2. Oberliga Südwest


The 2. Oberliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1951 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

Overview

The 2. Oberliga Südwest was formed in 1951 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest which had been operating from 1945. It was the last of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2. Oberliga West and 2. Oberliga Süd.
The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Südwest, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2. Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:
The :de:TSC Zweibrücken|TSC Zweibrücken was the only club to play all twelve seasons in the league.

Disbanding of the 2. Oberliga

In 1963 the league was dissolved. Six of its clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest, the new second division. The other ten teams were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:
The following teams were relegated:
The winners and runners-up of the league:
SeasonWinnerRunner-Up
1951–52VfR KirnFV Speyer
1952–53ASV LandauVfR Frankenthal
1953–54Spfr. SaarbrückenEintracht Kreuznach
1954–55SpVgg AndernachFV Engers
1955–56Spfr. SaarbrückenFV Speyer
1956–57SV St. IngbertTuRa Ludwigshafen
1957–58SpVgg WeisenauSpfr. Saarbrücken
1958–59VfR KaiserslauternSC Ludwigshafen
1959–60SV NiederlahnsteinTuS Neuendorf
1960–61VfR KaiserslauternBSC Oppau
1961–62SV NiederlahnsteinVfR Frankenthal
1962–63Phönix LudwigshafenEintracht Trier

Placings in the 2. Oberliga Südwest

The league placings from 1951 to 1963:
Club525354555657585960616263
Eintracht Bad KreuznachS52SSSSSSSSS
TuRa LudwigshafenSSSSS2SSSSSS
Sportfreunde Saarbrücken131S1S2SSSSS
SC Ludwigshafen710399152SSSS
TuS NeuendorfSSSSSSSS2SSS
VfR KaiserslauternSSSSSSS1S1SS
BSC Oppau13610412632SS
SV Niederlahnstein94141S1S
VfR FrankenthalS2SSSSSSSS2S
Phönix LudwigshafenSSSSSSSSSSS1
Eintracht TrierSSSSSSSSSSS2
SpVgg WeisenauS16121361S610113
Phönix Bellheim4
SV Röchling Völklingen75
VfB Wissen6
BFV Hassia Bingen3S67169797
TSC Zweibrücken845488101213558
FSV Schifferstadt8109
Germania Metternich1541210
VfB Theley1114141311
SV Ludweiler-Warndt8777131113612
SV St. Ingbert121S4761413
FV EngersSS72S337512814
SC Friedrichsthal89315
FV Speyer2SSS2SSSS3416
ASC Dudweiler141161069101115
SG Sobernheim16
SpVgg Andernach53121SS9101215
Viktoria Sulzbach11101511135416
FC 08 Homburg11315
ASV Landau61S14358816
VfL Trier5131415
VfR Kirn1SS13412516
VfL Neuwied10845141416
ASV Hochfeld71039915
Sportfreunde Herdorf117831116
SG Pirmasens4991015
SC 07 Bad Neuenahr1261116
SC Altenkessel1215
1. FC Idar91416
VfL NeustadtS15
VfB Lützel13
TuS Konz14

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