Landesliga Mittelrhein

The Landesliga Mittelrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Middle Rhine 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 Mittelrhein. 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.

Landesliga Mittelrhein
Organising bodyFootball Association of the Middle Rhine
Founded1946
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
RegionMiddle Rhine
Divisions2
Number of teams31
Level on pyramidLevel 6
Promotion toOberliga Mittelrhein
Relegation toBezirksliga Mittelrhein
(4 divisions)
Current championsGroup 1: VfL Alfter
Group 2: BC Viktoria Glesch-Paffendorf
(2019–20)

History

The league was founded in 1946 as the Rheinbezirksliga (Rhine District League), the highest division for the area covered by the Middle Rhine football association. A year later another division was added. In 1949 it became a second tier to the 2. Oberliga West. In 1956 it was demoted to the third tier after Verbandsliga Mittelrhein 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 under the Oberliga Nordrhein, in 1994 it was the fifth under the current Regionalliga West, and in 2008 it was the sixth under 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 Mittelrhein, however, the league moved up from the seventh to the sixth level.

Modus

The Landesliga Mittelrhein consists of eastern and western groups of 16 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 Mittelrhein, provided they are not reserve teams of senior clubs or are financially sound. Should a winner or both winners be deemed ineligible or refuse promotion, the next best-placed teams in their groups will be promoted. The number of promotions to the Oberliga depend on the number of relegations and promotions in that league. Teams ranked 13th (or 14th) and below are relegated to their respective Bezirksliga and are replaced by the champions and runners-up from each Bezirksliga. A reserve team is also relegated if its senior team drops down to the Landesliga.

League champions

The top two in the inaugural season:[1]

SeasonChampionRunner-up
1947VfR KölnAlemannia Aachen

The league champions of the two divisions since 1948:[1]

SeasonDivision
12
19481. FC KölnRhenania Würselen
1949Bayer 04 Leverkusen1. FC Köln
1950SG Düren 99Single division season
1951SSV Troisdorf 05SV Baesweiler 09
1952Tura BonnViktoria Alsdorf
1953SV Bergisch Gladbach 09SpVg Frechen 20
1954SC Rapid KölnSV Baesweiler 09
1955SV Bergisch Gladbach 09Stolberger SV
1956SSV Troisdorf 05SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
1957Bonner FV 01SV Baesweiler 09
1958Siegburger SV 04Alemannia Mariadorf
1959TuRa BonnVfR Übach-Palenberg
1960TuRa HennefAlemannia Aachen Am.
1961SV SchlebuschSpVg Frechen 20
1962BC Efferen1. FC Köln Am.
1963VfL LeverkusenViktoria Alsdorf
1964VfL Köln 99Alemannia Aachen Am.
1965SC Fortuna KölnSV Baesweiler 09
1966SV Bergisch Gladbach 09Borussia Brand
1967TuS HöhenhausSC Jülich
1968CfB Ford NiehlOberbrucher BC 09
19691. FC SpichAlemannia Mariadorf
1970TuS LindlarBorussia Hückelhoven
1971SpVg Frechen 20Viktoria Alsdorf
1972SC Köln-Mülheim NordSV Baesweiler 09'
1973Siegburger SV 04TuS 08 Langerwehe
1974Godesberg 08Westwacht Aachen
1975TuS LindlarSG Düren 99
1976FC Alter Markt KölnBorussia Brand
1977FV Bad HonnefBlau-Weiß Niederembt
1978Bayer 04 Leverkusen Am.Rhenania Richterich
1979SpVg Frechen 20Eschweiler SG
1980Germania ZündorfAlemannia Aachen Am.
19811. FC Köln Am.FC Niederau
1982SC Schwarz-Weiß KölnGürzenicher FC 09
1983SpVgg Oberaußem-FortunaTSC Euskirchen
1984TuS LindlarTuS Chlodwig Zülpich
SeasonDivision
12
1985SC Viktoria Köln IIVfR Übach-Palenberg
1986SSG Bergisch GladbachGürzenicher FC 09
1987SC BrückSC Erkelenz 09
1988VfL RheinbachSpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna
1989TuS MarialindenSC Erkelenz 09
1990SpVg Frechen 20Westwacht Aachen
1991FC PeschSV Baesweiler 09
1992SSV MarienheideBorussia Freialdenhoven
1993DJK Winfriedia MülheimGürzenicher FC 09
1994TuS HöhenhausAlemannia Aachen II
1995SSG Bergisch GladbachSpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna
1996Siegburger SV 04Kohlscheider BC
1997SpVg Frechen 20SSV Körrenzig
1998SSV Eintracht KölnTuS Schmidt
1999SC West KölnEschweiler SG
2000PSI Yurdumspor KölnAlemannia Aachen Am.
2001Germania DattenfeldGürzenicher FC 09
2002Blau-Weiß BrühlGermania Lich-Steinstraß
2003VfL LeverkusenFC Wegberg-Beeck
2004Sportfreunde TroisdorfGermania Teveren
2005BC BerrenrathWestwacht Aachen
2006Spvg Wesseling-UrfeldRhenania Eschweiler
2007FC Hennef 05Kaller SC
2008SC Renault BrühlGermania Teveren
2009SV WachtbergViktoria Arnoldsweiler
2010VfL AlfterSV Rott
2011Sportfreunde TroisdorfTSV Hertha Walheim
2012SG Köln-WorringenFC Erftstadt
2013Bonner SCSV Nierfeld
2014FC HürthFC Bergheim 2000
2015DJK BW FriesdorfSpvg Wesseling-Urfeld
2016Siegburger SV 04Hilal Bergheim
2017SSV MertenSV Breinig
2018SV Deutz 05GFC Düren 99
2019FC PeschSpvg Wesseling-Urfeld
2020VfL AlfterBC Viktoria Glesch-Paffendorf
  • Note: No teams were promoted from 1951 to 1955.

References

  1. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
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