2014–15 Hessenliga Explained

Competition:2014–15 Hessenliga
Season:2014–15
Winners:TSV Steinbach
Promoted:TSV Steinbach
Relegated:SV Wehen II
FC Ederbergland
Rot-Weiß Darmstadt
1. FC Schwalmstadt
Matches:272
League Topscorer:Peter Sprung (27 goals)
Attendance:73,823[1]
Average Attendance:271
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015–16
Updated:17 December 2015

The 2014–15 season of the Hessenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 37th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Hessen.[2]

The season started on 1 August 2014 and finished on 6 April 2015.[3]

Final standings

The 2014–15 season saw three new clubs in the league, 1. FC Schwalmstadt, TSV Steinbach and SpVgg Oberrad, all promoted from the Verbandsligas while no club had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest to the league.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[4]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Peter SprungSportfreunde Seligenstadt27
2 Younes BahssouSV Wiesbaden24
3 Dominik RummelTSV Lehnerz20

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs were held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Hessenliga.

To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga. While the first game had been scheduled the second and third depended on the outcome of the first. Bahlinger SC won promotion to the Regionalliga courtesy to a win and a draw.[5] [6]

To the Hessenliga

The runners-up of the Verbandsliga Nord (Hünfelder SV), Verbandsliga Süd (Rot-Weiss Frankfurt) and Verbandsliga Mitte (Viktoria Kelsterbach) competed for one more spot in the Hessenliga with Rot-Weiss Frankfurt winning promotion.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.weltfussball.de/zuschauer/hessenliga-2014-2015/1/ 2014–15 Hessenliga spectators
  2. http://www.f-archiv.de Hessenliga tables
  3. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/hessenliga-2014-2015-spieltag/1/ Hessenliga 2014–15
  4. http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/hessenliga-2014-2015/ 2014–15 Hessenliga Goal scorers
  5. http://www.osthessen-zeitung.de/einzelansicht/news/2015/mai/regionalliga-aufstiegsrunde-lehnerz-haette-am-27-mai-heimrecht.html Regionalliga-Aufstiegsrunde – Lehnerz hätte am 27. Mai Heimrecht
  6. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-qualifikation-2015-suedwest-aufstiegsrunde/0/ Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Südwest » Aufstiegsrunde