Regionalliga Südwest (1963-74)

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Regionalliga Südwest
Founded
1963
Disbanded
1974
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany:Position of Regionalliga Südwest highlighted
States
Flag of Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz
Flag of Saarland Saarland
Promotion To
Bundesliga
Relegation To
Amateurliga Rheinland
Amateurliga Saarland
Amateurliga Südwest
Number of Seasons
11
Replaced by
2nd Bundesliga Süd
Level on Pyramid
Level 2
Last Champions 1973-74
Borussia Neunkirchen

The Regionalliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states of Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz.

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[edit] Overview

Along with the Regionalliga Südwest went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:

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. It was basically a remainder of the former French occupation zone.

Originally only the winners, later also runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion play-off to the Bundesliga, which was staged in two groups of origanally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.

The bottom three teams were relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the Regionalliga Südwest were the following Amateurligas:

The FSV Mainz 05, VfR Wormatia Worms, FK Pirmasens, SV Röchling Völklingen, Südwest Ludwigshafen and TuS Neuendorf all played every one of the eleven seasons of the Regionalliga Südwest.

[edit] Disbanding of the Regionalliga Südwest

The league was dissolved in 1974. According to their performance of the last couple of seasons, seven clubs of the Regionalliga went to the new 2nd Bundesliga Süd. The nine remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The teams admitted to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd were:

Relegated clubs:

[edit] Re-creation of the Regionalliga

In 1994 the Regionalligas were reintroduced, this time as the third tier of German Football. The teams from the southwest were however integrated into the new Regionalliga West/Südwest with the clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen. In 2000, when the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two, the south western clubs moved to the Regionalliga Süd. In 2008, with the introduction of the 3rd Liga the southwestern clubs will again move, into the new Regionalliga West and again be with the teams from Nordrhein-Westfalen.

[edit] Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest[1]

1964 Borussia Neunkirchen                FK Pirmasens
1965 1. FC Saarbrücken                   VfR Wormatia Worms
1966 FK Pirmasens                        1. FC Saarbrücken                   
1967 Borussia Neunkirchen                1. FC Saarbrücken                   
1968 SV Alsenborn                        TuS Neuendorf
1969 SV Alsenborn                        TuS Neuendorf
1970 SV Alsenborn                        FK Pirmasens 
1971 Borussia Neunkirchen                FK Pirmasens
1972 Borussia Neunkirchen                SV Röchling Völklingen
1973 FSV Mainz 05                        SV Röchling Völklingen
1974 Borussia Neunkirchen                1. FC Saarbrücken

Bold denotes team went on to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.

  • The Borussia Neunkirchen holds the record for league wins in any of the five Regionalligas, having one Südwest five times.
  • The 1. FC Saarbrücken is the only southwest team to have won the old (1965) and new (1996) Regionalliga.

[edit] Placings in the Regionalliga Südwest 1963 to 1974

Club 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74
Borussia Neunkirchen 1 ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ 5 4 1 1 5 1
1. FC Saarbrücken ♦ 1 2 2 5 3 6 4 12 13 2
FC 08 Homburg 11 10 9 14 8 9 7 3
SV Röchling Völklingen 13 14 8 9 7 12 13 10 2 2 4
FSV Mainz 05 4 11 3 4 4 13 12 7 4 1 5
VfR Wormatia Worms 3 2 5 13 12 8 11 12 7 4 6
Eintracht Kreuznach 7
FK Pirmasens 2 7 1 6 3 4 2 2 6 3 8
ASV Landau 19 7 9 8 6 9
SV Alsenborn 9 8 1 1 1 5 3 8 10
Südwest Ludwigshafen 9* 5 11 7 6 7 3 3 10 9 11
TuS Neuendorf 11 6 4 14 2 2 8 6 5 11 12
VfB Theley 16 10 13
Spfr. Eisbachtal 14 14
FV Speyer 11 5 14 11 12 15
FC Ensdorf 16
Eintracht Trier 5 3 13 5 8 10 10 11 13 15
Phönix Bellheim 17 10 12 15 14 16
VfR Frankenthal 15 12 7 12 13 15 13 15
SpVgg Andernach 16
Saar 05 Saarbrücken 6 4 6 10 9 6 9 15
SpVgg Weisenau 14 9 10 3 11 14 15
SC Friedrichsthal 14 16
FC Landsweiler 16
SC Ludwigshafen 10 8 14 15
SSV Mülheim 16
Germania Metternich 18 16
BSC Oppau 16 13 15
TSC Zweibrücken 18 15 16
Spfr. Saarbrücken 8 16
VfR Kaiserslautern 7 17
TuRa Ludwigshafen 12*
SV Niederlahnstein 20

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

  • ♦ denotes club played in the Bundesliga.
  • TuRa Ludwigshafen merged with Phönix Ludwigshafen in 1964 to form Südwest Ludwigshafen.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine


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Regionalliga
Current Regionalligas: Regionalliga Nord  · Regionalliga Süd  · Regionalliga West
Defunct Regionalligas: Regionalliga Berlin  · Regionalliga Nord  · Regionalliga Süd  · Regionalliga Südwest  · Regionalliga West  · Regionalliga West/Südwest  · Regionalliga Nordost
League system: German football league system