Landesliga Mittelrhein

Landesliga Mittelrhein

Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Region	Middle Rhine
Confederation	Football Association of the Middle Rhine
Founded	1946
Divisions	2 (2015–16)
Number of teams	31 (2015–16)
Level on pyramid	Level 6
Promotion to	Oberliga Mittelrhein
Relegation to	Bezirksliga Mittelrhein (4 divisions)
Current champions	Group 1: DJK BW Friesdorf Group 2: Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld (2014–15)

The Landesliga Mittelrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Middle Rhine which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2012 the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two groups which run parallel below the Oberliga Mittelrhein. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system; until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fifth tier.

History

The league was founded in 1946 as the Rheinbezirksliga (Rhine District League), the highest division for the area covered by the Middle Rhine football association. A year later another division was added. In 1949 it became a second tier to the 2. Oberliga West. In 1956 it was demoted to the third tier after Verbandsliga Mittelrhein was founded. The league still remained as feeder to the Verbandsliga with the replacement of the 2. Oberliga West by the old Regionalliga West in 1963. In turn the Regionalliga was replaced by 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1974. In 1978 it was slipped to the fourth tier by Oberliga Nordrhein, in 1994 to the fifth by the current Regionalliga West, and in 2008 to the sixth by the NRW-Liga which took over after Oberliga was abolished.

In the German football league system, the Landesliga was first established as second-rate below the Oberliga West and was later slipped five times down to the seventh level by the introduction of the aforementioned higher leagues. Since the league structural reform of 2012 and the related dissolution of the NRW-Liga in favor of the Oberliga Mittelrhein, however, the league moved up from the seventh to the sixth level.

Modus

The Landesliga Mittelrhein consists of eastern and western groups of 16 clubs each. The exact number of teams is carried out every year on a geographical basis.

The champions of each group are promoted to the Oberliga Mittelrhein, provided they are not reserve teams of senior clubs or are financially efficient. Should a winner or both winners be deemed ineligible or refuse promotion, the next best-placed teams in their groups will be promoted. The number of promotions to the Oberliga depend on the number of relegations and promotions in that league. Teams ranked 13th (or 14th) and below are relegated to their respective Bezirksliga and are replaced by the champions and runners-up from each Bezirksliga. A reserve team is also relegated if its senior team drops down to the Landesliga.

League champions

The top two in the inaugural season:^[1]

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1947	VfR Köln	Alemannia Aachen

The league champions of the two divisions since 1948:^[1]

Season Division 1 2 1948 1. FC Köln Rhenania Würselen 1949 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. FC Köln 1950 SG Düren 99 Single division season 1951 SSV Troisdorf 05 SV Baesweiler 09 1952 Tura Bonn Viktoria Alsdorf 1953 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 SpVg Frechen 20 1954 SC Rapid Köln SV Baesweiler 09 1955 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 Stolberger SV 1956 SSV Troisdorf 05 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 1957 Bonner FV 01 SV Baesweiler 09 1958 Siegburger SV 04 Alemannia Mariadorf 1959 TuRa Bonn VfR Übach-Palenberg 1960 TuRa Hennef Alemannia Aachen Am. 1961 SV Schlebusch SpVg Frechen 20 1962 BC Efferen 1. FC Köln Am. 1963 VfL Leverkusen Viktoria Alsdorf 1964 VfL Köln 99 Alemannia Aachen Am. 1965 SC Fortuna Köln SV Baesweiler 09 1966 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 Borussia Brand 1967 TuS Höhenhaus SC Jülich 1968 CfB Ford Niehl Oberbrucher BC 09 1969 1. FC Spich Alemannia Mariadorf 1970 TuS Lindlar Borussia Hückelhoven 1971 SpVg Frechen 20 Viktoria Alsdorf 1972 SC Köln-Mülheim Nord SV Baesweiler 09' 1973 Siegburger SV 04 TuS 08 Langerwehe 1974 Godesberg 08 Westwacht Aachen 1975 TuS Lindlar SG Düren 99 1976 FC Alter Markt Köln Borussia Brand 1977 FV Bad Honnef Blau-Weiß Niederembt 1978 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Am. Rhenania Richterich 1979 SpVg Frechen 20 Eschweiler SG 1980 Germania Zündorf Alemannia Aachen Am. 1981 1. FC Köln Am. FC Niederau 1982 SC Schwarz-Weiß Köln Gürzenicher FC 09

Season Division 1 2 1983 SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna TSC Euskirchen 1984 TuS Lindlar TuS Chlodwig Zülpich 1985 SC Viktoria Köln II VfR Übach-Palenberg 1986 SSG Bergisch Gladbach Gürzenicher FC 09 1987 SC Brück SC Erkelenz 09 1988 VfL Rheinbach SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna 1989 TuS Marialinden SC Erkelenz 09 1990 SpVg Frechen 20 Westwacht Aachen 1991 FC Pesch SV Baesweiler 09 1992 SSV Marienheide Borussia Freialdenhoven 1993 DJK Winfriedia Mülheim Gürzenicher FC 09 1994 TuS Höhenhaus Alemannia Aachen II 1995 SSG Bergisch Gladbach SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna 1996 Siegburger SV 04 Kohlscheider BC 1997 SpVg Frechen 20 SSV Körrenzig 1998 SSV Eintracht Köln TuS Schmidt 1999 SC West Köln Eschweiler SG 2000 PSI Yurdumspor Köln Alemannia Aachen Am. 2001 Germania Dattenfeld Gürzenicher FC 09 2002 Blau-Weiß Brühl Germania Lich-Steinstraß 2003 VfL Leverkusen FC Wegberg-Beeck 2004 Sportfreunde Troisdorf Germania Teveren 2005 BC Berrenrath Westwacht Aachen 2006 Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld Rhenania Eschweiler 2007 FC Hennef 05 Kaller SC 2008 SC Renault Brühl Germania Teveren 2009 SV Wachtberg Viktoria Arnoldsweiler 2010 VfL Alfter SV Rott 2011 Sportfreunde Troisdorf TSV Hertha Walheim 2012 SG Köln-Worringen FC Erftstadt 2013 Bonner SC SV Nierfeld 2014 FC Hürth FC Bergheim 2000 2015 DJK BW Friesdorf Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld 2016 Hilal Maroc Bergheim

• Note: No promoted teams from 1951 to 1955.

References

1. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables

External links

• Official website of the Middle Rhine Football Association