Oberliga Westfalen

Oberliga Westfalen
Country  Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Region Westphalia
Confederation Football and Athletics
Association of Westphalia
Founded 1978
(reformed in 2012
after disbanding in 2008)
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid Level 5
Promotion to Regionalliga West
Relegation to Westfalenliga
(2 divisions)
Current champions TuS Erndtebrück
(2014–15)
Website www.oberliga-westfalen.de
2015–16

The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest Football League in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league previously existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. With the reform of the league system in 2012, which saw the Regionalliga West reduced to clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia only and the NRW-Liga below it disbanded, the Oberliga Westfalen was reintroduced again as the highest tier in the region and the fifth level overall in Germany.[1] It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system.

Overview

The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the region of Westphalia, which previously was split into two groups and covered the eastern half of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 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. The league was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost and eight from the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Südwest. The SC Herford was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga Nord to the new league.

Originally, the league was called Amateur-Oberliga Westfalen, from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Westfalen.

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 Westfalen had to compete with the winner and the runner-up of the Oberliga Nord and the winners of the Oberliga Berlin and of the Oberliga Nordrhein for two 2. 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 team of the Oberliga that year were admitted to the new Regionalliga West/Südwest, the clubs being:

With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000, the Oberliga Westfalen was now located below the Regionalliga Nord. However, the Sportfreunde Siegen, based in the very south of the region, played in the Regionalliga Süd.

With the creation of the 3rd Liga in 2008 the Oberliga Westfalen was replaced by the NRW-Liga, which now is the fifth tier of the league system. The Oberliga Westfalen 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 league was reintroduced in 2012 after the NRW-Liga was disbanded once more.

Throughout the league's existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were:

Champions of the Oberliga Westfalen

The league champions:[2][3]

Original league 1978 to 2008

The league champions of the first era of the league:

Season Club
1978–79 SC Herford
1979–80 SpVgg Erkenschwick
1980–81 1. FC Paderborn
1981–82 TuS Schloß Neuhaus
1982–83 SC Eintracht Hamm
1983–84 FC Gütersloh
1984–85 SC Eintracht Hamm
1985–86 ASC Schöppingen
1986–87 SpVgg Erkenschwick
1987–88 Preußen Münster
1988–89 Preußen Münster
1989–90 Arminia Bielefeld
1990–91 SC Verl
1991–92 Preußen Münster
1992–93 Preußen Münster
Season Club
1993–94 SC Paderborn 07
1994–95 FC Gütersloh
1995–96 LR Ahlen
1996–97 Sportfreunde Siegen
1997–98 Borussia Dortmund II
1998–99 VfL Bochum II
1999–2000 VfB Hüls
2000–01 SC Paderborn 07
2001–02 Borussia Dortmund II
2002–03 FC Schalke 04 II
2003–04 Arminia Bielefeld II
2004–05 SG Wattenscheid 09
2005–06 Borussia Dortmund II
2006–07 SC Verl
2007–08 Preußen Münster

New league from 2012

The league champions and runners-up from 2012 onwards:

Season Champions Runners-up
2012–13 SV Lippstadt 08 SG Wattenscheid 09
2013–14 Arminia Bielefeld II SV Rödinghausen
2014–15 TuS Erndtebrück Rot-Weiß Ahlen
2015–16

Placings in the Oberliga Westfalen

The final league placings in the second era of the league from 2012 to present:[4][2][3]

Club 13 14 15 16 17 18
SG Wattenscheid 09 2 R R R
SV Rödinghausen 2 R R
TuS Erndtebrück 4 5 1 R
Rot-Weiss Ahlen 9 9 2 R
Sportfreunde Siegen R R R x
Westfalia Rhynern 6 7 3 x
SC Roland Beckum 11 6 4 x
SV Lippstadt 08 1 R 5 x
SpVgg Erkenschwick 5 3 6 x
SuS Stadtlohn 7 x
Arminia Bielefeld II 3 1 8 x
TuS Ennepetal 14 12 9 x
Eintracht Rheine 8 10 x
Hammer SpVgg 12 13 11 x
ASC 09 Dortmund 12 x
FC Gütersloh 2000 8 10 13 x
TSG Sprockhövel 10 11 14 x
SuS Neuenkirchen 7 4 15 x
SC Zweckel 14 17 x
SV Schermbeck 17 x
SC Paderborn 07 II x
TSV Marl-Hüls x
VfB Hüls R 16 16
Westfalia Herne 16 15 18
TuS Heven 13 17
TuS Dornberg 15 18
1. FC Gievenbeck 18

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga (1963–present)
2B 2. Bundesliga (1974–present)
3L 3. Liga (2008–present)
R Regionalliga West/Südwest (1994–2000)
Regionalliga Nord (2000–2008)
Regionalliga West (2008–present)
1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league

Founding Members of the Oberliga Westfalen

From the 2nd Bundesliga Nord:

From the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost:

From the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Südwest:

References

  1. ↑ Die neue Spielklassenstruktur (German) FLVW website, accessed: 20 July 2011
  2. 1 2 Historical German league tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 5 February 2015
  3. 1 2 Oberliga Westfalen tables and results 1994–present (German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 5 February 2014
  4. ↑ Oberliga Westfalen tables and results (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 January 2015

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