
2001–02SC Waldgirmes
2002–03FSV Braunfels
2003–04SC Waldgirmes
2004–05FSV Steinbach
2005–06RSV Würges
2006–07SV Wehen II
2007–08TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf

These clubs were promoted to the Oberliga after finishing second in the league:
SeasonClub
1993–94FC Herborn
1995–96RSV Würges
1998–99FSV Braunfels
2000–011. FC Eschborn
2005–06FSV Braunfels
2006–07Eintracht Wetzlar
2007–081. FC Eschborn
2011–12FC Eddersheim
2015–16FC Ederbergland
2018–19TuS Dietkirchen