Football Regional League South
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| Full name | Regional league south |
| abbreviation | RL south |
| Association | South German Football Association |
| First edition | 1963 (again in 1994) |
| hierarchy | 4th league |
| Teams | 18th |
| master | Stuttgart Kickers |
| Record champions | Kickers Offenbach |
| Website | www.svfmuenchen.de |
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The Football Regionalliga Süd is a former league in German men's football. It existed between 1963/64 and 1973/74 and from 1994/95 to 2011/12. The catchment area of the clubs was constantly changing. Most recently she was one of three seasons in the Regionalliga, which formed the fourth highest division. It was organized by the regional association of the DFB , the South German Football Association . After the regional league reform in 2012, the previous regional league south was split between the two new regional leagues south-west and Bavaria .
Founding members of the Regionalliga Süd 1963/64
KSV Hessen Kassel , FC Bayern Munich , Kickers Offenbach , TSV Schwaben Augsburg , SSV Reutlingen 05 , VfR Mannheim , 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 , TSG Ulm 1846 , SpVgg Fürth , Freiburg FC , SV Waldhof Mannheim , ESV Ingolstadt , FC Bayern Hof , Stuttgart Kickers , 1. FC Pforzheim , FSV Frankfurt , Spvgg. 03 Neu-Isenburg , SC Borussia Fulda , BC Augsburg , TSV Amicitia Viernheim
Season of the Regionalliga Süd (1963 / 64–2011 / 12)
Second-rate regional league in five seasons (1963–1974)
From 1963/64 to 1973/74, the Regionalliga Süd, together with the Regionallig Nord, West, Berlin and Südwest, was one of the five second highest divisions below the Bundesliga. At that time it comprised the federal states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. The master and runner-up took part in the promotion round to the Bundesliga.
Third-rate regional league in four seasons (1994-2000)
After the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga for the 1974/75 season, the Regionalliga Süd was abolished in this form; the upper leagues functioned as the substructure of the 2nd Bundesliga . In 1994/95 the now third-rate Regionalliga Süd was reintroduced together with the North, Northeast and West / Southwest seasons. Here, too, it comprised the same federal states as from 1963 to 1974. In the 1994/95 and 1995/96 seasons, the champions rose directly and the runner-up played for the German amateur championship . In 1996/97, the runner-up also rose, and the third of the season entered the German Amateur Championship. 1997/98 only the master rose while the runner-up for the German amateur championship, and the associated promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, played. In the seasons 1998/99 and 1999/2000 there was no longer a German amateur championship, but there was only a promotion round for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga.
Third-rate regional league in two seasons (2000-2008)
For the 2000/2001 season, the four regional leagues were combined into two leagues (regional leagues north and south ). In addition to the previous federal states, the area now also included Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Nevertheless, it happened that clubs from the region of the Regionalliga Nord played in the south ( FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2000 / 01–2003 / 04, Carl Zeiss Jena 2002/03 and Sportfreunde Siegen 2000 / 01–2004 / 05 and 2006/07 -2007/08). The master and runner-up rose.
Fourth class regional league in three seasons (2008–2012)
With the introduction of the 3rd league , the regional league was played in three seasons from the 2008/09 season (regional league north , west and south ). She was only fourth grade now. The catchment area of the Regionalliga Süd has now been restricted to Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse again. The master rose directly to the 3rd division. However, it happened that clubs from the Regionalliga West played in the south (2010/11 to 2011/12: VfR Wormatia Worms ) or clubs from the south were moved to the west season (2009/10: SV Waldhof Mannheim ).
5 regional league seasons from 1963/64 to 1973/74
4 regional league seasons from 1994/95 to 1999/2000
2 regional league seasons from 2000/01 to 2007/08
3 regional league seasons from 2008/09 to 2011/12
Champion and runner-up of the Regionalliga Süd (1964–2012)
( teams in bold = promoted teams)
Championship title of the Regionalliga Süd (1964–2012)
| rank | society | Championships |
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| 1 | Kickers Offenbach | 4th |
| 2 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2 |
| FC Augsburg | 2 | |
| FC Bayern Munich / FC Bayern Munich amateurs | 2 | |
| Karlsruher SC | 2 | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 2 | |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 2 | |
| SV Stuttgarter Kickers | 2 | |
| 9 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 1 |
| 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 1 | |
| FC Bayern Hof | 1 | |
| FSV Frankfurt | 1 | |
| KSV Hessen Kassel | 1 | |
| SSV Reutlingen 05 | 1 | |
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 1 | |
| SV Wacker Burghausen | 1 | |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | |
| SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 1 | |
| VfR Aalen | 1 |
See also
- Football regional league
- Football league system in Germany
- Eternal table of the second-rate regional football league
- List of top scorers in the regional soccer league
- Football Regionalliga West / Southwest
- Southwest Regional Football League
- Football Regional League Bavaria