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.

Overview The Verbandsliga Südbaden was formed in 1945, then called Landesliga Südbaden, in 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 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 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 the league were:

ASV Villingen (FC Villingen) Lahrer FV SC Baden-Baden VfR Stockach SpVgg Rheinfelden (FC Rheinfelden) SpVgg Ottenau (SV Ottenau) SpVgg Emmendingen (FC Emmendingen) FC Gutach SV Schopfheim VfR Engen (FC Engen) FC Donaueschingen (FV Donaueschingen) FV Fahrnau

(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 They gradually reverted to their old names as this rule was revoked.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 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 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 is the undisputed champion of this league, having won it a record 12 times.Offenburger FV, official club history (in German) accessed 29 November 2007 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 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 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: FC Rastatt 04 FC 08 Villingen SV Kuppenheim DJK Konstanz Offenburger FV

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 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

Landesliga Südbaden 1 Landesliga Südbaden 2 Landesliga Südbaden 3

The term "Verbandsliga" translates as "Football Association League". There are 21 football associations within the German Football Association, South Baden being one of them.

League champions The league champions of the league:

Landesliga Südbaden Season Club1945–46Fortuna Rastatt VfL Konstanz1946–47Fortuna Freiburg Eintracht Singen SpVgg Rheinfelden

Amateurliga/Verbandsliga Südbaden

Season Club1947–48ASV Villingen1948–49Lahrer FV1949–50SC Baden-Baden1950–51FC 08 Villingen1951–52Offenburger FV1952–53Offenburger FV1953–54Offenburger FV1954–55FC Rastatt 041955–56FC 08 Villingen1956–57FC Konstanz1957–58Offenburger FV1958–59FC Singen 041959–60Offenburger FV1960–61Offenburger FV1961–62SC Baden-Baden1962–63FC Emmendingen1963–64FC Emmendingen1964–65SC Freiburg1965–66SV Oberkirch1966–67Offenburger FV1967–68SC Freiburg1968–69SV Waldkirch1969–70SV Waldkirch1970–71FC Emmendingen1971–72FC Rastatt 04

Season Club1972–73SC Baden-Baden1973–74Offenburger FV1974–75Offenburger FV1975–76FC 08 Villingen1976–77Freiburger FC1977–78SC Freiburg1978–79VfB Gaggenau1979–80SC Pfullendorf1980–81SV Kuppenheim1981–82SC Pfullendorf1982–83FC 08 Villingen1983–84SV Weil1984–85FC 08 Villingen1985–86VfB Gaggenau1986–87Spfr/DJK Freiburg1987–88SC Pfullendorf1988–89FC Emmendingen1989–90SC Pfullendorf1990–91Freiburger FC1991–92TuS Lörach-Stetten1992–93SV Linx1993–94FV Donaueschingen1994–95SC Pfullendorf1995–96Bahlinger SC1996–97FC Steinen

Season Club1997–98SC Freiburg II1998–99FC Denzlingen1999–2000FC Teningen2000–01FC 08 Villingen2001–02FC Teningen2002–03SV Linx2003–04FC 08 Villingen2004–05SV Linx2005–06FC 08 Villingen2006–07SV Linx2007–08Offenburger FV2008–09FC Denzlingen2009–10SV Linx2010–11Offenburger FV2011–12FC Singen 042012–13SV Oberachern2013–14Freiburger FC2014–15SV Oberachern2015–16Offenburger FV2016–17FC 08 Villingen2017–18SV Linx2018–191. FC Rielasingen-Arlen2019–20FV Lörrach-Brombach2020–21None2021–22Offenburger FV

bold denotes club gained promotion.

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: 1987: SV Linx 1994: FC 08 Villingen 1997: FC Singen 04 2005: FC Emmendingen 2006: Bahlinger SC 2008: Kehler FV 2019: Freiburger FC 2022: FC Holzhausen

League placings

The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994.Verbandsliga Südbaden tables 1978–present Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv. Retrieved 19 November 2011.Kicker.de - Spieltag/Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Club S9596979899000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223 SC Freiburg II75271OOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRROORRR3L3L Bahlinger SC1921OOOOOOOOO2OOOOOOOOOROOORRRR SV Oberachern59421O1OOOOOOOO FC 08 Villingen21O655771OO1O1OOOOOOOOOO1OOOOOO SV Linx28OOO722321O1O1O21O6323361OOOOx 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen562551OOOO Freiburger FC18339614101067511641381OO222OOOO FV Lörrach-Brombach34101OOx Offenburger FV206424321O21OO581O83231O FC Denzlingen2448341OOO7166461O897111531113892x SV Waldkirch111210128128171411103x SV Kuppenheim271415841115121412114101366114x SC Lahr76998525x SC Pfullendorf111OOORRRORRRRRRRRRRRROO167716x SF Elzach-Yach41015127x SV Bühlertal71310151058x FC Auggen7541041269x FC Teningen159712341O1O310513151310x FC 08 Villingen II21711x Kehler FV15131752OOOOOOOO7693412x FC Radolfzell161410213359813 SV Weil2710153121071172126134714 DJK Donaueschingen3141515 SC Durbachtal21416 SV Endingen21151315916121445310711711131617 1. SV Mörsch51413121216 FSV Rot-Weiß Stegen115 TuS Oppenau116 FC Bad Dürrheim91241815459814 SV Stadelhofen16118134118937511161215 FC Singen 0415892OOO1514831O641616x SC Hofstetten21517x FC Neustadt9101157151418 SV Solvay Freiburg510971118 FC Bötzingen14111613913646747912 SpVgg Frickingen21314 VfB Bühl107989351081515 FC St. Georgen114 SC Offenburg116 VfR Hausen98121151053214 SC Wyhl115 FV Schutterwald511911917 FV Lahr114 FV Donaueschingen20O46256712111515111316 FC Emmendingen2465896323242OO51416 SC Pfullendorf II109614610338613 SV Kirchzarten21216 FC Rastatt 0418111685351410413 FC Konstanz1441069714716 SV Oberkirch71010131615 DJK Villingen21414 FV Gamshurst2715 FC Wehr 1912381516 FC Wollmatingen21316 FC Steinen-Höllstein1612121OO101295101215 SV Rust4891116 SV Laufenburg871414121116 FV Herbolzheim313913 SV Au am Rhein114 SV Kirchzarten1616354813 VfB Gaggenau12OO4891216 FC Welschingen-Binningen113 SV Oberweiler315 SV Hausach11111216 Lahrer SV21013 SC Gottmadingen21215 SV Kappel21114 Bahlinger SC II116x SV Litzelstetten114 Rot-Weiß Salem31116 TuS Blumberg117 SC Friesenheim513 FV Rot-Weiß Elchesheim0+x

Key Symbol Key B Bundesliga 2B 2. Bundesliga 3L 3. Liga R Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012) Regionalliga Südwest (2012–present)OOberliga Baden-Württemberg 1 League champions Place League Blank Played at a league level below this league S = No of seasons in league (as of 2022–23)

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 SBFV: Südbaden Football Association