Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein
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| Founded | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Divisions | 3 |
| Number of clubs | 35 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 6 |
| Promotion to | Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein |
| Relegation to | |
| Current champions | Schleswig: 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.
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and as a solution to the problem of many teams promoted to the Verbandsliga ending up relegated or withdrawn after one season.[2]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:
- From the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga:[6]
- TuS Hartenholm, 13th
- TSV Kropp, 14th
- Oldenburger SV, 15th
- TSV Altenholz, 16th
- TSG Concordia Schönkirchen, 17th
- FC Kilia Kiel, 18th
- From the Verbandsliga Nord-Ost:[7]
- Gettorfer SC, 2nd
- TSV Bordesholm, 3rd
- Osterrönfelder TSV, 4th
- Büdelsdorfer TSV, 5th
- Heikendorfer SV, 6th
- Eckernförder SV, 7th
- From the Verbandsliga Nord-West:[8]
- Husumer SV, 2nd
- BSC Brunsbüttel, 3rd
- Schleswig 06, 4th
- TSV Rantrum, 5th
- Blau-Weiß Löwenstedt, 6th
- SG Geest 05, 7th
- From the Verbandsliga Süd-Ost:[9]
- VfB Lübeck II, 2nd
- Grün-Weiß Siebenbäumen, 3rd
- SV Preußen Reinfeld, 4th
- 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, 5th
- SV Eichede II, 6th
- TSV Travemünde, 7th
- From the Verbandsliga Süd-West:[10]
- SSC Phönix Kisdorf, 2nd
- FC Reher/Puls, 3rd
- VfR Horst, 4th
- VfR Kellinghausen, 5th
- SV Schakendorf, 6th
- SV Todesfelde II, 7th
- From the promotion round:[11]
- TSV Klausdorf, Nord-Ost, 8th
- TSV Pansdorf, Süd-Ost, 8th