- Oberliga Nordrhein
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Oberliga Nordrhein Founded 1978 Disbanded 2008 Nation 
Germany
State 
Nordrhein-WestfalenPromotion To Regionalliga Nord Relegation To Verbandsliga Mittelrhein Verbandsliga Niederrhein Number of Seasons 30 Replaced by Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen Level on Pyramid Level 4 Last Champions 2007-08 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 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. From 2008, it was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, a new state-wide league.
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Overview
The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the two regions of Mittelrhein and Niederrhein, which cover the western half of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The main reason for the creation of this league was to allow its champion direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord rather than having to go through a promotion play-off. It was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein and seven clubs from the Verbandsliga Niederrhein which remained as the leagues below the Oberliga. Additionally, two teams from the 2nd Bundesliga were relegated to the new league, bringing the initial number of teams to eighteen.
Originally, the league was called Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein, from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Nordrhein.
With the introduction of the unified 2nd Bundesliga 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 Nordrhein had to compete with the winners of the Oberligas Nord, Berlin and Westfalen for two 2nd 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 teams in the Oberliga that year were qualified for the new Regionalliga West/Südwest, however, the champion, Fortuna Düsseldorf, won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and Bayer Leverkusen II declined, therefore only four teams went to the Regionalliga, the clubs being:
- Alemannia Aachen
- SC Brück , merged with Viktoria Köln in 1994 to form Preußen Köln.
- 1. FC Bocholt
- Bonner SC
Additionally to those four clubs, two teams from the Nordrhein region were relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga in 1994, entering the Regionalliga as well, this being the Wuppertaler SV and the Rot-Weiß Essen.
With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000, the Oberliga Nordrhein was now located below the Regionalliga Nord.
With the creation of the 3rd Liga in 2008 the Oberliga Nordrhein was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, which now is the fifth tier of the league system. The Oberliga Nordrhein 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, clubs from place five to eleven went to the new Oberliga while the bottom seven teams were relegated to the Verbandsligas.
The last round of games to be played in the league was on 18 May 2008.[1]
Throughout the leagues existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were:
The Schwarz-Weiß Essen is the only club to have played all 30 seasons in the league.
Champions of the Oberliga Nordrhein
Season Club 1978-79 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1979-80 1. FC Bocholt 1980-81 1. FC Köln II 1981-82 BVL Remscheid 1982-83 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1983-84 1. FC Bocholt 1984-85 Rot-Weiß Essen 1985-86 Rot-Weiß Essen 1986-87 BVL Remscheid 1987-88 MSV Duisburg 1988-89 MSV Duisburg 1989-90 Wuppertaler SV 1990-91 FC Remscheid 1991-92 Wuppertaler SV 1992-93 Rot-Weiß Essen Season Club 1993-94 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1994-95 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1995-96 FC Germania Teveren 1996-97 Bonner SC 1997-98 Bayer Leverkusen II 1998-99 Rot-Weiß Essen 1999–2000 Wuppertaler SV 2000-01 Bayer Leverkusen II 2001-02 1. FC Köln II 2002-03 Wuppertaler SV 2003-04 SSVg Velbert 2004-05 Bayer Leverkusen II 2005-06 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2006-07 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2007-08 Borussia Mönchengladbach II Source:"Oberliga Nordrhein". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. http://www.f-archiv.de/. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- In its 30 year history, three clubs managed to win the league three times, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiß Essen and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
Placings in the Oberliga Nordrhein 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 MSV Duisburg ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 1 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Alemannia Aachen ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 6 3 2 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Rot-Weiß Essen ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Wuppertaler SV ♦ ♦ 3 6 9 3 6 12 11 3 3 1 3 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 2 2 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Fortuna Düsseldorf ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 8 2 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1 ♦ ♦ 4 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 19 7 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ Borussia M'gladbach II 4 7 3 8 6 2 3 2 1 ♦ 1 Bayer Leverkusen II 5 12 10 10 6 10 7 7 6 4 5 5 5 9 5 3 1 ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ 4 1 ♦ ♦ 2 1. FC Köln II 3 6 1 7 14 4 11 5 8 5 11 8 15 9 10 5 9 7 7 10 13 3 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 8 3 KFC Uerdingen ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 11 10 13 Fortuna Köln ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 10 8 18 FC Remscheid 3 4 1 ♦ ♦ 3 2 1 ♦ 2 5 1 ♦ ♦ 8 2 2 ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 19 Bonner SC 7 10 16 13 5 14 9 14 16 4 6 ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ 13 15 10 12 15 16 2 4 10 Germania Teveren 11 4 1 ♦ ♦ 9 16 1. FC Bocholt 2 1 ♦ 3 2 1 4 3 13 9 4 3 10 8 2 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ 11 12 10 10 5 7 10 11 5 16 Viktoria Köln ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 3 2 7 4 3 6 6 10 11 9 6 16 ♦ 7 14 4 2 13 11 11 16 Union Solingen ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 18 13 14 14 13 8 14 17 1. FC Kleve 9 6 3 7 4 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 4 2 7 10 8 7 2 8 4 2 8 11 9 12 11 9 8 3 5 8 8 9 6 9 6 12 5 9 6 5 SSVg Velbert 4 4 3 1 3 4 3 6 MSV Duisburg II 8 7 12 17 9 10 5 7 Germania Dattenfeld 8 Alemannia Aachen II 16 8 16 7 7 2 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 15 8 2 3 11 11 11 17 11 Wuppertaler SV II 14 8 9 12 TuRu Düsseldorf 10 15 11 14 VfB Homberg 12 16 6 15 15 VfB Speldorf 17 12 14 16 SSG Bergisch Gladbach 16 11 15 18 12 17 SV Straelen 6 14 6 6 17 13 18 GFC Düren 09 9 11 13 13 18 FC Junkersdorf 12 16 FC Wegberg-Beeck 4 6 3 12 14 18 17 Yurdumspor Köln 7 17 18 SV Adler Osterfeld 2 7 5 7 4 5 4 Borussia Freialdenhoven 9 13 15 14 15 Borussia Wuppertal 3 5 6 Ratinger SpVgg 12 15 13 17 Rheydter SV 12 5 2 5 11 8 13 11 12 9 13 5 5 15 14 18 SV Hamborn 07 2 9 13 15 9 9 4 12 7 8 4 13 15 16 16 TuS Euskirchen 14 18 SV Baesweiler 6 11 13 15 13 17 18 6 12 10 14 17 TuS Langerwehe 10 5 15 6 16 14 15 10 15 9 15 SuS Dinslaken 6 11 13 12 16 Rhenania Würselen 2 17 KFC Uerdingen II 12 10 12 16 8 5 FV Bad Honnef 9 7 11 13 10 5 9 10 12 10 13 12 7 3 7 12 12 10 10 16 VfL Rheinbach 13 15 SC Jülich 1910 18 12 14 11 6 5 16 8 14 4 6 10 14 3 4 Preussen Krefeld 7 10 14 7 16 1. FC Viersen 17 9 18 11 8 11 14 13 10 9 13 14 14 DJK Winfriedia Mülheim 15 SC Brück 15 17 13 12 3 1. FC Wülfrath 16 Spfr. Katernberg 13 17 VFB Marathon Remscheid 11 14 6 11 16 15 VfB Langenfeld 7 15 17 SV Wermelskirchen 18 VfL Rhede 17 14 14 15 17 Olympia Bocholt 5 4 6 11 5 12 18 18 Viktoria Goch 7 9 12 7 16 TuS Lindlar 17 SG Düren 99 14 13 15 SV Siegeburg 04 8 9 17 15 15 17 TuS Xanten 13 8 5 8 4 8 16 VfB Bottrop 16 SpVgg Frechen 20 8 17 ASV Wuppertal 12 13 14 Rhenania Richterich 15 RSV Meerbeck Moers 14 16 Westwacht Aachen 17 Borussia Brand 15 FC Niederempt 16 Source:"Oberliga Nordrhein". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. http://www.f-archiv.de/. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ♦ denotes club played in a league higher than the Oberliga.
- The FC Remscheid was originally named BV Lüttringhausen, changed its name to BVL Remscheid and merged in 1990 with VfB Remscheid to form FCR.
- Viktoria Köln merged with SC Brück in 1994 to form Preußen Köln but reverted back to its old name Viktoria in 2002.
- In 1996, SC Jülich 1910 withdrew from the league.
- In 1998, KFC Uerdingen II withdrew from the league.
- In 2004, Wuppertaler SV merged with Borussia Wuppertal to form Wuppertaler SV Borussia.
- In 2005, Adler Osterfeld withdrew from the league.
Founding Members of the Oberliga Nordrhein
The Oberliga started in 1978 with 18 clubs from two regions and the 2nd Bundesliga.
From the 2nd Bundesliga Nord:
- 1. FC Bocholt
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen
From the Verbandsliga Niederrhein:
- Olympia Bocholt
- Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
- VfB Remscheid
- TuS Xanten
- 1. FC Viersen
- ASV Wuppertal
- RSV Meerbeck
From the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein:
- Viktoria Köln
- SV Baesweiler 09
- Bonner SC
- 1. FC Köln II
- SC Jülich 1910
- TuS Langerwehe
- SV Siegburg 04
- FC Niederembt
- FV Bad Honnef
- Borussia Brand
Disbanding of the league
At the end of the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga Nordrhein was disbanded and its clubs distributed to various leagues according to the seasons final standings:
To the Regionalliga West:
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II
- Bayer Leverkusen II
- 1. FC Köln II
- 1. FC Kleve
To the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen:
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen
- SSVg Velbert
- MSV Duisburg II
- Germania Dattenfeld
- Alemannia Aachen II
- Bonner SC
- Fortuna Düsseldorf II
To the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein:
- SSG Bergisch Gladbach
To the Verbandsliga Niederrhein:
- Wuppertaler SV II
- VfB Homberg
- KFC Uerdingen 05
- TuRU Düsseldorf
- VfB Speldorf
- SV Straelen
References
- ^ Weltfussball.de - Final standings of the Oberliga Nordrhein accessed: 28 May 2008
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
- Kicker Almanach, (German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
External links
- (German) Das deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables
- (German) Niederrhein Football Association (FVN)
- (German) Mittelrhein Football Association (FVM)
German Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) Football Clubs (2007–08) Alemannia Aachen II · SSG Bergisch Gladbach · Bonner SC · Germania Dattenfeld · MSV Duisburg II · Fortuna Düsseldorf II · TuRU Düsseldorf · Schwarz-Weiss Essen · VfB Homberg · 1. FC Kleve · 1. FC Köln II · Bayer 04 Leverkusen II · Borussia Mönchengladbach II · VfB Speldorf · SV Straelen · KFC Uerdingen 05 · SSVg Velbert · Wuppertaler SV Borussia IIGerman level-V football leagues Current Oberligas Future Oberligas (2012) Defunct Oberligas Amateur-Oberliga Berlin · Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost · Oberliga Niedersachsen-West · Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein · Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen · NOFV-Oberliga Mitte · Oberliga Nord · Oberliga Nordrhein · Oberliga WestfalenCategories:- Organizations disestablished in 2008
- Defunct Oberligas
- North Rhine-Westphalia football competitions
- 1978 establishments in Germany
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