2nd Oberliga Süd

The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.

Overview

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

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

*Amateurliga Bayern (split into northern and southern group from 1953)
*Amateurliga Hessen
*Amateurliga Württemberg (split into two groups from 1960)
*Amateurliga Nordbaden
*Amateurliga Südbaden

The 1. FC Pforzheim was the only club to have played all 13 seasons in the league.

Disbanding of the 2nd Oberliga

In 1963 the league was dissolved. The teams on the places one to nine went to the new Regionalliga Süd, the new second division. The teams from 10 to 18 were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:

*FSV Frankfurt
*ESV Ingolstadt
*SV Waldhof Mannheim
*1. FC Pforzheim
*Freiburger FC
*Stuttgarter Kickers
*Amicitia Viernheim
*SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
*Borussia Fulda

The following teams were relegated to the Amateurligas:

*Amateurliga Bayern: VfB Helmbrechts, VfL Neustadt, Jahn Regensburg, 1. FC Hassfurt
*Amateurliga Hessen: SV Darmstadt 98, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, FC Hanau 93
*Amateurliga Südbaden: FC Singen 04
*Amateurliga Württemberg: VfR Heilbronn

Winners and runners-up of the 2nd Oberliga Süd ["Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine]

1951 Stuttgarter Kickers Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1952 TSG Ulm 1846 BC Augsburg 1953 Jahn Regensburg Hessen Kassel 1954 Schwaben Augsburg SSV Reutlingen 1955 TSV 1860 München Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1956 Freiburger FC FC Bayern München 1957 TSV 1860 München SSV Reutlingen 1958 SV Waldhof Mannheim TSG Ulm 1846 1959 Stuttgarter Kickers FC Bayern Hof 1960 SV Waldhof Mannheim Jahn Regensburg 1961 BC Augsburg Schwaben Augsburg 1962 Hessen Kassel TSG Ulm 1846 1963 FSV Frankfurt ESV Ingolstadt

Placings in the 2nd Oberliga Süd 1950 to 1963

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.f-archiv.de/
title = 2nd Oberliga Süd
accessdate = 2008-01-08
publisher = Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv

*♦ denotes club played in the Oberliga Süd.

External links

* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fussball Archiv ]
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/alteoberliga/sued/1963/ Oberliga Süd at Fussballdaten.de]

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