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{{Infobox football league
|name = Amateurliga Südwest
|image = [[Image:Deutschland Lage von Rheinland-Pfalz.svg|100px|Map of Germany: Position of Rheinland-Pfalz highlighted]]
|country = {{flag|Germany}}
|state = [[Image:Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg|20px|Flag of Rheinland-Pfalz]] [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]
|region =
|confed =
|founded = {{start date and age|1952}}
|folded = {{start date and age|1978}}
|successor = {{plainlist|
* [[Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar|Oberliga Südwest]] (III)
* [[Verbandsliga Südwest]] (IV)
}}
|teams =
|divisions =
|promotion = {{plainlist|
* [[2. Oberliga Südwest]] (1952–63)
* [[Regionalliga Südwest (1963–1974)|Regionalliga Südwest]] (1963–74)
* [[2. Bundesliga Süd (1974–81)|2. Bundesliga Süd]] (1974–78)
}}
|level = [[German football league system|Level 3]]
|domest_cup = [[South West Cup]]
|champions = [[FSV Mainz 05]]
|season = 1977–78
|website =
}}
The '''Amateurliga Südwest''' was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the [[German football league system]] from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the [[Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar|Oberliga Südwest]] and the [[Verbandsliga Südwest]] below it in 1978.
==Overview==
The Amateurliga Südwest was formed in 1952 in the southern half of the state of [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]. Before its inception, three separate leagues operated in the area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the [[2. Oberliga Südwest]]. From 1952 until the establishment of the Oberliga Südwest in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.
The winner of the Amateurliga Südwest was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a [[Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga|promotion play-off]]. The champion would have to compete with the winners of the [[Amateurliga Saarland|Amateurligas Saarland]] and [[Amateurliga Rheinland|Rheinland]].
Until 1933, the region covered by the Südwest FA was politically part of two other [[Germany|German]] states. The south, the [[Palatinate (region)|Pfalz]] region, was part of [[Bavaria]] and the north, the [[Rheinhessen]] region, was part of [[Hessen]]. After the war, these regions were incorporated into the new [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Rheinland-Pfalz]]. The separation of these areas from their original states results from the outcome of [[World War II]] when they became part of the [[France|French]] occupation zone, while Hessen and Bavaria where in the [[United States|US]] zone.
The league was established in 1952 with sixteen teams, the winner gaining promotion to the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were:
*[[BSC Oppau]]
*[[VfR Friesenheim]]
*[[FSV Schifferstadt]]
*[[Phönix Bellheim]]
*[[SV Alsenborn]]
*[[TuS Hochspeyer]]
*[[SC Idar-Oberstein|SpVgg Idar]]
*[[Palatia Böhl]]
*[[SC Idar-Oberstein|SC Oberstein 08]]
*[[SC West-Kaiserslautern]]
*[[SpVgg Ingelheim]]
*[[SV Gonsenheim]]
*[[Fontania Finthen]]
*[[FC Sobernheim]]
*[[SG Waldfischbach]]
*[[SV Mundenheim]]
With the introduction of the [[Bundesliga]] in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new [[Regionalliga Südwest (1963–1974)|Regionalliga Südwest]] but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the [[2. Bundesliga Süd (1974–81)|2. Bundesliga Süd]] in 1974.
The [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] II holds the record for years in the league, having spent 21 continuous seasons in it from 1957 to 1978.
There is room for some confusion with the existence of the Oberliga Südwest as well as the Verbandsliga Südwest and the now defunct leagues Regionalliga Südwest and Amateurliga Südwest. While the Oberliga and Regionalliga of that name cover and covered the whole states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland, the Verbandsliga and Amateurliga only covered the southern part of Rheinland-Pfalz and operated as feeders for the first two. The root of the problem lies in the lack of common history in the region and therefore the lack of a common name.
==Disbanding of the Amateurliga Südwest==
In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was formed to allow direct promotion to the 2. Bundesliga Süd for the Amateure champion of the area. The teams placed one to five gained entry to the Oberliga while the next eleven teams were put into the new Verbandsliga Südwest, now the fourth tier of the football league system. The bottom four teams were relegated to the [[Bezirksklasse|Bezirksliga]].
Admitted to the new '''Oberliga''':
*[[FSV Mainz 05]]
*[[Hassia Bingen]]
*[[Eintracht Kreuznach]]
*[[Südwest Ludwigshafen]]
*[[1. FC Kaiserslautern|1. FC Kaiserslautern II]]
Relegated to the new '''Verbandsliga''':
*[[FK Clausen]]
*[[VfR Kirn]]
*[[Ludwigshafener SC]]
*[[FC Rodalben]]
*[[Viktoria Herxheim]]
*[[SG Pirmasens]]
*[[TuS Landstuhl]]
*[[VfR Frankenthal]]
*[[Gummi-Mayer Landau]]
*[[1. FC Haßloch]]
*[[VfR Baumholder]]
Relegated to the '''Bezirksliga''':
*[[ASV Idar-Oberstein]]
*[[SV Guntersblum]]
*[[SV Worms-Horchheim]]
*[[FC Sobernheim]]
== Winners of the Amateurliga Südwest ==
{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
|
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"
|width="80"| '''Season'''
|width="200"| '''Club'''
|-
|1952–53
|'''BSC Oppau'''
|-
|1953–54
|'''SpVgg Weisenau'''
|-
|1954–55
|FC Sobernheim
|-
|1955–56
|Normannia Pfiffigheim
|-
|1956–57
|[[Hassia Bingen]]
|-
|1957–58
|'''SC Ludwigshafen'''
|-
|1958–59
|'''Hassia Bingen'''
|-
|1959–60
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern II]]
|-
|1960–61
|'''FC Sobernheim'''
|-
|1961–62
|'''Phönix Bellheim'''
|-
|1962–63
|'''[[ASV Landau]]'''
|-
|1963–64
|[[Eintracht Kreuznach]]
|-
|1964–65
|'''[[SV Alsenborn]]'''
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"
|width="80"| '''Season'''
|width="200"| '''Club'''
|-
|1965–66
|VfR Kaiserslautern
|-
|1966–67
|'''SC Ludwigshafen'''
|-
|1967–68
|1. FC Kaiserslautern II
|-
|1968–69
|'''ASV Landau'''
|-
|1969–70
|'''VfR Frankenthal'''
|-
|1970–71
|'''Phönix Bellheim'''
|-
|1971–72
|Eintracht Kreuznach
|-
|1972–73
|'''Eintracht Kreuznach'''
|-
|1973–74
|FK Clausen
|-
|1974–75
|'''Eintracht Kreuznach'''
|-
|1975–76
|[[VfR Wormatia Worms]]
|-
|1976–77
|'''VfR Wormatia Worms'''
|-
|1977–78
|[[FSV Mainz 05]]
|}
|}
<small>Source:{{Cite web
| url = http://www.f-archiv.de/
| title =Verbandsliga Südwest
| access-date =19 March 2008
| publisher = Das deutsche Fussball–Archiv
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072603/http://www.f-archiv.de/| archive-date= 7 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</small>
* '''Bold''' denotes team gained promotion.
* In 1960 the FSV Schifferstadt was promoted as runners–up since Kaiserslautern's reserve team was ineligible for promotion. For the same reason, [[FV Speyer]] was promoted in 1968.
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==
* ''Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen'', {{in lang|de}} An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: [[Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken|DSFS]]
* ''kicker Almanach'', {{in lang|de}} The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the [[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker Sports Magazine]]
* ''Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897–1988'' {{in lang|de}} History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
* ''Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005'' {{in lang|de}} History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: [[DSFS]], published: 2006
== External links ==
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fussball Archiv] {{in lang|de}} Historic German league tables
* [http://www.fussball.de/fussball/servlet/content/94?next=/0708/013/031/420/420003&tag=50001 Verbandsliga Südwest at Fussball.de]
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