The Verbandsliga Nordbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the Baden 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.
Overview The league was formed as Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1945 in the northern half of the then-state of Württemberg-Baden, which is now the northwestern part 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 inception 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 resulted from the outcome of World War II when the state was split into two separate occupation zones. The north was in the American 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:
VfL Neckarau VfB Knielingen VfB Mühlburg VfR Pforzheim ASV Feudenheim SpVgg Sandhofen Amicitia Viernheim FV Daxlanden Phönix Mannheim 1. FC Pforzheim
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 have a 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 spots, and in 1994 three extra spots were available due to league format changes.
Feeder leagues to the Verbandsliga Nordbaden:
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:
Season Club1945–46VfL Neckarau1946–47VfB MühlburgASV Feudenheim1947–48TSG RohrbachVfR Pforzheim1948–491. FC Pforzheim1949–50VfL Neckarau1950–51ASV Feudenheim1951–52Karlsruher FV1952–53FV Daxlanden1953–54Amicitia Viernheim1954–55Amicitia Viernheim1955–56Amicitia Viernheim1956–57Amicitia Viernheim1957–58VfL Neckarau1958–59VfR Pforzheim1959–60Phönix Mannheim1960–61SV Sandhausen1961–62VfL Neckarau1962–63FV 09 Weinheim1963–64SV Schwetzingen1964–65Karlsruher SC II1965–66Germania Forst1966–67ASV Feudenheim1967–68VfL Neckarau1968–69Germania Forst1969–70FV 09 Weinheim
Season Club1970–71Waldhof Mannheim1971–72Waldhof Mannheim1972–73VfR Mannheim1973–74Karlsruher FV1974–75VfB Eppingen1975–76VfR Mannheim1976–77SV Neckargerach1977–78FV 09 Weinheim1978–79VfB Eppingen1979–80SV Neckargerach1980–81FV Lauda1981–82SV Neckargerach1982–83Karlsruher SC II1983–84SGK Heidelberg1984–851. FC Pforzheim1985–86SV Schwetzingen1986–87Amicitia Viernheim1987–88VfL Neckarau1988–89Karlsruher SC II 1989–90VfB Eppingen1990–91VfB Leimen1991–92VfR Pforzheim1992–93ASV Durlach1993–94Karlsruher SC II1994–95FC Bammenthal1995–96SG Oftersheim
Season Club1996–97FV Lauda1997–98SGK Heidelberg1998–99TSG 62 Weinheim1999–2000TSG 1899 Hoffenheim2000–01TSG 62 Weinheim2001–02FC Nöttingen2002–03TSG 62 Weinheim2003–04VfR Mannheim2004–05ASV Durlach2005–061. FC Pforzheim2006–07FC Astoria Walldorf2007–08ASV Durlach2008–09SV Spielberg2009–10SpVgg Neckarelz2010–11SV Spielberg2011–12TSV Grunbach2012–131. FC Bruchsal2013–14SV Kickers Pforzheim2014–15SV Sandhausen II2015–16FC Astoria Walldorf II2016–17TSG Weinheim2017–18FC Germania Friedrichstal2018–19VfB Gartenstadt2019–20FC Astoria Walldorf II2020–21None2021–22ATSV Mutschelbach
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. In 2021, the season was curtailed and voided because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
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: 1982 SV Schwetzingen 1983 FV 09 Weinheim 1985 FV Lauda 1989 Amicitia Viernheim 1994 Amicitia Viernheim 1996 SGK Heidelberg 2001 Waldhof Mannheim II 2003 TSG Hoffenheim II 2009 TSG Weinheim 2011 VfR Mannheim 2014 FC Germania Friedrichstal 2015 1. CfR Pforzheim
League placings
The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994.Verbandsliga Nordbaden tables 1978–present Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv. Retrieved 26 September 2011.Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Club S9596979899000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223 TSG Hoffenheim4932111355742271111111698154396119x TSG Hoffenheim II222108685215791093461091613x FC Astoria Walldorf6634851842872181111111351810x FC Nöttingen51112126181189141159264315219541257x 1. CfR Pforzheim 5571247258131113115x 1. FC Bruchsal109101176844621418x FC Astoria Walldorf II9115462311517511916x SV Sandhausen II961514125110111621821 ATSV Mutschelbach44331x SV Spielberg1956873912126934761151141516116101418512x VfR Mannheim 3108271410389112101516164223151733398103x VfB Eppingen24961314101514958744x Fortuna Heddesheim6223425x Waldhof Mannheim II 424972810226105127118131266x FC Zuzenhausen15835371091410810101387x TSG Weinheim 2226107511511611863242516251152118111478x 1. FC Mühlhausen259x Olympia Kirrlach597101210x VfR Gommersdorf71515131615911x FC Germania Friedrichstal25101372487312175116111612x SV Langensteinbach21113x SpVgg Neckarelz12171494143191217181391314 FV Fortuna Kirchfeld3161415 SpVgg Durlach-Aue913796613171516 TSV 1887 Wieblingen21218 VfB Gartenstadt 83816 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 VfB Bretten3x Türkspor Mosbach1x VfL Neckarau12x
Key Color Key 1, 2, 3, ...Bundesliga 1, 2, 3, ...2. Bundesliga 1, 2, 3, ...3. Liga 1, 2, 3, ...Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Südwest 1, 2, 3, ...Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 1, 2, 3, ... Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1 League champions Played at a league level below this league S = No. of seasons in league (as of 2022–23)
Notes 1 In 1995, VfR Pforzheim withdrew from the Oberliga. 2 In 1998, FV 09 Weinheim joined TSG Weinheim. 3 In 2002, VfR Mannheim withdrew to the Landesliga. 4 In 2003, Waldhof Mannheim II withdrew from the Oberliga. 5 In 2010, 1. FC Pforzheim merged with VfR Pforzheim to form 1. CfR Pforzheim. 6 In 2008, SpVgg Amicitia Viernheim merged with TSV Viernheim to form TSV Amicitia Viernheim and in 2017, Amiticia withdrew from the Verbandsliga. 7 In 2014, TSV Grunbach withdrew from the Oberliga. 8 In 2020, VfB Gartenstadt withdrew from the Verbandsliga. 9 In 2021, SV Sandhausen II withdrew from the Oberliga.
References
Sources Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS. Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine. Süddeutschlands Fußballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 History of Southern German football in tables, by Ludolf Hyll. Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.
External links Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historic German league tables Fussball.de: Verbandsliga Nordbaden BFV: Baden Football Association