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| Founded | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1927 |
| Replaced by | Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar |
| Country |  Germany |
| State | |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Last champions | VfL Neckarau (1926–27) |
TheBezirksliga Rhein was the highestassociation football league in the northern part of theGerman state ofBaden and theBavarian region ofPalatinate from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by theBezirksliga Rhein-Saar.
The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon inDarmstadt,Hesse.[1] It replaced theKreisliga Odenwald and theKreisliga Pfalz as the highest leagues in the region.
TheBezirksliga Rhein, named after the riverRhine (German:Rhein), started out with eight teams, playing each other in a home-and-away round with the league winner advancing to theSouthern German championship, which in turn was a qualification tournament for theGerman championship.
The league modus remained unchanged for its first three seasons, 1923–24, 1924–25 and 1925-26. For its last edition however, it expanded to ten clubs. Additionally, the leagues runners-up also qualified for a "consolidation" round with the other runners-up of the southernBezirksligas. The winner of this round was awarded the third entry spot for the south to the German finals.
In an attempt to bring all Southern German leagues to a similar system, theBezirksligas were reorganised in 1927. For theBezirksliga Rhein, this meant, it joined with the southern clubs of theBezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar to form the newBezirksliga Rhein-Saar. In practice, this meant little change for the league as the newBezirksliga was immediately sub-divided into two independent, regional divisions. Out of the ten clubs in the league, eight went to the newBezirksliga Rhein-Saar - Rhein division, only theFK Pirmasens found itself grouped into theSaar division of the new league while theSV Darmstadt 98 went to the newBezirksliga Main-Hessen.
Qualified teams and their success:
Qualified teams and their success:
The league was formed from eight teams:
| Season | Champions | Runners-Up |
| 1923–24 | Waldhof Mannheim | VfR Mannheim |
| 1924–25 | VfR Mannheim | Phönix Lugwigshafen |
| 1925–26 | VfR Mannheim | Phönix Lugwigshafen |
| 1926–27 | VfL Neckarau | VfR Mannheim |
| Club | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| VfR Mannheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Phönix Ludwigshafen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| FK Pirmasens | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Pfalz Ludwigshafen | 5 | 8 | ||
| VfTuR Feudenheim | 6 | 7 | ||
| Ludwigshafener FG | 7 | 5 | 7 | |
| Phönix Mannheim | 8 | 10 | ||
| VfL Neckarau | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| SpVgg Mannheim | 7 | |||
| FV Speyer | 8 | |||
| SpVgg Sandhofen | 9 |
Source:"Bezirksliga Rhein". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved2008-07-26.
