The league was established in 1974 to reduce the number of second divisions in Germany from five to two and thereby allow direct promotion to the league winners. Along with the foundation of the 2. Bundesliga Nord, formed from clubs of the three former Regionalligas of Nord, Berlin and West, went the foundation of the 2. Bundesliga Süd, which was created from clubs of the other two Regionalligas, Süd and Südwest.
The league was created from twelve clubs from the West, seven from the North and one from Berlin, reflecting the playing strength of the old Regionalligas.
The winner of the 2. Bundesliga Nord was directly promoted to the Bundesliga, the runners-up played a home-and-away series versus the southern runners-up for the third promotion spot.
The bottom four teams were relegated to the Amateurligas, after 1978 to the new Oberligas. In 1979 only three teams were relegated. The winners of the Amateurligas/Oberligas had to determine the promoted teams by the way of a promotion play-off.
The league operated with 20 teams in its first six seasons, expanding to 22 in its last in 1981.
Until 1978, below the 2. Bundesliga Nord ranked the following Verbandsligas and Oberligas:
In 1981, the two 2. Bundesligas merged into one, country-wide division. Nine clubs from the south and eight from the north plus the three relegated teams from the Bundesliga were admitted into the new league, the 2. Bundesliga.
The league was dissolved in 1981. Eight clubs of the league went to the new 2. Bundesliga while the champion and runners-up were promoted to the Bundesliga. The twelve remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The third promotion spot to the Bundesliga was decided through a play-off round of the runners-up of the two 2nd Bundesligas. Here are the results of this round:
Westfalia Herne withdrew from the league in 1979 for financial reasons.
FC St. Pauli was refused a licence in 1979 and relegated.
DSC Wanne-Eicke' withdrew from the league in 1980 for financial reasons.
Referencesedit
^"Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
^Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
Sourcesedit
Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the kicker Sports Magazine
Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005(in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
External linksedit
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv
The 2nd Bundesliga Nord at Weltfussball.de (with round-by-round results and tables)
January 01, 1970
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The 2 Bundesliga Nord was the second highest level of the West German football league system in the north of West Germany from its introduction in 1974 until the formation of the single division 2 Bundesliga in 1981 It covered the northern states of North Rhine Westphalia Lower Saxony Bremen Hamburg Schleswig Holstein and the city of West Berlin 2 Bundesliga NordFounded1974Folded1981 7 seasons Replaced by2 BundesligaCountry West GermanyState West Berlin Lower Saxony Schleswig Holstein Bremen Hamburg North Rhine WestphaliaLevel on pyramidLevel 2Promotion toBundesligaRelegation toOberliga Berlin Oberliga Nord Oberliga Nordrhein Oberliga WestfalenLast championsSV Werder Bremen 1980 81 Contents 1 Overview 2 Disbanding of the 2 Bundesliga Nord 3 Winners and runners up 4 Play offs for Bundesliga promotion 5 Placings in the 2 Bundesliga Nord 1974 1981 5 1 Key 5 2 Notes 6 References 6 1 Sources 7 External linksOverview editThe league was established in 1974 to reduce the number of second divisions in Germany from five to two and thereby allow direct promotion to the league winners Along with the foundation of the 2 Bundesliga Nord formed from clubs of the three former Regionalligas of Nord Berlin and West went the foundation of the 2 Bundesliga Sud which was created from clubs of the other two Regionalligas Sud and Sudwest The league was created from twelve clubs from the West seven from the North and one from Berlin reflecting the playing strength of the old Regionalligas The winner of the 2 Bundesliga Nord was directly promoted to the Bundesliga the runners up played a home and away series versus the southern runners up for the third promotion spot The bottom four teams were relegated to the Amateurligas after 1978 to the new Oberligas In 1979 only three teams were relegated The winners of the Amateurligas Oberligas had to determine the promoted teams by the way of a promotion play off The league operated with 20 teams in its first six seasons expanding to 22 in its last in 1981 Until 1978 below the 2 Bundesliga Nord ranked the following Verbandsligas and Oberligas Oberliga Nord Oberliga Berlin Verbandsliga Mittelrhein Verbandsliga Niederrhein Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 Verbandsliga Westfalen 2 In 1978 these leagues were reduced to four Oberliga Nord Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Nordrhein Oberliga Westfalen In 1981 the two 2 Bundesligas merged into one country wide division Nine clubs from the south and eight from the north plus the three relegated teams from the Bundesliga were admitted into the new league the 2 Bundesliga SG Wattenscheid 09 VfL Osnabruck Alemannia Aachen SC Fortuna Koln and SC Preussen Munster all played every of the seven seasons of the league Disbanding of the 2 Bundesliga Nord editThe league was dissolved in 1981 Eight clubs of the league went to the new 2 Bundesliga while the champion and runners up were promoted to the Bundesliga The twelve remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas The teams admitted to the 2 Bundesliga were Hertha BSC Hannover 96 Alemannia Aachen VfL Osnabruck Union Solingen Rot Weiss Essen SC Fortuna Koln SG Wattenscheid 09 Relegated to the Oberligas were to Oberliga Nordrhein Viktoria Koln 1 FC Bocholt Rot Weiss Oberhausen to Oberliga Westfalen SC Preussen Munster SC Herford Rot Weiss Ludenscheid SpVgg Erkenschwick to Oberliga Nord VfB Oldenburg SC Gottingen 05 Holstein Kiel OSV Hannover to Oberliga Berlin Tennis Borussia BerlinWinners and runners up editThe winners and runners up of the league were 1 Season Club Runners up 1974 75 Hannover 96 Bayer Uerdingen 1975 76 Tennis Borussia Berlin Borussia Dortmund 1976 77 FC St Pauli Arminia Bielefeld 1977 78 Arminia Bielefeld Rot Weiss Essen 1978 79 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer Uerdingen 1979 80 Arminia Bielefeld Rot Weiss Essen 1980 81 SV Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig Promoted teams in bold Play offs for Bundesliga promotion editThe third promotion spot to the Bundesliga was decided through a play off round of the runners up of the two 2nd Bundesligas Here are the results of this round Season South North Results 1975 FK Pirmasens Bayer Uerdingen 4 4 0 6 1976 1 FC Nuremberg Borussia Dortmund 0 1 2 3 1977 TSV 1860 Munchen Arminia Bielefeld 4 0 0 4 2 0 1978 1 FC Nuremberg RW Essen 1 0 2 2 1979 SpVgg Bayreuth Bayer Uerdingen 1 1 1 2 1980 Karlsruher SC RW Essen 5 1 1 3 1981 Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Braunschweig 1 0 0 2 Bold denotes promotion winner Placings in the 2 Bundesliga Nord 1974 1981 editThe league placings from 1974 to 1981 2 Club 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Borussia Dortmund 6 2 B B B B B Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 10 8 1 B B Bayer Uerdingen 2 B 4 7 2 B B Arminia Bielefeld 4 9 2 1 B 1 B SV Werder Bremen B B B B B B 1 Eintracht Braunschweig B B B B B B 2 Hertha BSC B B B B B B 3 Hannover 96 1 B 5 5 15 3 4 Alemannia Aachen 15 12 7 14 7 7 5 VfL Osnabruck 8 6 9 16 18 8 6 Union Solingen 13 19 9 9 9 7 Rot Weiss Essen B B B 2 8 2 8 SC Fortuna Koln 5 4 12 4 4 6 9 SG Wattenscheid 09 7 8 15 6 10 5 10 Viktoria Koln 16 4 11 1 FC Bocholt 18 12 SC Preussen Munster 9 3 6 3 3 10 13 Rot Weiss Oberhausen 18 15 14 VfB Oldenburg 15 SC Herford 14 17 17 16 Tennis Borussia Berlin B 1 B 10 11 13 17 SC Gottingen 05 10 11 17 18 Holstein Kiel 14 14 19 Rot Weiss Ludenscheid 13 19 16 20 SpVgg Erkenschwick 16 18 21 OSV Hannover 12 22 DSC Wanne Eickel 13 11 OSC Bremerhaven 19 18 Arminia Hannover 13 15 12 19 Wuppertaler SV B 5 3 11 17 20 FC St Pauli 3 14 1 B 6 Westfalia Herne 10 11 12 5 Wacker 04 Berlin 13 16 18 20 Schwarz Weiss Essen 12 7 8 20 Bonner SC 16 VfL Wolfsburg 19 20 1 FC Mulheim 11 17 DJK Gutersloh 14 19 Spandauer SV 20 Olympia Wilhelmshaven 17 HSV Barmbeck Uhlenhorst 20 Source 2nd Bundesliga Nord Das deutsche Fussball Archiv Archived from the original on 5 January 2008 Retrieved 8 January 2008 Key edit Symbol Key B Bundesliga Place League Blank Played at a league level below this league Notes edit Westfalia Herne withdrew from the league in 1979 for financial reasons FC St Pauli was refused a licence in 1979 and relegated DSC Wanne Eicke withdrew from the league in 1980 for financial reasons References edit Kicker Almanach The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga since 1937 published by the Kicker Sports Magazine Das deutsche Fussball Archiv in German Historical German domestic league tables Sources edit Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen in German An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga Landesliga publisher DSFS kicker Almanach in German The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga since 1937 published by the kicker Sports Magazine Die Deutsche Liga Chronik 1945 2005 in German History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables publisher DSFS published 2006External links editDas deutsche Fussball Archiv The 2nd Bundesliga Nord at Weltfussball de with round by round results and tables Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2 Bundesliga Nord 1974 1981 amp oldid 1153508462, 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