Verbandsliga Südbaden


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 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, 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 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:
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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 They gradually reverted to their old names as this rule was revoked.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 Schwarzwald-Bodensee.
The Offenburger FV 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 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:
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
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''

''Amateurliga/Verbandsliga Südbaden''

SeasonClub
1947–48ASV Villingen
1948–49Lahrer FV
1949–50SC Baden-Baden
1950–51FC 08 Villingen
1951–52Offenburger FV
1952–53Offenburger FV
1953–54Offenburger FV
1954–55FC Rastatt 04
1955–56FC 08 Villingen
1956–57FC Konstanz
1957–58Offenburger FV
1958–59FC Singen 04
1959–60Offenburger FV
1960–61Offenburger FV
1961–62SC Baden-Baden
1962–63FC Emmendingen
1963–64FC Emmendingen
1964–65SC Freiburg
1965–66SV Oberkirch
1966–67Offenburger FV
1967–68SC Freiburg
1968–69SV Waldkirch
1969–70SV Waldkirch
1970–71FC Emmendingen

SeasonClub
1971–72FC Rastatt 04
1972–73SC Baden-Baden
1973–74Offenburger FV
1974–75Offenburger FV
1975–76FC 08 Villingen
1976–77Freiburger FC
1977–78SC Freiburg
1978–79VfB Gaggenau
1979–80SC Pfullendorf
1980–81SV Kuppenheim
1981–82SC Pfullendorf
1982–83FC 08 Villingen
1983–84SV Weil
1984–85FC 08 Villingen
1985–86VfB Gaggenau
1986–87Spfr/DJK Freiburg
1987–88SC Pfullendorf
1988–89FC Emmendingen
1989–90SC Pfullendorf
1990–91Freiburger FC
1991–92TuS Lörach-Stetten
1992–93SV Linx
1993–94FV Donaueschingen
1994–95SC Pfullendorf

SeasonClub
1995–96Bahlinger SC
1996–97FC Steinen
1997–98SC Freiburg II
1998–99FC Denzlingen
1999–2000FC Teningen
2000–01FC 08 Villingen
2001–02FC Teningen
2002–03SV Linx
2003–04FC 08 Villingen
2004–05SV Linx
2005–06FC 08 Villingen
2006–07SV Linx
2007–08Offenburger FV
2008–09FC Denzlingen
2009–10SV Linx
2010–11Offenburger FV
2011–12FC Singen 04
2012–13SV Oberachern
2013–14Freiburger FC
2014–15SV Oberachern
2015–16Offenburger FV
2016–17FC 08 Villingen
2017–18SV Linx
2018–191. FC Rielasingen-Arlen

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:
The complete list of clubs in the league and their league placings since 1994.
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SC Freiburg II75271OOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRROORR
Bahlinger SC1921OOOOOOOOO2OOOOOOOOOROOOR
SV Oberachern59421O1OOOOO
FC 08 Villingen21O655771OO1O1OOOOOOOOOO1OOO
SV Linx28OOO722321O1O1O21O6323361OO
1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen562551O
Freiburger FC18339614101067511641381OO222O
Offenburger FV176424321O21OO581O83x
FC Auggen454104x
FC Radolfzell13141021335x
SV Kuppenheim24141584111512141211410136x
SC Pfullendorf81OOORRRORRRRRRRRRRRROO167x
SC Lahr46998x
Kehler FV13131752OOOOOOOO769x
FV Lörrach-Brombach2410x
SV Endingen18151315916121445310711711x
1. SV Mörsch414131212x
FC Denzlingen2148341OOO7166461O897111531113x
SV Waldkirch812101281281714x
FSV Rot-Weiß Stegen115
TuS Oppenau116
DJK Donaueschingen0+x
FC Bad Dürrheim91241815459814
SV Stadelhofen16118134118937511161215
FC Singen 0415892OOO1514831O641616
SC Hofstetten21517
FC Neustadt9101157151418
SV Bühlertal4131015x
SV Solvay Freiburg510971118
FC Bötzingen14111613913646747912
SpVgg Frickingen21314
VfB Bühl107989351081515
FC St. Georgen114
SC Offenburg116
SV Weil241015312107117212613x
VfR Hausen98121151053214
SC Wyhl115
FV Schutterwald511911917
FV Lahr114
FV Donaueschingen20O46256712111515111316
FC Emmendingen2465896323242OO51416
SC Pfullendorf II109614610338613
SV Kirchzarten21216
FC Rastatt 0418111685351410413
SF Elzach-Yach21015
FC Konstanz1441069714716
SV Oberkirch71010131615
DJK Villingen21414
FV Gamshurst2715
FC Wehr 1912381516
FC Teningen129712341O1O310513x
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 II116
SV Litzelstetten114
Rot-Weiß Salem31116
TuS Blumberg117
SC Friesenheim513

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