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Regionalliga Nord (1963-74)
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| Regionalliga Nord |
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| Founded |
| 1963 |
| Disbanded |
| 1974 |
| Nation |
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| States |
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 Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig... |
.svg.png) Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... |
 Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
| Promotion To |
| Bundesliga Fußball-Bundesliga The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga... |
| Relegation To |
| Amateurliga Hamburg |
| Amateurliga Bremen |
| Amateurliga Niedersachsen |
| Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein |
| Number of Seasons |
| 11 |
| Replaced by |
| 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... |
| 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 1973-74 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
The Regionalliga Nord 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 north 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 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states of Niedersachsen, Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
.
Overview
The Regionalliga Nord started out in 1963 with 18 teams in the league, had 17 clubs from 1964 to 1971 and then returned to a strength of 18.It was formed from the thirteen clubs of the Oberliga Nord
Oberliga Nord (1947-63)
The Oberliga Nord was the highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.-Overview:...
which did not get admitted to the new
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...
Bundesliga and from five promoted clubs from the Amateurliga. The Regionalliga Nord was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Nord under a different name and a tier lower.
Along with the Regionalliga
Regionalliga
Regionalliga is a designation in Germany for sports leagues, which are led by one or more regional federations. Regionalligen often fall below the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga of a given sport...
Nord went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:
- Regionalliga WestRegionalliga West (1963-74)The Regionalliga West was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974...
, covering the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen - Regionalliga SüdRegionalliga Süd (1963-74)The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen....
, covering the state of Bayern, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg - Regionalliga BerlinRegionalliga Berlin (1963-74)The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligen.-Overview:...
, covering West-Berlin - 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...
, covering the states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
The new Regionalligas were formed along the borders of the old post-2nd World War Oberligas, not after a balanced regional system. Therefore the Oberligas Berlin and West covered small but populos areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anachronism, neither large nor populos.
The winners and runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion playoff to the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
, which was staged in two groups of originally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.
The bottom two teams were relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the Regionalliga Nord were the following Amateurligas:
- Amateurliga Bremen
- Amateurliga Hamburg
- Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein
- Amateurliga Niedersachsen (in two groups for the 1963-64 season)
The FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...
, VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
, Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times...
, Arminia Hannover
Arminia Hannover
SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured...
, VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis....
, VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
and TuS Bremerhaven 93
OSC Bremerhaven
OSC Bremerhaven is a German sports club based in Bremerhaven, in the federal state of Bremen.-History:The club was founded in 1972 as Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven in a merger of various local football clubs including ATS Bremerhaven, which has roots going back to 1859, Polizei Sportverein,...
all played all eleven seasons of the Regionalliga Nord. The VfL Osnabrück stands out in its consistency, having before that played every season of the Oberliga Nord (1947-63) and afterwards also every season of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord (1974-81). This 37-year run ended only in 1985 when the club was relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga to the Oberliga, for a year.
Disbanding of the Regionalliga Nord
The league was dissolved in 1974. According to their performance of the last couple of seasons, six clubs of the Regionalliga went to the new 2nd Bundesliga Nord2nd 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...
, Eintracht Braunschweig, the champion, was promoted to the Bundesliga. Ten clubs were relegated to the new Oberliga Nord. The northern region was the only one of the five who chose to continue to run a unified highest league for its area, the new 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...
, not to be confused with the old Oberliga Nord which run till 1963. Two clubs were relegated all the way to the fourth tier, the Amateurligas.
The teams admitted to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord were:
- FC St. PauliFC St. PauliFußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...
- VfL OsnabrückVfL OsnabrückVfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
- VfL WolfsburgVfL WolfsburgVfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
- HSV Barmbek-UhlenhorstHSV Barmbek-UhlenhorstHSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg. The club played as a second and third division side from the early 1960s on into the early 1980s before fading from sight into lower tier competition.- History :...
- Olympia WilhelmshavenOlympia WilhelmshavenTSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven is a German sports club based in Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, on the northwestern coast of the country. The football team is a department of the club which also offers its members American football, athletics, table tennis, and triathlon.- History :Only a small local side,...
- SC Göttingen 05
The relegated teams to the Oberliga Nord were:
- VfB OldenburgVfB OldenburgVfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:...
- SV MeppenSV MeppenSV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912...
- Arminia HannoverArminia HannoverSV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured...
- Concordia Hamburg
- OSV HannoverOSV HannoverOSV Hannover is a German association football club based in the Oststadt district of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-History:The club was founded in 1923 as Freie Sportvereinigung Hannover Ost...
- Holstein KielHolstein KielHolstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times...
- TuS Bremerhaven 93OSC BremerhavenOSC Bremerhaven is a German sports club based in Bremerhaven, in the federal state of Bremen.-History:The club was founded in 1972 as Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven in a merger of various local football clubs including ATS Bremerhaven, which has roots going back to 1859, Polizei Sportverein,...
- Heider SVHeider SVHeider SV is a German association football club from the city of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was founded 14 October 1925 by what was the reserve side of VfL 05 Heide. The reservists thought they were the better side and challenged the first team to a match, which they won...
- Itzehoer SV
- Phönix Lübeck
Two teams were relegated all the way to the fourth tier:
- VfB LübeckVfB LübeckVfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis....
- VfL Pinneberg
Re-formation of the Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga NordRegionalliga 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...
reformed in 1994, now as the third tier of German football, taking over from the Oberliga Nord which was disband. In 2000, the Regionalligas were reduced in numbers to two, Nord now covered all of the northern half of Germany. From 2008, with the introduction 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...
, the Regionalliga will become the fourth tier of German football. The clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen will leave to join the new Regionalliga West and the clubs based in the southern part of former East Germany which were playing in the Regionalliga Süd will join instead.
Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1963-64 | FC St. Pauli | Hannover 96 |
| 1964-65 | Holstein Kiel | FC St. Pauli |
| 1965-66 | FC St. Pauli | SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1966-67 | Arminia Hannover | SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1967-68 | Arminia Hannover | SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1968-69 | VfL Osnabrück | VfB Lübeck |
| 1969-70 | VfL Osnabrück | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 1970-71 | VfL Osnabrück | FC St. Pauli |
| 1971-72 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1972-73 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1973-74 | Eintracht Braunschweig | FC St. Pauli |
- Bold denotes team went on to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.
- The FC St. Pauli (1964, 1966, 1972, 1973, 2007), VfL Osnabrück (1969-1971, 1999, 2000) and Eintracht Braunschweig (1974, 2005) all have won the old and the new Regionalliga.
- The FC St. Pauli, VfL Osnabrück and Borussia Neunkirchen (Südwest) hold the joined record for Regionalliga titles, five each.
Placings in the Regionalliga Nord 1963 to 1974
The league placings from 1963 to 1974:| Club | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:... |
2 | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | 1 |
| FC St. Pauli FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that... |
1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix... |
9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst | 18 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:... |
7 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 6 | |
| Olympia Wilhelmshaven Olympia Wilhelmshaven TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven is a German sports club based in Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, on the northwestern coast of the country. The football team is a department of the club which also offers its members American football, athletics, table tennis, and triathlon.- History :Only a small local side,... |
15 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| SV Meppen SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912... |
18 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||
| Arminia Hannover Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured... |
3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| Concordia Hamburg | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 10 | |||
| OSV Hannover OSV Hannover OSV Hannover is a German association football club based in the Oststadt district of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-History:The club was founded in 1923 as Freie Sportvereinigung Hannover Ost... |
13 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||
| SC Göttingen 05 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times... |
5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| TuS 93 Bremerhaven | 12 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Heider SV Heider SV Heider SV is a German association football club from the city of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was founded 14 October 1925 by what was the reserve side of VfL 05 Heide. The reservists thought they were the better side and challenged the first team to a match, which they won... |
16 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 15 | ||||||
| VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis.... |
14 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Itzehoer SV | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | ||
| VfL Pinneberg | 18 | ||||||||||
| Phönix Lübeck | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| TuS Celle | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 17 | ||||||
| SC Leu Braunschweig | 14 | 11 | 7 | 18 | |||||||
| SC Sperber Hamburg | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 17 | ||||||
| Polizei SV Bremen | 18 | ||||||||||
| ASV Bergedorf 85 ASV Bergedorf 85 ASV Bergedorf is a German association football club from the borough of Bergedorf in the city state of Hamburg. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that includes departments for Aikido, badminton, dance, gymnastics, handball, Karate, swimming, table tennis, tennis, and... |
8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| FC Altona 93 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 16 | ||||||
| TuS Haste | 17 | ||||||||||
| VfV Hildesheim | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | |||||||
| Bremer SV Bremer SV Bremer SV is a German association football club, based in the city of Bremen, which was founded in 1906. The club play their home games at the Panzenberg Stadium and currently participate in the Bremen-Liga.... |
13 | 17 | |||||||||
| SV Friedrichsort | 15 | 14 | 16 | ||||||||
| Victoria Hamburg | 11 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||
| VfR Neumünster VfR Neumünster VfR Neumünster is a German association football club based in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was establishedon 3 March 1910 as FV Neumünster by members of FC Germania 1907 Neumünster and FC Viktoria 1909 Neumünster... |
10 | 16 | |||||||||
| Rasensport Harburg | 17 | ||||||||||
| VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which as of 2010–11 plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the 6th level of the German football league system... |
17 |
Source:
Key
| Symbol | Key |
|---|---|
| B | Bundesliga |
| Place | League |
| Blank | Played at a league level below this league |
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...
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006