Football Westphalia League (women)

Westphalia League
Association	FLVW
First edition	1981
Teams	17th
master	Sports fans victories
Record champions	Sportfreunde Siegen (7)
Website	www.flvw.de
region
^ Regionalliga West (III) ↓ Landesliga (V)

The Westfalenliga is the fourth highest division in women's football and the highest division in the football and athletics association of Westphalia . Reigning champions and record champions are Sportfreunde Siegen , with seven championships.

history

The association league was introduced in Westphalia with the game year 1981/82. It replaced the national league introduced in 1978 as the highest league, in which "Westfalenmeister" titles were awarded even then. With the introduction of the Regionalliga West in 1985/86, the Westphalia League was replaced as the highest league instance and at the same time the first cross-association league was established in German women's football. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1990 the association league was only in third class, with the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2004 in fourth class. In 2008 the name was changed to Westfalenliga.

mode

The Westfalenliga consists of 17 teams in the 2020/21 season. The master rises to the Regionalliga West. The three last-placed teams are relegated to the national league.

Participant season 2020/21

Berghofen Billerbeck Bochum Emsdetten Freudenberg Gutersloh Hauenhorst Herford Höxter Ibbenbueren Kutenhausen Mecklenbeck Ostbevern Rhade Vossheide Wiedenbrück

Westphalia League venues in the 2019/20 season; Bochum = VfL & Höntrop

• SpVg Berghofen II (promoted)
• DJK-VfL Billerbeck
• VfL Bochum II
• FC Donop-Voßheide (promoted)
• SV Borussia Emsdetten (promoted)
• SV Fortuna Freudenberg
• FSV Gütersloh II
• Germania Hauenhorst
• Herford SV (relegated)
• SV Höntrop
• Phönix 95 Höxter (climber)
• DJK Arminia Ibbenbüren
• SV Kutenhausen / Todtenhausen
• DJK Wacker Mecklenbeck
• BSV Ostbevern
• SSV Rhade
• SC Wiedenbrück

The previous masters

The following table lists all masters since 1982.

1982: TSV Siegen 1983: TSV Siegen 1984: FC Schalke 04 1985: FC Schalke 04 1986: SV Brackel 06 1987: Sportfreunde Werne-West 1988: SG Wattenscheid 09 1989: VfB Rheine 1990: SG Wattenscheid 09 1991: TSV Siegen II 1992: Rot-Weiß Hillen 1993: Herford SV 1994: Sportfreunde Werne-West

1995: Prussia Borghorst 1996: Herford SV 1997: Prussia Borghorst 1998: DJK Arminia Ibbenbüren 1999: Prussia Borghorst 2000: FC Oeding 2001: FC Gütersloh 2000 2002: SG Lütgendortmund 2003: FFC Heike Rheine II 2004: DJK Arminia Ibbenbüren 2005: FC Oeding 2006: FC Gütersloh 2000 II 2007: DJK Eintracht Coesfeld

2008: TuS Harpen 2009: 1st FFC Recklinghausen 2010: Sportfreunde Siegen 2011: FSV Gütersloh 2009 II 2012: VfL Bochum II 1st 2013: VfL Bochum II 2014: Warendorfer SU 2015: Arminia Bielefeld 2016: Germania Hauenhorst 2017: SpVg Berghofen 2018: SV Bökendorf 2019: 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2020: Sportfreunde Siegen

¹ Bochum was not allowed to be promoted because the club's first team already played in the regional league. It rose to runner-up Germania Hauenhorst .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ herfordersv.de: Vereinschronik ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Frauen Verbandsliga - Westfalen - Frauen - 2019/2020: Results, table and schedule at FUSSBALL.DE. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
3. ↑ TSV 09/57 Siegen eV: Chronicle of TSV Siegen, Vol. 2 (Trupbach 1971-2009), written by Burkhard Hoss according to Festschriften 75 years and 80 years as well as department reports, especially the chapter " Women's football ", pp. 76-98. Here digital access under the homepage of the association http://www.tsv-siegen.de/media/archive1/verein/chronik/TSVChronik21972-2009.pdf
4. ↑ see " Promotion and relegation regulation 2013/2014 (women) according to § 48 (1) SpO / WFLV", area " Westfalenliga ", here digital access on the homepage of the FLVW eV: archive link ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 1 
5. ↑ Carsten Töller (ed.): Women's football in Germany . Self-published, Mettmann 2010, p. 5-13, 35/36 .