Landesliga

Landesliga

Country	Germany
Leagues	65
Level on pyramid	Level 6, 7 and 8

The Landesliga (English: Football State League) is a tier of football in some of the states of Germany.

In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberlig and therefore are the sixth tier. The reason for this is that Bavaria, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Bremen are the only places in Germany where the Oberliga, the State and the Verband are geographically the same, while the other two states simply chose to call their leagues Landesligas when establishing them in 1990. In the Middle Rhine and Lower Rhine regions of North Rhine-Westphalia it is also, since 2012, the sixth tier. In Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate (south-western part only), North Rhine-Westphalia (Westphalia), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin it is the seventh tier, below the Verbandsliga. In the Saarland, the Landesligas are set as the eighth tier.

Typically, in each Bundesland, the Landesligen are split up into different Staffeln or "divisions". In Bavaria, the Landesliga is split up into five divisions, South-West, South-East, Central, North-West and North-East. In Sachsen, Bremen and Thüringen the Landesliga is in a single division format. In Hamburg, it consists of two divisions.

Schleswig-Holstein and Hesse are the only two German states not to have Landesligen. The Rheinland region of Rhineland-Palatinate also operates without such a league.

In Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia the league below the Landesligas is the Landesklasse (English: State Class).

Leagues

The Landesligas: Tier six (red) seven (yellow) and eight (blue) leagues. White denotes areas without Landesligas.

Tier-VI Landesligas

Of the 65 Landesligas in Germany 18 are set at tier six of the German football league system, these being:

League	State	Region	Promotion to	Relegation to
Sachsenliga	Saxony		NOFV-Oberliga Süd	Landesklasse Mitte Landesklasse Nord Landesklasse Süd Landesklasse West
Thüringenliga	Thuringia			Landesklasse Nord Landesklasse Ost Landesklasse Süd
Landesliga Bayern-Südwest	Bavaria	Southwest	Bayernliga	Bezirksliga
Landesliga Bayern-Südost		Southeast
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte		Central
Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest		Northwest
Landesliga Bayern-Nordost		Northeast
Landesliga Bremen	Bremen		Bremen-Liga	Bezirksliga Bremen Bezirksliga Bremerhaven
Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia	Hamburg		Oberliga Hamburg	Bezirksliga Nord Bezirksliga Ost Bezirksliga Süd Bezirksliga West
Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa
Landesliga Niederrhein 1 Landesliga Niederrhein 2	North Rhine-Westphalia	Lower Rhine	Oberliga Niederrhein	Bezirksliga
Landesliga Mittelrhein 1 Landesliga Mittelrhein 2		Middle Rhine	Oberliga Mittelrhein
Landesliga Braunschweig	Lower Saxony	Braunschweig	Niedersachsenliga	Bezirksliga Braunschweig 1 Bezirksliga Braunschweig 2 Bezirksliga Braunschweig 3 Bezirksliga Braunschweig 4
Landesliga Hannover		Hannover		Bezirksliga Hannover 1 Bezirksliga Hannover 2 Bezirksliga Hannover 3 Bezirksliga Hannover 4
Landesliga Lüneburg		Lüneburg		Bezirksliga Lüneburg 1 Bezirksliga Lüneburg 2 Bezirksliga Lüneburg 3 Bezirksliga Lüneburg 4
Landesliga Weser-Ems		Weser-Ems		Bezirksliga Weser-Ems 1 Bezirksliga Weser-Ems 2 Bezirksliga Weser-Ems 3 Bezirksliga Weser-Ems 4 Bezirksliga Weser-Ems 5

• The Landesligen of Thuringia and Saxony are unique in their naming as every other league in Germany of this standing carries the name Verbandsliga. This was done so simply by choice of the local football associations in Saxony and Thuringia and the name could be changed to Verbandsliga if they wish to do so. Bavaria does not have this option however, since its Landesligas are not the highest leagues in the Verband. This position is held by the Oberligas in this state.

Tier VII-Landesligas

Apart from the above mentioned states, Landesligen also exist in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate (in the south-west part only), North Rhine-Westphalia (Westphalia), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin and as Landesklasse, in Saxony and Thuringia as tier seven leagues, below the Verbandsligas:

Leagues	State	Region	Promotion to	Relegation to
Landesliga Württemberg 1 Landesliga Württemberg 2 Landesliga Württemberg 3 Landesliga Württemberg 4	Baden-Württemberg	Württemberg	Verbandsliga Württemberg	Bezirksliga
Landesliga Mittelbaden Landesliga Odenwald Landesliga Rhein/Neckar		Baden (North)	Verbandsliga Baden	Kreisliga
Landesliga Südbaden 1 Landesliga Südbaden 2 Landesliga Südbaden 3		Baden (South)	Verbandsliga Südbaden	Bezirksliga
Landesliga Südwest Ost Landesliga Südwest West	Rhineland-Palatinate	Southwest	Verbandsliga Südwest
Landesliga Westfalen 1 Landesliga Westfalen 2 Landesliga Westfalen 3 Landesliga Westfalen 4	North Rhine-Westphalia	Westphalia	Westfalenliga 1 Westfalenliga 2
Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-Nord Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-Ost Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-West	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern		Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Landesklasse
Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord Landesliga Brandenburg-Süd	Brandenburg		Brandenburg-Liga
Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt-Nord Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt-Süd	Saxony-Anhalt		Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesliga Berlin 1 Landesliga Berlin 2	Berlin		Berlin-Liga	Bezirksliga
Landesklasse Mitte Landesklasse Nord Landesklasse Ost Landesklasse West	Saxony		Sachsenliga	Kreisoberliga
Landesklasse Thüringen 1 Landesklasse Thüringen 2 Landesklasse Thüringen 3	Thuringia		Thüringenliga

Tier VIII-Landesligas

Uniquely, the Saarland has the Landesligas as the eighth tier of its league system; in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saxony-Anhalt the equivalent tier is Landesklasse.

Leagues	State	Region	Promotion to	Relegation to
Landesliga Nord Landesliga Ost Landesliga Süd Landesliga West	Saarland		Verbandsliga Saarland Nordost Verbandsliga Saarland Südwest	Bezirksliga
Landesklasse Nord Landesklasse Ost Landesklasse Süd Landesklasse West	Brandenburg		Landesliga	Kreisoberliga
Landesklasse 1 Landesklasse 2 Landesklasse 3 Landesklasse 4 Landesklasse 5 Landesklasse 6	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
	Saxony-Anhalt

External links

• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
• DFB: State Associations