This is a List of clubs in the Hessenliga, including all clubs and their final placings from 1945–46 to the current season. The league is the highest football league in the state of Hesse (German: Hessen) and. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fourth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the third tier.
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Overview
The league's history however traces back to 1945, after the end of the Second World War, when it was formed under the name of Landesliga Hessen as a tier-two league with in two regional divisions. From 1947 onwards it has always been played in a single division format. In 1950, it changed its name to Amateurliga Hessen and became a tier-three league following the formation of the 2. Oberliga Süd above it. In 1978, the league changed its name to Amateur-Oberliga Hessen. In 1994, when the Regionalliga Süd was formed, the league changed its official name once more, now to Oberliga Hessen, and became a tier four league. In 2008 the league as renamed to Hessenliga and became a tier five league when the 3. Liga was formed. In 2012 the league above it, the Regionalliga Süd, was disbanded and replaced by the Regionalliga Südwest.
League timeline
The league went through the following timeline of name changes, format and position in the league system:
List of clubs
This is a complete list of clubs, as of the 2016–17 season, sorted by the last season a club played in the league:
Notes
Clubs and their placings
The clubs and their league placings:
Landesliga Hessen 1945–50
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league while operating as the tier two Landesliga Hessen from 1945 to 1950. From 1945 to 1947 the league operated in two regional divisions:
Amateurliga Hessen 1950–63
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league while operating under the official name of Amateurliga Hessen as a tier-three league from 1950 to the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963:
Amateurliga Hessen 1963–78
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league while operating as the tier three Amateurliga Hessen from 1963 to 1978:
Amateur-Oberliga Hessen 1978–94
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league while operating as the tier three Amateur-Oberliga Hessen from 1978 to 1994 and feeding the 2. Bundesliga:
Oberliga Hessen 1994–2008
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league while operating as the tier four Oberliga Hessen and feeding the Regionalliga Süd:
Hessenliga 2008–present
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league while operating as the tier five Hessenliga and feeding the Regionalliga Süd (2008–2012) and Regionalliga Südwest (2012–present):