Regionalliga West/Südwest

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Regionalliga West/Südwest
Founded
1994
Disbanded
2000
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany: Position of the Regionalliga West/Südwest highlighted
States
Flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen
Flag of Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz
Flag of Saarland Saarland
Promotion To
2nd Bundesliga
Relegation To
Oberliga Südwest
Oberliga Nordrhein
Oberliga Westfalen
Number of Seasons
6
Replaced by
Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Süd
Level on Pyramid
Level 3
Last Champions 1999-2000
1. FC Saarbrücken

The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.

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[edit] Overview

The Regionalliga West/Südwest was formed in 1994 to form a regional third level of play between the 2nd Bundesliga and the Oberligas Westfalen, Nordrhein and Südwest. The league was made up of 18 clubs, with six each from the three regions it covered. It was formed alongside three other Regionalligas, the Regionalliga Nord, Nordost and Süd.

The founding members were:

From the 2nd Bundesliga:

From the Oberliga Westfalen:

From the Oberliga Nordrhein:

From the Oberliga Südwest:

The league varied the number of clubs it contained, 18 in the first season 1995, 19 the next year, 18 again in 1997 and 1998, 17 in 1999 and 20 in its last season.

The league winner was always promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga and in two seasons the runners-up also was. The regulation on which of the runners-up of the four Regionalligas went up ment that promotion was allocated in an alternating way. After 1995, it gave the runners-up a chance to gain promotion too via a play-off.

The league only existed for six seasons. In 2000, the numbers of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two which ment that most clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen, with the exeption of the Sportfreunde Siegen, went to the Regionalliga Nord. The clubs from Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland went to the Regionalliga Süd.

In 2008, the number of Regionalligas will be expanded from two to three and there will be a new Regionalliga West which will cover excactly the area the old Regionalliga West/Südwest did, but will then be the fourth tier of German football.

[edit] Disbanding of the Regionalliga West/Südwest

When the league was disconntinued in 2000, the first two clubs in the league went to the 2nd Bundesliga, clubs placed third to twelveth moved to the two remaining Regionalligas, seven to the north and three to the south. The other eight league teams were relegated down to the Oberligas.

To the Regionalliga Nord:

To the Regionalliga Süd:

The Sportfreunde Siegen were the oddity in this distribution, being from the state of Nordrhein-Wetsfalen which had all its clubs in the northern group except the Sportfreunde. The reason for this was the fact that Siegen is in the far south of the state.

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

Season Winner Runner-Up
1994-95 Arminia Bielefeld SC Verl
1995-96 FC Gütersloh Rot-Weiß Essen
1996-97 SG Wattenscheid 09 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1997-98 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Sportfreunde Siegen
1998-99 Alemannia Aachen Eintracht Trier
1999-2000 1. FC Saarbrücken LR Ahlen

Source:Regionalliga West/Südwest. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.

  • All league winners promoted.
  • In 1996 and 2000, Rot-Weiß Essen and LR Ahlen were also promoted as runners-up.

[edit] Placings in the Regionalliga West/Südwest 1994 to 2000

Club 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
1. FC Saarbrücken II BL 7 3 4 5 1
Alemannia Aachen 6 6 11 7 1 II BL
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 8 2 1 II BL II BL
SG Wattenscheid 09 II BL II BL 1 II BL II BL 4
FC Gütersloh 1 II BL II BL II BL 20
Arminia Bielefeld 1 II BL BL BL II BL BL
LR Ahlen 4 6 6 2
Sportfreunde Siegen 2 3 3
Eintracht Trier 7 15 9 5 2 5
Fortuna Düsseldorf II BL BL BL II BL II BL 6
Rot-Weiß Essen 4 2 II BL 17 7
Preußen Münster 10 9 5 8 4 8
SC Verl 2 10 7 10 10 9
Borussia Dortmund II 14 10
KFC Uerdingen 05 BL BL II BL II BL II BL 11
SV Elversberg 18 12 12
SC Paderborn 07 9 5 10 9 7 13
1. FC Kaiserslautern II 16 11 11 14
VfL Bochum II 15
Bayer Leverkusen II 9 16
FK Pirmasens 17
SC Idar-Oberstein 18
FSV Salmrohr 3 13 14 14 15 19
Wuppertaler SV 5 4 6 12 8
FC Homburg II BL 3 8 3 13
SpVgg Erkenschwick 11 11 13 15 16
FC Remscheid 15 13 17
Bonner SC 12 19 16
Germania Teveren 12 18
SC Hauenstein 15 14 16
1. FC Bocholt 13 12 17
SG Wattenscheid 09 II 14 17
Borussia Neunkirchen 8 18
Preußen Köln 16
SV Edenkoben 17
VfB Wissen 18

Source:Regionalliga West/Südwest. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.

  • BL denotes club played in the Bundesliga.
  • II BL denotes club played in the 2nd Bundesliga.
  • In 1999, Wuppertaler SV and FC Homburg were relegated for financial reasosns.

[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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