Oberliga Westfalen
Encyclopedia
Oberliga Westfalen
Founded
1978 / 2012
Disbanded
2008
Nation
State
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...

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 Westfalen 1
Verbandsliga Westfalen 2
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
Preußen Münster


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
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...

. 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...

. In 2008, it was replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new state-wide league.

With the reform of the league system in 2012, which sees the 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...

 reduced to clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia only and the disbanding of the NRW-Liga below it, the Oberliga Westfalen will be reintroduced again as the highest tier in the region and the fifth level overall in Germany.

Overview

The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the region of Westphalia, which previously was split into two groups and covered the eastern half of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 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...

. The league was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost and eight from the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Südwest. The SC Herford
SC Herford
SC Herford is a German association football club based in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of several local sides in the late 60s and early 70s and then went on to enjoy a short turn in second division football in the late 70s and early 80s...

 was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga Nord to the new league.

Originally, the league was called Amateur-Oberliga Westfalen, from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Westfalen.

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 Westfalen had to compete with the winner and the runner-up of the Oberliga 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...

 and the winners of the Oberliga Berlin
Oberliga Berlin
The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was the second tier of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, operating under the name of Amateurliga Berlin. After 1963, it was the third tier until 1991, when the league was...

 and of the Oberliga Nordrhein
Oberliga Nordrhein
The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system...

 for two 2. 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 team of the Oberliga that year were admitted to 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 :...

, the clubs being:
  • TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus
  • Preußen Münster
  • Arminia Bielefeld
    Arminia Bielefeld
    DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...

  • SpVgg Erkenschwick
    SpVgg Erkenschwick
    SpVgg Erkenschwick is a German football club based in Oer-Erkenschwick in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded as Sportverein Erkenschwick in 1916, they joined Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband to form Sportfreunde Erkenschwick in 1918, which in then merged with Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV...

  • SC Verl
    SC Verl
    SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

  • SG Wattenscheid 09 II


With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000, the Oberliga Westfalen 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...

. However, the Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...

, based in the very south of the region, played in the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd 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 southern part 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 Westfalen was replaced by the NRW-Liga, which now is the fifth tier of the league system. The Oberliga Westfalen 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.

Throughout the leagues existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were:
  • Verbandsliga Westfalen 1
  • Verbandsliga Westfalen 2

Champions of the Oberliga Westfalen

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Season Club
1978-79 SC Herford
SC Herford
SC Herford is a German association football club based in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of several local sides in the late 60s and early 70s and then went on to enjoy a short turn in second division football in the late 70s and early 80s...

 
1979-80 SpVgg Erkenschwick
SpVgg Erkenschwick
SpVgg Erkenschwick is a German football club based in Oer-Erkenschwick in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded as Sportverein Erkenschwick in 1916, they joined Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband to form Sportfreunde Erkenschwick in 1918, which in then merged with Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV...

 
1980-81 1. FC Paderborn
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

 
1981-82 TuS Schloß Neuhaus
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

 
1982-83 Eintracht Hamm
1983-84 FC Gütersloh
FC Gütersloh
FC Gütersloh 2000 is a German association football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft Gütersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than...

 
1984-85 Eintracht Hamm
1985-86 ASC Schöppingen
1986-87 SpVgg Erkenschwick
1987-88 Preußen Münster 
1988-89 Preußen Münster
1989-90 Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...

 
1990-91 SC Verl
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

 
1991-92 Preußen Münster
1992-93 Preußen Münster
Season Club
1993-94 SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

1994-95 FC Gütersloh
1995-96 LR Ahlen
1996-97 Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...

1997-98 Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

1998-99 VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...

1999–2000 VfB Hüls
VfB Hüls
VfB Hüls is a German association football club from Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia.The club was founded on 22 July 1948 as Eintracht Lippe and then re-named Verein für Rasenspiele 1948 e.V. Marl-Hüls on 27 January 1951. VfR merged with SuS Drewer-Süd in 1976 to create the current club...

2000-01 SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

2001-02 Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

2002-03 FC Schalke 04 II
2003-04 Arminia Bielefeld II
2004-05 SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club, located in Wattenscheid which is part of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claims an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der...

2005-06 Borussia Dortmund II
2006-07 SC Verl
2007-08 Preußen Münster

Source:

Placings in the Oberliga Westfalen 1979 to 2008

Club 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...

2 1 5 4 3 3
Rot-Weiß Ahlen
Rot-Weiß Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as LR Ahlen for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated to the Regionalliga in that year.-History:The club has...

1
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...

15 4 7 4 5 13 12 16 16 15 7 2 1
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

2 6 8 9 2 8 5 5 1 1
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

10 4 10 4 10 4 8 2 4 3 1 1 1
SC Verl
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

9 13 7 6 1 3 2 5 2 5 2 1
Preußen Münster 5 3 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 6 1
SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club, located in Wattenscheid which is part of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claims an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der...

1 16
Arminia Bielefeld II 14 1 9 3 11
FC Schalke 04 II 12 13 15 2 2 2 5 2 1 3 3 2 2
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...

13 11 7 11 13 14 9 7 13 18 4 1 2 5 2 3 2 6 10 3
FC Gütersloh
FC Gütersloh
FC Gütersloh 2000 is a German association football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft Gütersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than...

4 6 4 2 6 1 14 3 8 6 6 15 11 13 9 1 4 9 3 8 10 4 5 10
SpVgg Erkenschwick
SpVgg Erkenschwick
SpVgg Erkenschwick is a German football club based in Oer-Erkenschwick in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded as Sportverein Erkenschwick in 1916, they joined Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband to form Sportfreunde Erkenschwick in 1918, which in then merged with Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV...

3 1 3 10 7 10 7 1 5 11 11 10 6 7 4 15 12 15 12 12
SG Wattenscheid 09 II 5 4 15 10 6 8 3 6 7 6 12 6 12
TuS Schloß Neuhaus 2 5 3 1 5 5
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid is a German association football club playing in Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The origins of the club go back to the formation of the Luedenscheider Fußball-Klub in 1908. In the aftermath of World War I, a number of local sides went through a series of mergers...

8 2 10 11 12 11 16 11 15 17 4 10 15
SC Herford
SC Herford
SC Herford is a German association football club based in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of several local sides in the late 60s and early 70s and then went on to enjoy a short turn in second division football in the late 70s and early 80s...

1 14 11 6 8 15 4 17
DSC Wanne-Eickel
DSC Wanne-Eickel
DSC Wanne-Eickel is a German association football club that plays in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was founded in 1954 as TB Eickel when it left behind Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel, a short-lived union it had formed with SV Preußen 04 Wanne in 1950. It took on the name DSC...

5 11 9 8 2 4 4 11 14 4 13 9 16
Westfalia Herne
Westfalia Herne
SC Westfalia Herne is a German football club based in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 13 June 1904 by the sons of the more well-heeled residents of the city as a rival to the worker-based club SV Sodingen.- History :...

9 12 17 15 16 9 6 3 2 5 16 5 8 6 17 8 7 5
Sportfreunde Lotte
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...

8 5 8 4
SV Schermbeck
SV Schermbeck
SV Schermbeck is a German association football club from Schermbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that also has departments for athletics, badminton, handball, swimming, table tennis, and water polo.-History:...

13 13 17 6
Germania Gladbeck
Germania Gladbeck
DJK Germania Gladbeck is a German association football club based in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1923 and following a second place finish in the Verbandsliga Westfalen in 2007 was promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen ....

7
Hammer SpVgg 8 10 14 14 6 13 12 9 13 14 11 6 9 10 16 14 8
Delbrücker SC
Delbrücker SC
Delbrücker SC is a German association football club playing in Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia.The origins of the club lie in the founding of the youth's football club DJK Delbrück in 1920...

12 9 9
Rot-Weiß Ahlen II 5 7 11 15 13
Sportfreunde Oestrich-Iserlohn 7 10 7 12 11 14 17 13 14
FC Eintracht Rheine
FC Eintracht Rheine
FC Eintracht Rheine is a German association football club from the city of Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was formed through the 10 June 1994 union of VfB Rheine and SG Eintracht Rheine...

14 14 6 9 16 10 13 16 9 8 7 3 5 10 9 14 11 15
SV Lippstadt 08
SV Lippstadt 08
SV Lippstadt is a German association football club from the city of Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The two predecessors of the current-day club were both established in March 1908. Borussia Lippstadt was founded 24 March by students of the Gymnasium Ostendorf, while Lippstädter SV...

3 3 11 14 4 11 15 13 4 16
SC Wiedenbrück 17
TSG Sprockhövel
TSG Sprockhövel
TSG 1881 Sprockhövel is a German association football club based in Sprockhövel, North Rhine-Westphalia. With over 25,000 members, TSG is the largest sport club in the town and includes departments for athletics, badminton, basketball, Budo, dance, gymnastics, handball, swimming, table tennis,...

16 15 16 16 18
Borussia Emsdetten 12 14 6 10 17
VfB Hüls
VfB Hüls
VfB Hüls is a German association football club from Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia.The club was founded on 22 July 1948 as Eintracht Lippe and then re-named Verein für Rasenspiele 1948 e.V. Marl-Hüls on 27 January 1951. VfR merged with SuS Drewer-Süd in 1976 to create the current club...

14 12 14 12 12 4 1 3 4 7 6 4 7 18
Sportfreunde Siegen II 10 15 14 16
VfB Fichte Bielefeld
VfB Fichte Bielefeld
VfB Fichte Bielefeld is a German association football club based in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of VfB Bielefeld 03 and SpVgg Fichte Bielefeld 06/07 on 1 July 1999.-History:...

7 9 4 11 18
Vorwärts Kornharpen 9 17
SC Hassel 7 12 12 15 8 11 7 18
SuS Stadtlohn 8 5 13 8 8 9 13 13 8 17
Lüner SV 19 9 10 13 18
DJK TuS Hordel 4 13 10 6 10 11 16
TSG Dülmen 15 5 9 7 10 12 15 18
Preußen Lengerich 13 15 16
Hövelhofer SV 18
SpVgg Beckum 18 8 9 14 11 11 3 8 14 11 13 14 18
VfB Kirchhellen 11 12 19
BW Post Recklinghausen 6 5 16
SV Rotthausen 12 7 14 17
BV Langendreer 04 18 14
Hasper SV 5 3 2 5 15
Spfr. Brackel 9 12 6 11 11 15
VfR Sölde 5 3 2 14 10 9 9 6
SV Holzwickede 7 7 15 20 14 13 13 16
Rot-Weiß Lennestadt 10 15
SV Blau-Weiß Wewer 14 16
VfL Gevelsberg 11 3 2 18 12 8 7 16
SpVgg Marl 12 8 7 12 8 6 16
ASC Schöppingen 7 12 3 1 7 3 3 3 2 7
Eintracht Recklinghausen 8 11 16 10 15 6 16
VfL Reken 13 14 10 15
SuS Hüsten 09 12 10 10 16 4 17 8 14
Eintracht Hamm 6 1 2 1 9 16
Hellweg Lütgendortmund 6 8 13 12 18 16 17
1. FC Paderborn 5 2 1 15 12 9 15
VfB Waltrop 16 9 7 8 4 17
FC Gohfeld 15 18
Teutonia Lippstadt 15 11 13 17
STV Horst-Emscher 14 21
VfB Altena 13 13 17
Bünder SV 9 12 18
TSG Harsewinkel 10 18
SpVgg Emsdetten
SpVgg Emsdetten
SpVgg Emsdetten 05 is a German association football club from the city of Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The association was created in 1905 as the gymnastics club Turnverein Jahn Emsdetten and formed a football department in 1907...

16 17
SV Ahlen 17

Source:
  • denotes club played in a league higher than the Oberliga.
  • In 1992, the ASC Schöppingen withdrew from the league.
  • In 1994, the VfB Rheine changed its name to Eintracht Rheine.
  • In 1997, the VfR Sölde withdrew from the league.
  • The Tus Ahlen and BW Ahlen merged in 1996 to form LR Ahlen, which changed its name to Rot-Weiß Ahlen in 2006.
  • The Tus Schloß Neuhaus merged with FC Paderborn to form TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus in 1985 and changed its name to SC Paderborn 07 in 1997.
  • The SG Wattenscheid 09 II had to withdraw from the league in 2004 because the first team of the club was relegated to the Oberliga.

Founding Members of the Oberliga Westfalen

From the 2nd Bundesliga Nord:
  • SC Herford
    SC Herford
    SC Herford is a German association football club based in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed out of the merger of several local sides in the late 60s and early 70s and then went on to enjoy a short turn in second division football in the late 70s and early 80s...



From the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost:
  • 1. FC Paderborn
    SC Paderborn 07
    SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

  • VfB Rheine
    FC Eintracht Rheine
    FC Eintracht Rheine is a German association football club from the city of Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was formed through the 10 June 1994 union of VfB Rheine and SG Eintracht Rheine...

  • TuS Schloß Neuhaus
    SC Paderborn 07
    SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

  • SV Ahlen
  • Bünder SV
  • SV Emsdetten
  • SV Beckum
  • DJK Gütersloh
    FC Gütersloh
    FC Gütersloh 2000 is a German association football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft Gütersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than...

    , (The DJK Gütersloh merged with Arminia Gütersloh to form FC Gütersloh in 1978)

  • TSG Harsewinkel


From the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Südwest:
  • SpVgg Erkenschwick
    SpVgg Erkenschwick
    SpVgg Erkenschwick is a German football club based in Oer-Erkenschwick in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded as Sportverein Erkenschwick in 1916, they joined Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband to form Sportfreunde Erkenschwick in 1918, which in then merged with Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV...

  • VfL Gevelsberg
  • Sportfreunde Siegen
    Sportfreunde Siegen
    Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...

  • Hellweg Lütgendortmund
  • SuS Hüsten 09
  • SV Holzwickede
  • Eintracht Recklinghausen
  • VfB Altena
    VfB Altena
    VfB Altena is a German football club from the city of Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent most of its existence in lower level local play with the exception of seven seasons spent in third tier competition...


Disbanding of the league

At the end of the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga Westfalen was disbanded and its clubs distributed to various leagues according to the seasons final standings:

To the Regionalliga West:
  • FC Schalke 04 II
  • Preußen Münster
  • VfL Bochum II
    VfL Bochum II
    VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...

  • Sportfreunde Lotte
    Sportfreunde Lotte
    VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...



To the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen:
  • Westfalia Herne
    Westfalia Herne
    SC Westfalia Herne is a German football club based in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 13 June 1904 by the sons of the more well-heeled residents of the city as a rival to the worker-based club SV Sodingen.- History :...

  • Hammer SpVg
    Hammer SpVg
    Hammer SpVg is a German association football club from the city of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of a larger sports club with some 1,500 members in departments for aikido, judo, cheerleading, fitness and dance, gymnastics, handball, roller hockey, volleyball, and water gymnastics.The...

  • Delbrücker SC
    Delbrücker SC
    Delbrücker SC is a German association football club playing in Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia.The origins of the club lie in the founding of the youth's football club DJK Delbrück in 1920...

  • Arminia Bielefeld II
  • SV Schermbeck
    SV Schermbeck
    SV Schermbeck is a German association football club from Schermbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that also has departments for athletics, badminton, handball, swimming, table tennis, and water polo.-History:...

  • FC Gütersloh
    FC Gütersloh
    FC Gütersloh 2000 is a German association football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft Gütersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than...

  • SF Oestrich Iserlohn
    SF Oestrich Iserlohn
    Sportfreunde Oestrich-Iserlohn is a German association football club from the district of Oestrich in the city of Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :...



To the Verbandsligas Westfalen:
  • Germania Gladbeck
    Germania Gladbeck
    DJK Germania Gladbeck is a German association football club based in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1923 and following a second place finish in the Verbandsliga Westfalen in 2007 was promoted to the Oberliga Westfalen ....

  • SpVgg Erkenschwick
    SpVgg Erkenschwick
    SpVgg Erkenschwick is a German football club based in Oer-Erkenschwick in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded as Sportverein Erkenschwick in 1916, they joined Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband to form Sportfreunde Erkenschwick in 1918, which in then merged with Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV...

  • Rot Weiß Ahlen II
  • FC Eintracht Rheine
    FC Eintracht Rheine
    FC Eintracht Rheine is a German association football club from the city of Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was formed through the 10 June 1994 union of VfB Rheine and SG Eintracht Rheine...

  • SV Lippstadt 08
    SV Lippstadt 08
    SV Lippstadt is a German association football club from the city of Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The two predecessors of the current-day club were both established in March 1908. Borussia Lippstadt was founded 24 March by students of the Gymnasium Ostendorf, while Lippstädter SV...

  • SC Wiedenbrück 2000
    SC Wiedenbrück 2000
    SC Wiedenbrück is a German association football club from the city of Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a sports club of some 1,150 members that also includes departments for dance, gymnastics, and table tennis.-History:...

  • TSG Sprockhövel
    TSG Sprockhövel
    TSG 1881 Sprockhövel is a German association football club based in Sprockhövel, North Rhine-Westphalia. With over 25,000 members, TSG is the largest sport club in the town and includes departments for athletics, badminton, basketball, Budo, dance, gymnastics, handball, swimming, table tennis,...


Sources

  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
    Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken
    The 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 Magazine
    Kicker (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...


External links

Das deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables Westfalen Football Association (FLVW)
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