Regionalliga Berlin (1963-74)
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| Regionalliga Berlin |
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| Founded |
| 1963 |
| Disbanded |
| 1974 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| State |
 Berlin |
| Promotion To |
| Bundesliga |
| Relegation To |
| Amateurliga Berlin |
| Number of Seasons |
| 11 |
| Replaced by |
| 2nd Bundesliga Nord |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 2 |
| Last Champions 1973-74 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin |
The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligas.
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[edit] Overview
The Regionalliga Berlin started out in 1963 with 10 teams in the league. From 1965 the league was expanded to 16 clubs. In 1969-70 the league played with 14 clubs and after that always with 12.
It was formed from the clubs of the Oberliga Berlin which finished second to eights and the first three clubs of the Amateurliga Berlin. The last winner of the Oberliga Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, was promoted to the new Bundesliga and the bottom two teams of the Oberliga were relegated to the Amateurliga. The Regionalliga Berlin was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Berlin under a different name and a tier lower.
Along with the Regionalliga Berlin went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:
- Regionalliga West, covering the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Regionalliga Süd, covering the state of Bayern, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg
- Regionalliga Nord, covering the states of Hamburg, Bremen, Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein
- Regionalliga Südwest, covering the states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
The new Regionalligas were formed along the borders of the old post-2nd World War Oberligas, not after a balanced regional system. Therefore the Oberligas Berlin and West covered small but populos areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anachronism, neither large nor populos.
The winners and runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion play-off to the Bundesliga, which was staged in two groups of originally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.
The bottom team was relegated to the Amateurliga. Below the Regionalliga Berlin was the Amateurliga Berlin.
The Tennis Borussia Berlin, Blau-Weiss 90 Berlin, Wacker 04 Berlin, Spandauer SV and Hertha Zehlendorf all played every season of the Regionalliga Berlin.
[edit] Disbanding of the Regionalliga Nord
The league was dissolved in 1974. Originally two clubs from the Regionalliga Berlin were to be integrated in the new 2nd Bundesliga Nord, however, the Regionalliga champion Tennis Borussia Berlin won promotion to the Bundesliga and therefore only Wacker 04 Berlin was admitted into the new second division. The other ten teams in the league went to the new Oberliga Berlin.
[edit] Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Berlin[1]
1964 Tasmania 1900 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1965 Tennis Borussia Berlin Spandauer SV 1966 Hertha BSC Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1967 Hertha BSC Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1968 Hertha BSC Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin 1969 Hertha Zehlendorf Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1970 Hertha Zehlendorf Tennis Borussia Berlin 1971 Tasmania 1900 Berlin Wacker 04 Berlin 1972 Wacker 04 Berlin Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1973 Blau-Weiss 90 Berlin Wacker 04 Berlin 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin Wacker 04 Berlin
Bold denotes team went on to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.
- In 1965, Tasmania 1900 Berlin was promoted to Bundesliga even so they only finished third in the Regionalliga. This was due to the fact that Hertha BSC was demoted from the Bundesliga for breach of rules, Tennis Borussia having failed in the promotion play-offs and Spandauer SV declining promotion. The DFB still wished to have a representativ for Berlin in the league and elevated Tasmania 1900 insted.
- Te Be is the only team from Berlin to have won the old Regionalliga (1965, 1974) and the new (1996, 1998) one.
[edit] Placings in the Regionalliga Berlin 1963 to 1974
| Club | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
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| Hertha BSC Berlin | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 1 | 3 | ♦ | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4* | |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Hertha Zehlendorf | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| SC Westend 01 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Rapide Wedding | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 1. FC Neukölln | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | ||
| BSV 1892 Berlin | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |
| BBC Südost | 9 | ||||||||||
| Spandauer SV | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| BFC Preußen Berlin | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| Alemannia 90 Berlin | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| Rot-Weiß Neukölln | 12 | ||||||||||
| TuS Wannsee | 9 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||
| Meteor 06 Berlin | 12 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||
| SC Staaken | 6 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| VfL Nord | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
| Kickers 1900 Berlin | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | |||||||
| Spfr. Neukölln | 15 | 14 | |||||||||
| BFC Südring | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 13 | |||||
| Reinickendorfer Füchse | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 16 | |||||
| VfB Hermsdorf | 12 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||
| Lichterfelder SU | 13 | 16 | |||||||||
| SC Tegel | 14 | ||||||||||
| SC Gatow | 15 | ||||||||||
| Viktoria 89 Berlin | 9 | 16 | |||||||||
| Union 06 Berlin | 10 |
Source:Regionalliga Berlin. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ♦ denotes club played in the Bundesliga.
- Tasmania 1900 Berlin went bankrupt in 1973 but reformed as Tasmania 1973.
[edit] External links
Regionalligas 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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