The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Nord, 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, and until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 it was the fourth tier.
Overview The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord was formed in 1965 as the Landesliga Hessen-Nord, a tier four feeder league to the then Amateurliga Hessen.
The winner of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord automatically qualifies for the Hessenliga, the runners-up needs to compete with the runners-up of Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd and Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte and the 15th placed team of the Hessenliga for another promotion spot.
The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord is fed by the Gruppenliga Hessen-Fulda, Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 1 and Hessen-Kassel Gruppe 2. The winners of those divisions 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.
The region covered by the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord is not traditionally a part of the Southern German Football Association, it only became part of it with the formation of the state of Hesse in 1945.
Along with the renaming of the Oberliga Hessen to Hessenliga in 2008, the Landesliga was renamed Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord.
League champions The league champions:Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord tables & results kicker.de. Retrieved 9 June 2014Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 9 June 2014 Verbandsliga The league champions since the renaming of the league in 2008: Season Club 2008–09 1. FC Schwalmstadt 2009–10 VfB Süsterfeld 2010–11 FSC Lohfelden 2011–12 Hünfelder SV 2012–13 TSV Lehnerz 2013–14 1. FC Schwalmstadt 2014–15 Borussia Fulda 2015–16 SV Steinbach 2016–17 SV Buchonia Flieden 2017–18 Hünfelder SV 2018–19 SV Steinbach 2019–20 Hünfelder SV 2020–21 Season curtailed and annulled 2021–22 SV Adler Weidenhausen
Landesliga The league champions until the renaming of the league in 2008:
Season Club1965–66Hermannia Kassel1966–67KSV Hessen Kassel II1967–68Hünfelder SV1968–69Hermannia Kassel1969–70KSV Baunatal1970–71KSV Hessen Kassel II1971–72KSV Baunatal1972–73GSV Eintracht Baunatal1973–74BC Sport Kassel1974–75Hermannia Kassel1975–76SV Olympia 1914 Kassel1976–77VfB Schrecksbach1977–78FSV Bergshausen1978–79TuSpo 1886 Ziegenhain1979–80SG Bad Soden
Season Club1980–81Hessen Bad Hersfeld1981–82CSC 03 Kassel1982–83VfB Schrecksbach1983–84KSV Hessen Kassel II1984–85Hessen Bad Hersfeld1985–86GSV Eintracht Baunatal1986–87CSC 03 Kassel1987–88Hermannia Kassel1988–89KSV Hessen Kassel II1989–90Borussia Fulda1990–91SC Upland Willingen1991–92SC Neukirchen1992–93FSC Lohfelden1993–94KSV Baunatal
Season Club1994–95KSV Hessen Kassel II1995–96SV Buchonia Flieden1996–97FV Steinau1997–98SVA Bad Hersfeld1998–99KSV Baunatal1999–00OSC Vellmar2000–01SV Buchonia Flieden2001–02KSV Hessen Kassel2002–03Hünfelder SV2003–041. FC Schwalmstadt2004–05TSG Wattenbach2005–06Borussia Fulda2006–07FSC Lohfelden2007–08OSC Vellmar
KSV Hessen Kassel hold the absolute record for Landesliga titles in Hessen, having won six, all in the Landesliga Nord. Five of those however were won by their reserve team.
Additionally promoted teams These clubs were promoted to the Oberliga after finishing second and third in the league: Season Club1966–67FV Breidenbach1970–71GSV Eintracht Baunatal1983–84Borussia Fulda1988–89SG Bad Soden1993–94RSV Petersberg1994–95SG Bad Soden SC Upland Willingen2001–02FSC Lohfelden2003–04OSC Vellmar2007–08Hünfelder SV KSV Hessen Kassel II2008–09SVA Bad Hersfeld2009–10SV Buchonia Flieden2018–19SV Neuhof2019–20SV Buchonia Flieden
References
Sources Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, DSFS Süddeutschlands Fußballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 by Ludolf Hyll Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 DSFS 2006
External links Hessischer Fußball-Verband – HFV