Verbandsliga Nordbaden
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| Country |
 Germany
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| State |
 Baden-Württemberg
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| Region | Baden |
| Confederation | Badenian football association |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Number of teams | 15 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 6 |
| Promotion to | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg |
| Relegation to |
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| Domestic cup(s) | North Baden Cup |
| Current champions |
FC Astoria Walldorf II (2015–16) |
The Verbandsliga Baden is a German amateur football division administered by the Badenian Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Baden state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a level 6 division of the German football league system.
The league was formed as Amateurliga Nordbaden in 1945 in the northern half of the then state of Baden, which is now the western half of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was a feeder league to the Oberliga Süd and therefore the second tier of the football league system in the south of Germany until the interception of the 2nd Oberliga Süd in 1950. From 1950 until the establishment of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.
The winner of the Amateurliga Nordbaden was not automatically promoted but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off to its league above. Usually, the champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligas Südbaden, Württemberg and (from 1961) Schwarzwald-Bodensee.
The separation of Nordbaden and Südbaden results from the outcome of World War II when the state was split into two separate occupation zones. The north was in the US zone and the south in the French zone. The official names for the two FA's reflect the separation of Südbaden from the original association, with Nordbaden just simply calling itself Baden FA.
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