Oberliga Südwest (1945-63)

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Oberliga Südwest
Founded
1945
Disbanded
1963
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany:Position of Oberliga Südwest highlighted
States
Flag of Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz
Flag of Saarland Saarland
Relegation To
2nd Oberliga Südwest
Number of Seasons
18
Replaced by
Bundesliga
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Last Champions 1962-63
1. FC Kaiserslautern

The Oberliga Südwest was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.

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[edit] Overview

The league was introduced as the highest level of football in the French occupation zone in 1945, replacing the Gauligas as such. As was the French occupation zone, the Oberliga was split into a northern and a southern zone. The northern zone continued till 1963 to form the Oberliga Südwest while the southern zone was integrated into the Oberliga Süd in 1950. Up until then, the champion of the Oberliga was determind by a home-and-away final between the two group winners.

The clubs in the Oberliga Süd came from the following Gauligas:

In addition to the Oberliga Südwest, four other Oberligas were formed in Germany in the 1940s.

Next to the Oberliga Berlin, the Oberliga Südwest was the smallest of the five Oberligas. Considering this, it is still imprssive that it won two German titles through the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, led by the German captain Fritz Walter, still a legend in Kaiserslautern and Germany.

Set below the Oberliga were originally the Amateurligas. In 1951 the 2nd Oberliga Südwest was formed to fit in between.

With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner and runners-up of the Oberliga Südwest went on to the finals tournament with the other Oberliga champions.

In 1950, the southern group of the Oberliga Südwest was disbaned and it's clubs joined the Southern German Football Association.

From 1948 to 1951 the clubs from the Saarland did not take part in the Oberliga Südwest, playing their own competition instead. The 1. FC Saarbrücken even took part in the French second division in 1948-49, winning the division but being refused further participation.[1]

The 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfR Wormatia Worms and FSV Mainz 05 took part in all of the 18 seasons of the Oberliga Südwest.

In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was reformed, as the third tier of German football, but still covering the same region. From the clubs that played the last season in 1963, the FSV Mainz 05, FK Pirmasens, Südwest Ludwigshafen, TuS Neuendorf and Eintracht Bad Kreuznach also saw the first new season of the league.

[edit] Founding members of the Oberliga Südwest (northern group)

[edit] Disbanding of the Oberliga

With the introduction of the Bundesliga, two teams from the Oberliga Südwest were admitted to the new Bundesliga. The remaining clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest together with six clubs from the 2nd Oberliga Südwest, one of five new second divisions.

While the admittance of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern as the most prolific team of the Oberliga and champion of 1963 was only logic, the pick of the 1. FC Saarbrücken was more than dubious, having only finished 5th in the Oberliga that year and coming in below the other Saarland side, Borussia Neunkirchen.

[edit] Winners and runners-up of the Oberliga Südwest[2]

1946 1. FC Saarbrücken
1947 1. FC Kaiserslautern             VfL Konstanz
1948 1. FC Kaiserslautern             FC Rastatt 04
1949 1. FC Kaiserslautern             Freiburger FC
1950 1. FC Kaiserslautern             SSV Reutlingen
1951 1. FC Kaiserslautern             VfR Wormatia Worms
1952 1. FC Saarbrücken                TuS Neuendorf
1953 1. FC Kaiserslautern             TuS Neuendorf
1954 1. FC Kaiserslautern             FK Pirmasens
1955 1. FC Kaiserslautern             VfR Wormatia Worms
1956 1. FC Kaiserslautern             TuS Neuendorf
1957 1. FC Kaiserslautern             1. FC Saarbrücken
1958 FK Pirmasens                     1. FC Kaiserslautern             
1959 FK Pirmasens                     Borussia Neunkirchen
1960 FK Pirmasens                     Borussia Neunkirchen
1961 1. FC Saarbrücken                Borussia Neunkirchen
1962 Borussia Neunkirchen             FK Pirmasens                     
1963 1. FC Kaiserslautern             Borussia Neunkirchen

Bold denotes team went on to win German championship.

[edit] Placings & overall table of the Oberliga Südwest 1945 to 1963

  • Northern group only.
Club 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Seasons Games GF GA Points
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 4 4 1 18 498 1870 579 784
FK Pirmasens 6 7 4 4 3 5 7 2 5 4 8 1 1 1 3 2 3 17 484 1209 707 641
VfR Wormatia Worms 4 2 5 2 2 2 4 4 11 2 11 9 5 14 7 7 5 4 18 498 1152 802 591
1. FC Saarbrücken * 1 3 2 SL SL SL 1 3 5 3 3 2 8 4 3 1 3 5 15 418 1125 595 573
TuS Neuendorf 7 3 3 3 5 2 2 3 4 2 6 11 15 11 12 10 16 450 1066 719 532
Borussia Neunkirchen * 3 6 4 SL SL SL 7 6 8 10 6 5 3 2 2 2 1 2 15 418 1009 633 519
FSV Mainz 05 10 4 8 8 11 12 10 8 7 14 10 10 6 11 12 5 10 12 18 498 802 1078 432
Phönix Ludwigshafen 7 5 10 6 5 4 8 12 6 6 7 4 4 5 4 10 16 17 418 843 834 386
Eintracht Trier 7 12 6 6 13 10 11 12 12 14 8 14 13 15 14 410 630 852 348
Saar 05 Saarbrücken * 9 SL SL SL 9 4 9 9 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 12 356 660 723 337
TuRa Ludwigshafen 10 9 5 12 7 16 10 13 8 9 6 8 12 356 570 681 324
VfR Frankenthal 5 13 9 8 5 3 12 7 11 15 11 11 318 518 610 297
VfR Kaiserslautern 9 9 12 11 14 12 13 13 15 15 14 13 12 356 520 777 269
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach 11 15 13 8 11 7 10 13 12 13 15 11 326 480 702 262
Spfr. Saarbrücken * SL SL SL 16 16 6 10 6 8 6 7 210 362 488 175
FV Speyer 10 13 15 14 13 12 16 7 210 287 447 157
VfL Neustadt 6 5 7 8 14 5 135 213 292 133
Ludwigshafener SC 6 14 7 7 4 120 200 205 121
FV Engers 10 7 11 15 15 5 146 264 378 116
SpVgg Andernach 14 11 8 14 14 15 6 166 257 452 102
BSC Oppau 10 14 11 14 4 114 156 279 78
ASV Landau 6 13 15 3 86 103 236 61
SV Weisenau 9 13 16 16 4 114 172 365 57
VfR Kirn 16 14 16 3 90 117 276 48
FSV Trier-Kürenz 8 13 12 15 4 94 99 353 41
SV Niederlahnstein 16 16 2 60 59 219 20
SV St. Ingbert 16 1 30 42 106 16
SG Gonsenheim 11 13 2 50 47 205 16
Hassia Bingen 9 16 2 48 59 213 14
1. FC Idar 8 1 18 31 74 11
SV Röchling Völklingen * 12 SL SL SL 1 26 31 89 10

Source:Oberliga Südwest. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.

Source:Overall table Oberliga Südwest. FSV Mainz 05. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.

  • * denotes clubs from Saarland, which did not take part in the competition from 1948 to 1951.

[edit] Placings in the Oberliga Südwest (southern group) 1946 to 1950

Club 1947 1948 1949 1950
SSV Reutlingen 2 7 6 1
SV Tübingen 2 2
Freiburger FC 5 1 3
FC Singen 04 3 4 4
VfL Konstanz 1 4 8 5
FV Kuppenheim 6
TV Ebingen 7
FC Rastatt 04 5 1 5 8
FC 08 Villingen 3 9
FV Lahr 10
FV Offenburg 4 2 12 11
SC Freiburg 7 9 9 12
VfL Schwenningen 6 6 7 13
VfB Friedrichshafen 3 8 10 14
SV Trossingen 11 15
SV Hechingen 16
TG Biberach 8 10 11
SV Laupheim 12

Source:Oberliga Südwest. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.

  • Until 1949, clubs in this league were not permitted to carry their pre-war name. Names given are the ones carried after 1949.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ France - List of Final Tables Second Level
  2. ^ "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine


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Oberliga 1945 to 1963
Oberligas: Oberliga Berlin  · Oberliga Nord  · Oberliga Süd  · Oberliga Südwest  · Oberliga West
Replaced by: Bundesliga  · 2nd Bundesliga  · Regionalliga