2. Oberliga Südwest

2. Oberliga Südwest

Founded	1951
Folded	1963 (12 seasons)
Replaced by	Regionalliga Südwest
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland
Level on pyramid	Level 2
Promotion to	Oberliga Südwest
Relegation to	Amateurliga Rheinland Amateurliga Saarland Amateurliga Südwest
Last champions	Phönix Ludwigshafen (1962–63)

The 2. Oberliga Südwest (English: 2nd Premier league Southwest) was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1951 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

Overview

The 2. Oberliga Südwest was formed in 1951 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest which had been operating from 1945. It was the last of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2. Oberliga West (1949) and 2. Oberliga Süd (1950).

The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Südwest, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2. Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:

• Rheinland (split into two groups from 1956 to 1963)
• Saarland
• Südwest

The TSC Zweibrücken was the only club to play all twelve seasons in the league.

Disbanding of the 2. Oberliga

In 1963 the league was dissolved. Six of its clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest, the new second division. The other ten teams were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:

• Phönix Ludwigshafen
• Eintracht Trier
• SpVgg Weisenau
• Phönix Bellheim
• SV Röchling Völklingen
• TSC Zweibrücken

The following teams were relegated to the Amateurliga:

• Saarland: SC Friedrichsthal, SV Ludweiler, VfB Theley, SV St. Ingbert
• Rheinland: VfB Wissen, Germania Metternich, FV Engers 07
• Südwest: FV Speyer, FSV Schifferstadt, BFV Hassia Bingen

Winners and runners-up of the 2. Oberliga Südwest

The winners and runners-up of the league:

Season	Winner	Runner-Up
1951–52	VfR Kirn	FV Speyer
1952–53	ASV Landau	VfR Frankenthal
1953–54	Sportfreunde Saarbrücken	Eintracht Kreuznach
1954–55	SpVgg Andernach	FV Engers
1955–56	Sportfreunde Saarbrücken	FV Speyer
1956–57	SV St. Ingbert	TuRa Ludwigshafen
1957–58	SpVgg Weisenau	Sportfreunde Saarbrücken
1958–59	VfR Kaiserslautern	SC Ludwigshafen
1959–60	SV Niederlahnstein	TuS Neuendorf
1960–61	VfR Kaiserslautern	BSC Oppau
1961–62	SV Niederlahnstein	VfR Frankenthal
1962–63	Phönix Ludwigshafen	Eintracht Trier

Placings in the 2. Oberliga Südwest

The league placings from 1951 to 1963:

Club	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach	S	5	2	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
TuRa Ludwigshafen	S	S	S	S	S	2	S	S	S	S	S	S
Sportfreunde Saarbrücken		13	1	S	1	S	2	S	S	S	S	S
SC Ludwigshafen	7	10	3	9	9	15		2	S	S	S	S
TuS Neuendorf	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	2	S	S	S
VfR Kaiserslautern	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	1	S	1	S	S
BSC Oppau			13	6	10	4	12	6	3	2	S	S
SV Niederlahnstein						9	4	14	1	S	1	S
VfR Frankenthal	S	2	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	2	S
Phönix Ludwigshafen	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	1
Eintracht Trier	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	2
SpVgg Weisenau	S	16		12	13	6	1	S	6	10	11	3
Phönix Bellheim												4
SV Röchling Völklingen											7	5
VfB Wissen												6
BFV Hassia Bingen	3	S	6	7	16				9	7	9	7
TSC Zweibrücken	8	4	5	4	8	8	10	12	13	5	5	8
FSV Schifferstadt										8	10	9
Germania Metternich							15			4	12	10
VfB Theley								11	14	14	13	11
SV Ludweiler-Warndt				8	7	7	7	13	11	13	6	12
SV St. Ingbert					12	1	S	4	7	6	14	13
FV Engers	S	S	7	2	S	3	3	7	5	12	8	14
SC Friedrichsthal									8	9	3	15
FV Speyer	2	S	S	S	2	S	S	S	S	3	4	16
ASC Dudweiler			14	11	6	10	6	9	10	11	15
SG Sobernheim											16
SpVgg Andernach	5	3	12	1	S	S	9	10	12	15
Viktoria Sulzbach		11	10	15		11	13	5	4	16
FC 08 Homburg							11	3	15
ASV Landau	6	1	S	14	3	5	8	8	16
VfL Trier					5	13	14	15
VfR Kirn	1	S	S	13	4	12	5	16
VfL Neuwied	10	8	4	5	14	14	16
ASV Hochfeld	7	10	3	9	9	15
Sportfreunde Herdorf	11	7	8	3	11	16
SG Pirmasens	4	9	9	10	15
SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	12	6	11	16
SC Altenkessel		12	15
1. FC Idar	9	14	16
VfL Neustadt	S	15
VfB Lützel	13
TuS Konz	14

Source:"2nd Oberliga Südwest". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

Key

Symbol	Key
S	Oberliga Südwest
1	League champions
Place	League
Blank	Played at a league level below this league

References

Sources

• Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
• Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
• 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband (in German) 100-year-anniversary book of Southern German football Association, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1997
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006

External links

• Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables
• Oberliga Südwest at Fussballdaten.de