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NOFV-Oberliga Süd


FieldValue
nameNOFV-Oberliga Süd
image[[File:Karte-Fußball-Oberligen (ab 2012).png100pxThe fourteen Oberligas in Germany]]
countryGermany
states{{plainlist
founded1991
teams18
promotionRegionalliga Nordost
relegation{{plainlist
levelLevel 5
champions1. FC Magdeburg II
season2024–25

Main article: NOFV-Oberliga

  • Brandenburg
  • Saxony
  • Saxony-Anhalt
  • Thuringia
  • Brandenburg-Liga
  • Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
  • Thüringenliga
  • Sachsenliga The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fourth tier of the league system, and until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the third tier.

Overview

The NOFV-Oberliga Sud was formed in 1991 when, along with the political reunion of Germany, the East German football league system was integrated into a unified German system.

The abbreviation NOFV stands for Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband, meaning North East German Football Association.

Along with this league, two other NOFV-Oberligen were formed, the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte and the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.

The league was formed from clubs from six different leagues: One club from the Oberliga Nordost, the former DDR-Oberliga, fourteen clubs from the NOFV-Liga A and B, the former East German second division, and one each from the three Verbandsligas, the new state leagues. The league accommodated therefore a wide mix of clubs from the east and west of Germany. Unlike the two other NOFV-Oberligas, it contained no clubs from Berlin, due to geographical reasons, and therefore was the only one of the three to have no West German clubs in it.

The league became one of the then ten Oberligen in the united Germany, the third tier of league football. Its champion was however not directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga but had to take part in a promotion play-off. In 1994 the league champion was successful in this competition, in 1992 and 1993 they failed.

For the duration of the league and onwards, the leagues below it are:

  • Sachsenliga
  • Thüringenliga
  • Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt, except clubs from the very north of the state
  • Brandenburg-Liga, only clubs from the very south of the state

In 1994, the German football league system saw some major changes. The four Regionalligen were introduced as an intermediate level between 2nd Bundesliga and Oberligen, relegating the Oberligen to the fourth tier. In the east of Germany, the Regionalliga Nordost was formed, a league covering the area of former East Germany and western Berlin. Four clubs from the NOFV-Oberliga Süd were admitted to the new league:

  • FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
  • FC Erzgebirge Aue
  • FC Sachsen Leipzig
  • Bischofswerdaer FV 08

The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was disbanded and its clubs spread between the two remaining Oberligen in the east. Four clubs from the former league were added to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

From 1995 to 1999, the champions of the league were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost.

With the reduction of the number of Regionalligen to two, the league came under the Regionalliga Nord. Six clubs were relegated that season from the now disbanded Regionalliga Nordost to the Oberliga. The regulations about promotion kept on changing and until 2006, the league champion had to play-off with the champion of the northern league for one promotion spot. Only in 2004 did the southern champion failed to win the play-off. From the 2006 season onwards, direct promotion was awarded again.

The league changes in 2008, with the introduction of the 3. Liga, meant the Oberligen were now the fifth tier of league football in Germany. The top three teams of the league in 2007–08 gained entry to the Regionalliga, the fourth placed team had to play-off against the fourth placed team from the north for one more spot, these teams being:

  • Hallescher FC
  • Chemnitzer FC
  • VFC Plauen
  • Sachsen Leipzig qualified for play-offs

Otherwise, the setup of the league did not change and its champion was directly promoted from the 2008-09 season onwards.

Another league reform, decided upon in 2010, will saw the reestablishment of the Regionalliga Nordost from 2012 onwards, with the two NOFV-Oberligas feeding into this league again. Three teams from the league achieved direct promotion to the new league, these being VfB Auerbach, Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Zwickau.

Founding members of the league

The founding members of the league in 1991 were: From the Oberliga Nordost:

  • FC Sachsen Leipzig, now defunct From the NOFV-Liga Staffel A:
  • Fortschritt Bischofswerda, now Bischofswerdaer FV 08
  • Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe, now Hoyerswerdaer FC

From the Verbandsliga Sachsen:

  • VFC Plauen

From the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt:

  • SV Merseburg 99

From the Verbandsliga Thüringen:

  • FV Zeulenroda, now FC Motor Zeulenroda

From the NOFV-Liga Staffel B:

  • FSV Zwickau
  • Wismut Aue, now Erzgebirge Aue
  • Chemnitzer SV, now VfB Chemnitz
  • Soemtrom Sömmerda, now FSV Sömmerda
  • Wismut Gera, then 1. SV Gera, merged to form FV Gera Süd, now Wismut again
    1. FC Markkleeberg, club defunct, reformed as Kickers Markkleeberg
  • TSG Meißen, now Meißner SV 08
  • Bornaer SV
  • Motor Weimar, now SC Weimar 03
  • Stahl Riesa, disbanded, reformed
  • 1. Suhler SV
  • Wacker Nordhausen

League champions

The league champions:

SeasonClub
1991–92FSV Zwickau
1992–93FC Sachsen Leipzig
1993–94FSV Zwickau
1994–95Wacker Nordhausen
1995–96VFC Plauen
1996–971. FC Magdeburg
1997–98Dresdner SC
1998–99VfL Halle 1896
1999–00FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda
2000–011. FC Magdeburg
2001–02Dynamo Dresden
2002–03FC Sachsen Leipzig
2003–04VFC Plauen
2004–05FC Carl Zeiss Jena
2005–061. FC Magdeburg
2006–07Energie Cottbus II
2007–08Hallescher FC
SeasonClub
2008–09ZFC Meuselwitz
2009–10RB Leipzig
2010–11VfB Germania Halberstadt
2011–12FSV Zwickau
2012–13Wacker Nordhausen
2013–14FSV Budissa Bautzen
2014–15RB Leipzig II
2015–161. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
2016–17BSG Chemie Leipzig
2017–18Bischofswerdaer FV 08
2018–19BSG Chemie Leipzig
2019–20FSV 63 Luckenwalde
2020–21FC Eilenburg
2021–22FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
2022–23FC Eilenburg
2023–24Bischofswerdaer FV 08
2024–251. FC Magdeburg II

Placings in the league

The complete list of clubs in the league and their final placings:

Club92939495969798990001020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425
RB Leipzig1RRR3L2B2BBBBBBBBBB
1. FC MagdeburgMMMNN1RRR1R10351RRRRRRRRR3L3L3L2B3L3L3L2B2B2B
Erzgebirge Aue273RRRRRRRRR2B2B2B2B2B3L3L2B2B2B2B2B3L2B2B2B2B2B2B3L3L3L
Dynamo DresdenBBBBRRRRR51RR2B2BRR3L3L3L2B2B2B3L3L2B2B2B3L3L2B3L3L3L
Hallescher FC2BMM1613107544471RRRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3LR
FSV Zwickau1512B2B2B2BRR4668149147991RRRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3LRR
Carl Zeiss Jena2B2B2BR2B2B2BRRR3221R2B2B3L3L3L3LRRRRR3L3L3LRRRRR
Chemnitzer FC2B2B2B2B2BRRR2B2BRRRRR22RRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3LR3LRRRRR
ZFC Meuselwitz65581RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Lokomotive Leipzig 22B2BB2B2B2B2BRR2441831286RR41RRRRRRRRR
Chemie Leipzig1R1RRRRRR
FSV 63 LuckenwaldeN611NNNRRR21RRRRR
Rot-Weiß Erfurt2B32RRRRRRRRRR2BRRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3LRR31RRR
FC Eilenburg1212312145351R1RR
VFC Plauen1821RRRR32312263RRRRRRR13941168342R
1. FC Magdeburg II161641
VfB Krieschow87952262
VfL Halle 1896 39431R6111414847815912112811143
RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf4
VfB Auerbach137111262422RRRRRRRRRR655
SC Freital786
Germania Halberstadt12961095101RRRRR2RRRRRR37
Bischofswerdaer FV 08326RR1045517331RRR11318
Budissa Bautzen7813923921RRRRR45109
1. FC/Einheit WernigerodeMM101379910
Union Sandersdorf81351110138758711
SV Grimma 1919/FC Grimma11741212910101510613131212
Einheit Rudolstadt11111465783910101113
1. SV/BSG Wismut Gera 98121071614154111014
Blau-Weiß Zorbau1614141615
Ludwigsfelder FCNNNNNNN9N13N121316
Motor Marienberg15
SV 09 Arnstadt1716
An der Fahner Höhe101214
Wacker Nordhausen7871RRR67181RRRRRRR171515
1890 Westerhausen17
Oberlausitz Neugersdorf14119111632RRRR134618
Carl Zeiss Jena II 13839615145113135610948362169
Inter Leipzig272441216
FSV Martinroda141518
1. FC Merseburg 1471119
Wacker Nordhausen II 11512
Askania Bernburg16111061415
VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal 121516
1. FC Lok StendalMMMRRRRRRNNN12NNNN
Brandenburger SC Süd 05NNNNNNNNNNNNN12NNNNN
FSV Barleben91313
Schott Jena121315161215141414
Einheit Kamenz15
Merseburg 9917M1414616
RB Leipzig II1RR
SSV Markranstädt 7105323716
Energie Cottbus II 10489986N91RRNRRR7610
Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 10816137431213512
FC Eisenach1216
Erzgebirge Aue II 81087101358
Dynamo Dresden II 85545910
Chemnitzer FC II 81432161179611
Hallescher FC II 8414
Grün-Weiß Piesteritz131015
Heidenauer SV716
Fortuna Chemnitz131196568149141517814
Wacker 03 Gotha1016121215
Blau-Gelb Laubsdorf16
Borea Dresden 45586118751310111112131515
Sachsen Leipzig 6514RRRRRRR51R3344R610
VfB Pößneck1378131315815
Grün-Weiß Wolfen15
VfB Sangerhausen16
SV Dessau 051515
TSV Völpke14
Eintracht Sondershausen1513151416
Erfurt Nord1517
Dresden 06121118
Dresdner SC916421RRRRR16
FC Anhalt DessauMMMNNN1610161417
FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda661551011103171118
VfB Zittau31316
SV Braunsbedra17
Stahl Riesa1216818
VfB Leipzig II 222
Fortuna Magdeburg321111
SSV Erfurt-Nord1112
1. Suhler SV16897137913
1. SV Gera 98121071614
Bornaer SV10141111111291016
1. FC Aschersleben1516
Motor Zeulenroda11101346714
SV 1910 Kahla815
Meißner SV 089131212814
SC 1903 Weimar14151215
FSV Brieske-SenftenbergMMM1315
1. FC Markkleeberg 1445
FSV Kölleda17
FSV Sömmerda15

Notes

  • 1 1. FC Markkleeberg declared bankruptcy in 1994.
  • 2 VfB Leipzig II withdrew from the league in 2000 because the first team was relegated. VfB Leipzig folded in 2004 and reformed as 1. FC Lok Leipzig.
  • 3 VfL Halle 96 withdrew its team to the Verbandsliga in 2001.
  • 4 FV Dresden-Nord renamed itself SC Borea Dresden in 2007. The club withdrew from the league after four rounds of the 2011–12 season.
  • 5 1. FC Gera 03 withdrew from the league during the 2011–12 season.
  • 6 FC Sachsen Leipzig declared insolvency at the end of the 2010–11 season and folded.
  • 7 In 2009 SSV Markranstädt sold its Oberliga licence to RB Leipzig.
  • 8 Dynamo Dresden II, Chemnitzer FC II, Erzgebirge Aue II and Hallescher FC II withdrew from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season.
  • 9 BSG Wismut Gera was formed in 2007 in a merger of 1. SV Gera, Blau-Weiß Gera and Geraer KFC Dynamos, and withdrew from the league after the 2018–19 season.
  • 10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt II and FC Energie Cottbus II withdrew from the league at the end of the 2015–16 season.
  • 11 Wacker Nordhausen II withdrew from the league in 2020 because the first team was relegated.
  • 12 VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal withdrew from the league during the 2019–20 season.
  • 13 Carl Zeiss Jena II withdrew from competition at the end of the 2021–22 season.
  • 14 1. FC Merseburg withdrew from the league during the 2021–22 season.

Key

SymbolKey
BBundesliga (1963–present)
2B2. Bundesliga (1974–present)
3L3. Liga (2008–present)
RRegionalliga Nordost (1994–2000)
Regionalliga Nord (2000–2008)
Regionalliga Süd (2000–2004)
Regionalliga Nordost (2008–present)
NClub played in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
MClub played in the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
1League champions
PlaceLeague
BlankPlayed at a league level below this league

References

Sources

  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
  • Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine.
  • Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.

References

  1. "Regulations for the NOFV-Oberligas 2007-08". Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband.
  2. (22 October 2010). "DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen". DFB.de.
  3. "Historical German league tables". Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv.
  4. "NOFV-Oberliga Süd tables and results 1994–present". [[Fussballdaten.de]].
  5. (25 March 2015). "Dresden meldet U23 ab". Weltfussball.de.
  6. (29 March 2016). "With season's end: Rot-Weiß Erfurt withdraws U23 team". liga3-online.de.
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