Landesliga Niederrhein

Landesliga Niederrhein
Country  Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Region Lower Rhine
Confederation Football Association of the Lower Rhine
Founded 1947
Divisions 2
Number of teams 36 (2015–16)
Level on pyramid Level 6
Promotion to Oberliga Niederrhein
Relegation to Bezirksliga Niederrhein
(6 divisions)
Current champions Group 1: Sportfreunde Baumberg
Group 2: VfB Homberg
(2015–16)

The Landesliga Niederrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the Lower Rhine region 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 Niederrhein. 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 1947 as the highest division for the area covered by the Lower Rhine football association.[1] In 1949 it became a second tier to the 2. Oberliga West and was reduced to two divisions until 1952, when the three-division system was restored. In 1956 it was demoted to the third tier after Verbandsliga Niederrhein 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 Niederrhein, however, the league moved up from the seventh to the sixth level.

Modus

Since the 2015-16 season, the Landesliga Niederrhein consists of two groups of 18 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 Niederrhein, provided they are senior clubs or are financially efficient. Should a winner or both winners be deemed ineligible (if reserve teams) or refuse promotion for any reason, the next best-placed teams in their groups may be promoted. The runner-up in each group may playoff for promotion. The number of promotions to the Oberliga depend on the number of relegations and promotions in that league. Teams ranked 16th and below are relegated to their respective Bezirksliga and are replaced by the champions from each Bezirksliga. In the two groups, the 15th placed teams play each other for relegation. A reserve team is also relegated if its senior team drops down to the Landesliga.

League champions

The league champions of the divisions:[2]

Season Division
1 2 3
1948 TuRa Essen VfB Hilden Duisburger SV
1949 Duisburger FV 08 VfL 06 Benrath[lower-alpha 1] Duisburger SV
1950 SC Cronenberg VfB Lohberg In two divisions
1951 VfB Bottrop
1952 Elmar Alstaden
1953 SpVgg Gräfath Homberger SV 1. FC Mülheim
1954 VfL 06 Benrath TuS Duisburg 48/99 SpVgg Sterkrade
1955 Marathon Remscheid Homberger SV
1956 TSV Eller 04 Duisburger FV 08 VfB Speldorf
1957 SV Byfang SV Neukirchen SC Cronenberg
1958 SV Hamborn 90 SC Somborn Sportfreunde Katernberg
1959 VfB Lohberg 1. FC Bocholt Düsseldorfer SC
1960 BV Altenessen VfB Kleve Fortuna Düsseldorf A
1961 TSG Karnap SC Kleve VfR Neuss
1962 Duisburger FV 08 SV Sterkrade-Nord Union Ohligs
1963 Sportfreunde Walsum Bayer Uerdingen SSVg Velbert
1964 Düsseldorfer SC VfB Ruhrort Schwarz-Weiß Alstaden
1965 Viktoria Wuppertal MSV Duisburg A BV Osterfeld
1966 Marathon Remscheid Duisburger FV 08 SV Sterkrade-Nord
1967 VfL Wuppertal Hülser FC BV Altenessen
1968 TuRa Büderich MSV Duisburg A SV Sterkrade-Nord
1969 Union Ohligs SC Kleve VfB Speldorf
1970 SV Gräfrath SV Neukirchen Olympia Bocholt
1971 1. FC Mülheim Fortuna Düsseldorf A VfB Homberg
1972 Schwarz-Weiß Essen A 1. FC Viersen VfB Bottrop
1973 Essener FV TuS Grevenbroich Olympia Bocholt
1974 SV Langenberg Düsseldorfer SC 1. FC Bocholt
1975 BV Altenessen 1. FC Viersen RSV Meerbeck
1976 Sportfreunde Katernberg TuS Grevenbroich TuS Xanten
1977 ASV Wuppertal VfB Hilden Gelria Geldern
1978 TSV Aufderhöhe Bayer Uerdingen A VfL Rhede
1979 1. FC Mülheim BV 04 Düsseldorf Viktoria Goch
1980 Borussia Monchengladbach A VfB Speldorf MSV Moers
1981 1. FC Wülfrath VfB Homberg VfB Langenfeld
Season Division
1 2 3
1982 Duisburger FV 08 SC Kleve SV Wermelskirchen
1983 Düsseldorfer SC 99 SV Straelen TuS Helene Essen
1984 SV Schonnebeck TuS Grevenbroich VfB Bottrop
1985 VfB Remscheid VfB Lohberg SV Lintfort
1986 TV Jahn Hiesfeld Rheydter SV SSVg Velbert
1987 Bayer Uerdingen III BV Altenessen SC Schiefbahn
1988 Sportfreunde Katernberg SV Schwafheim TuRU Düsseldorf
1989 FC Kray Preussen Krefeld VfB Lohberg
1990 1. FC Wülfrath SuS 09 Dinslaken VfR Neuss
1991 TSV Bayer Dormagen SC Bocholt 26 Duisburger FV 08
1992 Bayer Wuppertal TuS Grevenbroich MSV Duisburg A
1993 DSV 04 Düsseldorf Olympia Bocholt VfB Essen-Nord
1994 TuRU Düsseldorf SV Straelen VfB Lohberg
1995 FC Zons VfB Kleve Borussia Wuppertal
1996 Wuppertaler SV II VfR Neuss VfB Speldorf
1997 TSV Ronsdorf Ratinger SV 04/19 Hamborn 07
1998 SV Wermelskirchen SC Schiefbahn 08 Viktoria Goch
1999 SSVg Velbert SV Hilden-Nord Hülser SV
2000 FC Kray SC Union Nettetal TuS Union Mülheim
2001 SV Bayer Wuppertal VfB Homberg Viktoria Goch
2002 TuSpo Richrath 1. FC Kleve SV Bottrop 1911
2003 Cronenberger SC TuRU Düsseldorf Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II
2004 1. FC Wülfrath SC Kapellen-Erft SV Sonsbeck
2005 FSV Kettwig 1. FC Viersen Olympia Bocholt
2006 Rot-Weiss Essen II Sportfreunde Baumberg SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter
2007 Spvg Radevormwald SC Düsseldorf-West GSV Moers
2008 SpVg Schonnebeck SV Straelen II TuRa 88 Duisburg
2009 FC Remscheid VfR Fischeln VfL Rhede
2010 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II Sportfreunde Baumberg SV Sonsbeck
2011 FC Kray SV Hilden-Nord Hamborn 07
2012 Cronenberger SC SV Uedesheim VfR Fischeln
2013 Rot-Weiss Essen II VfB 03 Hilden PSV Wesel-Lackhausen
2014 VdS Nievenheim VfR Fischeln 1. FC Bocholt
2015 TV Kalkum-Wittlaer 1. FC Mönchengladbach SpVg Schonnebeck
2016 Sportfreunde Baumberg VfB Homberg —
  1. ↑ Promoted to 2. Oberliga West.

References

  1. ↑ Landesliga Niederrhein 1947/48(German) f-archiv.de
  2. ↑ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables

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