Oberliga Westfalen

Oberliga Westfalen Founded 1978Disbanded 2008Nation Germany State Nordrhein-WestfalenPromotion To Regionalliga NordRelegation To Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 Verbandsliga Westfalen 2Number of Seasons 30 Replaced by Oberliga Nordrhein-WestfalenLevel on Pyramid Level 4Last Champions 2007-08 Preußen Münster

The Oberliga Westfalen was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system. From 2008, it was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, a new state-wide league.

1 Overview
2 Champions of the Oberliga Westfalen
3 Placings in the Oberliga Westfalen 1979 to 2008
4 Founding Members of the Oberliga Westfalen
5 Disbanding of the league
6 External links
7 References
8 Sources

Overview

The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the region of Westfalen, which previously was split into two groups and covered the eastern half of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The main reason for the creation of this league was to allow its champion direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord rather than having to go through a promotion play-off. The league was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost and eight from the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Südwest. The SC Herford was relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga Nord to the new league.

Originally, the league was called Amateur Oberliga Westfalen, from 1994 this was shortened to just Oberliga Westfalen.

With the introduction of the unified 2nd Bundesliga in 1981, direct promotion for the Oberliga champions became impossible again due to the fact that their were eight of them competing for four promotion spots. The champion of the Oberliga Westfalen had to compete with the winners of the Oberligas Nord, Berlin and Nordrhein for two 2nd Bundesliga spots.

Upon creation of the Regionalligas in 1994, the champions of the Oberligas were directly promoted again, however the Oberligas slipped to fourth tier in the German football league system. The top six team of the Oberliga that year were admitted to the new Regionalliga West/Südwest, the clubs being:

With the reduction of the number of Regionalligas from four to two in 2000, the Oberliga Westfalen was now located below the Regionalliga Nord. However, the Sportfreunde Siegen, based in the very south of the region, played in the Regionalliga Süd.

With the creation of the 3rd Liga in 2008 the Oberliga Westfalen was replaced by the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, which now is the fifth tier of the league system. The Oberliga Westfalen ceased to exit after 30 seasons. Its clubs were split up over three league levels. The first four teams were promoted to the new Regionalliga West, clubs from place five to eleven went to the new Oberliga while the bottom seven teams were relegated to the Verbandsligas.

Throughout the leagues existence the two leagues below the Oberliga were:

Champions of the Oberliga Westfalen

Season Club 1978-79 SC Herford1979-80 SpVgg Erkenschwick1980-81 1. FC Paderborn1981-82 TuS Schloß Neuhaus1982-83 Eintracht Hamm 1983-84 FC Gütersloh1984-85 Eintracht Hamm 1985-86 ASC Schöppingen 1986-87 SpVgg Erkenschwick 1987-88 Preußen Münster1988-89 Preußen Münster 1989-90 Arminia Bielefeld1990-91 SC Verl1991-92 Preußen Münster 1992-93 Preußen Münster

Season Club 1993-94 SC Paderborn 071994-95 FC Gütersloh 1995-96 LR Ahlen1996-97 Sportfreunde Siegen1997-98 Borussia DortmundII 1998-99 VfL BochumII 1999-2000 VfB Hüls2000-01 SC Paderborn 07 2001-02 Borussia Dortmund II 2002-03 FC Schalke 04II 2003-04 Arminia Bielefeld II 2004-05 SG Wattenscheid 092005-06 Borussia Dortmund II 2006-07 SC Verl 2007-08 Preußen Münster

Source:Oberliga Westfalen. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.

Placings in the Oberliga Westfalen 1979 to 2008

Club 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Arminia Bielefeld ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 1 5 4 3 3 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Rot-Weiß Ahlen 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Spfr. Siegen 15 4 7 4 5 13 12 16 16 15 7 2 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ SC Paderborn 07 2 6 8 9 2 8 5 5 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Borussia Dortmund II 10 4 10 4 10 4 8 2 4 3 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ SC Verl 9 13 7 6 1 3 2 5 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 5 2 1 ♦ Preußen Münster ♦ ♦ ♦ 5 3 3 4 5 2 1 1 ♦ ♦ 1 1 2 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 6 1 SG Wattenscheid 09 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ 16 Arminia Bielefeld II 14 1 ♦ 9 3 11 FC Schalke 04 II 12 13 15 2 2 2 5 2 1 ♦ 3 3 2 2 VfL Bochum II 13 11 7 11 13 14 9 7 13 18 4 1 ♦ 2 5 2 3 2 6 10 3 FC Gütersloh 4 6 4 2 6 1 14 3 8 6 6 15 11 13 9 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 9 3 8 10 4 5 10 SpVgg Erkenschwick 3 1 ♦ 3 10 7 10 7 1 5 11 11 10 6 7 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 15 12 15 12 12 SG Wattenscheid 09 II 5 4 15 10 6 ♦ ♦ 8 3 6 7 6 12 6 12 TuS Schloß Neuhaus 2 5 3 1 ♦ 5 5 Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid ♦ ♦ ♦ 8 2 10 11 12 11 16 11 15 17 4 10 15 SC Herford 1 ♦ ♦ 14 11 6 8 15 4 17 DSC Wanne-Eickel ♦ ♦ 5 11 9 8 2 4 4 11 14 4 13 9 16 Westfalia Herne ♦ 9 12 17 15 16 9 6 3 2 5 16 5 8 6 17 8 7 5 Spfr. Lotte 8 5 8 4 SV Schermbeck 13 13 17 6 Germania Gladbeck 7 Hammer SpVgg 8 10 14 14 6 13 12 9 13 14 11 6 9 10 16 14 8 Delbrücker SC 12 9 9 Rot-Weiß Ahlen II 5 7 11 15 13 Spfr. Oestrich-Iserlohn 7 10 7 12 11 14 17 13 14 FC Eintracht Rheine 14 14 6 9 16 10 13 16 9 8 7 3 5 10 9 14 11 15 SV Lippstadt 08 3 3 11 14 4 11 15 13 4 16 SC Wiedenbrück 17 TSG Sprockhövel 16 15 16 16 18 Borussia Emsdetten 12 14 6 10 17 VfB Hüls 14 12 14 12 12 4 1 3 4 7 6 4 7 18 Spfr. Siegen II 10 15 14 16 VfB Fichte Bielefeld 7 9 4 11 18 Vorwärts Kornharpen 9 17 SC Hassel 7 12 12 15 8 11 7 18 SuS Stadtlohn 8 5 13 8 8 9 13 13 8 17 Lüner SV 19 9 10 13 18 DJK TuS Hordel 4 13 10 6 10 11 16 TSG Dülmen 15 5 9 7 10 12 15 18 Preußen Lengerich 13 15 16 Hövelhofer SV 18 SpVgg Beckum 18 8 9 14 11 11 3 8 14 11 13 14 18 VfB Kirchhellen 11 12 19 BW Post Recklinghausen 6 5 16 SV Rotthausen 12 7 14 17 BV Langendreer 04 18 14 Hasper SV 5 3 2 5 15 Spfr. Brackel 9 12 6 11 11 15 VfR Sölde 5 3 2 14 10 9 9 6 SV Holzwickede 7 7 15 20 14 13 13 16 Rot-Weiß Lennestadt 10 15 SV Blau-Weiß Wewer 14 16 VfL Gevelsberg 11 3 2 18 12 8 7 16 SpVgg Marl 12 8 7 12 8 6 16 ASC Schöppingen 7 12 3 1 7 3 3 3 2 7 Eintracht Recklinghausen 8 11 16 10 15 6 16 VfL Reken 13 14 10 15 SuS Hüsten 09 12 10 10 16 4 17 8 14 Eintracht Hamm 6 1 2 1 9 16 Hellweg Lütgendortmund 6 8 13 12 18 16 17 1. FC Paderborn 5 2 1 15 12 9 15 VfB Waltrop 16 9 7 8 4 17 FC Gohfeld 15 18 Teutonia Lippstadt 15 11 13 17 STV Horst-Emscher 14 21 VfB Altena 13 13 17 Bünder SV 9 12 18 TSG Harsewinkel 10 18 SpVgg Emsdetten 16 17 SV Ahlen 17

Source:Oberliga Westfalen. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.

♦ denotes club played in a league higher then the Oberliga.
In 1992, the ASC Schöppingen withdrew from the league.
In 1994, the VfB Rheine changed its name to Eintracht Rheine.
In 1997, the VfR Sölde withdrew from the league.
The Tus Ahlen and BW Ahlen merged in 1996 to form LR Ahlen, which changed its name to Rot-Weiß Ahlen in 2006.
The Tus Schloß Neuhaus merged with FC Paderborn to form TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus in 1985 and changed its name to SC Paderborn 07 in 1997.
The SG Wattenscheid 09 II had to withdraw from the league in 2004 because the first team of the club was relegated to the Oberliga.

Founding Members of the Oberliga Westfalen

From the 2nd Bundesliga Nord:

SC Herford

From the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost:

1. FC Paderborn
VfB Rheine
TuS Schloß Neuhaus
SV Ahlen
Bünder SV
SV Emsdetten
SV Beckum
DJK Gütersloh, (The DJK Gütersloh merged with Arminia Gütersloh to form FC Gütersloh in 1978)

TSG Harsewinkel

From the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Südwest:

SpVgg Erkenschwick
VfL Gevelsberg
Sportfreunde Siegen
Hellweg Lütgendortmund
SuS Hüsten 09
SV Holzwickede
Eintracht Recklinghausen
VfB Altena

Disbanding of the league

At the end of the 2007-08 season, the Oberliga Westfalen was disbanded and its clubs distributed to various leagues according to the seasons final standings:

To the Regionalliga West:

To the Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen:

To the Verbandsligas Westfalen:

External links

References

Sources

"Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen" - An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, published by the DSFS
"Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine

German Oberliga Westfalen (IV) Football Clubs (2007-08) v • d • e