Five-year ranking (DFB)

The five-year evaluation was a key developed by the German Football Association (DFB) to determine the 40 founding members of the 2nd Bundesliga for the 1974/75 season . Depending on the final position, a club was awarded points. Additional points were awarded for playing times in the Bundesliga .

mode

The introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga was decided at the DFB Bundestag on June 30, 1973 in Frankfurt am Main . In the 2nd Bundesliga North, eleven clubs from the Regionalliga West , seven clubs from the Regionalliga Nord and two from the Regionalliga Berlin should belong. The 2nd Bundesliga South should consist of seven clubs from the Regionalliga Südwest and 13 from the Regionalliga Süd . Relegated players from the Bundesliga were added to the contingent of the respective regional league, while those who were promoted to the Bundesliga were deducted from the respective contingent. Only the two relegated teams from the 1973/74 Bundesliga season were automatically qualified.

All other clubs had to qualify using a point system that took the last five years into account. The bottom of the table of a season got one point, the penultimate two points and so on. The top of the table received as many points as teams played in the league in the respective season. Teams that played in the Bundesliga in one season received 25 points regardless of their placement there. Teams that played in the association or amateur league in one season received zero points. There were no bonus points for ascents. The sporting performance in the DFB Cup was not taken into account , in contrast to the twelve-year evaluation .

The points scored in the 1969/70 and 1970/71 seasons counted once, those in the 1971/72 and 1972/73 seasons counted twice and the 1973/74 seasons triple. If there was a tie, the placement in the 1973/74 season was decisive. Teams that occupied the respective relegation places in the regional leagues in the 1973/74 season could not qualify even with sufficient points. Clubs that were not granted a license for the 2nd Bundesliga were also not allowed to play in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Appointment of the second division

In contrast to the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, there were far fewer protests after the announcement of the new second division. Only about the license refusal for the southwest regional division SV Alsenborn there were protests nationwide, as 1. FC Saarbrücken benefited from the Alsenborner Aus . Saarbrücken was the favorite club of the then DFB Vice President Hermann Neuberger . In Berlin, the Tennis Borussia club surprisingly made it to the Bundesliga. Potential successors like Blau-Weiß 90 or Hertha Zehlendorf waived a place in the 2nd Bundesliga. Finally, the last free place in the northern group went to the western club 1. FC Mülheim-Styrum .

In northern Germany there was a tight decision about the participants. Three clubs had 91 points in their accounts. The VfB Lübeck as a worst-placed team in the 1973/74 season abandoned for financial reasons from the outset to an application for the 2. Bundesliga. TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven as the best placed team had to wait until regional league champion Eintracht Braunschweig made it to the Bundesliga. The third team in the league was Holstein Kiel , which would only have qualified if Hannover 96 had not been relegated from the Bundesliga.

The mode, according to which the teams that occupied the relegation places in the 1973/74 season, could not qualify, led to curiosities in the Regionalliga Süd. The KSV Hessen Kassel (third from bottom) and the Freiburger FC (second last) missed the new league despite adequate score. This benefited FC Augsburg , which as champions of the 1973/74 season narrowly missed promotion to the Bundesliga. Had Kassel and Freiburg not been among the last three, FC Augsburg would have had to return to the third-class Bayernliga .

The last place in the southern group went to VfR Mannheim , who benefited from the fact that SSV Jahn Regensburg, who was better placed in the five-year standings, was bottom of the table. The VFR BÜRSTADT was not the only time a victim of league reform. In 1981, the South Hesse missed the qualification for the single-track 2nd Bundesliga and had to go back to the amateur camp.

The individual five-year ratings

Legend

Club : states the name of the club that applied for admission to the 2nd Bundesliga. Clubs in bold were given a license for the 2nd Bundesliga. Clubs highlighted in green were promoted to the Bundesliga. Clubs highlighted in red occupied the relegation places and could not qualify for the 2nd Bundesliga even with sufficient points. Clubs highlighted in yellow did not receive a license for the 2nd Bundesliga.
Playing times : states the playing times that were taken into account in the determination.
Points : states the number of points the club has collected.

The top line lists the positions achieved by the club in the final table. The down arrow ( ) indicates that the club played in a lower league for the season. An up arrow ( ) indicates that the club played in the Bundesliga that season. The points achieved in the season are listed in the lower line with a blue background. ${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$ ${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$

North

society	Playing times					Points
society	69/70	70/71	71/72	72/73	73/74	Points
Eintracht Braunschweig	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	1.	207
Eintracht Braunschweig	25th	25th	50	50	57	207
FC St. Pauli	4th	2.	1.	1.	2.	157
FC St. Pauli	14th	17th	36	36	54	157
VfL Osnabrück	1.	1.	2.	2.	3.	154
VfL Osnabrück	17th	18th	34	34	51	154
VfL Wolfsburg	2.	9.	3.	3.	4th	138
VfL Wolfsburg	16	10	32	32	48	138
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	10.	5.	4th	5.	5.	125
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	8th	14th	30th	28	45	125
1. SC Göttingen 05	5.	7th	5.	4th	12.	107
1. SC Göttingen 05	13	12	28	30th	24	107
TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven	15th	6th	8th.	12.	7th	91
TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven	3	13	22nd	14th	39	91
Holstein Kiel	3.	4th	11.	7th	13.	91
Holstein Kiel	15th	15th	16	24	21st	91
VfB Lübeck	7th	3.	6th	6th	16.	91
VfB Lübeck	11	16	26th	26th	12	91
Arminia Hanover	8th.	14th	14th	9.	9.	78
Arminia Hanover	10	5	10	20th	33	78
VfB Oldenburg	9.	17th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	11.	6th	69
VfB Oldenburg	9	2	0	16	42	69
Bremerhaven 93	6th	8th.	15th	14th	14th	59
Bremerhaven 93	12	11	8th	10	18th	59
SV Meppen	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	18th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	10.	8th.	55
SV Meppen	0	1	0	18th	36	55
Heider SV	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	16.	9.	13.	15th	50
Heider SV	0	3	20th	12	15th	50
1. FC Phoenix Lübeck	13.	13.	12.	8th.	19th	50
1. FC Phoenix Lübeck	5	6th	14th	22nd	3	50
OSV Hanover	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	13.	15th	11.	47
OSV Hanover	0	0	12	8th	27	47
Itzehoer SV	12.	12.	16.	16.	17th	34
Itzehoer SV	6th	7th	6th	6th	9	34
SC Concordia Hamburg	17th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	10.	31
SC Concordia Hamburg	1	0	0	0	30th	31
VfL Pinneberg	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	18th	6th
VfL Pinneberg	0	0	0	0	6th	6th

west

society	Playing times					Points
society	69/70	70/71	71/72	72/73	73/74	Points
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	2.	201
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	25th	25th	50	50	51	201
Borussia Dortmund	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	4th	6th	169
Borussia Dortmund	25th	25th	50	30th	39	169
Alemannia Aachen	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	6th	4th	6th	7th	130
Alemannia Aachen	25th	13	30th	26th	36	130
Arminia Bielefeld	2.	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	11.	14th	123
Arminia Bielefeld	17th	25th	50	16	15th	123
SG Wattenscheid 09	8th.	13.	12.	5.	1.	113
SG Wattenscheid 09	11	6th	14th	28	54	113
Bayer 05 Uerdingen	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	7th	3.	3.	104
Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0	0	24	32	48	104
Black and white food	5.	11.	5.	12.	8th.	97
Black and white food	14th	8th	28	14th	33	97
Prussia Munster	7th	9.	11.	13.	5.	92
Prussia Munster	12	10	16	12	42	92
DJK Gütersloh	10.	8th.	13.	9.	9.	82
DJK Gütersloh	9	11	12	20th	30th	82
SpVgg Erkenschwick	15th	15th	6th	10.	11.	76
SpVgg Erkenschwick	4th	4th	26th	18th	24	76
1. FC Muelheim-Styrum	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	8th.	4th	67
1. FC Muelheim-Styrum	0	0	0	22nd	45	67
Eintracht Gelsenkirchen-Horst	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	5.	10.	14th	16.	51
Eintracht Gelsenkirchen-Horst	0	14th	18th	10	9	51
Sports fans victories	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	7th	12.	45
Sports fans victories	0	0	0	24	21st	45
SVA Gütersloh	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	9.	16.	13.	44
SVA Gütersloh	0	0	20th	6th	18th	44
Westfalia Herne	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	12.	14th	15th	17th	31
Westfalia Herne	0	7th	10	8th	6th	31
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	10.	27
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid	0	0	0	0	27	27
SC Viktoria Cologne	12.	10	17th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	18th	23
SC Viktoria Cologne	7th	9	4th	0	3	23
Union Ohligs	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	15th	12
Union Ohligs	0	0	0	0	12	12

Berlin

society	Playing times					Points
society	69/70	70/71	71/72	72/73	73/74	Points
Wacker 04 Berlin	5.	2.	1.	2.	2.	100
Wacker 04 Berlin	10	11	24	22nd	33	100
Tennis Borussia Berlin	2.	4th	4th	3.	1.	96
Tennis Borussia Berlin	13	9	18th	20th	36	96
Blue-White 90 Berlin	4th	3.	3.	1.	3.	95
Blue-White 90 Berlin	11	10	20th	24	30th	95
Hertha Zehlendorf	1.	5.	6th	5.	4th	79
Hertha Zehlendorf	14th	8th	14th	16	27	79
Spandauer SV	6th	6th	5.	7th	10.	53
Spandauer SV	9	7th	16	12	9	53
Rapide Wedding	7th	9.	10.	8th.	6th	49
Rapide Wedding	8th	4th	6th	10	21st	49
1. FC Neukölln	8th.	10.	7th	10.	7th	46
1. FC Neukölln	7th	3	12	6th	15th	46
Berliner SV 92	11.	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	9.	6th	8th.	41
Berliner SV 92	4th	0	8th	14th	15th	41
SC Westend 1901	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	5.	24
SC Westend 1901	0	0	0	0	24	24
BFC Alemannia 90	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	8th.	8th.	11.	12.	22nd
BFC Alemannia 90	0	5	10	4th	3	22nd
BFC Prussia	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	9.	11.	14th
BFC Prussia	0	0	0	8th	6th	14th
BBC Southeast	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	9.	12
BBC Southeast	0	0	0	0	12	12

southwest

society	Playing times					Points
society	69/70	70/71	71/72	72/73	73/74	Points
Borussia Neunkirchen	4th	1.	1.	5.	1.	133
Borussia Neunkirchen	13	16	32	24	48	133
SV Röchling Völklingen	13.	10.	2.	2.	4th	110
SV Röchling Völklingen	4th	7th	30th	30th	39	110
1. FSV Mainz 05	12.	7th	4th	1.	5.	109
1. FSV Mainz 05	5	10	26th	32	36	109
FK Pirmasens	2.	2.	6th	3.	8th.	107
FK Pirmasens	15th	15th	22nd	28	27	107
SV Alsenborn	1.	5.	3.	8th.	10.	95
SV Alsenborn	16	12	28	18th	21st	95
FC 08 Homburg	14th	8th.	9.	7th	3.	90
FC 08 Homburg	3	9	16	20th	42	90
Wormatia worms	11.	12.	7th	4th	6th	90
Wormatia worms	6th	5	20th	26th	33	90
1. FC Saarbrücken	6th	4th	12.	13.	2.	87
1. FC Saarbrücken	11	13	10	8th	45	87
ASV Landau	7th	9.	8th.	6th	9.	82
ASV Landau	10	8th	18th	22nd	24	82
Southwest Ludwigshafen	3.	3.	10.	9.	11.	76
Southwest Ludwigshafen	14th	14th	14th	16	18th	76
TuS Neuendorf	8th.	6th	5.	11.	12.	71
TuS Neuendorf	9	11	24	12	15th	71
FV Speyer	5.	14th	11.	12.	15th	43
FV Speyer	12	3	12	10	6th	43
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	7th	30th
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach	0	0	0	0	30th	30th
VfB Theley	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	16.	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	10.	13.	27
VfB Theley	0	1	0	14th	12	27
Eisbachtal sports fans	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	14th	14th	15th
Eisbachtal sports fans	0	0	0	6th	9	15th
FC Ensdorf	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	16.	3
FC Ensdorf	0	0	0	0	3	3

south

society	Playing times					Points
society	69/70	70/71	71/72	72/73	73/74	Points
TSV 1860 Munich	${\ displaystyle \ Uparrow}$	4th	3.	3.	3.	155
TSV 1860 Munich	25th	16	34	32	48	155
1. FC Nuremberg	3.	1.	9.	5.	2.	138
1. FC Nuremberg	18th	19th	22nd	28	51	138
Karlsruher SC	2.	2.	5.	2.	8th.	134
Karlsruher SC	19th	18th	30th	34	33	134
SV Darmstadt 98	18th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	7th	1.	4th	110
SV Darmstadt 98	3	0	26th	36	45	110
FC Bayern Hof	4th	13.	2.	12.	9.	104
FC Bayern Hof	17th	7th	36	14th	30th	104
Stuttgart Kickers	12.	10.	11.	8th.	6th	98
Stuttgart Kickers	9	10	18th	22nd	39	98
SpVgg Bayreuth	17th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	13.	4th	5.	90
SpVgg Bayreuth	4th	0	14th	30th	42	90
VfR Heilbronn	14th	8th.	8th.	6th	12.	90
VfR Heilbronn	7th	12	24	26th	21st	90
KSV Hessen Kassel	7th	3.	4th	10.	16.	90
KSV Hessen Kassel	14th	17th	32	18th	9	90
SpVgg Fürth	8th.	7th	14th	9.	10.	85
SpVgg Fürth	13	13	12	20th	27	85
1. FC Schweinfurt 05	5.	6th	12.	14th	15th	68
1. FC Schweinfurt 05	16	14th	16	10	12	68
Freiburg FC	6th	9.	6th	15th	17th	68
Freiburg FC	15th	11	28	8th	6th	68
SV Chio Waldhof	20th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	7th	7th	61
SV Chio Waldhof	1	0	0	24	36	61
FC Augsburg	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	1.	54
FC Augsburg	0	0	0	0	54	54
SSV Jahn Regensburg	10.	5.	16.	11.	18th	53
SSV Jahn Regensburg	11	15th	8th	16	3	53
VfR Mannheim	15th	16.	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	13.	28
VfR Mannheim	6th	4th	0	0	18th	28
VfR Bürstadt	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	13.	14th	27
VfR Bürstadt	0	0	0	12	18th	27
FSV Frankfurt	19th	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	${\ displaystyle \ Downarrow}$	11.	26th
FSV Frankfurt	2	0	0	0	24	26th

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Carsten Töller (Ed.): Football in Germany since 1945 . Self-published, Mettmann 2009, p. 161 .
↑ Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 2: Bundesliga & Co. 1963 to today. 1st division, 2nd division, GDR Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-113-1 , p. 81.
^ Hardy Green, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 , p. 21, 409 .
↑ cf. Hardy Grüne, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs. 2009, p. 334.
↑ Hardy Greens : Legendary Football Clubs. Northern Germany. Between TSV Achim, Hamburger SV and TuS Zeven. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-223-8 , pp. 47, 61.
↑ cf. Hardy Grüne, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs. 2009, p. 102.

[toeller-1] Carsten Töller (Ed.): Football in Germany since 1945 . Self-published, Mettmann 2009, p. 161 .

[2] Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 2: Bundesliga & Co. 1963 to today. 1st division, 2nd division, GDR Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-113-1 , p. 81.

[3] Hardy Green, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 , p. 21, 409 .

[4] . Hardy Grüne, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs. 2009, p. 334.

[5] Hardy Greens : Legendary Football Clubs. Northern Germany. Between TSV Achim, Hamburger SV and TuS Zeven. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-223-8 , pp. 47, 61.

[6] . Hardy Grüne, Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs. 2009, p. 102.