The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German football, the 4th tier of the German football league system. In 2008, it was replaced by the NRW-Liga (Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen), a new statewide league.
The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the two regions of Mittelrhein and Niederrhein, which cover the western half of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The main reason for the creation of this league was to allow its champion direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord rather than having to go through a promotion play-off. It was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein and seven clubs from the Verbandsliga Niederrhein which remained as the leagues below the Oberliga. Additionally, two teams from the 2nd Bundesliga were relegated to the new league, bringing the initial number of teams to eighteen.
Originally, the league was called Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein, from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Nordrhein.
With the introduction of the unified 2nd Bundesliga in 1981, direct promotion for the Oberliga champions became impossible again because there were eight of them competing for four promotion spots. The champion of the Oberliga Nordrhein had to compete with the winners of the Oberligas Nord, Berlin and Westfalen for two 2nd Bundesliga spots.
Upon creation of the Regionalligas in 1994, the champions of the Oberligas were directly promoted again, however the Oberligas slipped to fourth tier in the German football league system. The top six teams in the Oberliga that year were qualified for the new Regionalliga West/Südwest, however, the champion, Fortuna Düsseldorf, won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and Bayer Leverkusen II declined, therefore only four teams went to the Regionalliga, the clubs being:
Additionally to those four clubs, two teams from the Nordrhein region were relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga in 1994, entering the Regionalliga as well, these being the Wuppertaler SV and the Rot-Weiß Essen.
With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000, the Oberliga Nordrhein was now located below the Regionalliga Nord.
With the creation of the 3rd Liga in 2008 the Oberliga Nordrhein was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, which now is the fifth tier of the league system. The Oberliga Nordrhein ceased to exit after 30 seasons. Its clubs were split up over three league levels. The first four teams were promoted to the new Regionalliga West, clubs from place five to eleven went to the new Oberliga while the bottom seven teams were relegated to the Verbandsligas.
The last round of games to be played in the league was on 18 May 2008.[1]
Throughout the league's existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were:
Verbandsliga Niederrhein
Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
The Schwarz-Weiß Essen is the only club to have played all 30 seasons in the league.
At the end of the 2007–08 season, the Oberliga Nordrhein was disbanded and its clubs distributed to various leagues according to the season's final standings:
^Weltfussball.de - Final standings of the Oberliga Nordrhein accessed: 28 May 2008
^ abHistorical German league tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 5 February 2015
^ abOberliga Nordrhein tables and results 1994–2008 (in German)Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 5 February 2014
^Oberliga Nordrhein tables and results (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 5 February 2015
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
External linksedit
Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables
Niederrhein Football Association (FVN) (in German)
Mittelrhein Football Association (FVM) (in German)
January 01, 1970
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The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine Westphalia from 1978 to 2008 In its last season it was one of nine Oberligas in German football the 4th tier of the German football league system In 2008 it was replaced by the NRW Liga Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen a new statewide league Oberliga NordrheinFounded1978Folded2008 30 seasons Replaced byNRW LigaCountry GermanyState North Rhine WestphaliaLevel on pyramiduntil 1994 Level 3 since 1995 Level 4Promotion toRegionalliga NordRelegation toVerbandsliga Mittelrhein Verbandsliga NiederrheinLast championsBorussia Monchengladbach II 2007 08 Contents 1 Overview 2 Champions of the Oberliga Nordrhein 3 Placings in the Oberliga Nordrhein 1978 to 2008 3 1 Notes 3 2 Key 4 Founding Members of the Oberliga Nordrhein 5 Disbanding of the league 6 References 6 1 Sources 7 External linksOverview editThe league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the two regions of Mittelrhein and Niederrhein which cover the western half of the state of Nordrhein Westfalen The main reason for the creation of this league was to allow its champion direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord rather than having to go through a promotion play off It was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein and seven clubs from the Verbandsliga Niederrhein which remained as the leagues below the Oberliga Additionally two teams from the 2nd Bundesliga were relegated to the new league bringing the initial number of teams to eighteen Originally the league was called Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Nordrhein With the introduction of the unified 2nd Bundesliga in 1981 direct promotion for the Oberliga champions became impossible again because there were eight of them competing for four promotion spots The champion of the Oberliga Nordrhein had to compete with the winners of the Oberligas Nord Berlin and Westfalen for two 2nd Bundesliga spots Upon creation of the Regionalligas in 1994 the champions of the Oberligas were directly promoted again however the Oberligas slipped to fourth tier in the German football league system The top six teams in the Oberliga that year were qualified for the new Regionalliga West Sudwest however the champion Fortuna Dusseldorf won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and Bayer Leverkusen II declined therefore only four teams went to the Regionalliga the clubs being Alemannia Aachen SC Bruck merged with Viktoria Koln in 1994 to form Preussen Koln 1 FC Bocholt Bonner SC Additionally to those four clubs two teams from the Nordrhein region were relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga in 1994 entering the Regionalliga as well these being the Wuppertaler SV and the Rot Weiss Essen With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000 the Oberliga Nordrhein was now located below the Regionalliga Nord With the creation of the 3rd Liga in 2008 the Oberliga Nordrhein was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen which now is the fifth tier of the league system The Oberliga Nordrhein ceased to exit after 30 seasons Its clubs were split up over three league levels The first four teams were promoted to the new Regionalliga West clubs from place five to eleven went to the new Oberliga while the bottom seven teams were relegated to the Verbandsligas The last round of games to be played in the league was on 18 May 2008 1 Throughout the league s existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were Verbandsliga Niederrhein Verbandsliga Mittelrhein The Schwarz Weiss Essen is the only club to have played all 30 seasons in the league Champions of the Oberliga Nordrhein editThe league champions 2 3 Season Club 1978 79 Rot Weiss Oberhausen 1979 80 1 FC Bocholt 1980 81 1 FC Koln II 1981 82 BVL Remscheid 1982 83 Rot Weiss Oberhausen 1983 84 1 FC Bocholt 1984 85 Rot Weiss Essen 1985 86 Rot Weiss Essen 1986 87 BVL Remscheid 1987 88 MSV Duisburg 1988 89 MSV Duisburg 1989 90 Wuppertaler SV 1990 91 FC Remscheid 1991 92 Wuppertaler SV 1992 93 Rot Weiss Essen Season Club 1993 94 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1994 95 Rot Weiss Oberhausen 1995 96 Germania Teveren 1996 97 Bonner SC 1997 98 Bayer Leverkusen II 1998 99 Rot Weiss Essen 1999 2000 Wuppertaler SV 2000 01 Bayer Leverkusen II 2001 02 1 FC Koln II 2002 03 Wuppertaler SV 2003 04 SSVg Velbert 2004 05 Bayer Leverkusen II 2005 06 Borussia Monchengladbach II 2006 07 Rot Weiss Oberhausen 2007 08 Borussia Monchengladbach II In its 30 year history three clubs managed to win the league three times Wuppertaler SV Rot Weiss Essen and Rot Weiss Oberhausen Placings in the Oberliga Nordrhein 1978 to 2008 editThe final placings in the league 4 2 3 Club 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 MSV Duisburg B B B B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2 1 1 2B 2B B 2B B B 2B B B B B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B B 2B B Alemannia Aachen 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2 6 3 2 R R R R R 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B B 2B Rot Weiss Essen 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 1 1 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2 1 2B R R 2B R 1 R R R R R 2B R 2B R Wuppertaler SV 5 2B 2B 3 6 9 3 6 12 11 3 3 1 3 1 2B 2B R R R R R 1 2 2 1 R R R R R Fortuna Dusseldorf B B B B B B B B B 2B 2B B B B 2B 1 2B B B 2B 2B R R R 8 2 R R R R Rot Weiss Oberhausen 1 2B 2B 4 1 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 19 7 1 R R R 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B R 1 R Borussia M gladbach II 4 7 3 8 6 2 3 2 1 R 1 Bayer Leverkusen II 5 12 10 10 6 10 7 7 6 4 5 5 5 9 5 3 1 R R 1 R R 4 1 R R 2 1 FC Koln II 3 6 1 7 14 4 11 5 8 5 11 8 15 9 10 5 9 7 7 10 13 3 1 R R R R 8 3 1 FC Kleve 9 6 3 7 4 Schwarz Weiss Essen 4 2 7 10 8 7 2 8 4 2 8 11 9 12 11 9 8 3 5 8 8 9 6 9 6 12 5 9 6 5 SSVg Velbert 4 4 3 1 3 4 3 6 MSV Duisburg II 8 7 12 17 9 10 5 7 Germania Dattenfeld 8 Alemannia Aachen II 16 8 16 7 7 2 9 Bonner SC 7 10 16 13 5 14 9 14 16 4 6 R R 1 R 13 15 10 12 15 16 2 4 10 Fortuna Dusseldorf II 15 8 2 3 11 11 11 17 11 Wuppertaler SV II 14 8 9 12 KFC Uerdingen 2B B B 2B 2B B B B B B B B B 2B B 2B B B 2B 2B 2B R R R R R R 11 10 13 TuRu Dusseldorf 10 15 11 14 VfB Homberg 12 16 6 15 15 VfB Speldorf 17 12 14 16 SSG Bergisch Gladbach 16 11 15 18 12 17 SV Straelen 6 14 6 6 17 13 18 1 FC Bocholt 2 1 2B 3 2 1 4 3 13 9 4 3 10 8 2 4 R R R 11 12 10 10 5 7 10 11 5 16 Union Solingen 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 18 13 14 14 13 8 14 17 GFC Duren 09 9 11 13 13 18 FC Junkersdorf 12 16 FC Wegberg Beeck 4 6 3 12 14 18 17 Yurdumspor Koln 7 17 18 SV Adler Osterfeld 6 2 7 5 7 4 5 4 Borussia Freialdenhoven 9 13 15 14 15 Fortuna Koln 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B R R 10 8 18 Borussia Wuppertal 5 3 5 6 Viktoria Koln 2 2B 2B 2B 2 3 2 7 4 3 6 6 10 11 9 6 16 R 7 14 4 2 13 11 11 16 Ratinger SpVgg 12 15 13 17 Rheydter SV 12 5 2 5 11 8 13 11 12 9 13 5 5 15 14 18 SV Hamborn 07 2 9 13 15 9 9 4 12 7 8 4 13 15 16 16 TuS Euskirchen 14 18 FC Remscheid 1 3 4 1 2B 2B 3 2 1 2B 2 5 1 2B 2B 8 2 2 R R R 4 19 Germania Teveren 11 4 1 R R 9 16 SV Baesweiler 6 11 13 15 13 17 18 6 12 10 14 17 TuS Langerwehe 10 5 15 6 16 14 15 10 15 9 15 SuS Dinslaken 6 11 13 12 16 Rhenania Wurselen 2 17 KFC Uerdingen II 4 12 10 12 16 8 5 FV Bad Honnef 9 7 11 13 10 5 9 10 12 10 13 12 7 3 7 12 12 10 10 16 VfL Rheinbach 13 15 SC Julich 1910 3 18 12 14 11 6 5 16 8 14 4 6 10 14 3 4 Preussen Krefeld 7 10 14 7 16 1 FC Viersen 17 9 18 11 8 11 14 13 10 9 13 14 14 DJK Winfriedia Mulheim 15 SC Bruck 2 15 17 13 12 3 1 FC Wulfrath 16 Spfr Katernberg 13 17 VfB Remscheid 1 11 14 6 11 16 15 VfB Langenfeld 7 15 17 SV Wermelskirchen 18 VfL Rhede 17 14 14 15 17 Olympia Bocholt 5 4 6 11 5 12 18 18 Viktoria Goch 7 9 12 7 16 TuS Lindlar 17 SG Duren 99 14 13 15 SV Siegeburg 04 8 9 17 15 15 17 TuS Xanten 13 8 5 8 4 8 16 VfB Bottrop 16 SpVgg Frechen 8 17 ASV Wuppertal 12 13 14 Rhenania Richterich 15 RSV Moers 14 16 Westwacht Aachen 17 Borussia Brand 15 FC Niederembt 16 Notes edit 1 FC Remscheid was formed as BV Luttringhausen changed its name to BVL Remscheid in 1985 and merged in 1990 with VfB Remscheid to form FCR 2 In 1994 Viktoria Koln merged with SC Bruck to form Preussen Koln but reverted to its old name Viktoria in 2002 3 In 1996 SC Julich 1910 withdrew from the league 4 In 1998 KFC Uerdingen II withdrew from the league 5 In 2004 Wuppertaler SV merged with Borussia Wuppertal to form Wuppertaler SV Borussia 6 In 2005 Adler Osterfeld withdrew from the league Key edit Symbol Key B Bundesliga 1963 present 2B 2 Bundesliga 1974 present R Regionalliga West Sudwest 1994 2000 Regionalliga Nord 2000 2008 1 League champions Place League Blank Played at a league level below this leagueFounding Members of the Oberliga Nordrhein editThe Oberliga started in 1978 with 18 clubs from two regions and the 2 Bundesliga From the 2 Bundesliga Nord 1 FC Bocholt Schwarz Weiss Essen From the Verbandsliga Niederrhein Olympia Bocholt Rot Weiss Oberhausen VfB Remscheid TuS Xanten 1 FC Viersen ASV Wuppertal RSV Meerbeck From the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein Viktoria Koln SV Baesweiler 09 Bonner SC 1 FC Koln II SC Julich 1910 TuS Langerwehe SV Siegburg 04 FC Niederembt FV Bad Honnef Borussia BrandDisbanding of the league editAt the end of the 2007 08 season the Oberliga Nordrhein was disbanded and its clubs distributed to various leagues according to the season s final standings To the Regionalliga West Borussia Monchengladbach II Bayer 04 Leverkusen II 1 FC Koln II 1 FC Kleve To the Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen Schwarz Weiss Essen SSVg Velbert MSV Duisburg II Germania Dattenfeld Alemannia Aachen II Bonner SC Fortuna Dusseldorf II To the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein SSG Bergisch Gladbach To the Verbandsliga Niederrhein Wuppertaler SV II VfB Homberg KFC Uerdingen 05 TuRU Dusseldorf VfB Speldorf SV StraelenReferences edit Weltfussball de Final standings of the Oberliga Nordrhein accessed 28 May 2008 a b Historical German league tables in German Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv accessed 5 February 2015 a b Oberliga Nordrhein tables and results 1994 2008 in German Fussballdaten de accessed 5 February 2014 Oberliga Nordrhein tables and results in German Weltfussball de accessed 5 February 2015 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 MagazineExternal links editDas deutsche Fussball Archiv in German Historic German league tables Niederrhein Football Association FVN in German Mittelrhein Football Association FVM in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oberliga Nordrhein amp oldid 1180859010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
