Oberliga West (1947-63)

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Oberliga West
Founded
1947
Disbanded
1963
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany: Position of the Oberliga West highlighted
State
Flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen
Relegation To
2nd Oberliga West
Number of Seasons
16
Replaced by
Bundesliga
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Last Champions 1962-63
1. FC Köln


The Oberliga West was the highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populos state of Germany.

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[edit] Overview

The league was created in 1947 as the highest level of football in the newly created state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, then part of the British occupation zone. It replaced the various Gauligas, which had existed until 1945 in the region:

The league was, together with the Oberliga Nord, the last of the five Oberligas to be formed, the other four being:

The Oberliga West was formed from thirteen clubs from the Landesligas Niederrhein, Mittelrhein and Westfalen. The Landesligas remained the second tier of football in the West until 1949, when the 2nd Oberliga West was formed.

With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner and runners-up of the Oberliga West went on to the finals tournament with the other Oberliga champions. The Oberliga West, together with the Oberliga Süd, were the strongest of the five Oberligas, winning six German titles each in the Oberliga period from 1948 to 1963.

[edit] Founding members of the Oberliga West

[edit] Disbanding of the Oberliga

With the introduction of the Bundesliga, five teams from the Oberliga West were admitted to the new Bundesliga. The remaining clubs went to the new Regionalliga West, one of five new second divisions.

The teams admitted to the Bundesliga were:

The following teams from the Oberliga went to the new Regionalliga:

[edit] Winners and runners-up of the Oberliga West

1948 Borussia Dortmund                      Spfr. Katernberg
1949 Borussia Dortmund                      Rot-Weiß Essen
1950 Borussia Dortmund                      Preußen Dellbrück 
1951 FC Schalke 04                          Preußen Münster
1952 Rot-Weiß Essen                         FC Schalke 04
1953 Borussia Dortmund                      1. FC Köln       
1954 1.FC Köln                              Rot-Weiß Essen
1955 Rot-Weiß Essen                         SV Sodingen
1956 Borussia Dortmund                      FC Schalke 04
1957 Borussia Dortmund                      Duisburger SV
1958 FC Schalke 04                          1. FC Köln       
1959 Westfalia Herne                        1. FC Köln       
1960 1. FC Köln                             Westfalia Herne
1961 1. FC Köln                             Borussia Dortmund
1962 1. FC Köln                             FC Schalke 04
1963 1. FC Köln                             Borussia Dortmund

Source:Oberliga West. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.

Bold denotes team went on to win German championship.

[edit] Placings & overall table of the Oberliga West 1947 to 1963

Club 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Seasons Games GF GA Points
Borussia Dortmund 1 1 1 3 4 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 3 2 8 2 16 506 1243 738 654
1. FC Köln 5 4 5 2 1 8 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 14 463 1097 657 591
FC Schalke 04 6 12 6 1 2 6 3 6 2 4 1 11 4 3 2 6 16 495 1051 753 587
Alemannia Aachen 9 8 12 15 3 5 9 11 3 5 3 10 9 8 11 5 16 469 847 853 484
Rot-Weiß Essen 2 3 6 1 3 2 1 5 8 7 6 6 15 13 399 802 604 470
Preußen Münster 4 8 2 7 7 4 9 12 13 6 7 10 9 7 4 15 451 810 764 466
Fortuna Düsseldorf 7 11 5 12 9 10 7 6 6 8 3 15 9 13 14 408 763 725 405
MSV Duisburg 8 4 11 15 7 4 8 8 11 5 3 11 330 546 517 343
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 5 5 11 13 11 12 13 4 3 10 10 288 439 468 290
Westfalia Herne 13 13 11 12 1 2 5 6 14 9 280 481 461 284
Duisburger SV 10 16 4 4 2 10 9 5 13 16 10 303 447 558 276
SV Hamborn 07 4 6 9 7 16 16 16 12 7 12 12 11 319 439 590 264
Borussia Mönchengladbach 14 14 12 14 11 16 13 14 6 13 11 11 331 503 762 263
Preussen Dellbrück* 11 2 8 9 8 13 10 14 12 9 268 425 483 255
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 11 13 6 12 8 15 16 4 7 9 270 463 471 252
SV Sodingen 11 14 2 9 14 13 15 14 15 9 277 404 479 240
STV Horst-Emscher 3 3 4 10 13 12 16 16 8 230 383 475 202
VfL Bochum 8 16 10 14 4 11 16 7 210 331 374 193
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 10 7 3 15 9 6 180 298 337 175
Viktoria Köln 9 14 7 10 10 8 6 180 366 415 166
SpVgg Erkenschwick 8 9 7 11 14 16 6 168 267 343 143
Sportfreunde Katernberg 2 13 12 10 15 5 139 251 308 124
Wuppertaler SV* 10 9 15 15 4 120 173 240 100
Rheydter SV 9 15 15 3 90 150 221 71
TSV Marl-Hüls 12 14 16 3 90 130 212 65
TSG Vohwinkel* 10 7 14 3 78 116 161 63
Rhenania Würselen 10 13 2 54 78 100 47
VfR Köln* 12 1 24 23 43 17
Arminia Bielefeld 15 1 30 32 72 17
FV Duisburg 08 16 1 30 29 66 14
VfL Witten 13 1 24 30 56 13

Source:All-time table Oberliga West. Clas Glenning. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.

  • Table includes results from the finals rounds of the German championship.
  • Preussen Dellbrück merged with SC Rapid Köln in 1957 to form Viktoria Köln. SC Rapid Köln was itself a merger club, incooperating VfR Köln.
  • SSV Wuppertal and TSG Vohwinkel merged in 1954 to form Wuppertaler SV.

[edit] External links

Das deutsche Fussball Archiv

Oberliga West at Fussballdaten.de

[edit] References

"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
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