II Division 1959/60

	2. Oberliga 1959/60 (football)
	← 2nd league 1958/59 2. Oberliga 1960/61 →
	↑ Oberliga 1959/60 west Association League - Middle Rhine 1959/60 Lower Rhine 1959/60 Westphalia 1959/60 southwest 1st Amateur League - Rhineland 1959/60 Saarland 1959/60 Southwest 1959/60 south 1st Amateur League - Bavaria 1959/60 North Baden 1959/60 Hesse 1959/60 Württemberg 1959/60 South Baden 1959/60 ↓

The II. Division 1959/60 was the eleventh season of the II. Division , which was the second highest division in football in parts of Germany between 1949 and 1963. In the 1959/60 season there was a single-track II Division in west , south-west and south Germany . The 2nd Division was not introduced in northern Germany and West Berlin . Here the amateur league was the second highest division.

west

The SV Sodingen and TSV Marl-sleeve rose in the Oberliga West. Fortuna Düsseldorf and Schwarz-Weiß Essen were relegated from the league . Union Krefeld and the Rheydter Spielverein had to relegate to the association league and were replaced by SSV Hagen and BV Osterfeld .

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
01.	SV Sodingen (A)	30th	55:29	41:19
02.	TSV Marl-Hüls	30th	66:37	41:19
03.	Wuppertal SV	30th	73:44	41:19
04th	Bonn FV (N)	30th	45:57	33:27
05.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	30th	58:52	31:29
06th	VfB Bottrop	30th	39:43	30:30
07th	SpVgg Herten	30th	34:37	29:31
08th.	Sportfreunde Gladbeck	30th	45:48	28:32
09.	Eintracht Gelsenkirchen	30th	38:41	28:32
10.	STV Horst-Emscher (A)	30th	56:65	28:32
11.	Dortmund SC 95	30th	58:71	27:33
12.	VfL Benrath	30th	45:49	26:34
13.	SpVgg Erkenschwick	30th	56:62	26:34
14th	TuS Duisburg 48/99 (N)	30th	48:54	25:35
15th	Union Krefeld	30th	57:62	24:36
16.	Rheydter Spielverein	30th	42:64	22:38

	Promoted to the Oberliga West 1960/61
	Relegated to the association league in 1960/61
(A)	Relegated from the Oberliga West 1958/59
(N)	Promoted from the Association League 1958/59

Promotion round west

The champions of the three West German associations took part in the promotion round. Since both Selm and Baesweiler renounced the promotion, the Westphalian runner-up SSV Hagen moved up.

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
1.	BV Osterfeld	2	4: 2	4-0
2.	BV Selm	2	3: 2	2: 2
3.	SV Baesweiler 09	2	3: 6	0: 4

Promoted to the 2nd Oberliga West 1960/61

southwest

The SV Niederlahnstein and the TuS Neuendorf rose to the Oberliga Südwest. VfR Kaiserslautern and FV Speyer were relegated from the Oberliga Südwest . The FC 08 Homburg and the ASV Landau had to dismount in the amateur league and were Germania Metternich and FSV Schifferstadt replaced.

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
01.	SV Niederlahnstein	30th	68:40	41:19
02.	TuS Neuendorf (A)	30th	64:38	40:20
03.	BSC Oppau	30th	59:47	38:22
04th	Viktoria Sulzbach	30th	56:41	33:27
05.	FV Engers 07	30th	57:48	33:27
06th	SV Weisenau (A)	30th	58:48	32:28
07th	SV St. Ingbert	30th	54:49	31:29
08th.	SC Friedrichsthal (N)	30th	64:65	31:29
09.	Hassia Bingen (N)	30th	63:61	29:31
10.	ASC Dudweiler	30th	40:45	29:31
11.	SV Ludweiler-Warndt	30th	50:50	28:32
12.	Spvgg Andernach	30th	54:63	26:34
13.	TSC Zweibrücken	30th	47:70	26:34
14th	VfB Theley	30th	44:70	24:36
15th	FC 08 Homburg	30th	47:58	21:39
16.	ASV Landau	30th	37:69	18:42

	Promoted to the Oberliga Südwest 1960/61
	Relegated to the amateur league in 1960/61
(A)	Relegated from the Oberliga Südwest 1958/59
(N)	Promoted from the amateur league 1958/59

Ascent round southwest

The champions of the three southwest German amateur leagues took part in the promotion round. The champions of the Amateur League Southwest were the amateurs of 1. FC Kaiserslautern who were not eligible for promotion. Since the promotion round was also the southwest German amateur championship, Kaiserslautern took part in the games. The games with Kaiserslautern participation were not taken into account to determine the promoted players.

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
1.	FSV Schifferstadt	4th	11: 07	6: 2
2.	Germania Metternich	4th	07:13	4: 4
3.	SV 06 Völklingen	4th	08: 06	2: 6

Promoted to the 2nd Oberliga Südwest 1960/61

south

The SV Waldhof 07 and SSV Jahn Regensburg rose in the Oberliga Süd. Viktoria Aschaffenburg and the Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated from the league . The FC Hanau 93 and 1. FC Bamberg had to stay in the Amateurliga and were prepared by the TSV Schwaben Augsburg and Borussia Fulda replaced.

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
01.	SV 07 Waldhof (A)	34	71:43	45:23
02.	SSV Jahn Regensburg	34	64:37	44:24
03.	SV Wiesbaden	34	82:52	44:24
04th	VfB Helmbrechts	34	74:61	42:26
05.	SpVgg Bayreuth (N)	34	83:63	40:28
06th	BC Augsburg (A)	34	81:60	37:31
07th	KSV Hessen Kassel	34	48:52	35:33
08th.	TSV Straubing	34	68:86	35:33
09.	1. FC Pforzheim	34	62:74	32:36
10.	SV Darmstadt 98	34	48:63	32:36
11.	Freiburg FC	34	62:61	31:37
12.	VfL Neustadt / Coburg	34	50:55	31:37
13.	Amicitia Viernheim	34	54:74	30:38
14th	FC Singen 04 (N)	34	54:74	30:38
15th	ASV Cham	34	58:66	28:40
16.	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	34	43:55	27:41
17th	FC Hanau 93	34	49:65	26:42
18th	1. FC 01 Bamberg	34	42:72	25:43

	Promoted to the Oberliga Süd 1960/61
	Relegated to the amateur league in 1960/61
(A)	Relegated from the Oberliga Süd 1958/59
(N)	Promoted from the amateur league 1958/59

Ascent round south

The champions of the five southern German amateur leagues and the runners-up from Bavaria , Hesse and Württemberg took part in the promotion round .

Group 1

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
1.	TSV Schwaben Augsburg	6th	15: 06	9: 3
2.	VfB Stuttgart amateurs	6th	09: 08	6: 6
3.	SpVgg Bad Homburg	6th	09:17	5: 7
4th	Mannheimer FC Phoenix 02	6th	08:10	4: 8

Promoted to the 2nd Oberliga Süd 1960/61

Group 2

space	society	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Borussia Fulda (A)	6th	11: 03	8: 4
2.	Offenburg FV	6th	10:10	7: 5
3.	1. FC Lichtenfels	6th	10:10	6: 6
4th	SC Geislingen	6th	04:12	3: 9