2nd Oberliga Südwest
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| 2nd Oberliga Südwest |
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| Founded |
| 1951 |
| Disbanded |
| 1963 |
| Nation |
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| States |
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 Saarland Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states... |
| Promotion To |
| Oberliga Südwest Oberliga Südwest (1945-63) The Oberliga Südwest was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.-Overview:... |
| Relegation To |
| Amateurliga Rheinland Amateurliga Rheinland The Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Rheinland below it in 1978.- Overview :The Amateurliga... |
| Amateurliga Saarland Amateurliga Saarland The Amateurliga Saarland was the highest football league in the state of Saarland and the third tier of the German football league system from 1951, when the clubs from the Saar returned to Germany, till the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Saarland below it in 1978.- Overview... |
| Amateurliga Südwest Amateurliga Südwest The Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest below it in 1978.... |
| Number of Seasons |
| 12 |
| Replaced by |
| Regionalliga Südwest Regionalliga Südwest (1963-74) The Regionalliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974... |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 2 German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation... |
| Last Champions 1962-63 |
| Phönix Ludwigshafen |
The 2nd Oberliga Südwest (2nd Premier league Southwest) was the second-highest level of the German football league system
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
in the southwest of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
from 1951 until the formation
Introduction of the Fußball-Bundesliga
The Introduction of the Fußball-Bundesliga was the long-debated step of establishing a top-level association football league in Germany in 1963. The new league, the Fußball-Bundesliga, played its first season in 1963–64 and continues to be the higest league in the country...
of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
.
Overview
The 2nd Oberliga Südwest was formed in 1951 as a feeder league to the Oberliga SüdwestOberliga Südwest (1945-63)
The Oberliga Südwest was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.-Overview:...
which had been operating since 1945. It was the last of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2nd Oberliga West
2nd Oberliga West
The 2nd Oberliga West was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1949 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, the most populous state of Germany....
(1949) and 2nd Oberliga Süd
2nd Oberliga Süd
The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
(1950).
The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Südwest, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2nd Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:
- Amateurliga RheinlandAmateurliga RheinlandThe Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Rheinland below it in 1978.- Overview :The Amateurliga...
(split into two groups from 1956 to 1963) - Amateurliga SaarlandAmateurliga SaarlandThe Amateurliga Saarland was the highest football league in the state of Saarland and the third tier of the German football league system from 1951, when the clubs from the Saar returned to Germany, till the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Saarland below it in 1978.- Overview...
- Amateurliga SüdwestAmateurliga SüdwestThe Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest below it in 1978....
The TSC Zweibrücken was the only club to play all twelve seasons in the league.
Disbanding of the 2nd Oberliga
In 1963 the league was dissolved. Six of its clubs went to the new Regionalliga SüdwestRegionalliga Südwest (1963-74)
The Regionalliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974...
, the new second division. The other ten teams were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:
- Phönix Ludwigshafen
- Eintracht Trier
- SpVgg Weisenau
- Phönix BellheimPhönix BellheimFC Phönix Bellheim is a German association football club from the city of Bellheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. Established on 11 February 1921 the club did not come to note until after World War II when they were part of the Amateurliga Vorderplatz from 1947–52 and the Amateurliga Südwest from 1952–62...
- SV Röchling VölklingenSV Röchling VölklingenSV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the...
- TSC Zweibrücken
The following teams were relegated:
- to the Amateurliga Saarland: SC Friedrichsthal, SV Ludweiler, VfB Theley, SV St. Ingbert
- to the Amateurliga Rheinland: VfB Wissen, Germania Metternich, FV Engers 07FV Engers 07FV Engers 07 is a German association football club based in the city of Engers, Rhineland-Palatinate that currently plays in the Oberliga Südwest .-History:...
- to the Amateurliga Südwest: FV Speyer, FSV Schifferstadt, Hassia Bingen
Winners and runners-up of the 2nd Oberliga Südwest
The winners and runners-up of the league:| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1951-52 | VfR Kirn | FV Speyer |
| 1952-53 | ASV Landau | VfR Frankenthal |
| 1953-54 | Spfr. Saarbrücken | Eintracht Kreuznach |
| 1954-55 | SpVgg Andernach | FV Engers |
| 1955-56 | Spfr. Saarbrücken | FV Speyer |
| 1956-57 | SV St. Ingbert | TuRa Ludwigshafen |
| 1957-58 | SpVgg Weisenau | Spfr. Saarbrücken |
| 1958-59 | VfR Kaiserslautern | SC Ludwigshafen |
| 1959-60 | SV Niederlahnstein | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1960-61 | VfR Kaiserslautern | BSC Oppau |
| 1961-62 | SV Niederlahnstein | VfR Frankenthal |
| 1962-63 | Phönix Ludwigshafen | Eintracht Trier |
Placings in the 2nd Oberliga Südwest 1951 to 1963
The league placings from 1951 to 1963:| Club | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 |
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| Eintracht Kreuznach | ♦ | 5 | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| TuRa Ludwigshafen | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | 13 | 1 | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| SC Ludwigshafen | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| TuS Neuendorf | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| VfR Kaiserslautern | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | ♦ |
| BSC Oppau | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| SV Niederlahnstein | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | |||||
| VfR Frankenthal | ♦ | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | ♦ |
| Südwest Ludwigshafen | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 |
| Eintracht Trier | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 |
| SpVgg Weisenau | ♦ | 16 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | ♦ | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | |
| Phönix Bellheim Phönix Bellheim FC Phönix Bellheim is a German association football club from the city of Bellheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. Established on 11 February 1921 the club did not come to note until after World War II when they were part of the Amateurliga Vorderplatz from 1947–52 and the Amateurliga Südwest from 1952–62... |
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| SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the... |
7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| VfB Wissen | 6 | |||||||||||
| Hassia Bingen | 3 | ♦ | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |||
| TSC Zweibrücken | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| FSV Schifferstadt | 8 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
| Germania Metternich | 15 | 4 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||
| VfB Theley | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | |||||||
| SV Ludweiler-Warndt | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 12 | |||
| SV St. Ingbert | 12 | 1 | ♦ | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| FV Engers | ♦ | ♦ | 7 | 2 | ♦ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| SC Friedrichsthal | 8 | 9 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||
| FV Speyer | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| ASC Dudweiler | 14 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | |||
| SG Sobernheim | 16 | |||||||||||
| SpVgg Andernach SpVgg Andernach SG Andernach is a German football club from the city of Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was formed in 1999 through the merger of the football departments of SpVgg Andernach, BSV 1910 Andernach, and DJK Boulla Andernach based in the earlier association between these sides going back to 1992... |
5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Viktoria Sulzbach | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| FC Homburg FC Homburg FC 08 Homburg is a German association football club based in Homburg, Saarland. The club was founded on 15 June 1908 as Fussball Club Homburg by a group of seventeen young men at the local Hohenburg pub.- History :... |
11 | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
| ASV Landau | 6 | 1 | ♦ | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| VfL Trier | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||
| VfR Kirn | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| VfL Neuwied | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| ASV Hochfeld | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | ||||||
| Sportfreunde Herdorf | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 | ||||||
| SG Pirmasens | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | |||||||
| SC Bad Neuenahr | 12 | 6 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||
| SC Altenkessel SC Altenkessel SC Altenkessel is a German football club from the district of Altenkessel in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club was briefly part of first division play during World War II and after the war played in the Saarlandliga when the state of Saarland was occupied by the French.-History:The club... |
12 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 1. FC Idar | 9 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
| VfL Neustadt | ♦ | 15 | ||||||||||
| VfB Lützel | 13 | |||||||||||
| TuS Konz | 14 |
Source:
Key
| Symbol | Key |
|---|---|
| ♦ | Oberliga Südwest |
| 1 | League champions |
| Place | League |
| Blank | Played at a league level below this league |
Sources
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- Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
- 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband 100-year-anniversary book of Southern German football Association, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1997
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006