The 2008–09 season of the Hessenliga

Hessenliga

The Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3...

was the first season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system

German football league system

The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...

 after the introduction of the 3. Liga

3rd Liga

The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...

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SC Waldgirmes

SC Waldgirmes

SC Waldgirmes is a German association football club from Waldgirmes, Hesse. The 700 member club is best known for its football team, but also has departments for table tennis, women's gymnastics, alpine gymnastics, and cycling....

, champions of the Hessenliga, did not meet the licensing criteria for the Fußball-Regionalliga. In their place, the Bavarian team FC Bayern Alzenau were promoted to the 2009–10

2009–10 Fußball-Regionalliga

The 2009–10 Regionalliga season is the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each...

 Regionalliga Süd

Regionalliga Süd

The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...

. SV Buchonia Flieden

SV Buchonia Flieden

SV Buchonia Flieden is a German association football club in Flieden, Hesse.-History:The association was created in January 1912 in the hotel "Zum Hasenfuß"...

, Borussia Fulda

Borussia Fulda

Borussia Fulda is a German association football club from Fulda, Hesse. The club was founded 4 July 1904 as FC Borussia 1904 Fulda and underwent a number of changes in 1923 when they were first joined by Radsportclub 1907 Fulda in July, and then by Kraftsportklub Germania Fulda in September. On 6...

, KSV Hessen Kassel II

KSV Hessen Kassel

KSV Hessen Kassel is a German association football club based in Kassel, Hesse. The club was founded as FC Union 93 Kassel in 1893 and just two years later joined FC Hassia 93 Cassel to form Casseler FV 95...

 and FSC Lohfelden

FSC Lohfelden

FSC Lohfelden is a German association football club based in Lohfelden, Hesse.-History:It was established in 1895 as the gymnastics and sports club Turn- und Sportverein Crumbach and formed a football department in 1924...

 were relegated to their respective Verbandsligen

Verbandsliga

The Verbandsliga is the 6th tier of football in Germany, played on a regional basis by Bundesland. In Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg, Bremen and Bavaria the 6th tier is called Landesliga, which is the 7th tier in some of the other Bundesländer...

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1. FC Schwalmstadt

1. FC Schwalmstadt

1. FC Schwalmstadt is a German association football club from the city of Schwalmstadt, Hesse which was established in 1970 through the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some smaller outlying villages.-History:...

 and SVA Bad Hersfeld

SVA Bad Hersfeld

Spielverein Asbach-Bad Hersfeld is a German association football club from Asbach, formerly a separate village, but now part of the town of Bad Hersfeld, Hesse....

 from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord

Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Nord, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...

, VfB Marburg

VfB Marburg

VfB Marburg is a German football club based in Marburg, Hesse, currently playing in the Hessenliga.- History :VfB Marburg was established on 13 May 1905 as Marburger Fußball Club and in its first two years boasted over 100 members...

 from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte

Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Mitte, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...

 and FSV Frankfurt II

FSV Frankfurt

FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...

 from the Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd

Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd

The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd, until 2008 named Landesliga Hessen-Süd, is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3...

 were promoted to the 2009–10 Hessenliga

2009–10 Hessenliga

The 2009–10 season of the Hessenliga was the second season of the league at tier five of the German football league system.FSV Frankfurt II, champions of the Hessenliga, were promoted to the 2010–11 Regionalliga Süd. KSV Klein-Karben, 1...

. Joining them in the Hessenliga next season are Viktoria Aschaffenburg

Viktoria Aschaffenburg

SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a German football club based in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria.Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga and the associated Hessian leagues, rather than the Fussball-Bayernliga , against clubs...

, having been relegated from the Regionalliga.

2008–09 Hessenliga

External links

• Hessischer Fußball-Verband – official website of the Hessian Football Association