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47-582: The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein started out in 1994 as a replacement for the Oberliga Nord , which was disbanded in that year. Along with this league, the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen was formed to cover the other two of the four states the Oberliga Nord previously had served. The reason for the disbanding of the Oberliga Nord and the creation of two separate leagues in its stead was

94-599: A division other than their geographical one. An example for this is BV Cloppenburg , who was assigned to the Western division for the 2008–09 season despite being located in Lower Saxony. In October 2010, yet another reform of the Regionalligen was decided upon, with the number of leagues expanding to five and beginning play in the 2012–13 season. Under this new format, the old Regionalliga Nordost would be re-established and

141-552: Is a regional league in numerous sports governing bodies in Germany , Austria and Switzerland , usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues . The term is often associated with the German football league system where it is the fourth tier or one of the three divisions of Regionalliga in Austria, which represent the third tier in that country. Until 1974, Regionalliga

188-553: Is directly below the 3. Liga . The Oberliga Nordost has two divisions ("Süd" and "Nord"). If the champion of an Oberliga is the B-team of a club which already has a team in the Regionalliga, or which has a team which will be relegated to the Regionalliga, the B-team cannot be promoted, and the next highest qualified team will be promoted instead. There are fourteen "Oberligen", based on states and regions of Germany . From 1974 to 1994,

235-722: The Regionalliga in their area. From the 2012–13 season, the Bavarian Football Association split the Bayernliga into a northern and a southern division, and increased the number of Landesligen from three to five. At the end of March 2023, the Western German Football Association (WDFV) confirmed the Regionalliga West 's status as a professional league for the first time with regard to

282-414: The Regionalliga . The reorganisation of the Regionalligen so soon after the last changes in 2008 became necessary because of a large number of insolvencies. These were caused by a lack of media interest in the leagues combined with large expenses and infrastructure demands. The five Regionalligen from 2012 are: Some regional football associations also made changes to the league system below

329-547: The 3. Liga and promotions from the Oberliga . As clubs in the Regionalliga must have their teams licensed by the DFB on a per-season basis, a team may also be relegated by having its license revoked or by going into administration . Reserve teams are also relegated when the respective first team is relegated to the 3. Liga . Matchday squads in the Regionalliga must include at least six players of German nationality and under

376-535: The 3. Liga . The Regionalliga West and Südwest each provide a fixed direct promotion. Another direct promotion place is assigned according to a rotation principle among the Regionalligen Nord , Nordost and Bayern champions. The representatives from the remaining two Regionalligen determine the fourth promoted club in two-legged playoffs. The history and development of the Regionalligen in maps: In Austrian soccer, Regionalliga represents

423-735: The NOFV-Oberliga Nord and the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte . The highest level of league play in Berlin is now the Berlin-Liga . The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte existed from the German reunification in 1991 until its dissolution in 1994. Its clubs were moved to either the NOFV-Oberliga Nord or the NOFV-Oberliga Süd . The Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen existed from 1994 till 2004 as a replacement for

470-514: The Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen . In 2004 the Oberliga Nord was re-established to replace these two leagues. To add to the confusion, the Oberliga Nord again ceased to exist after the 2007–08 season with the establishment of the 3. Liga . Source: "The German football leagues: Bundesliga to Verbandsliga" . Das deutsche Archiv . Retrieved 9 February 2008 . Regionalliga A Regionalliga ( German pronunciation: [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlˌliːɡa] , plural Regionalligen )

517-579: The Oberliga Nord . With the reestablishment of the Oberliga Nord, the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen ceased to exist. The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein existed from 1994 till 2004 as a replacement for the Oberliga Nord . With the reestablishment of the Oberliga Nord, the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein ceased to exist. The Oberliga Nordrhein was established in 1978 as a new joint amateur top flight for

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564-535: The Verbandsliga Hamburg : To the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein : Oberliga (football) The Oberliga ( German: [ˈoːbɐˌliːɡa] , "Upper League"; plural: Oberligen ) is the fifth tier of the German football league system . Before the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier. At the end of the 2011–12 season the number of Oberligas

611-464: The 2. Bundesliga , called "Aufstiegsrunde zur 2. Bundesliga". Since 2012–13 fourteen leagues exist on Oberliga level, increased from eleven the previous season: The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg was formed in 1978 to provide a single-division 3rd tier league for the state of Baden-Württemberg. Previously, the clubs in the state had played in four separate Amateurligas: Nordwürttemberg, Schwarzwald-Bodensee, Nordbaden and Südbaden. Two of those were merged,

658-463: The 2023–24 season's licensing procedure. North Rhine-Westphalia had already classified the league as such in the 2020–21 season to enable the "numerous professional footballers" to continue practicing their profession. At that time, for example, the game operations in the four remaining regional leagues had been stopped prematurely. At the 96th DFB-Bundestag in December 2017, delegates decided to change

705-569: The Amateurligas Nordwürttemberg and Schwarzwald-Bodensee to form the Verbandsliga Württemberg. The Bayernliga was formed in 1945. In 1946–47, 1947–48 and from 1953–54 till 1962–63 it was split in a northern and a southern division. From 1963 to 2012 it played in the single division format. Since 2012 it again plays with a northern and a southern division. The Bremen-Liga was established in 2008. The Oberliga Hamburg

752-550: The Erste Liga (second tier). A club that wants to play in the Regionalliga must meet two conditions. First, the team must qualify for the league. Second, the club must obtain a license from the DFB . This license is granted if the club can prove that they are financially sound, that their stadium conforms to the security regulations, and that they have a working youth section. The champions of three divisions are automatically promoted;

799-457: The Oberliga Nord. On these grounds it was decided in 2004 to reform a united Oberliga Nord which allowed direct promotion to its champion to the Regionalliga. The Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein was therefore disbanded. The clubs placed first to eighth were admitted to the new Oberliga. The other ten clubs in the league were relegated to the Verbandsligas. In 2008, with the introduction of

846-469: The Oberligas, originally called 1st Amateurliga, were set right below the two 2nd Bundesligas, North and South. Originally there was 15 Amateurligas which were reduced to 8 Oberligas in 1978. From 1981 the 2nd Bundesliga was reduced to one single league. Because there always were more Oberliga champions then promotion spots, these clubs had to determine the promoted teams by the way of a promotion play-off to

893-847: The best teams of the Verbandsliga Niederrhein and the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein . It was replaced by the NRW-Liga in 2008, which is a merger of the Oberliga Nordrhein and the Oberliga Westfalen . The NRW-Liga was formed in 2008 and disbanded again in 2012 and replaced by the Oberliga Westfalen , the Oberliga Mittelrhein and the Oberliga Niederrhein . The Oberliga Nord was formed in 1974 to form

940-415: The city of Berlin . Originally having three divisions, in 1994 the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte ceased to continue and its clubs were split between the other two divisions, NOFV-Oberliga Nord and NOFV-Oberliga Süd . The participating teams are redistributed between the northern and the southern division based on geographical needs. If possible, teams from Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern promote to

987-535: The clubs that make up this Oberliga played in three separate leagues: the Amateurligas Südwest, Saarland, and Rheinland. The league split into two divisions in 2020 for one season only. The Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein was established in 2008 as the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga and took its present name in 2017. It also split into two divisions in 2020 for almost one year only. The Oberliga Westfalen

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1034-630: The designation Oberliga was introduced in 1994. In East Germany a separate league structure was in place from 1948–1990 and the top flight division there was known as the DDR-Oberliga . From the end of the Second World War until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 there were five regional Oberligen: Based on criteria outlined by the German association in October 1962 an evaluation system covering

1081-485: The formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974, there were five Regionalligen , forming the second tier of German Football: The champions and runners-up of the respective divisions played out two promotion spots to the Bundesliga in two groups after the end of the season. In 1974, the two 2. Bundesligen , Süd and Nord became the second tier of German Football and the Regionalligen ceased existing for

1128-656: The formation of the Regionalliga Nord , which became the new third tier of league football in the north and covered exactly the same region as the Oberliga previously. The league was formed from sixteen clubs, with eight of them coming from the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein, seven from the Verbandsliga Hamburg and one from the Oberliga Nord. For the duration of the league's existence, it was fed by

1175-556: The highest playing level for the states of Lower Saxony , Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg and Bremen . As such it was a continuation of the old Regionalliga Nord which was superseded by the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1974. It stopped operating in 1994 when the Regionalliga Nord was reformed, now as the third tier of the German football league system. It was replaced by the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and

1222-619: The last 12 seasons was established through which the sixteen clubs from these five leagues were established which were to form the new nationwide first division Bundesliga, with the others going to the new second tier Regionalligen. Below the Oberliga the 2. Oberliga existed from 1949 to 1963 as the second tier in West Germany, except in Northern Germany and West Berlin where this level was never introduced. The 2. Oberligas were: Oberliga champions are usually promoted to Regionalliga which

1269-410: The league and their final placings: The league was formed from sixteen clubs from two states in 1994, those being: From the Oberliga Nord : From the Verbandsliga Hamburg : From the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein : The league was disbanded in 2004 and replaced by the Oberliga Nord. Its clubs were spread between the Oberliga Nord and the two Verbandsligas: To the Oberliga Nord : To

1316-417: The new 3. Liga , the Oberliga Nord was disbanded again. The Oberligas Niedersachsen/Bremen and Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein however were not reformed. Below the Regionalliga Nord the five Verbandsligas in the north functioned as the next level of play, making it the only region, until 2012, without an Oberliga and without direct promotion to the Regionalliga. The league champions: The complete list of clubs in

1363-530: The new Regionalliga Südwest and Regionalliga Bayern would be created. The Südwest would take clubs from the southern portion of the Regionalliga West and also everything from the Regionallia Süd outside of Bavaria. It was also decided to limit the number of reserve teams per Regionalliga to seven. The five league champions and the runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest play-off for

1410-538: The next 20 years. In 1994, the Regionalligen were re-introduced, this time as the third tier of German Football. There were initially four Regionalligen : Between 1994 and 2000, promotion to the 2. Bundesliga was regulated without much continuity. It was a problematic rule, as becoming champion of a division did not automatically mean promotion for that team. The champions of the South and West/Southwest divisions were automatically promoted, however, along with one of

1457-467: The next two seasons. Additionally there were two teams promoted from the other four regional leagues. In the 2018–19 season, the champion of the northeast league was also promoted directly. The winner of the third guaranteed promotion place was decided by the drawing of lots. The remaining two regional league champions of the 2018–19 season faced off in a two-legged playoff determining the fourth promotion place. The two regional leagues whose teams took part in

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1504-453: The northern division, whereas teams from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia promote to the southern division. In some seasons, the northern and southern divisions cover teams from northern Saxony-Anhalt and southern Brandenburg respectively. The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar , named Oberliga Südwest until 2012, was formed in 1978 to provide a single-division third tier league for the two states Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate . Previously,

1551-444: The playoff automatically had promotion places for the 2019–20 season. As a result, the third division has had four relegation places. At the 97th DFB-Bundestag in 2019, a working group under DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth unsuccessfully proposed a system involving four rather than five regional leagues. Instead, the delegates reformed the promotion scheme from the 2020–21 season, in which there continued to be four promotions to

1598-405: The promotion rules and, without success, reduce the number of leagues to four. To achieve this, a temporary solution was put into place for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. Four teams were promoted and there were three guaranteed promotion places from the champions of the five regional leagues. The champion of the southwest league, which gave up its second playoff place, were promoted automatically in

1645-425: The remaining two take part in the promotion round to the 3. Liga at the end of the season for the fourth promotion. Reserve teams are also eligible for promotion unless the respective first team is playing in the 3. Liga . At least the bottom two teams of each division are demoted to their respective Oberliga . The actual number of teams relegated from every division depends on the number of relegations from

1692-576: The runners-up from the West/Southwest and South divisions in another play-off for the remaining promotion spot. In 2000 the number of Regionalligen was reduced to two: The new divisional alignment was not bound to certain states any more so teams were moved between the divisions in order to balance club numbers. This led to some clubs in the Southern division being geographically further north than some northern clubs, and vice versa. The champions and

1739-537: The runners-up of both divisions were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga . In 2008, the Regionalligen were demoted to become the fourth tier of football in Germany after the introduction of a new nationwide 3. Liga . However, there was an expansion to three divisions: "Covering" meant that the single divisions were annually re-aligned to geographic location by a DFB committee in order to have 18 teams assigned to each division every year. This led to teams assigned to

1786-408: The third highest tier, after Austrian Bundesliga (top tier) and Erste Liga (second tier). Unlike the two top tiers, which are true national leagues, Regionalliga is organized in three regional divisions: Ost (East), Mitte ("Middle"), and West (West). A short playoff circle omg the three winners of each division at the end of the season (played as home and away games) determines the team to move up to

1833-476: The three promotion spots in a home-and-away series. The new leagues consist of up to 22 clubs in their inaugural seasons but were reduced to between 16 and 18 clubs. The Regionalligen are not administered by the DFB but rather by the regional football associations. In regards to reserve teams, initially only seven were permitted per league, however, this rule may be subject to change under certain circumstances. Reserve sides of 3. Liga teams are not permitted in

1880-496: The two Verbandsligas of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein with the winners of these leagues gaining direct promotion to the Oberliga. The winner of the Oberliga was directly promoted to the Regionalliga from 1995 to 1999. In 2000, no promotion was available due to changes in the league system. From 2001 to 2004, the league champion had to play-off for promotion with the winner of the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen. The first three years,

1927-448: The two runners-up. The champions of the North and Northeast divisions had a play-off to decide who would get the fourth promotion spot. This rule was justified because there are more clubs in the southern part of Germany than the north. In 1998, the promotion rule was changed again: the winner of the play-off between the North and Northeast division champions was promoted, while the loser faced

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1974-403: The winner of this league won this contest, only in 2004 gained the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen champion the upper hand. In 2000, with the reduction of the number of Regionalligas to two, eight clubs were relegated from this league to the Oberligas and the league expanded to eighteen teams. The Regionalliga Nord now covered the complete northern half of Germany, not just the traditional region of

2021-423: Was elevated to Oberliga status in 2012 after the disbanding of the NRW-Liga which it previously had served. The Oberliga Niedersachsen was established in 2008, initially in two regional divisions, in 2010 reduced to a single division league, and reverted to two divisions in 2020 for one season only. The NOFV-Oberliga was established in 1991 after the German reunification . It covers former East Germany and

2068-435: Was established in 2008. The Hessenliga was formed in 1945. In its first two seasons, 1945/46 and 1946/47 it played in two separate divisions, east and west. Since then it has been a single league and is the oldest Oberliga to operate continuously in this format. The Oberliga Mittelrhein was elevated to Oberliga status in 2012 after the disbanding of the NRW-Liga which it previously had served. The Oberliga Niederrhein

2115-609: Was formed in 1978 to provide a single-division for the Westphalia region. It was disestablished in 2008 with the introduction of the NRW-Liga but reestablished in 2012. The Amateur-Oberliga Berlin was established in 1974 to accommodate the majority of clubs of the Regionalliga Berlin when this league ceased to exist. With the German reunification in 1991 the Oberliga Berlin ceased to exist and its clubs were spread between

2162-573: Was increased from eleven to fourteen. With the exception of the Nazi -era Gauliga , the term Oberliga (equivalent to Premier League in English) was used prior to the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 for first-division leagues in West Germany . Between 1978–94 the term Amateuroberliga was used for third-tier leagues, which were then the highest level of amateur play in the country. The current usage of

2209-401: Was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was reintroduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new Germany-wide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the fourth tier. While all of the clubs in the top three divisions of German football are professional, the Regionalliga has a mixture of professional and semi-professional clubs. From the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 until

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