Lower Saxony Football League
| Oberliga Lower Saxony | |
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| Association | NFV |
| First edition | 1947/48 |
| hierarchy | 5th league |
| Teams | 16 |
| master | VfV Hildesheim |
| Record champions |
Hannover 96 Amateurs (6 titles) |
| Current season | 2019/20 |
| Website | nfv.de |
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↑ Regionalliga North (IV) ↓ Lower Saxony State League (VI)
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The Lower Saxony Oberliga (up to the 2007/2008 season: Lower Saxony League ) is one of the fifth highest men's soccer divisions in the league system in Germany and the top division in the men's division of the Lower Saxony Football Association (NFV).
history
Since the NFV was founded in 1947, the highest class in football in Lower Saxony has seen an eventful history with numerous restructurings. A special feature is that the competition experienced frequent changes between game operations in one and two seasons.
Major Leagues (1946 to 1947)
In the spring of 1946 ten clubs from the Hanover / Braunschweig / Göttingen area formed the Lower Saxony-South Oberliga and played a simple round of points. No comparable league was formed in the rest of the country. In the 1946/47 season , in addition to the Lower Saxony South Oberliga, the Lower Saxony North Oberliga was set up, which also covered the state of Bremen . The two upper leagues each provided three founding members of the new upper league north for the 1947/48 season and were replaced by the regional league.
State League (1947 to 1949)
In the seasons 1947/48 and 1948/49 the state league , which was divided into five seasons (Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Hanover, Weser-Ems and Bremen), formed the highest amateur class below the Oberliga Nord. In 1949, a separate regional association was established for the Bremen clubs with the Bremen Football Association, which has since organized its own game operation.
Amateur Oberliga (1949 to 1964)
→ Main article: Amateur Oberliga Niedersachsen
The five-track state league was replaced in Lower Saxony in 1949 by the two-track amateur league, which played in the seasons West and East. In 1963 this class became third class with the introduction of the Bundesliga . The two season winners and from 1953 a third team qualified for the promotion round to the Oberliga Nord. As a rule, the third participant was determined by a decision game between the two runners-up champions. Amateur teams from clubs whose first team already played in the Oberliga Nord were not allowed to participate in the promotion round.
National League (1964 to 1979)
In 1964, the single-track national league replaced the amateur league. After several attempts to introduce a single-track top division in Lower Saxony had failed, the breakthrough came after the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963. The first three teams took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga until 1973 . Amateur teams were still not allowed. The next best placed teams moved up.
Initially, the national league played with 18 teams, from which four teams were relegated in the first two years. In 1966 the national league was reduced to 16 teams and the number of relegated teams was reduced to two. When the 2nd Bundesliga was introduced in 1974, the champions and runners-up of the regional league were automatically promoted to the newly created Oberliga Nord, while the third had to play a relegation round. From 1975 the first three of the regional league qualified for the promotion round to the Oberliga Nord. From now on, amateur teams were also allowed to take part in the promotion round.
Association League (1979 to 1994)
The municipal reform in Lower Saxony in the 1970s also affected the football association. In 1979 the regional league was renamed Verbandsliga . The four-track association league , which until then formed the substructure for the state league, was replaced by a two-track state league . This structure was maintained until 1994. The qualification for the promotion round remained unchanged. The last two teams were relegated to the national league.
Lower Saxony League (1994 to 2008)
In 1994 the regional league was reintroduced at the third level. The upper leagues Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg and Lower Saxony / Bremen served as the substructure. The Lower Saxony League was continued in two seasons, the champions of which rose to the Lower Saxony / Bremen Oberliga. The teams from the Hanover and Weser-Ems districts were assigned to the West Squadron and those from the Braunschweig and Lüneburg districts to the East Squadron . The number of relegators in the now four-track state league varied from year to year.
The reduction of the regional leagues to two seasons in 2000 only had an indirect effect on the Lower Saxony league, in that there was an increased relegation of six teams from the upper league. In 2004 the Oberliga Nord was continued in one season, which led to an increased relegation of eight teams to the Lower Saxony leagues.
Oberliga (since 2008)
When the third league was introduced in 2008 , the two-track regional league (previously the third-highest league level) became a three-track league at the fourth-highest level. In the area of the North German Football Association, the Oberliga Nord was abolished at this time. The first in the Lower Saxony league at that time ( VfL Oldenburg and MTV Gifhorn ) also took part in a relegation round in which a place in the new regional league was played out, but were unsuccessful.
Thus, the highest Lower Saxony class remained fifth class, but was now called Oberliga Niedersachsen . Under this name, too, it remained with two seasons until 2010. At the end of the 2008/09 season there was a relegation between the master of the east and the master of the west relay. The winner Goslarer SC 08 rose to the regional league. The relegated were divided into the responsible regional league.
For the 2010/11 season , the two seasons were then combined into a single-track league with 20 teams. In the following season 2011/12 the number of participants was reduced to 18 clubs, from the season 2012/13 on only 16 clubs play in the Oberliga Niedersachsen.
Since the Oberliga has been single-track, the champion has been promoted directly to the Regionalliga Nord. The runner-up played after 2013 together with the champions of the upper leagues Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Bremen in a promotion round for two more places in the regional league. Four teams are relegated from the league at the end of the season.
The season 1919/20 was due to the 19-COVID - pandemic canceled and counted after the last stand. There was no relegation, so that the league with four promoted clubs now includes 20 clubs and will play in two regional groups of ten in 2020/21.
Ascent / descent
The champions of the Oberliga are regularly promoted to the Regionalliga Nord . The runner-up can also advance through relegation games. Due to the restructuring of the regional leagues for the 2012/13 season, the first five teams rose at the time. In 2020 the promotion games were canceled and Lower Saxony brought two clubs directly into the regional league.
The last four teams are regularly relegated to the respective national leagues. In the 2011/12 season only the team was relegated to 18th place.
Previous masters
Single track Lower Saxony State League (1964–1979)
Club names in bold indicate teams that have been promoted to the Regionalliga (until 1974) or Oberliga Nord (since 1974).
| year | master | Second | Third |
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| 1965 | Hanover 96 Am. 1 | TuS Celle | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. 1 |
| 1966 | Hanover 96 Am. 2 | 1. FC Wolfsburg | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. 2 |
| 1967 | Hanover 96 Am. 3 | Leu Braunschweig | TuS Haste 01 |
| 1968 | SV Meppen | VfV Hildesheim | Arminia Hannover Am. 4th |
| 1969 | Leu Braunschweig | Hanover 96 Am. 5 | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. 5 |
| 1970 | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. 6th | SV Union Salzgitter | OSV Hanover |
| 1971 | OSV Hanover | SV Union Salzgitter | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. 7th |
| 1972 | VfB Oldenburg | SV Meppen | Prussia Hamelin |
| 1973 | SV Union Salzgitter | Prussia Hamelin | VfB Peine |
| 1974 | Prussia Hamelin | SpVgg Bad Pyrmont | SV Union Salzgitter |
| 1975 | VfB Peine | Eintracht Nordhorn | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. |
| 1976 | SV Atlas Delmenhorst 8 | Hanover 96 Am. | TuS Lingen |
| 1977 | VfB Peine 9 | TSV Helmstedt | Hanover 96 Am. 10 |
| 1978 | VfB Peine 11 | VfL Germania Leer | SV / MTV Winsen / Luhe 12 |
| 1979 | SV Meppen | Lueneburg SK | MTV Gifhorn |
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1Union Salzgitter (4th) and Olympia Wilhelmshaven (5th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga .
2Leu Braunschweig (4th) and Olympia Wilhelmshaven (5th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga .
31. FC Wolfsburg (5th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga .
4thTuS Celle (4th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga, who made it to the top .
5Olympia Wilhelmshaven (4th) and Teutonia Uelzen (5th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga . Uelzen won the playoff for participation in the promotion round against Lower Saxony Döhren 1-0. Wilhelmshaven achieved the rise.
6thIn the promotion round to the Regionalliga, SV Meppen (5th) took part, who made the promotion.
7thEintracht Nordhorn (6th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga . Nordhorn prevailed in play-offs against Kickers Emden (3: 2 a.s.) and TuS Haste 01 (1: 1 a.
8th Delmenhorst won the playoff for the championship 4-2.
9 Peine won the playoff for the championship 5-1.
10TuS Lingen (4th) took part in the promotion round to the Regionalliga .
11 Peine won the playoff for the championship 1-0.
12Winsen won the playoff for participation in the promotion round against 1. FC Wunstorf with 1-0 afterwards.
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Single-track Association League Lower Saxony (1979–1994)
Club names in bold denote teams that have been promoted to the Oberliga Nord.
| year | master | Second | Third |
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| 1980 | Lueneburg SK | TuS Lingen | TuS Celle |
| 1981 | TuS Celle | Wolfenbütteler SV | TSV Havelse |
| 1982 | TuS Hessisch Oldendorf | Olympia Wilhelmshaven | Hanover 96 Am. |
| 1983 | Blue and white wages | Wolfenbütteler SV | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. |
| 1984 | SV Atlas Delmenhorst | Eintracht Nordhorn | Wolfenbütteler SV |
| 1985 | VfL Herzlake | Eintracht Braunschweig Am. | Wolfenbütteler SV |
| 1986 | SV Atlas Delmenhorst | SVG Göttingen 07 | VfR Osterode 08 |
| 1987 | VfL Herzlake | ASC Nienburg | VfR Osterode 08 |
| 1988 | VfL Herzlake | Blue and white wages | TuS Hessisch Oldendorf |
| 1989 | Kickers Emden | VfR Osterode 08 | TuS Esens |
| 1990 | TuS Celle | VfR Osterode 08 | Eintracht Nordhorn |
| 1991 | Kickers Emden | TuS Lingen | Blue and white wages |
| 1992 | TuS Lingen | SV Atlas Delmenhorst | Lueneburg SK |
| 1993 | BV Cloppenburg | Prussia Hamelin | SV Wilhelmshaven |
| 1994 | SV Wilhelmshaven 1 | SV Atlas Delmenhorst 2nd | Lüneburg SK 1 |
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1 Wilhelmshaven and Lüneburg were promoted to the newly created Regionalliga Nord.
2 Delmenhorst rose to the newly created Oberliga Niedersachsen Bremen.
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Two-track Lower Saxony League (1994-2008)
The champions went straight to the Lower Saxony / Bremen league.
| year | west | east |
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| 1995 | Eintracht Nordhorn | SV Südharz Walkenried |
| 1996 | SV Concordia Ihrhove | Wolfenbütteler SV 1 |
| 1997 | FC Schüttorf 09 | SVG Einbeck 2 |
| 1998 | Blue and white wages | MTV Gifhorn |
| 1999 | FC Schüttorf 09 | VfL Wolfsburg Am. |
| 2000 | Hanover 96 Am. 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig II |
| 2001 | SC Langenhagen | SVG Einbeck |
| 2002 | VfV Hildesheim | Eintracht Braunschweig II |
| 2003 | Hanover 96 Am. | SSV Vorsfelde |
| 2004 | VfL Osnabrück Am. | TSV Neuenkirchen |
| 2005 | VfL Osnabrück II | Eintracht Braunschweig II |
| 2006 | SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen | VSK Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
| 2007 | VfB Oldenburg | TuS Heeslingen |
| 2008 | VfL Oldenburg | MTV Gifhorn |
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1 The runner-up SSV Vorsfelde also rose through a promotion round.
2The runner-up Rotenburger SV also rose through a promotion round .
3 Since eight teams from the Regionalliga Nord were relegated, the two Lower Saxony league champions had to play a playoff game, which Hannover won.
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Double-track league (2008-2010)
Club names in bold indicate a team that has been promoted to the Regionalliga Nord.
| year | west | east |
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| 2009 | VfB Oldenburg | Goslarer SC 08 |
| 2010 | TSV Havelse | Eintracht Braunschweig II |
Single track league (from 2010)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Table Landesliga Niedersachsen 1947/48
- ↑ Table Landesliga Niedersachsen 1948/49
- ↑ For classification see nfv-info , August 2020, page 30, accessed on August 21, 2020
As top division: 1946/47
As the second highest division: 1947/48 | 1948/49 | 1949/50 | 1950/51 | 1951/52 | 1952/53 | 1953/54 | 1954/55 | 1955/56 | 1956/57 | 1957/58 | 1958/59 | 1959/60 | 1960/61 | 1961/62 | 1962/63
As the third highest division: 1963/64 | 1964/65 | 1965/66 | 1966/67 | 1967/68 | 1968/69 | 1969/70 | 1970/71 | 1971/72 | 1972/73 | 1973/74
As the fourth highest division: 1974/75 | 1975/76 | 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 1978/79 | 1979/80 | 1980/81 | 1981/82 | 1982/83 | 1983/84 | 1984/85 | 1985/86 | 1986/87 | 1987/88 | 1988/89 | 1989/90 | 1990/91 | 1991/92 | 1992/93 | 1993/94
As the fifth highest division: 1994/95 | 1995/96 | 1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/2000 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20
Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 3rd league
4. Division level ( regional leagues ): Bavaria | North (north and south) | Northeast | Southwest | west
5th league level ( major leagues ): Baden-Württemberg | Bavaria (north and south) | Bremen | Hamburg | Hessen | Middle Rhine | Lower Rhine | Lower Saxony (2 seasons) | Northeast (North and South) | Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar (north and south) | Schleswig-Holstein (north and south) | Westphalia
6. Division level ( national or association leagues ): Baden | Bavaria (northeast, northwest, center, southeast and southwest) | Berlin | Brandenburg | Bremen | Hamburg (Hansa and Hammonia) | Hesse (north, center and south) | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Middle Rhine (2 seasons) | Lower Rhine (3 seasons) | Lower Saxony (Weser-Ems, Hanover, Lüneburg and Braunschweig) | Rhineland | Saarland | Saxony | Saxony-Anhalt | Schleswig-Holstein (Schleswig, Central and Holstein) | South Baden | Southwest | Thuringia | Westphalia (2 seasons) | Württemberg
Status: 2020/21 season. Including follow depending on the state association , the national leagues , district leagues , county leagues , as well as the A, B, C and D classes, if necessary