Football Association League Niederrhein 1972/73

Association league Niederrhein 1972/73
master	Union Ohligs
Relegated	Tura Büderich, VfL Benrath, 1. FC Viersen
← VL Niederrhein 1971/72 VL Niederrhein 1973/74 →
^ Football Regional League 1972/73 Landesliga Niederrhein ↓

The Association League Niederrhein 1972/73 was the 17th season of the Association League Niederrhein , which was the top division in the Lower Rhine amateur football of men from 1957 to 1978 . Until 1974, this league, together with the association leagues Middle Rhine and Westphalia, formed the substructure of the Regionalliga West and was third-class in the German football league system of that time .

Season end

Union Ohligs was Niederrheinmeister. In the promotion round to Regionalliga West, the Ohligser were  only third behind  Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid  and  SC Viktoria Köln . Tura Büderich, VfL Benrath and 1. FC Viersen were relegated to the Lower Rhine regional league . Olympia Bocholt , TuS Grevenbroich and the Essen FV rose from the national leagues for the new 1973/74 season . There were no relegations from the Regionalliga West .

Closing table

rank	society	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Union Ohligs	30th	51:29	43:17
2.	VfB Remscheid	30th	60:28	42:18
3.	VfB Lohberg	30th	55:47	35:25
4th	Eintracht Duisburg	30th	35:23	34:26
5.	SSV Velbert	30th	57:40	33:27
6th	BV Altenessen	30th	39:42	33:27
7th	Fortuna Düsseldorf Amat.	30th	55:44	31:29
8th.	Black and white food amat. (N)	30th	33:30	30:30
9.	VfB Homberg	30th	41:47	30:30
10.	VfB Bottrop	30th	46:49	29:31
11.	VfR Neuss (A)	30th	49:49	28:32
12.	SpVgg Sterkrade 06/07	30th	47:53	26:34
13.	Rheydter SV	30th	51:55	25:35
14th	1. FC Viersen (N)	30th	32:58	23:37
15th	VfL Benrath	30th	36:54	22:38
16.	TuRa Büderich	30th	27:63	16:44

	Lower Rhine master
	Relegation to the national leagues
(A)	Relegated from the Regionalliga West 1971/72
(N)	Promoted from the national leagues in 1971/72

Web links

• Verbandsliga Niederrhein 1972/73 on f-archiv.de
• Honor roll of the Niederrhein Masters at DSFS