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Regionalliga Südwest (1963-74)
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| Regionalliga Südwest |
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| Founded |
| 1963 |
| Disbanded |
| 1974 |
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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... |
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| 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 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 |
| 11 |
| Replaced by |
| 2nd Bundesliga Süd 2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81) The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981... |
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| 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 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:... |
The Regionalliga Südwest 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 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states of 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...
and Rheinland-Pfalz.
Overview
Along with the RegionalligaRegionalliga
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...
Südwest went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:
- Regionalliga NordRegionalliga Nord (1963-74)The Regionalliga Nord was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974...
, covering the states of Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg - 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 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 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 states of Bayern, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg
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. It was basically a remainder of the former French occupation zone.
Originally only the winners, later also runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion play-off 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
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 three teams were relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the Regionalliga Südwest were the following Amateurligas:
- 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 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...
- 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 FSV Mainz 05, VfR Wormatia Worms, FK Pirmasens
FK Pirmasens
FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925...
, 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...
, Südwest Ludwigshafen and TuS Neuendorf
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
all played every one of the eleven seasons of the Regionalliga Südwest.
Disbanding of the Regionalliga Südwest
The league was dissolved in 1974. According to their performance of the last couple of seasons, seven clubs of the Regionalliga went to the new 2nd Bundesliga Süd2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)
The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...
. The nine remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The teams admitted to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd were:
- Borussia NeunkirchenBorussia NeunkirchenBorussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:...
- 1. FC Saarbrücken1. FC Saarbrücken1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...
- FC HomburgFC HomburgFC 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 :...
- 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...
- FSV Mainz 05
- VfR Wormatia Worms
- FK PirmasensFK PirmasensFK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925...
Relegated clubs:
- to the 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...
: VfB Theley, FC Ensdorf - to the 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...
: TuS NeuendorfTuS KoblenzTuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
, Sportfreunde EisbachtalSportfreunde EisbachtalSportfreunde Eisbachtal is a German association football club based in Nentershausen, Rhineland-Palatinate.-History:Sportfreunde Eisbachtal were formed in 1966 as a merger of local teams SC Großholbach, TuS Girod-Kleinholbach, VfR Nomborn, TuS Heilberscheid and TuS Nentershausen... - to the 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....
: ASV Landau, Eintracht Kreuznach, SV AlsenbornSV AlsenbornThe SV Alsenborn is a German football club from the city of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Rheinland-Palatinate.The club became famous in Germany in the 1970s as a village club attempting to win promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga...
, Südwest Ludwigshafen, FV Speyer
Qualifying to the 2nd Bundesliga
From the Regionalliga Südwest, seven clubs qualified for the new 2nd Bundesliga Süd, together with 13 teams from the Süd region.The qualifying modus saw the last five seasons counted, whereby the last placed team in each season received one point, the second-last two points and so on. For a Bundesliga season within this five year period, a club received 25 points, for an Amateurliga season none.
For the seasons 1969-70 and 70-71, the received points counted single, for the 71-72 and 72-73 season double and for the 73-74 season three times.
To be considered in the points table for the new league, a club had to play either in the Regionalliga Südwest in 1973-74 or to have been relegated from the Bundesliga to it for the next season, something which did not apply to the league that year.
The bottom three clubs in the league, nominally the relegated teams in a normal season, were barred from entry to the 2nd Bundesliga, regardless of where they stood in the points ranking.
Points table:
| Rank | Club | Points 1969-74 | Place in 1973-74 |
| 1 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 133 | 1 |
| 2 | SV Röchling Völklingen | 110 | 4 |
| 3 | FSV Mainz 05 | 109 | 5 |
| 4 | FK Pirmasens | 107 | 8 |
| 5 | SV Alsenborn 1 | 95 | 10 |
| 6 | FC 08 Homburg | 90 | 3 |
| 7 | VfR Wormatia Worms | 90 | 6 |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 87 | 2 |
| 9 | ASV Landau | 82 | 9 |
| 10 | Südwest Ludwigshafen | 76 | 11 |
| 11 | TuS Neuendorf | 71 | 12 |
| 12 | FV Speyer | 43 | 15 |
| 13 | Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 30 | 7 |
| 14 | VfB Theley | 27 | 13 |
| 15 | Sportfreunde Eisbachtal | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | FC Ensdorf | 3 | 16 |
- Source: DSFS Liga-Chronik , page: C4, accessed: 18 March 2009
- Bold teams are promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.
- 1 SV Alsenborn was denied the 2nd Bundesliga licence.
Re-creation of the Regionalliga
In 1994 the Regionalligas were reintroduced, this time as the third tier of German Football. The teams from the southwest were however integrated into the new Regionalliga West/SüdwestRegionalliga 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 :...
with the clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen. In 2000, when the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two, the south western clubs moved to 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...
. In 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 southwestern clubs will again move, into 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...
and again be with the teams from Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1963-64 | Borussia Neunkirchen | FK Pirmasens |
| 1964-65 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | VfR Wormatia Worms |
| 1965-66 | FK Pirmasens | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 1966-67 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 1967-68 | SV Alsenborn | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1968-69 | SV Alsenborn | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1969-70 | SV Alsenborn | FK Pirmasens |
| 1970-71 | Borussia Neunkirchen | FK Pirmasens |
| 1971-72 | Borussia Neunkirchen | SV Röchling Völklingen |
| 1972-73 | FSV Mainz 05 | SV Röchling Völklingen |
| 1973-74 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
- Bold denotes team went on to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.
- The Borussia Neunkirchen holds the record for league wins in any of the five Regionalligas, having one Südwest five times.
- The 1. FC Saarbrücken is the only southwest team to have won the old (1965) and new (1996) Regionalliga.
Placings in the Regionalliga Südwest 1963 to 1974
The league placings from 1963 to 1974:| Club | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
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| Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:... |
1 | B | B | 1 | B | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903... |
B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 |
| FC 08 Homburg | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 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... |
13 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach Eintracht Bad Kreuznach Eintracht Bad Kreuznach is a German association football club from city of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate. They are among the most successful amateur football teams in southwestern Germany and currently play in the Oberliga Südwest .-History:... |
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| FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925... |
2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| ASV Landau | 19 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| SV Alsenborn SV Alsenborn The SV Alsenborn is a German football club from the city of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Rheinland-Palatinate.The club became famous in Germany in the 1970s as a village club attempting to win promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga... |
9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Südwest Ludwigshafen 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| TuS Neuendorf | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| VfB Theley | 16 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||
| Sportfreunde Eisbachtal Sportfreunde Eisbachtal Sportfreunde Eisbachtal is a German association football club based in Nentershausen, Rhineland-Palatinate.-History:Sportfreunde Eisbachtal were formed in 1966 as a merger of local teams SC Großholbach, TuS Girod-Kleinholbach, VfR Nomborn, TuS Heilberscheid and TuS Nentershausen... |
14 | 14 | |||||||||
| FV Speyer | 11 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 15 | |||||
| FC Ensdorf | 16 | ||||||||||
| Eintracht Trier | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | |
| 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... |
17 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| VfR Frankenthal | 15 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 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... |
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| SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken is a German sports association based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The largest club in the state, it is best known for its athletics department, and also fields an association football team.-History:... |
6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| SpVgg Weisenau | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| SC Friedrichsthal | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
| FC Landsweiler | 16 | ||||||||||
| SC Ludwigshafen | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | |||||||
| SSV Mülheim | 16 | ||||||||||
| Germania Metternich | 18 | 16 | |||||||||
| BSC Oppau | 16 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||
| TSC Zweibrücken | 18 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||
| Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | 8 | 16 | |||||||||
| VfR Kaiserslautern | 7 | 17 | |||||||||
| Tura Ludwigshafen 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| SV Niederlahnstein | 20 |
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...
- Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006