Football Regionalliga West / Southwest
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| Full name | Regionalliga West / Southwest |
| abbreviation | RL West / Southwest |
| Association | Football Regional Association Southwest , WFLV |
| First edition | 1994 |
| hierarchy | 3rd league |
| Teams | 17-20 |
| Record champions | 5 teams with 1 title each |
| Website | frv-suedwest.de , www.wflv.de |
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↑ 2nd Bundesliga (II) ↓ Oberliga (IV)
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The Regionalliga West / Südwest was a soccer division from 1994 to 2000 . Together with the regional leagues south, north and northeast , it formed the third highest level in the German league system . Its catchment area was the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
history
The Regionalliga West / Südwest was founded in the summer of 1994. Six teams each qualified from the Oberligen Football Oberliga Westfalen , Football Oberliga Nordrhein and Football Oberliga Südwest .
The master rose to the 2nd Bundesliga . In the 1995/96 season, the runner-up also rose. From the 1997/98 season, the runner-up played together with the runner-up of the Regionalliga Süd and the loser of the relegation of the champions of the Regionalliga North and Northeast the fourth climber. The winner of this promotion round also won the title of German amateur champion in 1998. The champions of the upper leagues Westphalia, North Rhine and Southwest rose to the regional league.
The three last-placed teams were relegated to the respective league. After the 1994/95 season, SC Hauenstein would have had to relegate as fourth from last due to the forced relegation of 1. FC Saarbrücken . The association protested and was right. In the following season, the Regionalliga played with 19 teams.
Founding members of the Regionalliga West / Südwest 1994/95
From the 2nd Bundesliga :
From the Oberliga Nordrhein :
From the Oberliga Westfalen :
- SC Preußen Münster
- TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus
- SC Verl
- SpVgg Erkenschwick
- Arminia Bielefeld
- SG Wattenscheid 09 amateurs
From the Oberliga Südwest
Champion and runner-up of the Regionalliga West / Südwest
| year | master | Runner-up |
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| 1995 | Arminia Bielefeld | SC Verl |
| 1996 | FC Gütersloh | Red and white food |
| 1997 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
| 1998 | SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Sports fans victories |
| 1999 | Alemannia Aachen | SV Eintracht Trier |
| 2000 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | LR Ahlen 1 |
( teams in bold = promoted teams)
Top scorer
- 1995: Jörg Beyel , SCB Prussia Cologne - 21 goals
- 1996: Dirk van der Ven , FC Gütersloh - 21 goals
- 1997: René Deffke , LR Ahlen and Marcus Feinbier , Alemannia Aachen - 24 goals each
- 1998: Branko Zibert , 1. FC Saarbrücken - 20 goals
- 1999: Daniel Graf , 1. FC Kaiserslautern amateurs - 19 goals
- 2000: Marius Ebbers , SG Wattenscheid 09 - 23 goals
Dissolution of the regional league
In the summer of 2000 the regional league was reduced to two seasons. From the Regionalliga West / Southwest, the teams that finished the 1999/2000 season in places 2-11 qualified. The table twelfth played a relegation with the champions of the upper leagues Westphalia, North Rhine and Southwest. The winner of this relegation was also qualified for the two-track regional league.
The following teams have qualified for the two-track regional league:
North: Borussia Dortmund Amateure , Fortuna Dusseldorf , Rot-Weiss Essen , Preußen Münster , KFC Uerdingen 05 , SC Verl , SG Wattenscheid 09 - In addition, from the 2nd Bundesliga: SC Fortuna Cologne
South: SV Elversberg , Sportfreunde Siegen , Eintracht Trier
See also
- Football regional league
- Football league system in Germany
- List of top scorers in the regional soccer league
- Football Regionalliga West
- Regional Football League Southwest (1963–1973)
- Football Regional League South