Zealand Series
Founded | 1902[1] (cup format) 1927[1] (league format) |
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Country | Denmark |
Confederation | DBU |
Divisions | 2 |
Number of teams | 24 (from 2015–16) |
Level on pyramid | 5 |
Promotion to | Denmark Series |
Relegation to | Series 1 (Zealand) Lolland-Falster Series |
Domestic cup(s) | Danish Cup |
Current champions | Stenløse Boldklub (2015–16) |
Current: 2016–17 season |
Zealand Series (Danish: Sjællandsserien, SS, Herre Sjællandsserien[2]) is the highest division for men organized by the regional association DBU Sjælland and one of the fifth-highest divisions overall in the Danish football league system. The Zealand Association Football Championship (Danish: Sjællandsmesterskabet, SM) was introduced a week after the association's foundation in 1902 and was played in a cup format until actual league formats organized on a double round-robin basis including promotions and relegations were introduced in 1927 with the highest ranking division being named Mesterrækken (or SBUs Mesterrække to distinguish it from the other regional leagues).[1] At the time of the league's introduction, its was placed at the top of the Danish football league system, but has since been moved to its current status as the fifth best level in Danish football, after a short period as the sixth best level, below the Denmark Series at the fourth level.[3]
History
Only one week after the foundation of the second regional football association, Zealand Football Association (SBU), the first tournament between member clubs was started.[1] The first tournament was played in a cup format with the particiation of 13 teams and a final match, a tournament format that was kept until 1917.[1] In 1918, the teams started playing a double tournament format (autumn-spring).[1] At the annual general assembly in 1927, the decision of introducing an actual league format for the best member teams was passed, creating the Mesterrækken (SBU level 1) and the A-rækken (SBU level 2) with promotions and relegations in a double year-long format (autumn-spring) under the auspices of the football association.[1] In 1910, no tournament winner was declared. I finale match ended in a tie and a new date for the replay match was not found.[1] Due to World War I, the Danish football tournaments in 1914–1915 was completed with great difficulties and almost seized to exist - only eight teams participated in the local tournament administrated by SBU.[1]
Despite difficulties with transportation (especially using cars) during World War II, the football tournaments under Sjællands Boldspil-Union in the years 1940–1942 managed to completed almost without any cancellations, and continued in a reduced format until the end of the war in 1945.[1] Mesterrækken (SBU level 1), Oprykningsrækken (SBU level 2) and A-rækken (SBU level 3) managed to complete the scheduled matches in the autumn of 1944, but due to restrictions on the usage of trains during Sundays, a lot of cancellations occurred in the spring of 1945.[1] A wartime crisis tournament was setup instead, where teams played in small (local) regional tournaments and all promotions and relegations were suspended.[1] Immediately following World War II, the Danish Football Association (DBU) annulled the national wartime league tournaments and introduces a new national league structure for the top tree levels (Danmarksturneringen i fodbold) with 10 teams in each league. Promotion to the third division went through the top amateur leagues organized by the six regional football associations, at that moment in time located as the fourth level in Danish association football, where each league winner entered play-off matches against the other regional league winners.[4] The highest ranking senior men's league administrated by DBU Zealand was renamed from Mesterrækken to Sjællandsserien, while the league below was renamed from Oprykningsrækken to Mellemrækken, beginning with the 1945/46-season.[1][4]
As a consequence of the new league restructuring introduced by the national football association for the higher national levels, on 5 September 2014 at a board meeting of the committee the regional association of Zealand decided to adopt a new league structure for their own highest league competition.[5][6] Starting from the 2015/16-season, the best men's league would be split into two geografically organized groups with 12 teams, where the group winners are each secured a direct promotion spot to Denmark Series, while the runners-up play an additional single match on a neutral field for a third promotion spot to the fourth level in Danish football.[5][6] The losing team will enter into a play-off match against one of the league runner-ups from the other regional associations.[6] Also the Lolland-Falster Series, that have historically always been located at the same level as the Zealand Series, would drop a level and would instead become a feeder league to the Zealand Series with two promotion spots following an agreement made with DBU Lolland-Falster.[5] DBU Lolland-Falster saw the difference in level between the teams in the Lolland-Falster Series and the Denmark Series being too high.[6]
Zealand Championship winners
Beginning with the 2015–16 season, the two group winners in a given season enters a play-off final match against each other to determine the Zealand Championship (Sjællandsmesterskabet) - both are automatically promoted to the Denmark Series.[5] The runner-ups in both group enter a play-off match against each other on a neutral playing field for the right to enter the Denmark Series, while the losing team will get an additional chance by playing one extra play-off match against a league runner-up from another regional association.[5][6] Teams placing in the bottom are automatically relegated to the Series 1 leagues and Lolland-Falster Series respectively.
SBU's 1. Holdsturnering play-off Finals
A-rækken play-off Finals
A-rækkens Kredsvinderturnering
Season | Level | Champions | Runners-up |
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1924–25 | 2 | Korsør Boldklub[7][8] | Skovshoved IF[8] |
1925–26 | 2 | Skovshoved IF[7][8] | Holbæk Boldklub[8] |
1926–27 | 2 | Skovshoved IF[7][8] | Korsør Boldklub[8] |
Mesterrækken
Sjællandsserien
Sjællandsserien SM Final
Season | Level | Winners | Runners–up | Score | Date | Venue | Ref |
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2015–16 | 5 | Stenløse Boldklub | Herlufsholm GF | 1–1 (5–3 p.)[nb 9] | 18.06.2016 | Herlufsholm Kunstgræsbane, Næstved | [50][51][52][53][54] |
2016–17 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Footnotes
- ^ Between 1902 and 1912, there was no national championship playoff and the regional championships were the highest level, that the clubs could reach, so in principle level 1.
- ^ The final match between Helsingør IF and Holbæk IF ended 2-2. Due to difficulties with regard to scheduling the date for the replay match, no winner for the 1911 spring edition was found and the tournament was left undecided.
- ^ No final national playoff tournament was played due to World War I. The level for Zealand Series within the overall Danish football league system was kept this season.
- ^ After World War II, the nation-wide tournament, "Danmarksturneringen i fodbold", were resumed with 3 leagues, which meant that all the regional championship leagues were lowered to tier 4 in the Danish football league system.
- ^ Beginning with the 1959 edition, the 'Kvalifikationsturneringen' switched from being an end-of-the-season qualifying tournament for promotion to the 3rd Division to becoming a full season league and a part of league structure of "Danmarksturneringen i fodbold". With the introduction of the new league, nicknamed '4th Division', the Zealand Series within the overall Danish football league system was dropped by one level.
- ^ a b In the 1971 edition, the top two teams (Brøndby IF and Toksværd G&IF) finished with the equal points at the end of the season. Even though, Toksværd G&IF had a better overall goal difference between against Brøndby IF, this season the tie was broken using goal difference for the two matches those clubs had played against each other. More specifically: round 10 on 12 June 1971 at 19:00 Toksværd G&IF–Brøndby IF 2–4 and round 22 on 7 November 1971 at 10:00 Brøndby–Toksværd 2–1.
- ^ a b In the summer of 1991, one of the several changes to the format of the Danmarksturneringen i fodbold, was the introduction of the Kvalifikationsligaen in the spring section of the season, which meant that the levels in the overall Danish football league system was dropped by one, while at the same time being increased by one in the autumn season. This tournament format lasted until the spring of 1995.
- ^ a b The Kvalifikationsrækken were introduced in the spring of 1998 by the Danish Football Association as a buffer zone between the higher ranking level's autumn-spring season format and the lower ranking level's spring-autumn season formats. This meant, that the Zealand Series within the overall Danish football league system was dropped by one level. The tournament was discontinued in the summer of 2008 and the level of the Zealand Series was increased.
- ^ After full time the match was tied and the match went directly to penalty shootout for a winner to be found, skipping the extra time.
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