Football Middle Rhine League

Middle Rhine League
Association	Football Association Middle Rhine
First edition	1956
hierarchy	5th league
Teams	16
master	SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
Record champions	Bonner SC (6 ×)
Current season	2019/20
Website	fvm.de
region
^ Regionalliga West ↓ Landesliga Mittelrhein

The Mittelrheinliga ( Association League Mittelrhein until 2008 ) is the top division of the Mittelrhein Football Association . It thus forms the level of the Oberliga , currently the fifth highest class in the German league system .

history

The league was first launched in 1956 as the Mittelrhein Association League and initially consisted of 15 clubs. It replaced the two-pronged national league as the highest amateur class in the association's territory and was the third highest division in the German league system until 1978. Usually the champion of the Mittelrhein Association League took part together with the champions of the Niederrhein Association League and the two relay winners of the Westphalia Association League first in the promotion round to the 2nd Oberliga West , from 1964 then on the promotion round to the Regionalliga West and finally from 1975 on the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga North . In 1978, the amateur upper league North Rhine was founded as the new third highest division, made up of the best teams from the association league Mittelrhein and the association league Niederrhein. The Mittelrhein Association League was thus only the fourth highest league. In return, however, the promotion round was canceled at the same time, so the Middle Rhine champions automatically qualified for the top division. After the introduction of the Regionalliga in 1994, the Mittelrhein Association League was only the fifth-highest class. After the introduction of the 3rd league and simultaneous renaming to its current name Mittelrheinliga in 2008, it was the sixth highest division. With the elimination of the NRW League from the 2012/13 season, however, the Middle Rhine League is back in fifth class and for the first time in its history has the status of a major league.

Founding members of the Mittelrhein Association League

Rhenania Würselen - SSV Troisdorf 05 - SC Rapid Cologne - VfL Cologne 1899 - SV Habbelrath-Grefrath - Eschweiler SG - Stolberger SV - TuRa Hennef - SSG Bergisch Gladbach - SC Fortuna Cologne - Godesberg 08 - SVS Merkstein - Viktoria Alsdorf - Kohlscheider BC - Tura Bonn

Attendees

Arnoldsweiler Breinig Deutz Düren Eilendorf Cheeky Freialdenhoven Friesdorf Hennef Huerth Folding rule Pesch Siegburg Vichttal Wegberg-Beeck Wesseling

Venues of the Middle Rhine League 2019/20

The following clubs have qualified for the 2019/20 season:

• the remaining teams from the Middle Rhine League 2018/19 :
  • FC Wegberg-Beeck
  • FC Hennef 05
  • Borussia Freialdenhoven
  • FC Huerth
  • SV Breinig
  • SV Deutz 05
  • 1. FC Dueren
  • SpVg Frechen 20
  • Blau-Weiß Friesdorf
  • Viktoria Arnoldsweiler
  • VfL 08 Vichttal
  • Siegburger SV 04
• the champions and the runners-up of the two seasons of the Landesliga Mittelrhein 2018/19:
  • Season 1: FC Pesch (champions), SC Fortuna Köln II (runner-up)
  • Season 2: Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld (master), SV Eilendorf (runner-up)

Previous masters

From 1956 to 2008 the league was called Verbandsliga Mittelrhein and since 2008 the Mittelrheinliga .

1956/57 Stolberger SV 1957/58 SSG Bergisch Gladbach 1958/59 Bonn FV 1959/60 SV Baesweiler 09 1960/61 Siegburger SV 04 1961/62 TuRa Bonn 1962/63 SG Düren 99 1963/64 SV Schlebusch 1964/65 1. FC Köln amateurs 1965/66 SG Düren 99 1966/67 1. FC Köln amateurs 1967/68 Bonner SC 1968/69 SC Jülich 1969/70 SC Jülich 1970/71 SC Jülich 1971/72 Bonner SC 1972/73 SpVg Frechen 20th 1973/74 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1974/75 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1975/76 Bonner SC 1976/77 1. FC Köln amateurs

1977/78 SC Viktoria Cologne 1978/79 Rhenania Richterich 1979/80 SpVg Frechen 20th 1980/81 Bayer Leverkusen amateurs 1981/82 TuS 08 Langerwehe 1982/83 SG Düren 99 1983/84 Siegburger SV 04 1984/85 Bonner SC 1985/86 TuS Lindlar 1986/87 SC Jülich 1987/88 SC Brück 1988/89 Alemannia Aachen amateurs 1989/90 TuS 08 Langerwehe 1990/91 SC Brück 1991/92 1. FC Köln amateurs 1992/93 Germania Teveren 1993/94 TuS 08 Langerwehe 1994/95 VfL Rheinbach 1995/96 SSG Bergisch Gladbach 1996/97 Rhenania Würselen 1997/98 SCB Prussia Cologne

1998/99 TSC Euskirchen 1999/00 Borussia Freialdenhoven 2000/01 Bonner SC 2001/02 GFC Düren 09 2002/03 PSI Yurdumspor Cologne 2003/04 Alemannia Aachen amateurs 2004/05 FC Wegberg-Beeck 2005/06 SSG Bergisch Gladbach 2006/07 Germania Dattenfeld 2007/08 VfL Leverkusen 2008/09 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 2009/10 FC Wegberg-Beeck 2010/11 FC Junkersdorf 2011/12 FC Hennef 05 2012/13 FC Hennef 05 2013/14 FC Hennef 05 2014/15 FC Wegberg-Beeck 2015/16 Bonner SC 2016/17 FC Wegberg-Beeck 2017/18 TV Herkenrath 2018/19 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09

Individual evidence

1. ^ FVM: Championship ( Memento from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 15, 2012