Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein
Map of Germany:Position of Schleswig-Holstein highlighted
Founded2017
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
Divisions3
Number of teams35
Level on pyramidLevel 6
Promotion toOberliga Schleswig-Holstein
Relegation to
Current championsSchleswig: Husumer SV
Holstein: SV Eichede II
Mitte: FC Kilia Kiel
(2021–22)

The Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the second-highest league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, supplanting the Verbandsligen at that level in the state.

Overview

The Landesliga was relaunched to start play in the 2017–18 season as part of realignments in the league system of Schleswig-Holstein[1] and as a solution to the problem of many teams promoted to the Verbandsliga ending up relegated or withdrawn after one season.[2]

The league is divided into two divisions of 16 clubs each, Schleswig (north-west) and Holstein (south-east), and teams promoted to or relegated from it will be assigned to a division based on geographical proximity, a practice called "flexible game operation" (German: flexibler Spielbetrieb).[1][3]

For 2020–21 and 2021–22, the Landesliga was expanded to three groups, each having 11 to 12 teams for a total of 34–35 after the previous 2019–20 season was curtailed.[4][5]

Founding members of the Landesliga

The league was newly reformed from the following clubs that have played in the following leagues in 2016–17:

Champions

Season Schleswig Holstein
2017–18 TSV Kropp VfB Lübeck II
2018–19 Husumer SV Oldenburger SV
2019–20 TSV Altenholz TSV Pansdorf
Season Schleswig Holstein Mitte
2020–21 Season curtailed and annulled
2021–22 Husumer SV SV Eichede II FC Kilia Kiel

References

  1. ^ a b "Neue Ligenstruktur und Verjüngung" [New league structure and rejuvenation] (in German). FuPa. 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ "SHFV-Reform steht an: Nur noch zwei statt vier Verbandsligen!" [SHFV-Reform is a go: Only two instead of four Verbandsligen!]. sportbuzzer.de (in German). 13 February 2016.
  3. ^ "SHFV stellt flexiblen Spielbetrieb beim DFB vor" [SHFV presents flexible game operations to the DFB] (in German). SHFV. 13 June 2016.
  4. ^ "V. Staffeleinteilung Landesliga" (PDF). SHFV. 11 August 2020.
  5. ^ "V. Staffeleinteilung Landesliga" (PDF). SHFV. 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ "2016-17 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga table". Kicker.de.
  7. ^ "2016-17 Verbandsliga Nord-Ost table". Kicker.de.
  8. ^ "2016-17 Verbandsliga Nord-West table". Kicker.de.
  9. ^ "2016-17 Verbandsliga Süd-Ost table". Fussball.de.
  10. ^ "2016–17 Verbandsliga Süd-West table". Fussball.de.
  11. ^ "Landesliga promotion round". Fussball.de.

External links

Landesliga Holstein (VI) 2022–23 clubs
Landesliga Schleswig (VI) 2022–23 clubs
German level-VI football leagues
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