Rheinlandliga

Rheinlandliga
Country  Germany
State  Rheinland-Pfalz
Region Rheinland
Confederation Rhineland football association
Founded 1952
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid Level 6
Promotion to Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
Relegation to
  • Bezirksliga Rheinland-Mitte
  • Bezirksliga Rheinland-Ost
  • Bezirksliga Rheinland-West
Domestic cup(s) Rhineland Cup
Current champions TuS Rot-Weiss Koblenz
(2015–16)

The Rheinlandliga is a German amateur football division administered by the Rhineland Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Rhineland state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a level 6 division of the German football league system.

Overview

The Amateurliga Rheinland was formed in 1952 in the northern half of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Before its interception, three separate leagues operated in the area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the 2nd Oberliga Südwest. From 1952 until the establishment of the Oberliga Südwest in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.

The winner of the Amateurliga Rheinland was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off. The champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligen Saarland and Südwest.

Until 1933, the region covered by the Rheinland FA was politically part of the now dissolved German state of Prussia. It was part of the Prussian Rhine Province.

The league was established in 1952 with sixteen teams, the winner gaining promotion to the 2nd Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were:

In 1956 the league was split into a western and an eastern group with twelve teams each. In 1963 it reverted to its old single group setup.

With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new Regionalliga Südwest but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 1974.

The SC Bad Neuenahr and SC Sinzig hold the record for years in the Amateurliga, each with 22 out of a possible 26.

In 1978, the league was renamed Verbandsliga Rheinland. At the same time, the Oberliga Südwest was reintroduced. The top five teams out of the Amateurliga went to the new Oberliga while the teams from place 6 to 15 found themselves in the Verbandsliga. The bottom team was relegated. The Verbandsliga was now the fourth tier of the league system.

The winner of the Rheinlandliga, like the winners of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the Saarlandliga gains direct promotion to the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the Oberliga Südwest. The runners-up will only get a chance for promotion when there is additional spots to fill in the Oberliga, like 1994 when the Regionalligas were introduced and the SpVgg EGC Wirges and the SG Betzdorf were promoted.

In the Rheinland, the Verbandsliga is called Rheinlandliga.

The Rheinland contains an unproportianal amount of SG's, which are joint teams without the contributing clubs actually merging. The reason for this is the relatively low population density and therefore a lack of players. SG's can usually not be promoted above their Verbandsliga.

Feeder Leagues to the Rheinlandliga

Until 2003, two Landesligas, north and south, existed in the region, set between Verbandsliga and Bezirksliga. Those leagues were disbanded in 2003.

League champions

The league champions:[1][2]

Season Club
1952–53 SpVgg Bendorf
1953–54 VfL Trier
1954–55 VfL Trier
1955–56 SV Niederlahnstein
1956–57 Germania Metternich
1957–58 Spfr. Herdorf
1958–59 Germania Metternich
1959–60 Germania Metternich
1960–61 SV Ehrang
1961–62 VfB Wissen
1962–63 VfL Neuwied
1963–64 Germania Metternich
1964–65 SpVgg Bendorf
1965–66 Germania Metternich
1966–67 SSV Mülheim
1967–68 SC Sinzig
1968–69 SSV Mülheim
1969–70 VfL Neuwied
1970–71 SpVgg Andernach
1971–72 SF Eisbachtal
1972–73 SpVgg Andernach
1973–74 SV Leiwen
Season Club
1974–75 Eintracht Trier
1975–76 Eintracht Trier
1976–77 TuS Neuendorf
1977–78 TuS Neuendorf
1978–79 SV Leiwen
1979–80 TuS Mayen
1980–81 SV Leiwen
1981–82 VfL Hamm/Sieg
1982–83 SpVgg EGC Wirges
1983–84 TuS Mayen
1984–85 VfL Hamm/Sieg
1985–86 SV Leiwen
1986–87 SpVgg EGC Wirges
1987–88 VfB Wissen
1988–89 TuS Mayen
1989–90 SF Eisbachtal
1990–91 VfB Wissen
1991–92 SV Wittlich
1992–93 SV Prüm
1993–94 TuS Koblenz
1994–95 VfL Trier
Season Club
1995–96 SV Prüm
1996–97 TuS Montabaur
1997–98 SpVgg EGC Wirges
1998–99 TuS Mayen
1999–2000 Germania Metternich
2000–01 TuS Mayen
2001–02 FV Engers 07
2002–03 SV Klausen
2003–04 SG Betzdorf
2004–05 Eintracht Trier II
2005–06 SG Rossbach–Verscheid
2006–07 SV Rossbach-Verscheid
2007–08 SG Betzdorf
2008–09 SF Eisbachtal
2009–10 Eintracht Trier II
2010–11 FSV Salmrohr
2011–12 SV Mehring
2012–13 SpVgg Burgbrohl
2013–14 SpVgg EGC Wirges
2014–15 FC Karbach
2015–16 TuS Rot-Weiss Koblenz

Source: "Verbandsliga Rheinland". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 

References

  1. ↑ Rheinlandliga tables & results (German) kicker.de, accessed: 9 June 2014
  2. ↑ Historic German football league tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 9 June 2014
  3. ↑ "History of SV Rossbach (in German)". SV Rossbach website. 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-16.

Sources

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