Oberliga Nordrhein
Encyclopedia
| Oberliga Nordrhein |
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| Founded |
| 1978 |
| Disbanded |
| 2008 |
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| Promotion To |
| Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany... |
| Relegation To |
| Verbandsliga Mittelrhein Verbandsliga Mittelrhein The Mittelrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein, is the highest Football League in the region of Mittelrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system... |
| Verbandsliga Niederrhein Verbandsliga Niederrhein The Niederrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Niederrhein, is the highest football league in the region of Niederrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system... |
| Number of Seasons |
| 30 |
| Replaced by |
| Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen The NRW-Liga, or Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga, is the highest football League in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the eleven Oberliga groups in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system.... |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 4 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 2007-08 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II |
The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberliga
Oberliga (football)
The Oberliga is currently the name of the fifth tier of the German football leagues. Before the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier...
s in German Football, the 4th tier 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...
. From 2008, it was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen
Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen
The NRW-Liga, or Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga, is the highest football League in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the eleven Oberliga groups in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system....
, a new state-wide league.
Overview
The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the two regions of MittelrheinMiddle Rhine
Between Bingen and Bonn, Germany, the Rhine River flows as the Middle Rhine through the Rhine Gorge, a formation created by erosion, which happened at about the same rate as an uplift in the region, leaving the river at about its original level, and the surrounding lands raised...
and Niederrhein
Lower Rhine region (Germany)
The Lower Rhine region or Niederrhein is a region around the Lower Rhine section of the river Rhine in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany between approximately Neuss and Düsseldorf in the South and the Dutch border around Emmerich in the North...
, which cover the western half of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The main reason for the creation of this league was to allow its champion direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord
2nd Bundesliga Nord (1974-81)
The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Nord was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...
rather than having to go through a promotion play-off
Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (Football)
The Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga was an end-of-season competition, held annually to determined the clubs that were promoted from the Amateurligas, later the Amateur Oberligas to the 2nd Bundesligas...
. It was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
The Mittelrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein, is the highest Football League in the region of Mittelrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system...
and seven clubs from the Verbandsliga Niederrhein
Verbandsliga Niederrhein
The Niederrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Niederrhein, is the highest football league in the region of Niederrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system...
which remained as the leagues below the Oberliga. Additionally, two teams from the 2nd Bundesliga were relegated to the new league, bringing the initial number of teams to eighteen.
Originally, the league was called Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein, from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Nordrhein.
With the introduction of the unified 2nd Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
in 1981, direct promotion for the Oberliga champions became impossible again because there were eight of them competing for four promotion spots. The champion of the Oberliga Nordrhein had to compete with the winners of the Oberligas Nord
Oberliga Nord
The Oberliga Nord was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany. It covered the states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein...
, Berlin and Westfalen
Oberliga Westfalen
From 1978 to 2008, the Oberliga Westfalen was the highest Football League in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system...
for two 2nd Bundesliga spots.
Upon creation of the Regionalligas in 1994, the champions of the Oberligas were directly promoted again, however the Oberligas slipped to fourth tier in the German football league system. The top six teams in the Oberliga that year were qualified for the new Regionalliga West/Südwest
Regionalliga West/Südwest
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.- Overview :...
, however, the champion, Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...
, won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and Bayer Leverkusen II
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
declined, therefore only four teams went to the Regionalliga, the clubs being:
- Alemannia AachenAlemannia AachenAlemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...
- SC BrückViktoria KölnFC Viktoria Köln 1904 is a German association football club from the city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded in 1904 as FC Germania Kalk it is one of the oldest football clubs in the city. In 1909 Germania merged with FC Kalk to form SV Kalk 04 and in 1911 this club was, in...
, merged with Viktoria Köln in 1994 to form Preußen Köln. - 1. FC Bocholt1. FC Bocholt1. FC Bocholt is a German association football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The team was founded 21 August 1900 as Fußball-Club Bocholt and in 1919 was joined by VfvB Bocholt which had been established in 1917 as Ballverein Bocholt...
- Bonner SCBonner SCBonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...
Additionally to those four clubs, two teams from the Nordrhein region were relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga in 1994, entering the Regionalliga as well, this being the Wuppertaler SV and the Rot-Weiß Essen.
With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000, the Oberliga Nordrhein was now located below the Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...
.
With the creation of the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008 the Oberliga Nordrhein was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, which now is the fifth tier of the league system. The Oberliga Nordrhein ceased to exit after 30 seasons. Its clubs were split up over three league levels. The first four teams were promoted to the new Regionalliga West
Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West is the fourth tier of the German football league system since its introduction in 2008. It covers the states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and North Rhine-Westphalia and is one of three leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga...
, clubs from place five to eleven went to the new Oberliga while the bottom seven teams were relegated to the Verbandsligas.
The last round of games to be played in the league was on 18 May 2008.
Throughout the leagues existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were:
- Verbandsliga NiederrheinVerbandsliga NiederrheinThe Niederrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Niederrhein, is the highest football league in the region of Niederrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system...
- Verbandsliga MittelrheinVerbandsliga MittelrheinThe Mittelrheinliga, formerly the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein, is the highest Football League in the region of Mittelrhein which is part of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. It is the 6th tier of the German football league system...
The Schwarz-Weiß Essen is the only club to have played all 30 seasons in the league.
Champions of the Oberliga Nordrhein
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- In its 30 year history, three clubs managed to win the league three times, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiß Essen and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
Placings in the Oberliga Nordrhein 1979 to 2008
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| MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:... |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | 1 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play... |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Wuppertaler SV | ♦ | ♦ | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf ' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga... |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 8 | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873... |
1 | ♦ | ♦ | 4 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 19 | 7 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | ||||
| Borussia M'gladbach II Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... |
4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ♦ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bayer Leverkusen II | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 4 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | |||
| 1. FC Köln II | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 8 | 3 | |
| KFC Uerdingen | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| Fortuna Köln | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 10 | 8 | 18 | |||
| FC Remscheid FC Remscheid FC Remscheid is a German association football club from Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia formed on 1 July 1990 out of the merger of BV Lüttringhausen and VfB Marathon Remscheid.-History:... |
3 | 4 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 3 | 2 | 1 | ♦ | 2 | 5 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 8 | 2 | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 4 | 19 | ||||||||
| Bonner SC Bonner SC Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:... |
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| Germania Teveren | 11 | 4 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | 9 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. FC Bocholt 1. FC Bocholt 1. FC Bocholt is a German association football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The team was founded 21 August 1900 as Fußball-Club Bocholt and in 1919 was joined by VfvB Bocholt which had been established in 1917 as Ballverein Bocholt... |
2 | 1 | ♦ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Viktoria Köln Viktoria Köln FC Viktoria Köln 1904 is a German association football club from the city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded in 1904 as FC Germania Kalk it is one of the oldest football clubs in the city. In 1909 Germania merged with FC Kalk to form SV Kalk 04 and in 1911 this club was, in... |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 16 | ♦ | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | |||||
| Union Solingen Union Solingen 1. FC Union Solingen is a German association football club from Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The side can trace its roots back to an earlier Union Solingen club founded in 1897 out of the merger of a number of clubs from the district of Ohligs that would over time include Ohligs FC... |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 18 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1. FC Kleve 1. FC Kleve 1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve and Sportclub Kleve 63... |
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| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| SSVg Velbert SSVg Velbert SSVg Velbert is a German association football club located in Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1902 as Velberter FC 02 and marks itself as the third oldest football club in the region.-Early predecessors:... |
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| MSV Duisburg II | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germania Dattenfeld Germania Dattenfeld TSV Windeck Germania is a German association football club from the municipality of Windeck in the district of Dattenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed through the merger in June 2009 of FC Germania Dattenfeld, 1. Windeck FC and TSV Dreisel... |
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| Alemannia Aachen II | 16 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuppertaler SV II | 14 | 8 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TuRu Düsseldorf TuRU Düsseldorf TuRU Düsseldorf is a German sports club from the city of Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Turn- und Rasensport Union Düsseldorf claims a number of early Düsseldorf clubs in its heritage... |
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| VfB Homberg VfB Homberg The VfB Homberg is a German association football club from the Homberg quarter of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed July 1969 through the merger of Homberger Spielverein and Sportvereinigung 89/19 Hochheide.-Homberger SV:... |
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| VfB Speldorf VfB Speldorf VfB Speldorf is a German association football club from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Squad 2009–2010:-History:... |
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| SSG Bergisch Gladbach SSG Bergisch Gladbach SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 is a German association football club from the city of Bergisch Gladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was established in 1909 as Fußball Club Bergisch Gladbach and was joined that same year by the membership of FC Montania Bergisch-Gladbach. On 22 January... |
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| SV Straelen SV Straelen SV Straelen is a German association football club from Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 members with departments for athletics, badminton, basketball, gymnastics, handball, karate, swimming, and volleyball.-History:Long an unheralded... |
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| GFC Düren 09 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Junkersdorf | 12 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Wegberg-Beeck | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yurdumspor Köln | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SV Adler Osterfeld | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borussia Freialdenhoven | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borussia Wuppertal | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ratinger SpVgg | 12 | 15 | 13 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rheydter SV | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| SV Hamborn 07 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| TuS Euskirchen | 14 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SV Baesweiler | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TuS Langerwehe | 10 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| SuS Dinslaken | 6 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhenania Würselen | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KFC Uerdingen II | 12 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FV Bad Honnef | 9 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||
| VfL Rheinbach | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SC Jülich 1910 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Preussen Krefeld | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. FC Viersen | 17 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| DJK Winfriedia Mülheim | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SC Brück | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. FC Wülfrath | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spfr. Katernberg | 13 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VFB Marathon Remscheid | 11 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VfB Langenfeld | 7 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SV Wermelskirchen | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VfL Rhede | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympia Bocholt | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viktoria Goch | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TuS Lindlar | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SG Düren 99 | 14 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SV Siegeburg 04 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TuS Xanten | 13 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| VfB Bottrop | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SpVgg Frechen 20 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASV Wuppertal | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhenania Richterich | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RSV Meerbeck Moers | 14 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westwacht Aachen Westwacht Aachen Westwacht Aachen is a German football club from the city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers played as a fourth division side in the late 1970s and currently compete in the sixth tier Landesliga... |
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| Borussia Brand | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Niederempt | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:
- ♦ denotes club played in a league higher than the Oberliga.
- The FC Remscheid was originally named BV Lüttringhausen, changed its name to BVL Remscheid and merged in 1990 with VfB Remscheid to form FCR.
- Viktoria Köln merged with SC Brück in 1994 to form Preußen Köln but reverted back to its old name Viktoria in 2002.
- In 1996, SC Jülich 1910 withdrew from the league.
- In 1998, KFC Uerdingen II withdrew from the league.
- In 2004, Wuppertaler SV merged with Borussia Wuppertal to form Wuppertaler SV Borussia.
- In 2005, Adler Osterfeld withdrew from the league.
Founding Members of the Oberliga Nordrhein
The Oberliga started in 1978 with 18 clubs from two regions and the 2nd Bundesliga.From the 2nd Bundesliga Nord:
- 1. FC Bocholt1. FC Bocholt1. FC Bocholt is a German association football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The team was founded 21 August 1900 as Fußball-Club Bocholt and in 1919 was joined by VfvB Bocholt which had been established in 1917 as Ballverein Bocholt...
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen
From the Verbandsliga Niederrhein:
- Olympia Bocholt
- Rot-Weiß OberhausenRot-Weiß OberhausenRot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873...
- VfB Remscheid
- TuS Xanten
- 1. FC Viersen
- ASV Wuppertal
- RSV Meerbeck
From the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein:
- Viktoria KölnViktoria KölnFC Viktoria Köln 1904 is a German association football club from the city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded in 1904 as FC Germania Kalk it is one of the oldest football clubs in the city. In 1909 Germania merged with FC Kalk to form SV Kalk 04 and in 1911 this club was, in...
- SV Baesweiler 09
- Bonner SCBonner SCBonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...
- 1. FC Köln II1. FC Köln1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
- SC Jülich 1910
- TuS Langerwehe
- SV Siegburg 04
- FC Niederembt
- FV Bad Honnef
- Borussia Brand
Disbanding of the league
At the end of the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga Nordrhein was disbanded and its clubs distributed to various leagues according to the seasons final standings:To the Regionalliga West:
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II
- Bayer Leverkusen II
- 1. FC Köln II
- 1. FC Kleve1. FC Kleve1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve and Sportclub Kleve 63...
To the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen:
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen
- SSVg VelbertSSVg VelbertSSVg Velbert is a German association football club located in Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1902 as Velberter FC 02 and marks itself as the third oldest football club in the region.-Early predecessors:...
- MSV Duisburg II
- Germania DattenfeldGermania DattenfeldTSV Windeck Germania is a German association football club from the municipality of Windeck in the district of Dattenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed through the merger in June 2009 of FC Germania Dattenfeld, 1. Windeck FC and TSV Dreisel...
- Alemannia Aachen II
- Bonner SCBonner SCBonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...
- Fortuna Düsseldorf II
To the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein:
- SSG Bergisch GladbachSSG Bergisch GladbachSV Bergisch Gladbach 09 is a German association football club from the city of Bergisch Gladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was established in 1909 as Fußball Club Bergisch Gladbach and was joined that same year by the membership of FC Montania Bergisch-Gladbach. On 22 January...
To the Verbandsliga Niederrhein:
- Wuppertaler SV II
- VfB HombergVfB HombergThe VfB Homberg is a German association football club from the Homberg quarter of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed July 1969 through the merger of Homberger Spielverein and Sportvereinigung 89/19 Hochheide.-Homberger SV:...
- KFC Uerdingen 05KFC Uerdingen 05KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German association football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The one time Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s, but most recently has been part of fifth and sixth tier competition.-History:The club was...
- TuRU DüsseldorfTuRU DüsseldorfTuRU Düsseldorf is a German sports club from the city of Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Turn- und Rasensport Union Düsseldorf claims a number of early Düsseldorf clubs in its heritage...
- VfB SpeldorfVfB SpeldorfVfB Speldorf is a German association football club from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Squad 2009–2010:-History:...
- SV StraelenSV StraelenSV Straelen is a German association football club from Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 members with departments for athletics, badminton, basketball, gymnastics, handball, karate, swimming, and volleyball.-History:Long an unheralded...
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFSDeutscher Sportclub für FußballstatistikenThe Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands...
- Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports MagazineKicker (sports magazine)kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...