Regionalliga Berlin


The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligas.

Overview

The Regionalliga Berlin started out in 1963 with 10 teams in the league. From 1965 the league was expanded to 16 clubs. In 1969-70 the league played with 14 clubs and after that always with 12.
It was formed from the clubs of the Oberliga Berlin which finished second to eighth and the first three clubs of the Amateurliga Berlin. The last winner of the Oberliga Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, was promoted to the new Bundesliga and the bottom two teams of the Oberliga were relegated to the Amateurliga. The Regionalliga Berlin was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Berlin under a different name and a tier lower.
Along with the Regionalliga Berlin went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:
The new Regionalligas were formed along the borders of the old post-World War II Oberligas, not after a balanced regional system. Therefore, the Oberligas Berlin and West covered small but populous areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anachronism, neither large nor populous.
The winners and runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion play-off to the new Bundesliga, which was staged in two groups of originally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.
The bottom team was relegated to the Amateurliga. Below the Regionalliga Berlin was the Amateurliga Berlin.
Tennis Borussia Berlin, SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin, Wacker 04 Berlin, Spandauer SV and Hertha Zehlendorf all played every season of the Regionalliga Berlin.

Disbanding of the Regionalliga Berlin

The league was dissolved in 1974. Originally two clubs from the Regionalliga Berlin were to be integrated in the new 2. Bundesliga Nord, however, the Regionalliga champion Tennis Borussia Berlin won promotion to the Bundesliga and therefore only Wacker 04 Berlin was admitted into the new second division. The other ten teams in the league went to the new Oberliga Berlin.

Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Berlin

The winners and runners-up of the league were:
SeasonWinnerRunner-Up
1963–64Tasmania 1900 BerlinTennis Borussia Berlin
1964–65Tennis Borussia BerlinSpandauer SV
1965–66Hertha BSC BerlinTennis Borussia Berlin
1966–67Hertha BSC BerlinTennis Borussia Berlin
1967–68Hertha BSC BerlinTennis Borussia Berlin
1968–69Hertha ZehlendorfTasmania 1900 Berlin
1969–70Hertha ZehlendorfTennis Borussia Berlin
1970–71Tasmania 1900 BerlinWacker 04 Berlin
1971–72Wacker 04 BerlinTasmania 1900 Berlin
1972–73Blau-Weiß 90 BerlinWacker 04 Berlin
1973–74Tennis Borussia BerlinWacker 04 Berlin

The league placings from 1963 to 1974:
Club6465666768697071727374
Hertha BSC BerlinBB111BBBBBB
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin13B4523124
Tennis Borussia Berlin21222324431
Wacker 04 Berlin34464452122
SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin57101181043313
Hertha Zehlendorf68553115654
SC Westend 015
Rapide Wedding7137791086
1. FC Neukölln8101268107107
Berliner SV 189285999911968
BBC Südost9
Spandauer SV423375665710
BFC Preussen911
Alemannia 90 Berlin1014881112
Rot-Weiß Neukölln12
TuS Wannsee9711
Meteor 06 Berlin121312
SC Staaken615111011
VfL Nord1512
Kickers 1900 Berlin1414812
Sportfreunde Neukölln1514
BFC Südring96712613
Reinickendorfer Füchse71011131116
VfB Hermsdorf12816
Lichterfelder SU1316
SC Tegel14
SC Gatow15
Viktoria 89 Berlin916
Union 06 Berlin10

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