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Amateurliga Rheinland

Field	Value
name	Amateurliga Rheinland
image	[[Image:Deutschland Lage von Rheinland-Pfalz.svg	100px	Map of Germany: Position of Rheinland-Pfalz highlighted]]
country	West Germany
state	Rhineland-Palatinate
region	Rhineland
founded	1952
folded	1978 (26 seasons)
successor	{{plainlist
promotion	{{plainlist
level	Level 3
domest_cup	Rheinland Pokal
champions	TuS Neuendorf
season	1977–78

Oberliga Südwest (III)
Verbandsliga Rheinland (IV)
2. Oberliga Südwest 1952–63
Regionalliga Südwest 1963–74
2. Bundesliga Süd 1974–78 The Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland Football Association and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Rheinland below it in 1978.

Overview

The Amateurliga Rheinland was formed in 1952 in the northern half of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Before its inception, three separate leagues operated in the area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the 2. Oberliga Südwest. From 1952 until the establishment of the Oberliga Südwest in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.

The winner of the Amateurliga Rheinland was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off. The champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligas Saarland and Südwest.

Until 1933, the region covered by the Rheinland FA was politically part of the now dissolved German state of Prussia. It was part of the Prussian Rhine Province.

The league was established in 1952 with sixteen teams, the winner gaining promotion to the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were:

SpVgg Bendorf
FC Urbar
VfL Trier
SpVgg Neuwied
SC Wirges
SV Niederlahnstein
SV Ehrang
Germania Mudersbach
TuS Konz
SSV Heimbach-Weis
SpVgg Zewen
VfB Lützel
SV Remagen
TuS Mayen
SV Trier-West
SG Betzdorf

In 1956 the league was split into a western and an eastern group with twelve teams each. In 1963 it reverted to its old single group setup.

With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new Regionalliga Südwest but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga Süd in 1974.

The SC Bad Neuenahr and SC Sinzig hold the record for years in the league, each with 22 out of a possible 26.

Disbanding of the Amateurliga Rheinland

In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was formed to allow direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd for the Amateure champion of the area. The teams placed one to five gained entry to the Oberliga while the next ten teams were put into the new Verbandsliga Rheinland, now the fourth tier of the football league system. The bottom team was relegated to the Bezirksliga.

Admitted to the new Oberliga:

TuS Neuendorf
FSV Salmrohr
SpVgg EGC Wirges
Eisbachtaler Sportfreunde
SV Ellingen

Relegated to the new Verbandsliga:

SV Leiwen
VfL Neuwied
SV Remagen
SC Bad Neuenahr
FC Bitburg
TuS Mayen
Alemannia Plaidt
VfB Wissen
SC Sinzig
TuS Hahnstetten

Relegated to the Bezirksliga:

Eintracht Höhr

Winners of the Amateurliga Rheinland

1977–78	TuS Neuendorf

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Bold denotes team gained promotion.
The TuS Neuendorf, winner of the last two league titles, changed its name to TuS Koblenz in 1982.

References

Sources

Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897–1988 History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006

Wikipedia Source

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