[4] No team was promoted from the Hessenliga to the Regionalliga Südwest above as 2013–14 champions TGM SV Jügesheim decided to withdraw from the league while 1.
FC Eschborn, the only team to have applied for a Regionalliga licence, later withdrew this application.
[5] The 2013–14 season saw seven new clubs in the league, FC Ederbergland, SV Wiesbaden, TSV Lehnerz and Sportfreunde Seligenstadt, all promoted from the Verbandsligas while FC Bayern Alzenau, 1.
FC Eschborn and FSV Frankfurt II had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.
The Hessenliga runners-up declined this opportunity leaving just two teams to play off, with FC Nöttingen winning promotion to the Regionalliga:[6]