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 .
28-471: The Amateurliga Rheinland was formed in 1952 in the northern half of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Before its inception, 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
56-545: 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. The league champions: Source: "Verbandsliga Rheinland" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 19 March 2008 . Amateurliga Rheinland The Amateurliga Rheinland
84-527: 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 2. Bundesliga Süd in 1974. The SC Bad Neuenahr and SC Sinzig hold the record for years in
112-566: The 2. Bundesliga . In 1975, there were 15 Amateurligas , the third level of German football, these being: In 1978, these were reduced to four Amateur Oberligas , these being: In 1978, these were reduced to four Amateur Oberligas , these being: The following three Oberligas were formed in 1991, after the German reunion. From 1975 until 1978 the champions of the Amateurligas Bayern and Hessen were directly promoted to
140-510: The 3. Liga was established as the new third tier, between Regionalligas and 2. Bundesliga . The top-two teams out of the third division are directly promoted. The third placed club has to play the 16th placed team of the 2. Bundesliga in a home and away round to determine who receives the last spot in the second division. Reserve sides, which also play in the 3. Liga , can not earn promotion. Rot-Weiss Essen Greuther Fürth Kickers Offenbach LR Ahlen These were staged in
168-590: The 2. Bundesliga . The winners of the Amateurligas Nordbaden , Südbaden , Schwarzwald-Bodensee and Württemberg played out a third promotion spot. The winners of the Amateurligas Saarland , Südwest and Rheinland played out a fourth spot. Both these rounds were played in a home-and-away round robin. In 1979 and 1980 there was no play-offs as the nine southern Amateurligas had merged to four Oberligas and therefore each champion
196-698: 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 Rhinrland FA was politically part of the now dissolved German state of Prussia . It was part of the Prussian Rhine Province . The league
224-693: The Oberliga , like 1994 when the Regionalligas were introduced and SpVgg EGC Wirges and the SG Betzdorf were promoted. In the Rheinland, the Verbandsliga is called Rheinlandliga . The Rheinland contains an unproportional 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
252-603: The Regionalliga in 1994, the promotion round was greatly reduced in length, generally only involving two teams. Eventually, after 2000, all promotion spots to the 2. Bundesliga were direct with no deciders necessary. Since the 2008–09 season, after the introduction of the 3. Liga , a promotion round was reintroduced. Originally , there were two 2. Bundesligas , the second tier of the German football league system , these being: In 1981, these were reduced to just one league,
280-691: 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
308-550: The area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the 2. 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
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#1732783503474336-529: The clubs that were promoted from the Amateurligas , later the Amateur Oberligas to the 2. Bundesligas . It is necessary because there are more third division champions than promotion spots available. Originally there were fifteen Amateurligas which were reduced to eight Amateur Oberligas in 1978. From 1981 the 2. Bundesliga was reduced to one single league. After the introduction of
364-405: The first two Regionalligas covered areas with a population and playing strength roughly equal to the combined second two. The fourth promotion spot was allocated the following way: With the reduction of the numbers of Regionalligas in 2000 to two, play-offs became unnecessary and two teams from each league were directly promoted. After the changes in the league system in 2000, the reduction of
392-415: The five seasons from 1996 to 2000 to determine which team was directly promoted. From 1998, the loser of this games got a second chance for promotion by playing the runners-up of the other two Regionalligas . All listed teams were promoted: With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, the first two teams of this league earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga while the third placed team had to go through
420-472: The introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 1974. 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
448-597: The league, each with 22 out of a possible 26. In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was formed to allow direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd for the Amateure champion of the area. The teams placed one to five gained entry to the Oberliga while the next ten teams were put into the new Verbandsliga Rheinland, now the fourth tier of the football league system. The bottom team was relegated to the Bezirksliga . Admitted to
476-435: The new Oberliga : Relegated to the new Verbandsliga : Relegated to the Bezirksliga : Source: "Alle Rheinlandmeister" . Rhineland football association. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011 . Retrieved 19 March 2008 . Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga The Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga (German: Aufstiegsrunde zur 2. Bundesliga ) are an end-of-season competition, held annually to determine
504-407: The numbers of Regionalligas from four to two, direct promotion was available to the 2. Bundesliga once more. The champions and runners-up of the two Regionalligas moved up without having to play a promotion round. In some instances, a promotion spot was held by a reserve team of a Bundesliga or 2. Bundesliga side, in those cases, the next-best placed first team was promoted instead. In 2008,
532-437: The reunification of Germany the number of teams was extended. In 1991 there was an additional two groups of four teams from East Germany . The winner of each of those four groups were promoted. In 1992 there was 13 teams in four groups with the group winner gaining promotion. Qualified to this play-off were the ten Oberliga champions, the runners-up from Oberliga Nord and two teams from 2. Bundesliga . In 1993 and 1994
560-628: The six northern leagues merged to form four Oberligas like in the south. The champions of the Oberligas Nord , Nordrhein and Westfalen were promoted directly, the winner of Oberliga Berlin had to play the runners-up of the Oberliga Nord for the last spot. From 1982 until 1991 the play-offs were split into a north and a south group. In the southern group the four Oberliga champions of Bayern , Baden-Württemberg , Hessen and Südwest played out two promotion spots. In 1982 this
588-479: The ten Oberliga champions and the runners-up from Oberliga Nord played in three groups, two times four and one time three, for three promotion spots. in 1994 the four Regionalliga were introduced as an intermediate between 2. Bundesliga and the Oberligas . Oberliga teams were now promoted to the Regionalligas instead. With the introduction of the four Regionalligas in 1994, the system for promotion
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#1732783503474616-527: The top four teams of the Oberliga Nord , the champions of the Amateurligas Niederrhein , Mittelrhein , Westfalen 1 , Westfalen 2 and Berlin played out the four promotion spots in two groups of four. Beforehand, a decider between the 4th placed team from the North and the runners-up of Westfalen reduced the number to eight out of those nine. In 1979 and 1980 there was no play-offs as
644-464: The winners of the Amateurligas 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 2. Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were: In 1956 the league was split into
672-432: Was done in a single round system, afterwards in a home-and-away round robin. In the northern group the winners of the four Oberligas Berlin , Westfalen , Nordrhein and Nord played out two promotion spots. In 1982 this was done in a single round system, afterwards in a home-and-away round robin. From 1984 the runners-up of the Oberliga Nord was also included in this play-off, taking the number of teams to five. After
700-459: 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
728-499: Was promoted directly. This fact was actually the main reason for the merger. In 1975 and 1976 the champions of the Amateurligas Niederrhein , Mittelrhein and the second placed team in the Oberliga Nord played out two promotion spots. The champion of the Amateurliga Berlin , the champion of the Oberliga Nord and the winner of the decider of the two Westfalen champions played out another two spots. In 1977 and 1978
756-469: Was somewhat simpler. The champions of the Regionalligas Süd and West/Südwest were always directly promoted. The Regionalligas Nord and Nordost were considered a single entity for the purpose of promotion, therefore only one of the two winners could get directly promoted. From 1996, the two winners of the league had to play a home-and-away decider. The reason for this was that each of
784-586: Was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Rheinland below it in 1978. The Amateurliga Rheinland was formed in 1952 in the northern half of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Before its inception, three separate leagues operated in
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