The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.

Overview

The 2nd Oberliga Süd was formed in 1950 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Süd which had been operating since 1945. It was the second of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2nd Oberliga West (1949) and 2nd Oberliga Südwest (1951).

The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Süd, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2nd Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:

• Amateurliga Bayern (split into northern and southern group from 1953)
• Amateurliga Hessen
• Amateurliga Württemberg (split into two groups from 1960)
• Amateurliga Nordbaden
• Amateurliga Südbaden

The 1. FC Pforzheim was the only club to have played all 13 seasons in the league.

Disbanding of the 2nd Oberliga

In 1963 the league was dissolved. The teams on the places one to nine went to the new Regionalliga Süd, the new second division. The teams from 10 to 18 were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:

• FSV Frankfurt
• ESV Ingolstadt
• SV Waldhof Mannheim
• 1. FC Pforzheim
• Freiburger FC
• Stuttgarter Kickers
• Amicitia Viernheim
• SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
• Borussia Fulda

The following teams were relegated to the Amateurligas:

• Amateurliga Bayern: VfB Helmbrechts, VfL Neustadt, Jahn Regensburg, 1. FC Hassfurt
• Amateurliga Hessen: SV Darmstadt 98, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, FC Hanau 93
• Amateurliga Südbaden: FC Singen 04
• Amateurliga Württemberg: VfR Heilbronn

Winners and runners-up of the 2nd Oberliga Süd

1951 Stuttgarter Kickers        Viktoria Aschaffenburg

1952 TSG Ulm 1846               BC Augsburg

1953 Jahn Regensburg            Hessen Kassel

1954 Schwaben Augsburg          SSV Reutlingen

1955 TSV 1860 München           Viktoria Aschaffenburg

1956 Freiburger FC              FC Bayern München

1957 TSV 1860 München           SSV Reutlingen

1958 SV Waldhof Mannheim        TSG Ulm 1846

1959 Stuttgarter Kickers        FC Bayern Hof

1960 SV Waldhof Mannheim        Jahn Regensburg

1961 BC Augsburg                Schwaben Augsburg

1962 Hessen Kassel              TSG Ulm 1846

1963 FSV Frankfurt              ESV Ingolstadt

Placings in the 2nd Oberliga Süd 1950 to 1963

• ♦ denotes club played in the Oberliga Süd.

External links

• Das deutsche Fussball Archiv
• Oberliga Süd at Fussballdaten.de

References