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35-544: The league was formed in 2012, when the clubs from the Regionalliga Süd , except those from Bavaria , were joined by the clubs of the Regionalliga West from Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. The German league system had been reformed in 2008, when the 3. Liga was established and the number of regional leagues increased from two to three. A further alteration was made ahead of the 2012−13 season. This

70-411: A promotion play-off rather than being directly promoted. The Regionalliga Süd originally was made up from clubs from the three southern states of Bavaria , Hesse and Baden-Württemberg . In 2000, with the reduction of the number of Regionalligas to two, the league also covered the states of Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland and Thuringia . It also incorporated one club from Northrhine-Westphalia ,

105-605: A place in the Regionalliga. The available last place then went to the SpVgg Unterhaching II. After a 2008–09 season with a large number of new clubs, the league returned to a normal promotion/relegation system, with the winner moving up to the 3. Liga and the three last-placed teams being relegated to the Oberliga, while the three southern Oberliga champions were promoted in turn. In 2008–09, two clubs from

140-576: A third direct promotion place assigned by rotation between the Regionalliga Nord, Nordost and Bayern champions. The champions of the two Regionalligen with no direct promotion place participate in two-legged playoffs to determine the fourth promoted team. The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league are: Final league positions of all clubs who have played in the league: Regionalliga S%C3%BCd (1994%E2%80%932012) The Regionalliga Süd (English: Regional League South )

175-724: The 2. Bundesliga : From the Regionalliga West/Südwest : From the Regionalliga Nordost : With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 and of a third Regionalliga, the Regionalliga West , the league became the fourth tier of German football. The clubs from the regions which joined in 2000 left again and the Regionalliga Süd was once more only made up from clubs from Bavaria, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg. The make up of

210-481: The Regionalliga Süd despite coming second behind SC Waldgirmes , as only two clubs applied for a Regionalliga license, Alzenau and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt . Alzenau was unable to survive at this level however, coming last in the Regionalliga and being relegated immediately, back to the Hessenliga. After another promotion in 2011, back to the Regionalliga, the club was grouped into the new Regionalliga Südwest at

245-544: The Sportfreunde Siegen . From 2008, with re-expansion to three Regionalligas, the league again only contained clubs from the three original states. However, in 2010–11, the Wormatia Worms , a club from Rhineland-Palatinate, competed in the league. The Regionalliga Süd was formed in 1994 with 18 clubs, originally with six from each of the three Oberligas. However, Baden-Württemberg lost one spot due to

280-699: The Stuttgarter Kickers being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga. The founding members were: From 2. Bundesliga : From the Oberliga Bayern : From the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg : From the Oberliga Hessen : The "new" Regionalliga Süd was actually a reformation of the "old" Regionalliga Süd which operated from 1963 to 1974 in the same region but then as the second tier of German football. Unlike

315-666: The Stuttgarter Kickers , which were promoted to the 3. Liga, the FC Bayern Alzenau which, despite being from Bavaria, opted to play in the Regionalliga Süd/Südwest and Karlsruher SC II which was ineligible for the Regionalliga after the first team of the club was relegated to the 3. Liga. No other team was relegated. The winners and runners-up of the league are: Source: "Regionalliga Süd" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 19 March 2008 . The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for

350-654: The "old" Regionalliga, the new one allowed reserve teams to compete in it. Its first season saw the SpVgg Unterhaching winning the league and being promoted to the 2. Bundesliga while three out of the four teams relegated came from Hessen. After six seasons, in 2000, the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two. Only the Regionalligas Süd and Nord survived. The clubs of the other two were spread according to their geographical location. To make room for these extra clubs without expanding past

385-446: The 18 team number, the seven bottom placed teams were supposed to be relegated. However, FC Augsburg (8th) did not receive a license for the next season and Karlsruher SC II (12th) had to drop down because the first team was relegated to the Regionalliga and regulations forbid two teams from the same club to compete in the same league at this level. The relegated clubs were: In their stead, the following seven teams were admitted: From

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420-489: The 18th club in the Regionalliga Süd, but due to its insolvency, the club was demoted to the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen or below for the 2008–09 season. 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg was admitted to the Regionalliga in their stead, as the fifth-placed team in the largest of the southern football associations. Due to the refusal of a licence to Bayernliga champion SpVgg Bayreuth , Bamberg was awarded

455-571: The 2009–10 season, 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg and SSV Reutlingen both declared insolvency, forcing them to be automatically relegated. In October 2010, another reform of the Regionalligas was decided upon. The number of leagues were now to be expanded to five, with the Bavarian clubs to leave the Regionalliga Süd and form their own Regionalliga Bayern. In their stead, the south western clubs from Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland would re-join

490-611: The 3. Liga have changed over time (see Promotion to the 3. Liga ). Typically, four teams each year are relegated to and promoted from the three Oberliga leagues below the Regionalliga Südwest: the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar , Hessenliga and Oberliga Baden-Württemberg . In 2017, the league signed an agreement to host the China national under-20 football team , allowing the team to compete in

525-422: The 3. Liga were relegated to the league. This would have increased the number of teams to 19. However, Waldhof Mannheim was transferred to the Regionalliga West for the next season. Hessen Kassel, who had hoped to join the Regionalliga Nord for 2009–10 had to remain in the south. Viktoria Aschaffenburg, which finished on a non-relegation rank, withdrew from the league, allowing Karlsruher SC II to remain in it. In

560-536: The 400-page long licence application, as they had to rely on volunteers rather than being able to draw on permanent staff. This led to Oberliga champions sometimes declining their right to promotion to avoid the financial risks of the Regionalliga. In October 2010, at a special conference of the German Football Association , the DFB, 223 of the 253 delegates voted for a reform of the league system at

595-676: The agreement was abrogated. The Regionalliga Südwest is owned by the Regionalliga Südwest GbR. The shareholders are nine football associations. The logo of the Regionalliga Südwest, which was introduced in 2012, shows a football player who is oriented towards the south-west. The seven blue stars symbolize the regional associations involved, the two white stars stand for the regional associations SFV and FRVS . The seven DFB-German football associations: The two DFB-Regionalverbände associations: The new league

630-541: The champions of the four other Regionalligen played-off for three promotion spots. As four teams were relegated from the 3. Liga at the end of the 2018–19 season, the Regionalliga Südwest champions Waldhof Mannheim , along with their counterparts from the Nordost and West, were promoted directly. In 2020, the three direct promotion spots went to the Südwest champions and the champions of the two leagues that participated in

665-427: The club in the 2010–11 season were declared void. The SSV Ulm 1846 suffered a similar fate, but was able to complete its fixtures as friendlies. Nevertheless, the club was relegated and its record expunged. At the end of the season , the league became defunct with the Bavarian clubs joining the new Regionalliga Bayern while the remainder of the league members joined the new Regionalliga Südwest . The exceptions were

700-561: The club was re-established as SKG Alzenau before again taking on its pre-war name in 1947. Since 1983 the club has played as a fifth tier side, first in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord and later in the Landesliga Hessen-Süd . Like the nearby club Viktoria Aschaffenburg , FC Bayern Alzenau is a Bavarian side playing in the state league of Hesse against closer, neighbouring cities. This also reflects in part

735-622: The financial survival of the leagues and clubs in the current system had been questioned. This meeting resulted in the publication of the Wendelsteiner Anstoß , which demanded a clear demarcation between professional football in the first three tiers of German football and amateur football below that. For this purpose, the paper demanded a re-establishment of the German amateur football championship as an incentive and goal for top amateur clubs that did not want to turn professional. With

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770-481: The fourth level. The number of Regionalligas was to be expanded to five, with the re-establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost , the formation of the Regionalliga Bayern and a shift of the Regionalliga Süd to the new Regionalliga Süd/Südwest, later renamed Regionalliga Südwest. The suggestion for the league reform had come from Bavaria, where, in a meeting of top-level amateur clubs at Wendelstein ,

805-537: The history of the region, not traditionally part of Bavaria. The club slipped as low as the Bezirksliga Gelnhausen (VII) in 1998 before working its way back up. The team enjoyed its greatest sporting success with promotion to the Hessenliga (IV) in 2006 after a second place Landesliga finish and subsequent advance through the promotion playoffs. In 2008–09, FC Bayern Alzenau achieved promotion to

840-669: The league are: The following clubs have played in the league and achieved the following final positions: Source: "Regionalliga Süd" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 9 December 2007 . FC Bayern Alzenau FC Bayern Alzenau is a German football club based in Alzenau , Bavaria . They currently are in the Hessenliga . The club was initially formed as Alzenauer Fußball Club and joined gymnastics club Turn- und Sport Alzenau as that club's football department on 16 September 1922 before again becoming independent in 1923 as FC Bayern Alzenau . After World War II

875-467: The league in friendly matches to fill in as the league's 20th club. The arrangement was only approved by 16 of the 19 clubs in the league, with those in opposition criticising it as part of the increasing commercialisation of football. During the team's match against TSV Schott Mainz , the display of a Tibetan flag led to the team walking off in protest. Consequently, the Chinese players were recalled and

910-467: The league. The new system is due to come into operation in the 2012–13 season. It was also decided to limit the number of reserve teams per Regionalliga to seven. In the 2010–11 season, SpVgg Weiden declared insolvency due to more than Euro 1 million in debts. Unable to raise enough funds to continue competing in the league, Weiden declared on 30 November 2010 that it would withdraw its Regionalliga team and thereby automatically be relegated. All games for

945-467: The leagues was: When the 2007–08 season finished on 31 May 2008, the following teams had fulfilled the on-the-field qualification for the Regionalliga . However, financial qualification was also necessary. Remaining in the Regionalliga Süd : From the Oberliga Bayern : From the Oberliga Hessen : From the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg : Sportfreunde Siegen were intended to be

980-683: The promotion play-off in the previous season, while the champions of the Nordost and the West participate in the play-off. This format was initially installed as a temporary solution until the DFB-Bundestag in September 2019 decided on a format that could have enabled all Regionalliga champions to be promoted. On that date, the Bundestag delegates voted to grant the Südwest and West champions two direct promotions indefinitely starting in 2021, with

1015-680: The reform in 2012, the Regionalliga was increased from three to five leagues. The Regionalliga Südwest is hosted by the Southwestern Regional Football Association and the Southern German Football Association (with the exception of the Bavarian Football Association ). It extends over the federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland , Hesse and Baden-Württemberg . Rules for promotion to

1050-573: The regional football association and not regulated by the DFB. An exception was the Bavarian club FC Bayern Alzenau , who had traditionally played in Hesse 's league system. This club participated in the new Regionalliga Südwest, at their own request, rather than in the Regionalliga Bayern. 19 clubs qualified to play in the league's first season ( 2012–13 ): Between 2012−13 and 2017−18, the Regionalliga Südwest winners and runners-up, and

1085-457: Was disbanded at the end of the 2011–12 season, with the Bavarian clubs joining the new Regionalliga Bayern while the others joined the clubs from the southwest of Germany to form the new Regionalliga Südwest . From 1963 to 1974, a Regionalliga Süd existed as the second tier of the German football league system, but this league is not directly related to the current one. The Regionalliga Süd

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1120-436: Was introduced in 1994 along with three other Regionalligas , those being: The reason for its introduction was to create a highest regional league for the south of Germany and to allow its champions, and some years the runners-up too, to be directly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga . Previous to the introduction of the four Regionalligas, below the second division were ten Oberligas. Those ten Oberliga champions had to go through

1155-408: Was nominally going to have 18 clubs; however, in its first, transitional season the DFB permitted up to 22 clubs in the league. Restrictions existed on reserve sides, with no more than seven reserve teams were permitted per Regionalliga. Reserve teams of 3rd Liga clubs are not permitted to play in the Regionalliga. The make-up of the clubs entering the new Regionalligas from the leagues below was left to

1190-479: Was prompted by the large number of insolvencies in the fourth tier, caused by high costs and infrastructure requirements, while the clubs at this level complained about low incomes and lack of interest from TV broadcasters. Regionalliga stadia were required to have at least 1,000 seats and a separate stand with separate entrance for away spectators, and such requirements were seen as causing excessive financial strain on amateur clubs. Many clubs also struggled to cope with

1225-479: Was the fourth tier of the German football league system from 2008 to 2012. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It was the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany . It covered the states of Bavaria , Hesse and Baden-Württemberg and was one of three leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga West . The league

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