NRW League
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| Association | WFLV |
| First edition | 2008 |
| hierarchy | 5th league |
| Teams | 18th |
| master | FC Viktoria Cologne |
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The NRW League was one of the ten major leagues that make up the fifth highest division in German men's football. The league comprised 18 clubs from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , which played for promotion to the regional league or against relegation to the association league. The league started playing on August 15, 2008 and replaced the upper leagues of North Rhine and Westphalia . The last champion was FC Viktoria Köln . After the 2011/12 season, the league was dissolved again.
history
The councils of the three to the West German Football and Athletics Association (WFLV) member associations ( Football Association Mittelrhein (FVM), Lower Rhine Football Association (FVN) and Football and Athletics Association of Westphalia (FLVW)) decided the two top leagues Westphalia and North Rhine at the end of To dissolve the 2007/08 season and to set up a single-track NRW league as the fifth highest division in German football at the beginning of the 2008/09 season .
The 2007/08 season was set as a binding qualification period. The economic and technical-organizational admission requirements were laid down in a "NRW League Statute" by the WFLV Presidium, which was responsible for this division. The following clubs qualified for the first season:
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen , SSVg Velbert , MSV Duisburg II , Germania Dattenfeld , Alemannia Aachen II , Bonner SC and Fortuna Düsseldorf II from the Oberliga Nordrhein 2007/08.
- Fortuna Cologne as runner-up in the Mittelrhein Association League, replacing the VfL Leverkusen champion (see below), and Rot-Weiss Essen II as the Niederrhein Association league champion.
- Westfalia Herne , SV Schermbeck , Hammer SpVg , FC Gütersloh 2000 , Delbrücker SC , Arminia Bielefeld II and Sportfreunde Oestrich-Iserlohn from the Oberliga Westfalen 2007/08. The sports fans from Oestrich-Iserlohn did not qualify as 14th in the upper league, but moved up for Germania Gladbeck (see below) after Rot Weiss Ahlen II waived .
- VfB Hüls and SG Wattenscheid 09 as champions of the two association leagues Westphalia .
- In addition, the Sportfreunde Siegen received the license for the NRW-Liga in a subsequent procedure after the DFB had initially refused the club the license for the new regional league due to ongoing insolvency proceedings , so that the NRW-Liga played with 19 clubs in the first year.
The athletically qualified teams from Germania Gladbeck and VfL Leverkusen were not approved for the NRW League. The league started on August 15, 2008 with the game Schwarz-Weiß Essen against Arminia Bielefeld II.
Promotion and relegation regulation
2008 to 2011
- Places one and two qualify for promotion to the Regionalliga West .
- At least the teams from rank 17 were relegated, ie with 18 or 19 participants there were at least two or three relegated teams. However, the number of relegated teams was also increased by the number of clubs relegated from the Regionalliga West . Since up to three clubs were relegated from the regional league, this could lead to a maximum of five relegated teams from the NRW league with 18 participating teams.
- The four champions of the following leagues were eligible for promotion to the NRW League: Westphalia (2 seasons), Middle Rhine and Lower Rhine . If an applicant from a playgroup were not admitted, the next team eligible for promotion in the respective division would qualify in its place, provided that it met the admission requirements.
- As a rule, 18 teams took part in the NRW League.
2011/12
At the end of the 2011/12 season, the NRW League was dissolved (decision of the WFLV advisory board of May 17, 2011).
- For promotion to the Regionalliga West , the clubs / teams were able to qualify in places one to three in the 2011/12 final table.
- The clubs / teams in places four to seven of the final table 2011/12 of the NRW League and the athletically qualified champions of the association leagues (one each from the football associations Middle Rhine and Lower Rhine and two from the football and athletics association Westphalia) determined in a qualifying round / Relegation round another four promoted.
- The inferior clubs / teams from the games of the promotion / relegation round were assigned to the corresponding divisions of the regional associations.
- The clubs / teams from eighth place onwards with the lowest number of points and worst placement in the final table of the 2011/12 season were also assigned to the corresponding divisions of the regional associations.
Seasonal balance sheets
| season | master | Climbers | Relegated | Top scorer |
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| 2008/09 | Bonner SC | Bonn SC Fortuna Düsseldorf II |
Delbrücker SC FC Gütersloh 2000 Sportfreunde Oestrich-Iserlohn |
Daniel Nigbur ( SSVg Velbert ) 22 goals |
| 2009/10 | SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | SC Wiedenbrück 2000 Arminia Bielefeld II |
Rot-Weiss Essen II Hammer SpVg SG Wattenscheid 09 TSG Sprockhövel |
Dominik Jansen ( SC Wiedenbrück 2000 ) 25 goals |
| 2010/11 | Red and white food | Rot-Weiss Essen SC Fortuna Cologne |
1. FC Kleve FC Wegberg-Beeck SpVgg Erkenschwick TSV Germania Windeck |
Fabian Montabell ( SC Fortuna Cologne ) 23 goals |
| 2011/12 | FC Viktoria Cologne | FC Viktoria Köln Sportfreunde Siegen MSV Duisburg II VfB Hüls (after the Middle Rhine Champion waived) SSVg Velbert (relegation) SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 (relegation) |
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Mike Wunderlich ( FC Viktoria Köln ) 32 goals |
Superlatives
- The most goals in a season were scored by Mike Wunderlich from FC Viktoria Köln , who scored 32 times in the 2011/12 season.
- Most of the spectators came to the match between Rot-Weiss Essen and Schwarz-Weiß Essen (3-0) on the 23rd matchday of the 2010/11 season on March 5, 2011. There were 12,512 spectators in the Georg Melches Stadium .
- Viktoria Köln achieved the highest victory against Rot Weiss Ahlen on April 1, 2012 (final result 9: 0).
- Sportfreunde conceded the fewest goals conceded in one season (23 goals conceded in 34 games in 2011/12).