2nd Oberliga Südwest

The 2nd Oberliga Südwest 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 Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.

Overview

The 2nd Oberliga Südwest was formed in 1951 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest which had been operating since 1945. It was the last of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2nd Oberliga West (1949) and 2nd 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 2nd 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 2nd 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:

*Phönix Ludwigshafen
*Eintracht Trier
*SpVgg Weisenau
*Phönix Bellheim
*SV Röchling Völklingen
*TSC Zweibrücken

The following teams were relegated:

*to the Amateurliga Saarland: SC Friedrichsthal, SV Ludweiler, VfB Theley, SV St. Ingbert
*to the Amateurliga Rheinland: VfB Wissen, Germania Metternich, FV Engers 07
*to the Amateurliga Südwest: FV Speyer, FSV Schifferstadt, Hassia Bingen

Winners and runners-up of the 2nd Oberliga Südwest ["Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine]

1952 VfR Kirn FV Speyer 1953 ASV Landau VfR Frankenthal 1954 Spfr. Saarbrücken Eintracht Kreuznach 1955 SpVgg Andernach FV Engers 1956 Spfr. Saarbrücken FV Speyer 1957 SV St. Ingbert TuRa Ludwigshafen 1958 SpVgg Weisenau Spfr. Saarbrücken 1959 VfR Kaiserslautern SC Ludwigshafen 1960 SV Niederlahnstein TuS Neuendorf 1961 VfR Kaiserslautern BSC Oppau 1962 SV Niederlahnstein VfR Frankenthal 1963 Phönix Ludwigshafen Eintracht Trier

Placings in the 2nd Oberliga Südwest 1951 to 1963

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title = 2nd Oberliga Südwest
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*♦ denotes club played in the Oberliga Südwest.

External links

* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fussball Archiv ]

References