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Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein
Founded	1947
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Number of clubs	17
Level on pyramid	Level 5
Promotion to	Regionalliga Nord
Relegation to	Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein
Current champions	SV Todesfelde ; (2021–22)
	Current: 2024–25 Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein

The Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein, formerly referred to as Schleswig-Holstein-Liga, is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football.

Overview

1945–1963

The league was formed in 1947 as Schleswig-Holstein-Liga by thirty clubs in three divisions of ten, in the newly created state of Schleswig-Holstein which was then part of the British occupation zone in Germany. On 30 August 1947, the Schleswig-Holstein FA (SHFV) was formed.^[1]

From the start, the league was a feeder league to the Oberliga Nord which its champion had the option of promotion to. Promotion had to be achieved through a play-off with teams from the Amateurligen of Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg. As such, the league was now the second tier of the northern German league system. The league was renamed Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein (English:Schleswig-Holstein State League) in 1948 and united in one division of twelve teams, with the bottom two teams relegated to one of the four Bezirksklassen.

In 1951, the league was expanded to sixteen teams. The number of clubs in the league fluctuated to eighteen in 1954-55, seventeen in 1955–56 and then returned to sixteen again.

From 1954, the league was renamed Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein.

1963–1974

In 1963, with the introduction of the Bundesliga, the disbanding of the Oberliga Nord and the formation of the Regionalliga Nord, the league fell to tier three, but remained unchanged otherwise, with sixteen clubs as its strength. The champion of Schleswig-Holstein continued to have to play-off for promotion, now to the Regionalliga.

From 1968, the Amateurliga reverted to the name Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein. Below the Landesliga, the number of leagues was reduced from four to two, the new Verbandsligen of Schleswig-Holstein-Nord and -Süd.

1974-1994

After the 1973-74 season, the Regionalliga Nord was disbanded in favor of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord. The new Oberliga Nord was now introduced in northern Germany, as the third tier of the league system, below the 2nd Bundesliga. This meant for the Landesliga a slip to tier four. The top two team of the league was however promoted to the new Oberliga. The system for promotion from the Landesliga remained mostly unchanged.

In 1978, the league was finally renamed Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein, the name it carried until 2008. It took ten seasons for a club of the league under the new name to gain promotion again, a long stretch of nine seasons without success. Below the Verbandsliga the two leagues were now renamed Landesligen instead.

1994–2008

In 1994, the Regionalliga Nord was re-established, now as the third tier of the league system. The Oberliga Nord was in turn replaced by two parallel Oberligen, Niedersachsen/Bremen and Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein. For the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein, this meant a further slip, now to tier five, but also, for the first time in its history, direct promotion for the league champion and, in some seasons, even the runners-up. In 1994, the league saw its top eight clubs elevated to the new Oberliga.

From 1999, the number of leagues below the Verbandsliga was extended from two to four and the leagues renamed Bezirksoberliga.

The 1999-2000 season saw another league system change with the reduction of numbers of Regionalligen, this however had no effect on the Verbandsliga.

In 2004, it was decided to restore the Oberliga Nord in favor of the two separate Oberligen.

The league was expanded, for the first time, to eighteen teams, for the next three seasons. In 2007-08, the number increased to nineteen. The 2006-07 league winner, TSV Kropp, did not apply for an Oberliga licence and was not promoted. Fifth placed FC Kilia Kiel applied but was refused a licence.^[2]

2008 onwards

At the end of the 2007–08 season, the new 3rd Liga was established and the Oberliga Nord disbanded, again. The four northern German states were then the only regions without an Oberliga and the five Verbandsligen sit right below the Regionalliga Nord, parallel to the two NOFV-Oberligen. At the end of the 2007-08 season, the five winners of the northern Verbandsligen played with the sixth placed team from the Oberliga Nord for one last spot in the Regionalliga.^[3] In the future seasons, promotion for the Schleswig-Holstein champion will only be available through a set of play-off matches with the league winners from Hamburg and Bremen. These three teams will compete for one promotion spot to the Regionalliga.

The Schleswig-Holstein-Liga however maintained its status as a tier five league. This fact means the league is now on the same level as other Oberligas in Germany. Accordingly, the league dropped the name Verbandsliga and simply called itself Schleswig-Holstein-Liga. The leagues below it then adopted the name Verbandsliga. Since the 2017-18 season, the league is known as Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein and relegates to the newly created Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein in the sixth tier.^[4]

In April 2020, the SHFV curtailed the remainder of the 2019–20 season during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Germany^[5] and determined the final standings using points-per-game averages. It was decided in May to suspended relegation for one season to expand the league.^[6] The Oberliga was split into two 9-team groups for the 2020–21 season that was later abandoned because of the pandemic,^[7]^[8] with no promotions or relegations.^[9]

Position of the Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein in the league system

Years	Tier	Promotion to
1947–1963	II	Oberliga Nord
1963–1974	III	Regionalliga Nord
1974–1994	IV	Oberliga Nord
1994–2004	V	Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein
2004–2008	V	Oberliga Nord
2008–	V	Regionalliga Nord

Winners of the Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein

The league champions:

Season	Club
1947–48	Itzehoer SV
1948–49	Itzehoer SV
1949–50	Itzehoer SV
1950–51	VfB Lübeck
1951–52	VfB Lübeck
1952–53	VfR Neumünster
1953–54	Itzehoer SV
1954–55	VfB Lübeck
1955–56	Heider SV
1956–57	VfB Lübeck
1957–58	Heider SV
1958–59	Heider SV
1959–60	Heider SV
1960–61	Holstein Kiel II
1961–62	Heider SV
1962–63	Heider SV
1963–64	VfL Bad Oldesloe
1964–65	Itzehoer SV
1965–66	VfR Neumünster
1966–67	Phönix Lübeck
1967–68	SV Friedrichsort
1968–69	VfB Kiel
1969–70	SV Friedrichsort
1970–71	Rendsburger TSV
1971–72	Rendsburger TSV

Season	Club
1972–73	SpVgg Flensburg 08
1973–74	SpVgg Flensburg 08
1974–75	VfB Lübeck
1975–76	VfR Neumünster
1976–77	VfB Lübeck
1977–78	Phönix Lübeck
1978–79	NTSV Strand 08
1979–80	VfR Neumünster
1980–81	Eutin 08
1981–82	Blau-Weiß Friedrichstadt
1982–83	Heider SV
1983–84	NTSV Strand 08
1984–85	Itzehoer SV
1985–86	Itzehoer SV
1986–87	VfB Lübeck
1987–88	TuS Hoisdorf
1988–89	VfB Lübeck
1989–90	VfB Lübeck
1990–91	VfB Kiel
1991–92	VfB Lübeck
1992–93	VfB Lübeck
1993–94	Holstein Kiel II
1994–95	TSV Nord Harrislee
1995–96	TSB Flensburg
1996–97	TSV Altenholz

Season	Club
1997–98	TuS Felde
1998–99	Eichholzer SV
1999–00	VfR Neumünster
2000–01	Husumer SV
2001–02	Holstein Kiel II
2002–03	FT Eider Büdelsdorf
2003–04	VfB Lübeck II
2004–05	Itzehoer SV
2005–06	SV Henstedt-Rhen
2006–07	TSV Kropp
2007–08	Holstein Kiel II
2008–09	Holstein Kiel II
2009–10	Holstein Kiel II
2010–11	VfR Neumünster
2011–12	VfR Neumünster
2012–13	SV Eichede
2013–14	VfB Lübeck
2014–15	TSV Schilksee
2015–16	SV Eichede
2016–17	Eutin 08
2017–18	NTSV Strand 08
2018–19	NTSV Strand 08
2019–20	SV Todesfelde
2020–21	None
2021–22	SV Todesfelde

bold denotes club gained promotion.
In 1957, the runner-up Phönix Lübeck was also promoted
In 1959, the runner-up VfB Lübeck was promoted instead
In 1962, the runner-up VfB Lübeck was promoted instead
In 1963, the runner-up SV Friedrichsort was promoted instead
In 1968 and 1970, the runner-up Heider SV was promoted instead
In 1990, the runner-up Eutin 08 was promoted instead
In 1994, the top eight clubs were promoted to the new Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein
In 1995, the runner-up VfR Neumünster was also promoted
In 1998, the runner-up Phönix Lübeck was also promoted
In 1999, the runner-up TSV Lägerdorf was also promoted
In 2001, the second- and third-placed teams, SpVgg Flensburg 08 and FC Kilia Kiel were also promoted
In 2002, the runner-up TSB Flensburg was also promoted
In 2003, the runner-up TSV Kropp was also promoted
In 2005, the runner-up TSV Kropp was promoted instead
In 2012, the runner-up ETSV Weiche was also promoted
In 2018, the third-placed Holstein Kiel II was promoted instead
In 2019, the fourth-placed Heider SV was promoted instead
In 2020, the runner-up Phönix Lübeck was promoted instead
In 2021, no club was promoted due to the curtailment and annulment of the paused season during the COVID-19 pandemic; Husumer SV later resigned from the Oberliga

Founding members of the Oberiga Schleswig-Holstein

Northern Group

Eckernförder SV, qualified for the new Landesliga
SpVgg Flensburg 08, qualified for the new Landesliga
Husumer SV, qualified for the new Landesliga
ATSV Flensburg, qualified for the new Landesliga
Schleswig 06
VfB Kiel
VfR Laboe
Rot-Weiß Niebüll
Schwarz-Weiß Elmschenhagen
SC Comet Kiel

Eastern Group

FC Kilia Kiel, qualified for the new Landesliga
Phönix Lübeck, qualified for the new Landesliga
Eutin 08, qualified for the new Landesliga
Polizei SV Kiel, qualified for the new Landesliga
TSV Schlutup
TSV Kücknitz
TSV Mölln
VfL Oldesloe
Preetzer TSV
Oldenburger SV

Western Group

Itzehoer SV, 'qualified for the new Landesliga
Fortuna Glückstadt, qualified for the new Landesliga
Union Neumünster, qualified for the new Landesliga
TSV Brunsbüttelkoog, qualified for the new Landesliga
Gut-Heil Neumünster
Heider SV
Rendsburger TSV
VfR Neumünster
TuS Nortorf
VfL Kellinghusen

League placings

The complete list of clubs and placings in the league since elevation to Oberliga status (2008–present):^[10]

Club	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
VfB Lübeck	R	R	R	R	R	1	R	R	R	R	R	R	3L	R	R	3L
SC Weiche Flensburg 08¹		9	6	2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Holstein Kiel II	1	1	7	3	2	4	2	3	2	3	R	R	R	R	R	R
1. FC Phönix Lübeck												2	R	R	R	R
FC Kilia Kiel	17							13	18						1	R
SV Todesfelde			13	11	5	8	5	5	9	6	3	1	3	1	3	1
SV Eichede		3	2	4	1	R	3	1	R	5	7	5	1	2	2	2
Union Neumünster		14	15			3	12	11	12	13	11	10	8	9	4	3
TSB Flensburg								4	4	2	2	4	4	4	5	4
Heider SV	4	10	14	13	7	10	14	6	7	7	4	R	R	R	6	5
Eckernförder SV	12	7	17									16	15	3	7	6
SV Preußen Reinfeld												9	13	14		7
TSV Nordmark Satrup																8
VfR Neumünster	2	2	1	1	R	R	R	10	3	11	14					9
Oldenburger SV								12	15			7	5	5	11	10
VfB Lübeck II	8	6	4	5	12						6	6	11	12	8	11
FC Dornbreite Lübeck					9	14	16			14			14	11	13	12
MTSV Hohenwestedt																13
Inter Türkspor Kiel										8	10	14	18	8	9	14
TSV Bordesholm			16				17				8	8	2	6	10	15
SC Weiche Flensburg 08 II										4	5	3	6	10	12	16
SV Frisia Risum-Lindholm									11	10	13	11	9	13	14
TSV Pansdorf													12	7	15
Husumer SV	16			16		15						12	17		16
SV Grün-Weiß Siebenbäumen															17
TSV Altenholz	14	17			10	5	8	9	16				7	15
Eutin 08							4	2	1	R	9	13	16	16
TSV Kronshagen													10	17
TSV Kropp	13	12	8	6	4	6	6	8	14		12	15
NTSV Strand 08	18		5	7	8	12	15		6	1	1
TSV Lägerdorf									10	9	15
TSV Schilksee						11	1	R	8	12	16
TSV Friedrichsberg-Busdorf										15
TSV Wankendorf										16
SpVgg Flensburg 08	10	8	10	8	3	7	9	7	5
TuS Hartenholm					15	13	11	14	13
TSG Concordia Schönkirchen									17
Preetzer TSV				10	6	2	7	15
SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	3	5	9	12	16		10	16
TuRa Meldorf					14	9	13	17
FC Reher/Puls								18
FC Angeln 02							18
SSC Hagen Ahrensburg					13	16
SV Eichede II						17
Heikendorfer SV	7	11	11	14	11	18
1. Schleswiger SV 06	9	13	18		17
FC Sylt			3	9	18
Eider Büdelsdorf	5	4	12	15
SV Schackendorf				17
Breitenfelder SV				18
TSV Klausdorf		15
SC Comet Kiel	6	16
Itzehoer SV	11	18
VfR Horst	15

¹ Previously known as ETSV Weiche.

Key

Symbol	Key
B	Bundesliga
2B	2. Bundesliga
3L	3. Liga
R	Regionalliga Nord
1	League champions
Place	League
Blank	Played at a league level below this league

References

^ "History of the SHFV". Schleswig-Holstein FA. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Licence applications for the Oberliga Nord season 2007-08". Northern German FA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Regulations for the Oberliga Nord 2007-08" (PDF). Northern German FA. Retrieved 4 March 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Neue Ligenstruktur und Verjüngung" [New league structure and rejuvenation]. fupa.net (in German). 31 May 2016.
^ "Saison 2019/20 im SHFV wird nicht verlängert". shfv-kiel.de. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ "Wertung der Spielzeit 2019/20". shfv-kiel.de. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ "IV. Staffeleinteilung Flens-Oberliga § Abfrage zur Umsetzung der Spielserie in der Flens-Oberliga" (PDF). SHFV. 11 August 2020.
^ "Amateurfußball: Schleswig-Holstein stellt Spielbetrieb ein – Derby-Cup als Alternative". transfermarkt (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ "Regionalliga Nord: Keine Absteiger – Havelse in der Relegation?". kicker (in German). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ "Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein tables & results". Kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2019.

Sources

Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine.
Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.