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.[3]

2014–15 Hessenliga
Season2014–15
ChampionsTSV Steinbach
PromotedTSV Steinbach
RelegatedSV Wehen II
FC Ederbergland
Rot-Weiß Darmstadt
1. FC Schwalmstadt
Matches played272
Top goalscorerPeter Sprung (27 goals)[1]
Total attendance73,823[2]
Average attendance271[2]
All statistics correct as of 17 December 2015.

The season started on 1 August 2014 and finished on 6 April 2015.[4]

Final standings

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 TSV Steinbach (C, P) 32 20 6 6 66 31 +35 66 Promotion to Regionalliga Südwest
2 TSV Lehnerz 32 18 7 7 63 28 +35 61 Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 Rot-Weiß Hadamar 32 17 9 6 60 30 +30 60
4 FC Bayern Alzenau[a] 32 19 5 8 55 29 +26 60
5 SV Wiesbaden 32 18 3 11 65 40 +25 57
6 SV Wehen Wiesbaden II[b] (R) 32 16 6 10 51 37 +14 54 Withdrawn
7 Sportfreunde Seligenstadt 32 14 7 11 67 55 +12 49
8 Buchonia Flieden 32 13 8 11 59 63 −4 47
9 Eintracht Stadtallendorf 32 11 7 14 61 58 +3 40
10 1. FC Eschborn 32 11 7 14 50 52 −2 40
11 OSC Vellmar 32 11 6 15 50 60 −10 39
12 FSC Lohfelden 32 11 5 16 52 59 −7 38
13 SpVgg Oberrad 32 9 11 12 47 70 −23 38
14 Viktoria Griesheim 32 9 10 13 34 51 −17 37
15 FC Ederbergland (R) 32 9 6 17 41 57 −16 33 Relegation to Verbandsliga
16 Rot-Weiß Darmstadt (R) 32 8 8 16 47 69 −22 32
17 1. FC Schwalmstadt (R) 32 1 3 28 17 96 −79 6
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) goals scored away from home against opponent; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Bayern Alzenau deducted two points for non-compliance with league requirements.[5]
  2. ^ SV Wehen Wiesbaden II withdrawn from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season.[5]

Top goalscorers

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The top goal scorers for the season:[1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Peter Sprung Sportfreunde Seligenstadt 27
2   Younes Bahssou SV Wiesbaden 24
3   Dominik Rummel TSV Lehnerz 20

Promotion play-offs

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

To the Regionalliga

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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.[6][7]

27 May 2015 TSV Lehnerz 1–1 SC Hauenstein Stadion Richard-Müller-Straße, Fulda-Lehnerz
19:00 Mistretta   46' Report Zimmermann   68' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Tobias Fritsch
31 May 2015 Bahlinger SC 0–0 TSV Lehnerz Kaiserstuhlstadion, Bahlingen
14:00 Report Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Timo Klein
4 June 2015 SC Hauenstein 0–3 Bahlinger SC Am Neding, Hauenstein
14:00 Report Sautner   2',   40' (pen)
Fellanxa   90'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Moritz Kühlmeyer

To the Hessenliga

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b 2014–15 Hessenliga Goal scorers (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  2. ^ a b 2014–15 Hessenliga spectators (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  3. ^ Hessenliga tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
  4. ^ Hessenliga 2014–15 (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  5. ^ a b Hessenliga 2014–15 (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 18 December 2015
  6. ^ Regionalliga-Aufstiegsrunde – Lehnerz hätte am 27. Mai Heimrecht (in German) Osthessen-Zeitung, published: 6 May 2015, accessed: 25 May 2015
  7. ^ Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Südwest » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 May 2015
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