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| Oberliga Südwest |
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| Founded |
| 1945 |
| Disbanded |
| 1963 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| States |
 Rheinland-Pfalz |
 Saarland |
| Relegation To |
| 2nd Oberliga Südwest |
| Number of Seasons |
| 18 |
| Replaced by |
| Bundesliga |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 1 |
| Last Champions 1962-63 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
The Oberliga Südwest was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland.
Overview
The league was introduced as the highest level of football in the French occupation zone in 1945, replacing the Gauligas as such. As was the French occupation zone, the Oberliga was split into a northern and a southern zone. The northern zone continued till 1963 to form the Oberliga Südwest while the southern zone was integrated into the Oberliga Süd in 1950. Up until then, the champion of the Oberliga was determind by a home-and-away final between the two group winners.
The clubs in the Oberliga Süd came from the following Gauligas:
- Gauliga Westmark
- Gauliga Moselland
- Gauliga Baden (southern half only)
In addition to the Oberliga Südwest, four other Oberligas were formed in Germany in the 1940s.
- Oberliga West (formed in 1947)
- Oberliga Nord (formed in 1947)
- Oberliga Berlin (formed in 1945, originally with clubs from west and east Berlin)
- Oberliga Süd (formed in 1945)
Next to the Oberliga Berlin, the Oberliga Südwest was the smallest of the five Oberligas. Considering this, it is still imprssive that it won two German titles through the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, led by the German captain Fritz Walter, still a legend in Kaiserslautern and Germany.
Set below the Oberliga were originally the Amateurligas. In 1951 the 2nd Oberliga Südwest was formed to fit in between.
With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner and runners-up of the Oberliga Südwest went on to the finals tournament with the other Oberliga champions.
In 1950, the southern group of the Oberliga Südwest was disbaned and it's clubs joined the Southern German Football Association.
From 1948 to 1951 the clubs from the Saarland did not take part in the Oberliga Südwest, playing their own competition instead. The 1. FC Saarbrücken even took part in the French second division in 1948-49, winning the division but being refused further participation.1
The 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfR Wormatia Worms and FSV Mainz 05 took part in all of the 18 seasons of the Oberliga Südwest.
In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was reformed, as the third tier of German football, but still covering the same region. From the clubs that played the last season in 1963, the FSV Mainz 05, FK Pirmasens, Südwest Ludwigshafen, TuS Neuendorf and Eintracht Bad Kreuznach also saw the first new season of the league.
Founding members of the Oberliga Südwest (northern group)
- 1. FC Saarbrücken
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Borussia Neunkirchen
- VfR Wormatia Worms
- VfR Frankenthal
- FK Pirmasens
- Phönix Ludwigshafen
- 1.FC Idar
- Hassia Bingen
- FSV Mainz 05
Disbanding of the Oberliga
With the introduction of the Bundesliga, two teams from the Oberliga Südwest were admitted to the new Bundesliga. The remaining clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest together with six clubs from the 2nd Oberliga Südwest, one of five new second divisions.
While the admittance of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern as the most prolific team of the Oberliga and champion of 1963 was only logic, the pick of the 1. FC Saarbrücken was more than dubious, having only finished 5th in the Oberliga that year and coming in below the other Saarland side, Borussia Neunkirchen.
Winners and runners-up of the Oberliga Südwest2
1946 1. FC Saarbrücken 1947 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfL Konstanz 1948 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Rastatt 04 1949 1. FC Kaiserslautern Freiburger FC 1950 1. FC Kaiserslautern SSV Reutlingen 1951 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfR Wormatia Worms 1952 1. FC Saarbrücken TuS Neuendorf 1953 1. FC Kaiserslautern TuS Neuendorf 1954 1. FC Kaiserslautern FK Pirmasens 1955 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfR Wormatia Worms 1956 1. FC Kaiserslautern TuS Neuendorf 1957 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Saarbrücken 1958 FK Pirmasens 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1959 FK Pirmasens Borussia Neunkirchen 1960 FK Pirmasens Borussia Neunkirchen 1961 1. FC Saarbrücken Borussia Neunkirchen 1962 Borussia Neunkirchen FK Pirmasens 1963 1. FC Kaiserslautern Borussia Neunkirchen
Bold denotes team went on to win German championship.
Placings & overall table of the Oberliga Südwest 1945 to 1963
- Northern group only.
| Club | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | Seasons | Games | GF | GA | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 498 | 1870 | 579 | 784 | |
| FK Pirmasens | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 484 | 1209 | 707 | 641 | ||
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 498 | 1152 | 802 | 591 | |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken * | 1 | 3 | 2 | SL | SL | SL | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 418 | 1125 | 595 | 573 | |
| TuS Neuendorf | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 450 | 1066 | 719 | 532 | |||
| Borussia Neunkirchen * | 3 | 6 | 4 | SL | SL | SL | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 418 | 1009 | 633 | 519 | |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 498 | 802 | 1078 | 432 | |
| Phönix Ludwigshafen | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 418 | 843 | 834 | 386 | ||
| Eintracht Trier | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 410 | 630 | 852 | 348 | |||||
| Saar 05 Saarbrücken * | 9 | SL | SL | SL | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 356 | 660 | 723 | 337 | ||||
| TuRa Ludwigshafen | 10 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 356 | 570 | 681 | 324 | |||||||
| VfR Frankenthal | 5 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 318 | 518 | 610 | 297 | ||||||||
| VfR Kaiserslautern | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 356 | 520 | 777 | 269 | |||||||
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 11 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 326 | 480 | 702 | 262 | ||||||||
| Spfr. Saarbrücken * | SL | SL | SL | 16 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 210 | 362 | 488 | 175 | |||||||||
| FV Speyer | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 210 | 287 | 447 | 157 | ||||||||||||
| VfL Neustadt | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 135 | 213 | 292 | 133 | ||||||||||||||
| Ludwigshafener SC | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 120 | 200 | 205 | 121 | |||||||||||||||
| FV Engers | 10 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 146 | 264 | 378 | 116 | ||||||||||||||
| SpVgg Andernach | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 166 | 257 | 452 | 102 | |||||||||||||
| BSC Oppau | 10 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 114 | 156 | 279 | 78 | |||||||||||||||
| ASV Landau | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 86 | 103 | 236 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| SV Weisenau | 9 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 114 | 172 | 365 | 57 | |||||||||||||||
| VfR Kirn | 16 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 90 | 117 | 276 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| FSV Trier-Kürenz | 8 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 94 | 99 | 353 | 41 | |||||||||||||||
| SV Niederlahnstein | 16 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 59 | 219 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| SV St. Ingbert | 16 | 1 | 30 | 42 | 106 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SG Gonsenheim | 11 | 13 | 2 | 50 | 47 | 205 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hassia Bingen | 9 | 16 | 2 | 48 | 59 | 213 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. FC Idar | 8 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 74 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SV Röchling Völklingen * | 12 | SL | SL | SL | 1 | 26 | 31 | 89 | 10 |
Source:"Oberliga Südwest". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
Source:"Overall table Oberliga Südwest". FSV Mainz 05. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
- * denotes clubs from Saarland, which did not take part in the competition from 1948 to 1951.
Placings in the Oberliga Südwest (southern group) 1946 to 1950
| Club | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSV Reutlingen | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| SV Tübingen | 2 | 2 | ||
| Freiburger FC | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| FC Singen 04 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| VfL Konstanz | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| FV Kuppenheim | 6 | |||
| TV Ebingen | 7 | |||
| FC Rastatt 04 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| FC 08 Villingen | 3 | 9 | ||
| FV Lahr | 10 | |||
| FV Offenburg | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 |
| SC Freiburg | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| VfL Schwenningen | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| VfB Friedrichshafen | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| SV Trossingen | 11 | 15 | ||
| SV Hechingen | 16 | |||
| TG Biberach | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
| SV Laupheim | 12 | |||
Source:"Oberliga Südwest". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- Until 1949, clubs in this league were not permitted to carry their pre-war name. Names given are the ones carried after 1949.
External links
References
- ^ France - List of Final Tables Second Level
- ^ "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
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