Landesliga Thüringen
Encyclopedia
| Thüringenliga |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1990 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
 |
| State |
 Thuringia |
| Promotion To |
| NOFV-Oberliga Süd NOFV-Oberliga Süd The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony... |
| Relegation To |
| Landesklasse Thüringen-Nord |
| Landesklasse Thüringen-Süd |
| Landesklasse Thüringen-Ost |
| Number of Clubs |
| 16 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 6 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... |
| Domestic Cup |
| Thuringia Cup Thuringia Cup The Thuringia Cup is an annual football competition in Thuringia, Germany. The Thuringian Football Association is its governing body... |
| Current Champions 2010–11 |
| 1. FC Gera 03 1. FC Gera 03 1. FC Gera 03 is a German association football club located in Gera, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in 2003 through the fusion of TSV 1880 Gera-Zwötzen and SV 1861 Liebschwitz. The club is made up largely of players who used to play in higher divisions wityh a large number coming from the... |
The Thüringenliga is the sixth tier (VI) 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...
and the highest league in the German state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
. Until 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...
in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system.
Overview
The Thüringenliga was established in 1990 as the LandesligaLandesliga
The Landesliga is the 7th tier of football in most of Germany, one division below the Verbandsliga. In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thüringen, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the 6th tier...
Thüringen from fourteen clubs as a highest league for the German state of Thüringen, which was established after the league in October 1990, and the Thuringia Football Association, TFV . It compromised the area of the three Bezirksligen
Bezirksklasse
The Bezirksliga, Bezirksklasse or Landesklasse is the 8th tier of football in Germany. The Bezirksliga exists in all regions of German football. Below the Bezirksliga usually ranks the Kreisliga...
of Erfurt
Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
, Gera
Gera
Gera, the third-largest city in the German state of Thuringia , lies in east Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster, approximately 60 kilometres to the south of the city of Leipzig and 80 kilometres to the east of Erfurt...
and Suhl
Suhl
- Geography :Suhl sits on the south edge of the Suhler Scholle, an upthrust granite complex that is streaked by numerous dikes. This is part of the Ruhla-Schleusingen Horst that defines the southwest side of the Thuringian Forest...
. Each of those three leagues contributed a number of clubs to the new league while one club also got relegated from the 2nd division to the league. The Thüringenliga was established within the East German football league system
East German football league system
The football league system of the German Democratic Republic existed from the creation of the DDR-Oberliga in 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1990....
and in cooperated in the league system of the united Germany after the end of its first season, in 1991.
The league has been a feeder league, together with the Landesliga Sachsen
Landesliga Sachsen
The Sachsenliga, formerly referred to as Landesliga Sachsen, is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony,...
and Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
The Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt,...
, to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
, which its champion is directly promoted to. As such, it was the fourth tier of the German league system.
After having fourteen clubs in the league in its first season, the number went to seventeen the year after and was then set at sixteen, which it maintained for most seasons. It some years the number does however vary to balance out promotion and relegation.
In 1994, with the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
as the new third tier of the league system, the Thüringenliga fell to tier five in the system but remained unchanged otherwise.
In 2008, the league was again demoted one level when the 3rd 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...
was established. However, this changed nothing in the leagues status as a feeder league to the NOFV-Oberliga.
The Landesligen
Landesliga
The Landesliga is the 7th tier of football in most of Germany, one division below the Verbandsliga. In Bavaria, Sachsen, Thüringen, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the 6th tier...
of Thüringen and Sachsen are unique in their naming as every other league in Germany of this standing carries the name Verbandsliga
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...
. This was done so simply by choice of the local football associations (German:Fussball Verband) in Sachsen and Thüringen and the name could be changed to Verbandsliga if they wish to do so.
League champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1990–91 | FV Zeulenroda |
| 1991–92 | SV Funkwerk Kölleda |
| 1992–93 | 1. Suhler SV |
| 1993–94 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... II |
| 1994–95 | SC Weimar |
| 1995–96 | SV Kahla |
| 1996–97 | SV Schott Jena |
| 1997–98 | SSV Erfurt-Nord |
| 1998–99 | 1. SV Gera 1. SV Gera BSG Wismut Gera is a German association football club playing in Gera, Thuringia. The club is the successor to 1. SV Gera whose football department joined Blau-Weiß Gera and Geraer KFC Dynamos in 2007 to form FV Gera Süd, which, in turn, changed its name to BSG Wismut Gera in 2009... |
| 1999–00 | Eintracht Sondershausen |
| 2000–01 | FSV Wacker 03 Gotha |
| 2001–02 | VfB Pößneck VfB Pößneck VfB Pößneck is a German association football club from the city of Pößneck, Thuringia with a membership of roughly 400.-History:Vereins für Bewegungsspiele Pößneck was founded 2 August 1909 and established its own ground at Sportpark an der Warte in May 1925... |
| 2002–03 | FC Erfurt-Nord |
| 2003–04 | ZFC Meuselwitz ZFC Meuselwitz Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.-History:The origins of the club go back to the establishment of Aktivist Zipsendorf in 1919... |
| 2004–05 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt II |
| 2005–06 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... II |
| 2006–07 | 1. FC Gera 03 1. FC Gera 03 1. FC Gera 03 is a German association football club located in Gera, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in 2003 through the fusion of TSV 1880 Gera-Zwötzen and SV 1861 Liebschwitz. The club is made up largely of players who used to play in higher divisions wityh a large number coming from the... |
| 2007–08 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt II |
| 2008–09 | SV Schott Jena |
| 2009–10 | BSV Eintracht Sondershausen |
| 2010–11 | 1. FC Gera 03 |
Founding members of the league
The league was established from fourteen clubs from four leagues in 1990. Most of the East German clubs changed their names in the years after the reunion, some reverting to their old ones after a brief period. Current names, when different, are listed alongside the name in 1990. The clubs are:From the 2nd Division-Group B:
- FC Union MühlhausenFC Union MühlhausenFC Union Mühlhausen is a German footbalclub from Mühlhausen, Thuringia.The club was founded in 1972 after the merger of BSG Post and BSG Motor. As BSG Union Mühlhausen the team played most of the times in the Bezirksliga, the third level. In 1989 the team promoted to the DDR-Liga but was demoted...
From the Bezirksliga Erfurt:
- SV Funkwerk Kölleda, now FSV 06 Kölleda
- Glückauf Sondershausen, now BSV Eintracht Sondershausen
- SC Leinefelde
- FSV Erfurt-West
- Preußen Bad Langensalza
- SV Motor GothaFSV Wacker 03 GothaFSV Wacker 03 Gotha is a German association football club from the city of Gotha, Thuringia. The roots of the club go back to the founding of Fußball-Club Einigkeit Gotha on 7 July 1907. Later that year they took on the name FC Wacker Gotha before becoming Sportverein Wacker Gotha...
, now FSV Wacker 03 Gotha
From the Bezirksliga Gera:
- FV Zeulenroda, now FC Motor Zeulenroda again
- Blau-Weiß Gera, now FV Gera Süd
- SV Jenaer Glaswerk, SV Schott JENAer Glas
From the Bezirksliga Suhl:
- EK Veilsdorf
- SV 04 Schmalkalden, now FSV Schmalkalden
- Lok Meiningen, now VfL 04 Meiningen
- Versco Walldorf, now SV Walldorf
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFSDeutscher Sportclub für FußballstatistikenThe Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands...
- Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports MagazineKicker (sports magazine)kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006