Regionalliga West/Südwest
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| Regionalliga West/Südwest |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1994 |
| Disbanded |
| 2000 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
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| States |
 Nordrhein-Westfalen |
 Rheinland-Pfalz |
 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:
- Rot-Weiß Essen (Oberliga Nordrhein region)
From the Oberliga Westfalen:
- Arminia Bielefeld
- SC Verl
- TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus
- SpVgg Erkenschwick
- SG Wattenscheid 09 II
- Preußen Münster
From the Oberliga Nordrhein:
From the Oberliga Südwest:
- FSV Salmrohr
- Eintracht Trier
- Borussia Neunkirchen
- SC Hauenstein
- SV Edenkoben
- VfB Wissen
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:
- SG Wattenscheid 09
- Fortuna Düsseldorf
- Rot-Weiß Essen
- Preußen Münster
- SC Verl
- Borussia Dortmund II
- KFC Uerdingen 05
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
[edit] External links
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