Regional football league 1966/67

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Regional football league 1966/67
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The football regional league season 1966/67 was the fourth season of the second highest division in German football at the time .

Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Neunkirchen prevailed in the promotion round .

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The game was played in five regional leagues. The two best teams in the regional leagues at the end of the regular season played the two first division promoted teams in two five-team rounds.

North

Season course

The championship and the two places for the promotion round to the Bundesliga were played in a three-way battle between Arminia Hannover, Göttingen 05 and Holstein Kiel until the last matchday on May 15, 1967. The Kiel “Storks” ran out of steam in the last three match days, they only got two points and also lost on the final day with 0-2 goals at Sperber Hamburg. Coach Hans Hipp led Arminia Hannover to the championship with 5: 1 points from the last three association games. Göttingen 05 defended last year's runner-up with 4: 2 points on the home straight. The top scorer list was Günter Pröpper (VfL Osnabrück) with 25, Peter Osterhoff (FC St. Pauli) with 24 and Gerd Koll (Holstein Kiel) with 23 goals. For the 1967/68 round, the players Hermann-Dieter Bellut (VfL Wolfsburg), Heinz-Dieter Hansing (Arminia Hannover), Franz-Josef Hönig (Holstein Kiel), Dietmar Mürdter and Reinhard Roder (both Göttingen 05) switched to the Bundesliga . The best young striker was 19-year-old Rolf Kuch from Altona 93 with 11 goals in 26 appearances.

Closing table

space society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. SV Arminia Hanover 32 21st 5 6th 78:28 +50 47:17
02. 1. SC Göttingen 05 32 18th 9 5 65:24 +41 45:19
03. Holstein Kiel 32 19th 7th 6th 68:32 +36 45:19
04th VfL Wolfsburg 32 19th 2 11 57:33 +24 40:24
05. FC St. Pauli (M) 32 16 7th 9 71:44 +27 39:25
06th Concordia Hamburg 32 16 4th 12 50:40 +10 36:28
07th VfL Osnabrück 32 11 10 11 61:50 +11 32:32
08th. Altona 93 32 10 11 11 43:46 - 03 31:33
09. VfB Oldenburg 32 13 4th 15th 49:73 −24 30:34
10. VfB Lübeck 32 9 10 13 41:43 - 02nd 28:36
11. ASV Bergedorf 85 32 10 8th 14th 45:57 −12 28:36
12. Itzehoer SV 32 13 2 17th 56:74 −18 28:36
13. SC Sperber Hamburg (N) 32 8th 9 15th 42:54 −12 25:39
14th HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (N) 32 10 5 17th 48:77 −29 25:39
15th Bremerhaven 93 32 7th 10 15th 34:57 −23 24:40
16. VfV Hildesheim 32 8th 7th 17th 25:57 −32 23:41
17th Bremen SV 32 7th 4th 21st 40:84 −44 18:46
Qualification for promotion to Bundesliga 1967/68
Relegation to the 1st amateur league in 1967/68
(M) Regional league champions North 1965/66
(N) Newcomer in 1965/66

Promotion round to Regionalliga Nord

The amateur teams from Hannover 96 and SV Arminia Hannover as first and fourth from Lower Saxony were not allowed to participate in the promotion round. It moved up to fifth in the table 1. FC Wolfsburg. As Bremen champions, the Werder Bremen amateur team was also not allowed to take part in the promotion round. The runner-up Eintracht Bremen moved up.

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Phoenix Lübeck  6th  5  1  0 013: 500 2.60 11: 10
 2. Leu Braunschweig  6th  2  1  3 006: 800 0.75 05: 70
 3. 1. FC Wolfsburg  6th  2  0  4th 010:120 0.83 04: 80
 4th Langenhorn TSV  6th  1  2  3 006:100 0.60 04: 80

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. TuS Haste 01  6th  3  2  1 012: 700 1.71 08: 40
 2. Eintracht Bremen  6th  3  1  2 010:110 0.91 07: 50
 3. SV St. Georg  6th  2  2  2 010:100 1.00 06: 60
 4th VfL Oldesloe  6th  1  1  4th 007:110 0.64 03: 90
  • Promoted to Regionalliga Nord in 1967/68

    • Berlin

    Season course

    Hertha BSC repeated the championship of the previous year, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Spandauer SV the runner-up and third place in 1966 in Berlin. The team of coach Helmut Kronsbein won the home game against TeBe on September 25, 1966 in front of 15,320 spectators with 2-1 goals. The winning goal was scored by Michael Krampitz in the 83rd minute of the game, who also led the scorers list with 25 goals ahead of Horst Lunenburg and Hans Tylinski (both Tennis Borussia) with 24 goals each. Hertha BSC suffered the only round defeat on October 2, 1966 with a 1: 2 defeat at Wacker 04. The third loss of points was for the champions on April 30, 1967 with a 3: 3 draw at Vice Tennis Borussia, where Hertha lost a 3: 1 lead at halftime. Tasmania 1900, relegated to the Bundesliga, never had a chance to award the first two places.

    Closing table

    space society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
    01. Hertha BSC (M) 30th 28 1 1 114: 25 +89 57: 03
    02. Tennis Borussia Berlin 30th 22nd 6th 2 101: 30 +71 50:10
    03. Spandauer SV 30th 18th 5 7th 061:42 +19 41:19
    04th SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin (A) 30th 16 7th 7th 053:31 +22 39:21
    05. Hertha Zehlendorf 30th 17th 4th 9 056:41 +15 38:22
    06th Wacker 04 Berlin 30th 15th 5 10 063:46 +17 35:25
    07th Rapide Wedding (N) 30th 10 6th 14th 042:58 −16 26:34
    08th. VfB Hermsdorf 30th 10 5 15th 052:81 −29 25:35
    09. Berliner SV 92 30th 9 6th 15th 037:49 −12 24:36
    10. 1. FC Neukölln 30th 8th 8th 14th 042:65 −23 24:36
    11. Blue-White 90 Berlin 30th 6th 11 13 032:55 −23 23:37
    12. BFC Südring 30th 6th 10 14th 044:59 −15 22:38
    13. Reinickendorfer foxes 30th 7th 8th 15th 039:57 −18 22:38
    14th BSC Kickers 1900 (N) 30th 6th 10 14th 049:79 −30 22:38
    15th SC Staaken 30th 6th 8th 16 036:53 −17 20:40
    16. Lichterfelder SU 30th 4th 4th 22nd 042:92 −50 12:48
    Qualification for promotion to Bundesliga 1967/68
    Relegation to the 1st amateur league in 1967/68
    (M) Regional league champion Berlin 1965/66
    (A) Relegated from the Bundesliga in 1965/66
    (N) Newcomer in 1965/66

    west

    Season course

    Without competition from Bundesliga promoted Borussia Mönchengladbach (1965), Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen in 1966, last year's third-placed TSV Alemannia Aachen won the championship in the west with coach Michael Pfeiffer . However, over the entire lap there was an exciting race for two places for the Bundesliga promotion round between Aachen, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Bochum and Sportfreunde Hamborn 07. After the preliminary round, Arminia Bielefeld led the table, in the second half the team from Essen's Uhlenkrug stood at the top of the table for nine weeks. Coach Horst Witzler missed winning the title with Essen by scoring 1: 3 points in the last two round games against Marl-Hüls and Hagen. Bielefeld lost on the final day without striker Ernst Kuster with 0: 1 goals against the team of coach Alfred Preißler , at Wuppertaler SV. Last year's climber, VfL Bochum, impressed with its advance to fourth place in the table. The development work by coach Hubert Schieth paid off. The Bielefeld offensive with Gerd Roggensack, Ernst Kuster, Bernd Kirchner and Dietmar Erler scored the most goals in the west with 72 goals. The top scorer list was led by Kuster with 23 goals. This was followed by Gustav Eversberg (Bochum) with 20 gates, Helmut Richert (Leverkusen) 15 and Franz Krauthausen (RWO) with 14 gates. For the 1967/68 round, the following players from Regionalliga West got a contract in the Bundesliga:

    Closing table

    space society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
    01. Alemannia Aachen 34 20th 8th 6th 56:24 +32 48:20
    02. Black and white food 34 19th 9 6th 51:23 +28 47:21
    03. Arminia Bielefeld 34 17th 11 6th 72:39 +33 45:23
    04th VfL Bochum 34 18th 9 7th 67:42 +25 45:23
    05. Hamborn 07 34 17th 9 8th 52:33 +19 43:25
    06th Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 13 14th 7th 67:52 +15 40:28
    07th Wuppertal SV 34 14th 10 10 49:41 + 08 38:30
    08th. VfR Neuss (N) 34 14th 8th 12 56:50 + 06 36:32
    09. Prussia Munster 34 13 9 12 53:58 - 05th 35:33
    10. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 12 8th 14th 57:62 - 05th 32:36
    11. Westfalia Herne 34 12 7th 15th 41:41 ± 00 31:37
    12. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 10 10 14th 48:53 - 05th 30:38
    13. SC Viktoria Cologne 34 10 9 15th 36:39 - 03 29:39
    14th TSV Marl-Hüls 34 7th 12 15th 38:49 −11 26:42
    15th SSV Hagen (N) 34 8th 8th 18th 35:69 −34 24:44
    16. Hammer SpVg (N) 34 7th 9 18th 45:76 −31 23:45
    17th Bonner SC (N) 34 6th 10 18th 27:48 −21 22:46
    18th Eintracht Duisburg 34 7th 4th 23 34:85 −51 18:50
    Qualification for promotion to Bundesliga 1967/68
    Relegation to the Association League 1967/68
    (N) Newcomer in 1965/66

    Promotion round to Regionalliga West

    Mittelrheinmeister 1. FC Köln Amateure was not eligible to participate in the promotion round. The runner-up SC Fortuna Köln moved up.

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Lüner SV  6th  3  2  1 012: 500 2.40 08: 40
     2. VfB Bottrop  6th  3  2  1 007: 400 1.75 08: 40
     3. SC Fortuna Cologne  6th  2  1  3 006:120 0.50 05: 70
     3. SpVgg Erkenschwick  6th  1  1  4th 006:100 0.60 03: 90
  • Promoted to Regionalliga West 1967/68

    • southwest

    Season course

    Bundesliga relegated Borussia Neunkirchen won the championship in the southwest with two points ahead of 1. FC Saarbrücken. The team from the Ellenfeldstadion won both matches against their rivals from the state capital. In Neunkirchen, the team of coach Željko Čajkovski (brother of Zlatko Čajkovski ) prevailed in front of 25,000 spectators with 2-0 goals and in Saarbrücken's Ludwigsparkstadion in front of 40,000 spectators with a 1-0 away win. This success is enhanced by the fact that Neunkirchen, Werner Görts and Heinz Simmet, lost two high-performing players to the Bundesliga in the summer of 1966. Last year's champion FK Pirmasens came in 6th place and played no role in the awarding of the title. The placement of SV Weisenau in 3rd place was surprising. Coach Erich Gehbauer and his team scored three points in the derbies against FSV Mainz 05 and center forward Alfred Brecht also scored the top scorer's crown with 26 goals. Hans Linsenmaier (Borussia Neunkirchen) and Emil Poklitar from 1. FC Saarbrücken took the places behind the striker von Weisenau with 19 goals each. For the newcomer from the amateur league Rhineland, Germania Metternich from the Koblenz district, the round turned into a sporting fiasco. Without a single win, only with three draws against relegated Bellheim, Worms and Saar 05 Saarbrücken, the round ended for the Moselaner. Since the two derbies against TuS Neuendorf were lost with 2: 3 and 0: 3 goals, the year Regionalliga was a bitter experience for Metternich. For the 1967/68 round, the players Horst Berg and Jürgen Rohweder (both SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken), Manfred Gärtner and Horst Schauß (both 1. FC Saarbrücken) and Hugo Ulm (Phoenix Bellheim) switched to the Bundesliga.

    Closing table

    space society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
    01. Borussia Neunkirchen (A) 30th 20th 6th 4th 73: 027 +46 46:14
    02. 1. FC Saarbrücken 30th 21st 2 7th 77: 031 +46 44:16
    03. SV Weisenau 30th 17th 7th 6th 63: 035 +28 41:19
    04th FSV Mainz 05 30th 18th 3 9 50: 035 +15 39:21
    05. Eintracht Trier 30th 15th 8th 7th 67: 048 +19 38:22
    06th FK Pirmasens (M) 30th 14th 8th 8th 60: 031 +29 36:24
    07th Southwest Ludwigshafen 30th 13 10 7th 49: 034 +15 36:24
    08th. SV Alsenborn 30th 13 6th 11 58: 043 +15 32:28
    09. Röchling Völklingen 30th 12 7th 11 42: 046 - 04th 31:29
    10. Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30th 11 8th 11 47: 039 + 08 30:30
    11. FC Homburg (N) 30th 8th 7th 15th 46: 081 −35 23:37
    12. VfR Frankenthal 30th 7th 7th 16 40: 050 −10 21:39
    13. Wormatia worms 30th 5 11 14th 31: 048 −17 21:39
    14th TuS Neuendorf 30th 8th 5 17th 35: 064 −29 21:39
    15th Phoenix Bellheim 30th 6th 6th 18th 40: 071 −31 18:42
    16. Germania Metternich (N) 30th 0 3 27 19: 114 −95 03:57
    Qualification for promotion to Bundesliga 1967/68
    Relegation to the 1st amateur league in 1967/68
    (M) Regional league champions Southwest 1965/66
    (A) Relegated from the Bundesliga in 1965/66
    (N) Newcomer in 1965/66

    Promotion round to the Regionalliga Südwest

    Since Borussia Neunkirchen was promoted to the Bundesliga and no south-west German club was relegated from the Bundesliga, the promotion round was canceled. All three champions of the state associations rose straight away.

    south

    Season course

    On the last match day, May 14, 1967, the top three in the table showed no nerves and won their games safely. Offenbach and Fürth each 4-0 against Darmstadt and Schwaben Augsburg and Hof with 4-1 goals against the Stuttgarter Kickers. Thus the ranking remained with Offenbach as champions, Hof as runner-up and SpVgg Fürth as third, only two points behind. The coaches Kurt Baluses (Kickers Offenbach) and Heinz Elzner (Bayern Hof) entered the Bundesliga promotion round with their teams. Last year's champion FC Schweinfurt 05 could not build on the performance from the world championship year as defending champion and ended up in 10th place. Striker Rolf Schweighöfer had moved to Werder Bremen and the starting game, which was lost with 0-2 goals at the newly promoted Germania Wiesbaden on August 21, 1966, was to trigger an unsatisfactory round for the defending champions. The best goal scorers in the south were Bernd Windhausen (SpVgg Fürth) with 31 goals, Kurt Haseneder (Schwaben Augsburg) and Wolfgang Breuer (Bayern Hof) with 28 goals each. The players Horst Haug (Stuttgarter Kickers), Klaus Slatina (SpVgg Fürth), Lutz Streitenbürger (VfR Mannheim) and the three Kasselans Karl Loweg , Horst Schaub and Bernd Schmidt made the way into the Bundesliga for the 1967/68 round .

    Closing table

    space society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
    01. Kickers Offenbach 34 20th 10 4th 65:33 +32 50:18
    02. Bavaria yard 34 21st 8th 5 81:44 +37 50:18
    03. SpVgg Fürth 34 20th 8th 6th 80:36 +44 48:20
    04th Stuttgart Kickers 34 20th 5 9 85:48 +37 45:23
    05. VfR Mannheim 34 15th 12 7th 61:43 +18 42:26
    06th SSV Reutlingen 05 34 16 8th 10 59:44 +15 40:28
    07th Freiburg FC 34 15th 7th 12 62:50 +12 37:31
    08th. KSV Hessen Kassel 34 14th 8th 12 61:62 - 01 36:32
    09. Swabia Augsburg 34 13 8th 13 64:63 + 01 34:34
    10. FC Schweinfurt 05 (M) 34 16 2 16 43:47 - 04th 34:34
    11. SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 12 9 13 50:57 - 07th 33:35
    12. Opel Rüsselsheim 34 12 4th 18th 51:60 - 09 28:40
    13. FSV Frankfurt 34 12 4th 18th 37:58 −21 28:40
    14th SV Darmstadt 98 34 9 8th 17th 45:55 −10 26:42
    15th FC Villingen (N) 34 10 6th 18th 47:76 −29 26:42
    16. BC Augsburg (N) 34 10 5 19th 49:73 −24 25:43
    17th Germania Wiesbaden (N) 34 4th 9 21st 28:73 −45 17:51
    18th 1. FC Pforzheim 34 3 7th 24 26:72 −46 13:55
    Qualification for promotion to Bundesliga 1967/68
    Relegation to the 1st amateur league 1967/68 1967/68
    (M) Regional league champions South 1965/66
    (N) Newcomer in 1965/66

    Promotion round to the Regionalliga Süd

    The SV Wiesbaden as a master of the first amateur league Hesse and Jahn Regensburg , masters of Bayernliga went directly to the Regionalliga Süd. The champions of the 1st amateur leagues: South Baden, North Baden, North Württemberg and Black Forest-Bodensee played the third promoted team in a promotion round. The champions from Northern Wuerttemberg,  TSG Backnang , won the game against Offenburger FV 1-0 after being tied in the round .

    space society Games Gates Points
    1 TSG Backnang 6th 13:11 8: 4
    2 Offenburg FV 6th 14: 6 8: 4
    3 ASV Feudenheim 6th 13: 8 7: 5
    4th FC Tuttlingen 6th 5:20 1:11
  • Promoted to the Regionalliga Süd

    • Promotion round to the Bundesliga

    Group 1

    Southwest champion Borussia Neunkirchen opened the promotion round on the second match day, on May 24, 1967 in front of 25,000 spectators with a 2-1 home win against northern champion Arminia Hannover. Four days later, after the 2: 5 defeat at Bayern Hof (three goals from Wolfgang Breuer ), disillusionment returned. This was followed by the second home game against Schwarz-Weiß Essen, which was beaten 2-0 with two goals by Wolfgang Gayer . After the 2-1 success at Hertha BSC on June 4, the Saarlanders were back on the ascent track with 6-2 points. After that, they had ten days to prepare for the tough game at Arminia Hannover. The better reserves of strength decided the game for Borussia in the second half of the game. While Arminia was still leading with 3-1 goals after the first 45 minutes, Neunkirchen won the game with 4: 3 goals after 90 minutes with three more goals. The revenge against Hof was clearly successful in the second leg with a 4-0 win, and so the encounter on June 21 at Schwarz-Weiß Essen decided on promotion. Striker Hans Walitza brought the Uhlenkrug-Elf 1-0 lead in the 18th minute, but Wolfgang Gayer equalized in the 67th minute to make it 1-1 and Neunkirchen was able to score 11: 3 on the last day of the match was a 0-1 defeat in the Ellenfeldstadion against the bottom bracket Hertha BSC - the promotion round can no longer be displaced from first place.

    Borussia Neunkirchen used the following players in the promotion round:

    Horst Kirsch , Gerd Regitz , Peter Czernotzky , Günter Kuntz , Erich Leist , Dieter Schock , Jürgen Pontes , Wolfgang Gayer , Ludwig Lang , Erich Hermesdorf , Hans Linsenmaier , Jürgen Fuhrmann .

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Borussia Neunkirchen  8th  5  1  2 017:120  +5 11: 50
     2. Black and white food  8th  4th  2  2 013: 900  +4 10: 60
     3. SV Arminia Hanover  8th  3  1  4th 014:140  ± 0 07: 90
     4th FC Bayern Hof  8th  3  1  4th 011:160  −5 07: 90
     5. Hertha BSC  8th  2  1  5 008:120  −4 05:11
    Promotion to the Bundesliga in 1967/68

    Group 2

    With the hit pairing Alemannia Aachen against Kickers Offenbach, Group 2 started on May 20, 1967. The Tivoli-Elf won 2-1 goals in front of 25,000 spectators. Hans-Jürgen Ferdinand decided in the 83rd minute with his second goal the game on May 28 in Berlin against Tennis Borussia with 4: 3 goals for Aachen. After the two other successes against Saarbrücken and Göttingen, the 2: 3 defeat on the Bieberer Berg against Offenbach on June 10th - Hermann Nuber scored the winning goal in the 85th minute - could no longer dissuade Alemannia from advancement. The 3: 4 home defeat of Offenbach on June 18 against 1. FC Saarbrücken decided the promotion race prematurely. The team around captain Josef Martinelli was able to cope with the 3-0 defeat against 1. FC Saarbrücken on June 21, which started too late. On the last day of the match, the team of coach Michael Pfeiffer made the promotion clear with a 3-1 win in front of 30,000 spectators against Göttingen 05.

    The following players were used in the promotion round at Aachen:

    Gerhard Prokop , Christoph Walter , Werner Nievelstein , Peter Schöngen , Rolf Pawellek , Josef Thelen , Erwin Hermandung , Josef Martinelli , Erwin Hoffmann , Hans-Jürgen Ferdinand , Herbert Gronen , Willi Krieger , Karl-Heinz Sell , Alfred Glenski , Franz-Josef Nacken .

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Alemannia Aachen  8th  6th  0  2 023:140  +9 12: 40
     2. Kickers Offenbach  8th  4th  2  2 015:100  +5 10: 60
     3. 1. FC Saarbrücken  8th  2  4th  2 015:150  ± 0 08: 80
     4th Goettingen 05  8th  1  4th  3 009:130  −4 06:10
     5. Tennis Borussia Berlin  8th  1  2  5 012:210  −9 04:12
    Promotion to the Bundesliga in 1967/68