Regionalliga West (1963-74)

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Regionalliga West
Founded
1963
Disbanded
1974
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany: Position of Nordrhein-Westfalen highlighted
State
Flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen
Promotion To
Bundesliga
Relegation To
Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
Verbandsliga Niederrhein
Verbandsliga Westfalen 1
Verbandsliga Westfalen 2
Number of Seasons
11
Replaced by
2nd Bundesliga Nord
Level on Pyramid
Level 2
Last Champions 1973-74
SG Wattenscheid 09

The Regionalliga West was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, the most populos state of Germany.

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[edit] Overview

The league started out in 1963 with 20 teams in the league, which was reduced to 18 the year after.

It was formed from the eleven clubs of the Oberliga West which did not get admitted to the new Bundesliga and from the top nine clubs of the 2nd Oberliga West. The Regionalliga West was as such a continuation of the Oberliga West under a different name and a tier lower.

Along with the Regionalliga West 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.

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 orignially four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.

The bottom teams in a varying amount were relegated to the Verbandsligas. Below the Regionalliga West were the following Verbandsligas:

The Schwarz-Weiß Essen is the only club to have played in all eleven seasons of the Regionalliga West.

[edit] Disbanding of the Regionalliga West

The league was dissolved in 1974. According to their performance of the last couple of seasons, 11 clubs of the Regionalliga went to the new 2nd Bundesliga Nord. The seven remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The teams admitted to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord were:

The following teams were relegated to the Amateurligas:

[edit] Re-formation of the Regionalliga West

In 1994 the Regionalligas were re-established, after 20 years, this time as the third tier of German Football. The new Regionalliga West/Südwest was a merger of the two old Regionalligas Südwest and West. In 2000 this league was disbanded again and it's clubs spread over the Regionalligas Süd and Nord.

In 2008, the Regionalliga West will reform again, covering the same territory as the Regionalliga West/Südwest did but now called West only. It will then be the fourth tier of football in Germany.

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

1964 Alemannia Aachen                        Wuppertaler SV
1965 Borussia Mönchengladbach                Alemannia Aachen
1966 Fortuna Düsseldorf                      Rot-Weiss Essen
1967 Alemannia Aachen                        Schwarz-Weiss Essen
1968 Bayer Leverkusen                        Rot-Weiss Essen
1969 Rot-Weiss Oberhausen                    Rot-Weiss Essen
1970 VfL Bochum                              Arminia Bielefeld
1971 VfL Bochum                              Fortuna Düsseldorf
1972 Wuppertaler SV                          Rot-Weiss Essen
1973 Rot-Weiss Essen                         Fortuna Köln
1974 SG Wattenscheid 09                      Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

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

The Alemannia Aachen (1964, 1967, 1999), SG Wattenscheid 09 (1974, 1997), Rot-Weiss Oberhausen (1969, 1998) and Rot-Weiss Essen (1973, 2004, 2006) all have won the old and the new Regionalliga.

[edit] Placings in the Regionalliga West 1963 to 1974

Club 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74
Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
VfL Bochum 12 4 5 3 1 1 ♦ ♦ ♦
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 3 1 ♦ 6 4 4 2 ♦ ♦ ♦
Wuppertaler SV 2 6 5 7 15 5 3 3 1 ♦ ♦
Rot-Weiß Essen 10 7 2 ♦ 2 2 ♦ ♦ 2 1 ♦
Fortuna Köln 16 13 14 4 3 2 ♦
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 7 4 4 6 3 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2
Borussia Dortmund ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 6
Arminia Bielefeld 11 5 10 3 4 7 2 ♦ ♦ 11 14
Alemannia Aachen 1 2 3 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ 6 4 6 7
Preußen Münster ♦ 8 6 9 13 14 7 9 11 13 5
SG Wattenscheid 09 8 13 12 5 1
Bayer Uerdingen 7 3 3
1. FC Mülheim 8 4
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 13 9 7 2 7 6 5 11 5 12 8
DJK Gütersloh 10 8 13 9 9
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 10
SpVgg Erkenschwick 15 15 6 10 11
Spfr. Siegen 18 7 12
Arminia Gütersloh 9 16 13
Union Solingen 15
STV Horst-Emscher 15 17 18 16
Westfalia Herne 6 12 15 11 17 12 14 15 17
Viktoria Köln 5 10 9 13 10 16 12 10 17 18
Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 13 16 12 14 18 5 10 14*
Bayer Leverkusen 12 16 14 10 1 8 11 7 8 17
Lüner SV 20 8 10 6 14 15 18
VfR Neuß 8 12 9 9 16 16
VfL Klafeld 18
Bonner SC 17 15 13 17
Spfr. Hamborn 07 14 14 8 5 9 11 16 18
SSVg Velbert 17
TSV Marl-Hüls 4 15 13 14 11 12 18
Eintracht Duisburg 9* 11 11 18 17
VfB Bottrop 17 17 18
SSV Hagen 15
Hammer SpVg 16
Homberger SV 18
SpVgg Herten 16
Duisburg 48/99 19*

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

  • ♦ denotes club played in the Bundesliga.
  • Duisburger SV and Duisburg 48/99 merged in 1964 to form Eintracht Duisburg.
  • In 1973, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen merged with STV Horst-Emscher, calling itself STV Eintracht Gelsenkirchen until 1978, then STV Horst-Emscher again.

[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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