 Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fourth tier.The Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd was formed in 1965 as the "Landesliga Hessen-Süd", a tier four feeder league to the then "Amateurliga Hessen".The winners of the Verbandsliga Süd are automatically promoted to the Hessenliga, the runners-up need to compete with the runners-up of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord and the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte and the 15th placed team of the Hessenliga for another promotion spot.