2. Oberliga Südwest
Founded | 1951 |
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Folded | 1963 (12 seasons) |
Replaced by | Regionalliga Südwest |
Country | Germany |
State | |
Level on pyramid | Level 2 |
Promotion to | Oberliga Südwest |
Relegation to | |
Last champions | Phönix Ludwigshafen (1962–63) |
The 2. Oberliga Südwest (English: 2nd Premier league Southwest) was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1951 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
Overview[]
The 2. Oberliga Südwest was formed in 1951 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest which had been operating from 1945. It was the last of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2. Oberliga West (1949) and 2. Oberliga Süd (1950).
The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Südwest, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2. Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:
- Amateurliga Rheinland (split into two groups from 1956 to 1963)
- Amateurliga Saarland
- Amateurliga Südwest
The TSC Zweibrücken was the only club to play all twelve seasons in the league.
Disbanding of the 2. Oberliga[]
In 1963 the league was dissolved. Six of its clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest, the new second division. The other ten teams were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:
The following teams were relegated:
- to the Amateurliga Saarland: , , VfB Theley, SV St. Ingbert
- to the Amateurliga Rheinland: VfB Wissen, , FV Engers 07
- to the Amateurliga Südwest: FV Speyer, , BFV Hassia Bingen
Winners and runners-up of the 2. Oberliga Südwest[]
The winners and runners-up of the league:[1]
Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
1951–52 | VfR Kirn | FV Speyer |
1952–53 | ASV Landau | VfR Frankenthal |
1953–54 | Spfr. Saarbrücken | Eintracht Kreuznach |
1954–55 | SpVgg Andernach | FV Engers |
1955–56 | Spfr. Saarbrücken | FV Speyer |
1956–57 | SV St. Ingbert | TuRa Ludwigshafen |
1957–58 | SpVgg Weisenau | Spfr. Saarbrücken |
1958–59 | VfR Kaiserslautern | SC Ludwigshafen |
1959–60 | SV Niederlahnstein | TuS Neuendorf |
1960–61 | VfR Kaiserslautern | BSC Oppau |
1961–62 | SV Niederlahnstein | VfR Frankenthal |
1962–63 | Phönix Ludwigshafen | Eintracht Trier |
Placings in the 2. Oberliga Südwest[]
The league placings from 1951 to 1963:
Club | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 |
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Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | S | 5 | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
TuRa Ludwigshafen | S | S | S | S | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | 13 | 1 | S | 1 | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | |
7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 2 | S | S | S | S | ||
TuS Neuendorf | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 2 | S | S | S |
S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 1 | S | 1 | S | S | |
13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | S | S | |||
9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | S | 1 | S | ||||||
S | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 2 | S | |
Phönix Ludwigshafen | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 1 |
Eintracht Trier | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 2 |
S | 16 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | S | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | ||
Phönix Bellheim | 4 | |||||||||||
SV Röchling Völklingen | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
VfB Wissen | 6 | |||||||||||
BFV Hassia Bingen | 3 | S | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | |||
8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
8 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||
15 | 4 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||
VfB Theley | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | |||||||
8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 12 | ||||
SV St. Ingbert | 12 | 1 | S | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | ||||
FV Engers | S | S | 7 | 2 | S | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
8 | 9 | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
FV Speyer | 2 | S | S | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
14 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | ||||
16 | ||||||||||||
SpVgg Andernach | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | S | S | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | ||
11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||||
FC 08 Homburg | 11 | 3 | 15 | |||||||||
ASV Landau | 6 | 1 | S | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||
1 | S | S | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 16 | |||||
10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | ||||||
7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | |||||||
11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||||||
4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||
SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 12 | 6 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||
SC Altenkessel | 12 | 15 | ||||||||||
1. FC Idar | 9 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
S | 15 | |||||||||||
13 | ||||||||||||
14 |
Source:"2nd Oberliga Südwest". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
Key[]
Symbol | Key |
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S | Oberliga Südwest |
1 | League champions |
Place | League |
Blank | Played at a league level below this league |
References[]
- ^ "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
Sources[]
- Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
- Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
- 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband (in German) 100-year-anniversary book of Southern German football Association, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1997
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
External links[]
- Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables
- Oberliga Südwest at Fussballdaten.de
- Defunct Oberligas (football)
- Football competitions in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Football competitions in Saarland
- 1951 establishments in West Germany
- 1963 disestablishments in Germany
- Sports leagues established in 1951
- Defunct second level football leagues in Europe