# List of clubs in the Hessenliga

This is a list of clubs in the Hessenliga football league, including 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 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.

## Overview

The league was formed in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, as Landesliga Hessen, a tier-two league with in two regional divisions. From 1947 on, it has always 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:
| Years | Name | Name | Tier | Promotion to |
| 1945–47 | Landesliga Hessen-West | Landesliga Hessen-Ost | II | Oberliga Süd |
| 1947–50 | Landesliga Hessen | Landesliga Hessen | II | Oberliga Süd |
| 1950–63 | Amateurliga Hessen | Amateurliga Hessen | III | 2. Oberliga Süd |
| 1963–74 | Amateurliga Hessen | Amateurliga Hessen | III | Regionalliga Süd |
| 1974–78 | Amateurliga Hessen | Amateurliga Hessen | III | 2. Bundesliga Süd |
| 1978–81 | Amateur-Oberliga Hessen | Amateur-Oberliga Hessen | III | 2. Bundesliga Süd |
| 1981–94 | Amateur-Oberliga Hessen | Amateur-Oberliga Hessen | III | 2. Bundesliga |
| 1994–2008 | Oberliga Hessen | Oberliga Hessen | IV | Regionalliga Süd |
| 2008–12 | Hessenliga | Hessenliga | V | Regionalliga Süd |
| 2012– | Hessenliga | Hessenliga | V | Regionalliga Südwest |

## List of clubs

This is a complete list of clubs, as of the 2022–23 season, sorted by the last season a club played in the league:
| Club | No | First | Last | Best | Titles | Seasons |
| FC Hanau 93 | 21 | 1945–46 | Present | 1st | 3 | 1952–53, 1960–61, 1977–78 |
| Rot-Weiß Walldorf | 14 | 1951–52 | Present | 3rd | — | — |
| SV Neuhof | 4 | 1959–60 | Present | 9th | — | — |
| Eintracht Frankfurt II$^1$ | 37 | 1969–70 | Present | 1st | 2 | 1969–70, 2001–02 |
| KSV Baunatal | 39 | 1970–71 | Present | 1st | 2 | 1975–76, 2012–13 |
| Viktoria Griesheim | 23 | 1977–78 | Present | 1st | 1 | 1980–81 |
| SC Waldgirmes | 15 | 2002–03 | Present | 1st | 1 | 2008–09 |
| FSV 1926 Fernwald$^3$ | 12 | 2005–06 | Present | 3rd | — | — |
| FC Bayern Alzenau$^{13}$ | 12 | 2005–06 | Present | 1st | 1 | 2010–11 |
| Eintracht Stadtallendorf | 11 | 2008–09 | Present | 1st | 1 | 2019–20 |
| SpVgg Hadamar | 11 | 2011–12 | Present | 3rd | — | — |
| FC Eddersheim | 5 | 2012–13 | Present | 3rd | — | — |
| SV Steinbach | 5 | 2016–17 | Present | 11th | — | — |
| Türk Gücü Friedberg | 4 | 2018–19 | Present | 5th | — | — |
| FC Gießen | 1 | 2018–19 | Present | 1st | 1 | 2018–19 |
| TuS Dietkirchen | 3 | 2019–20 | Present | 10th | — | — |
| 1. FC Erlensee | 2 | 2020–21 | Present | 5th | — | — |
| TSV Steinbach II | 0+ | 2022–23 | Present | — | — | — |
| SV Unter-Flockenbach | 0+ | 2022–23 | Present | — | — | — |
| SV Adler Weidenhausen | 0+ | 2022–23 | Present | — | — | — |
| Hünfelder SV | 16 | 1962–63 | 2021–22 | 5th | — | — |
| FV Bad Vilbel | 19 | 1992–93 | 2021–22 | 3rd | — | — |
| SV Buchonia Flieden | 19 | 1996–97 | 2021–22 | 3rd | — | — |
| SC Hessen Dreieich$^{24}$ | 6 | 2015–16 | 2021–22 | 1st | 2 | 2016–17, 2017–18 |
| VfB Ginsheim | 5 | 2017–18 | 2021–22 | 5th | — | — |
| SG Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz | 4 | 2018–19 | 2021–22 | 1st | 1 | 2021–22 |
| SV Zeilsheim | 2 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 9th | — | — |
| KSV Hessen Kassel$^{16}$ | 22 | 1945–46 | 2019–20 | 1st | 5 | 1948–49, 1979–80, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2005–06 |
| SpVgg Neu-Isenburg | 18 | 1945–46 | 2018–19 | 1st | 1 | 1955–56 |
| FSC Lohfelden$^{26}$ | 19 | 1993–94 | 2018–19 | 4th | — | — |
| FC Ederbergland$^{14}$ | 8 | 1998–99 | 2018–19 | 6th | — | — |
| Rot-Weiß Frankfurt | 40 | 1945–46 | 2017–18 | 1st | 3 | 1946–47, 1967–68, 1989–90 |
| Borussia Fulda$^5$ | 39 | 1945–46 | 2017–18 | 1st | 5 | 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1995–96, 2000–01 |
| OSC Vellmar | 16 | 2000–01 | 2017–18 | 2nd | — | — |
| TSV Lehnerz$^{23}$ | 6 | 2013–14 | 2017–18 | 2nd | — | — |
| Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg$^{25}$ | 2 | 2015–16 | 2017–18 | 1st | 1 | 2015–16 |
| Viktoria Urberach | 10 | 1957–58 | 2016–17 | 3rd | — | — |
| Rot-Weiß Darmstadt | 5 | 2010–11 | 2016–17 | 8th | — | — |
| Sportfreunde Seligenstadt$^{22}$ | 4 | 2013–14 | 2016–17 | 7th | — | — |
| Viktoria Kelsterbach | 1 | 2016–17 | 2016–17 | — | — |
| SV Wiesbaden$^{11}$ | 32 | 1945–46 | 2015–16 | 1st | 2 | 1945–46, 1966–67 |
| 1. FC Eschborn$^{21}$ | 11 | 2001–02 | 2015–16 | 1st | 3 | 2002–03, 2004–05, 2011–12 |
| SpVgg Oberrad | 2 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 13th | — | — |
| 1. FC Schwalmstadt$^{15}$ | 7 | 2004–05 | 2014–15 | 12th | — | — |
| SV Wehen II$^{20}$ | 5 | 2007–08 | 2014–15 | 2nd | — | — |
| TSV Steinbach Haiger | 1 | 2014–15 | 2014–15 | 1st | 1 | 2014–15 |
| Kickers Offenbach II$^{12}$ | 11 | 1971–72 | 2013–14 | 4th | — | — |
| TGM SV Jügesheim$^3$ | 6 | 1998–99 | 2013–14 | 1st | 1 | 2013–14 |
| FSV Frankfurt II$^1$ | 2 | 2009–10 | 2013–14 | 1st | 1 | 2009–10 |
| 1. FCA Darmstadt$^{17}$ | 17 | 1967–68 | 2012–13 | 3rd | — | — |
| FSV Braunfels | 4 | 1999–2000 | 2012–13 | 16th | — | — |
| Viktoria Aschaffenburg$^2$ | 43 | 1945–46 | 2011–12 | 1st | 5 | 1945–46, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1991–92 |
| Eintracht Wetzlar | 23 | 1947–48 | 2011–12 | 3rd | — | — |
| RSV Würges | 10 | 1983–84 | 2010–11 | 6th | — | — |
| VfB Marburg$^{18}$ | 14 | 1985–86 | 2010–11 | 7th | — | — |
| Germania Ober-Roden | 17 | 1952–53 | 2009–10 | 3rd | — | — |
| KSV Klein-Karben | 13 | 1997–98 | 2009–10 | 1st | 1 | 1999–2000 |
| TSG Wörsdorf | 9 | 2001–02 | 2009–10 | 6th | — | — |
| SVA Bad Hersfeld | 3 | 1998–99 | 2009–10 | 11th | — | — |
| KSV Hessen Kassel II | 11 | 1967–68 | 2008–09 | 2nd | — | — |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 1945–46 | 2007–08 | 1st | 7 | 1949–50, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1970–71, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2007–08 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 26 | 1968–69 | 2006–07 | 1st | 7 | 1968–69, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2006–07 |
| SV 1919 Bernbach | 11 | 1995–96 | 2006–07 | 2nd | — | — |
| SV Erzhausen$^4$ | 6 | 2000–01 | 2005–06 | 4th | — | — |
| SG Bruchköbel | 1 | 2005–06 | 2005–06 | 16th | — | — |
| TSG Wattenbach | 1 | 2005–06 | 2005–06 | 18th | — | — |
| Eintracht Wald-Michelbach | 3 | 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 5th | — | — |
| SC Neukirchen$^6$ | 7 | 1992–93 | 2002–03 | 1st | 1 | 1994–95 |
| SG Hoechst$^7$ | 23 | 1945–46 | 2001–02 | 2nd | — | — |
| VfR Bürstadt | 35 | 1946–47 | 2001–02 | 1st | 5 | 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84 |
| SG Walluf | 2 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 13th | — | — |
| VfB Gießen$^8$ | 37 | 1951–52 | 2000–01 | 1st | 1 | 1962–63 |
| SG Croatia Frankfurt | 1 | 2000–01 | 2000–01 | 17th | — | — |
| SGV Germania Horbach$^9$ | 1 | 1999–2000 | 1999–2000 | 10th | — | — |
| VfB Unterliederbach | 3 | 1997–98 | 1999–2000 | 10th | — | — |
| SpVgg Bad Homburg$^{19}$ | 33 | 1946–47 | 1998–99 | 1st | 1 | 1954–55 |
| FV Steinau | 2 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 8th | — | — |
| SG Egelsbach$^{10}$ | 7 | 1979–80 | 1997–98 | 4th | — | — |
| FC Herborn | 4 | 1994–95 | 1997–98 | 10th | — | — |
| SV Raunheim | 2 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 13th | — | — |
| VfR Limburg | 4 | 1964–65 | 1996–97 | 10th | — | — |
| Eintracht Haiger | 17 | 1980–81 | 1996–97 | 2nd | — | — |
| SG Bad Soden | 6 | 1980–81 | 1996–97 | 7th | — | — |
| TSV Battenberg$^{14}$ | 6 | 1984–85 | 1996–97 | 6th | — | — |
| Kickers Offenbach | 9 | 1985–86 | 1996–97 | 1st | 3 | 1985–86, 1986–87, 1992–93 |
| SV Wehen | 7 | 1989–90 | 1996–97 | 1st | 1 | 1996–97 |
| SC Willingen | 2 | 1991–92 | 1995–96 | 16th | — | — |
| SV Mörlenbach | 3 | 1993–94 | 1995–96 | 12th | — | — |
| FV Progres Frankfurt | 2 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 3rd | — | — |
| RSV Petersberg | 2 | 1965–66 | 1994–95 | 14th | — | — |
| Viktoria Sindlingen | 13 | 1976–77 | 1990–91 | 5th | — | — |
| Hermannia Kassel | 17 | 1947–48 | 1988–89 | 4th | — | — |
| FC Erbach | 7 | 1982–83 | 1988–89 | 4th | — | — |
| CSC 03 Kassel | 28 | 1947–48 | 1987–88 | 2nd | — | — |
| TuSpo Ziegenhain$^{15}$ | 9 | 1979–80 | 1987–88 | 4th | — | — |
| SpVgg Dietesheim | 7 | 1981–82 | 1987–88 | 4th | — | — |
| Eintracht Baunatal | 1 | 1986–87 | 1986–87 | 17th | — | — |
| Starkburgia Heppenheim | 7 | 1978–79 | 1985–86 | 8th | — | — |
| Hessen Hersfeld | 5 | 1981–82 | 1985–86 | 10th | — | — |
| VfR Schrecksbach | 1 | 1983–84 | 1983–84 | 17th | — | — |
| Fvgg Kastel | 13 | 1956–57 | 1982–83 | 4th | — | — |
| FSV Bergshausen | 4 | 1978–79 | 1981–82 | 4th | — | — |
| FC Hochstadt | 12 | 1969–70 | 1980–81 | 4th | — | — |
| SSV Dillenburg | 8 | 1973–74 | 1980–81 | 2nd | — | — |
| Olympia Kassel | 6 | 1952–53 | 1979–80 | 12th | — | — |
| VfR Groß-Gerau | 7 | 1972–73 | 1978–79 | 6th | — | — |
| TSV Klein-Linden | 3 | 1975–76 | 1977–78 | 11th | — | — |
| VfB Schrecksbach | 1 | 1977–78 | 1977–78 | 18th | — | — |
| BC Sport Kassel | 3 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 12th | — | — |
| FV Sprendlingen | 2 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 16th | — | — |
| Opel Rüsselsheim | 10 | 1945–46 | 1974–75 | 1st | 1 | 1964–65 |
| Eintracht Großenritte | 2 | 1971–72 | 1973–74 | 17th | — | — |
| Germania Wiesbaden | 13 | 1953–54 | 1972–73 | 1st | 1 | 1965–66 |
| SV Hofheim | 4 | 1969–70 | 1972–73 | 10th | — | — |
| VfB Aßlar | 2 | 1962–63 | 1971–72 | 10th | — | — |
| FSV Bischofsheim | 2 | 1970–71 | 1971–72 | 14th | — | — |
| SG Westend Frankfurt | 7 | 1964–65 | 1970–71 | 2nd | — | — |
| Kickers/Viktoria Mühlheim | 4 | 1967–68 | 1970–71 | 5th | — | — |
| Kickers Obertshausen | 8 | 1960–61 | 1968–69 | 6th | — | — |
| TuS Naunheim | 1 | 1968–69 | 1968–69 | 15th | — | — |
| FV Biebrich | 13 | 1945–46 | 1967–68 | 4th | — | — |
| FV Breidenbach | 1 | 1967–68 | 1967–68 | 15th | — | — |
| VfL Marburg$^{18}$ | 13 | 1950–51 | 1965–66 | 1st | 1 | 1958–59 |
| Viktoria Preußen | 3 | 1963–64 | 1965–66 | 3rd | — | — |
| TSV Heusenstamm | 7 | 1958–59 | 1964–65 | 2nd | — | — |
| FC Langen | 6 | 1958–59 | 1963–64 | 5th | — | — |
| SG Nieder-Roden | 3 | 1961–62 | 1963–64 | 9t | — | — |
| VfB Friedberg | 16 | 1945–46 | 1962–63 | 1st | 1 | 1957–58 |
| FC Burgsolms | 1 | 1962–63 | 1962–63 | 14th | — | — |
| TSV Kirchhain | 2 | 1960–61 | 1961–62 | 12th | — | — |
| SpVgg Griesheim | 13 | 1945–46 | 1960–61 | 2nd | — | — |
| SV Herborn | 3 | 1955–56 | 1960–61 | 11th | — | — |
| KSV Urberach | 1 | 1960–61 | 1960–61 | 16th | — | — |
| FV Horas Fulda | 5 | 1947–48 | 1959–60 | 5th | — | — |
| Olympia Lorsch | 5 | 1955–56 | 1959–60 | 4th | — | — |
| Union Niederrad | 11 | 1945–46 | 1958–59 | 4th | — | — |
| SV Asbach | 1 | 1958–59 | 1958–59 | 16th | — | — |
| Germania Marburg | 1 | 1956–57 | 1956–57 | 15th | — | — |
| Olympia Lampertheim | 6 | 1950–51 | 1955–56 | 1st | 2 | 1950–51, 1951–52 |
| Sportfreunde Frankfurt | 3 | 1955–56 | 1955–56 | 4th | — | — |
| SpVgg Nassau Wiesbaden | 1 | 1954–55 | 1954–55 | 15th | — | — |
| SG Arheilgen | 7 | 1946–47 | 1953–54 | 2nd | — | — |
| Germania Bieber | 8 | 1945–46 | 1952–53 | 2nd | — | — |
| Germania Fulda | 1 | 1951–52 | 1951–52 | 16th | — | — |
| Rödelheimer FC | 5 | 1945–46 | 1950–51 | 1st | 2 | 1946–47, 1947–48 |
| VfL Kassel | 3 | 1947–48 | 1950–51 | 6th | — | — |
| SV Kassel-Rothenditmold | 2 | 1949–50 | 1950–51 | 15th | — | — |
| VfL Biedenkopf | 1 | 1950–51 | 1950–51 | 18th | — | — |
| Hessen Lichtenau | 1 | 1950–51 | 1950–51 | 20th | — | — |
| VfB Großauheim | 4 | 1945–46 | 1948–49 | 2nd | — | — |
| FV Bebra | 1 | 1948–49 | 1948–49 | 13th | — | — |
| TuS Löhneberg | 1 | 1947–48 | 1947–48 | 14th | — | — |
| VfB Offenbach | 2 | 1945–46 | 1946–47 | 4th | — | — |
| TSV 1860 Hanau | 2 | 1945–46 | 1946–47 | 10th | — | — |
| SpVgg Klein-Karben | 1 | 1946–47 | 1946–47 | 5th | — | — |
| VfL Germania | 1 | 1946–47 | 1946–47 | 9th | — | — |
| SV Mörfelden | 1 | 1946–47 | 1946–47 | 11th | — | — |
| Kewa Wachenbuchen | 1 | 1946–47 | 1946–47 | 12th | — | — |
| SG Sachsenhausen | 1 | 1945–46 | 1945–46 | 9th | — | — |

### Key

| Denotes club plays in a league above the Hessenliga in 2022–23. | Denotes club plays in the Hessenliga in 2022–23. | Denotes club plays in a league below the Hessenliga in 2022–23. |
| Club | Name of club |
| No | Number of seasons in league |
| First | First season in league |
| Last | Last season in league |
| Best | Best result in league |
| Titles | Number of league titles won |
| Seasons | Seasons league titles were won in (Division titles in italics) |