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| Founded | 1963 |
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| Folded | 1974 (11 seasons) |
| Replaced by | 2. Bundesliga Süd |
| Country |  West Germany |
| States | |
| Level on pyramid | Level 2 |
| Promotion to | Bundesliga |
| Relegation to | |
| Last champions | Borussia Neunkirchen (1973–74) |
TheRegionalliga Südwest was the second-highest level of theGerman football league system in the southwest ofWest Germany from 1963 until the formation of the2. Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states ofSaarland andRheinland-Pfalz.
Along with theRegionalliga Südwest went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:
The new Regionalligas were formed along the borders of the old post-World War II Oberligas, not after a balanced regional system. Therefore the Oberligas Berlin and West covered small but populous areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anachronism, neither large nor populous. It was basically a remainder of the former French occupation zone.
Originally only the winners, later also runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion play-off to thenewBundesliga, which was staged in two groups of originally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.
The bottom three teams were relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the Regionalliga Südwest were the following Amateurligas:
TheFSV Mainz 05,VfR Wormatia Worms,FK Pirmasens,SV Röchling Völklingen,Südwest Ludwigshafen andTuS Neuendorf all played every one of the eleven seasons of the Regionalliga Südwest.
The league was dissolved in 1974. According to their performance of the last couple of seasons, seven clubs of the Regionalliga went to the new2. Bundesliga Süd. The nine remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The teams admitted to the 2. Bundesliga Süd were:
Relegated clubs:
From the Regionalliga Südwest, seven clubs qualified for the new 2. Bundesliga Süd, together with 13 teams from theSüd region.
The qualifying modus saw the last five seasons counted, whereby the last placed team in each season received one point, the second-last two points and so on. For a Bundesliga season within this five-year period, a club received 25 points, for an Amateurliga season none.
For the seasons 1969–70 and 1970–71, the received points counted single, for the 1971–72 and 1972–73 season double and for the 1973–74 season three times.
To be considered in the points table for the new league, a club had to play either in the Regionalliga Südwest in 1973-74 or to have been relegated from the Bundesliga to it for the next season, something which did not apply to the league that year.
The bottom three clubs in the league, nominally the relegated teams in a normal season, were barred from entry to the 2. Bundesliga, regardless of where they stood in the points ranking.[1]
Points table:
| Rank | Club | Points 1969-74 | Place in 1973-74 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 133 | 1 |
| 2 | SV Röchling Völklingen | 110 | 4 |
| 3 | FSV Mainz 05 | 109 | 5 |
| 4 | FK Pirmasens | 107 | 8 |
| 5 | SV Alsenborn1 | 95 | 10 |
| 6 | FC 08 Homburg | 90 | 3 |
| 7 | VfR Wormatia Worms | 90 | 6 |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 87 | 2 |
| 9 | ASV Landau | 82 | 9 |
| 10 | Südwest Ludwigshafen | 76 | 11 |
| 11 | TuS Neuendorf | 71 | 12 |
| 12 | FV Speyer | 43 | 15 |
| 13 | Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 30 | 7 |
| 14 | VfB Theley | 27 | 13 |
| 15 | Eisbachtaler Sportfreunde | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | FC Ensdorf | 3 | 16 |
In 1994, the Regionalligas were reintroduced, this time as the third tier of German Football. The teams from the southwest were however integrated into the newRegionalliga West/Südwest with the clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen. In 2000, when the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two, the south western clubs moved to theRegionalliga Süd. In 2008, with the introduction of the3. Liga the southwestern clubs will again move, into the newRegionalliga West and again be with the teams from Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The winners and runners-up of the league were:[2]
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1963–64 | Borussia Neunkirchen | FK Pirmasens |
| 1964–65 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | VfR Wormatia Worms |
| 1965–66 | FK Pirmasens | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 1966–67 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 1967–68 | SV Alsenborn | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1968–69 | SV Alsenborn | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1969–70 | SV Alsenborn | FK Pirmasens |
| 1970–71 | Borussia Neunkirchen | FK Pirmasens |
| 1971–72 | Borussia Neunkirchen | SV Röchling Völklingen |
| 1972–73 | FSV Mainz 05 | SV Röchling Völklingen |
| 1973–74 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
The league placings from 1963 to 1974:[3]
| Club | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 1 | B | B | 1 | B | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 |
| FC 08 Homburg | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |||
| SV Röchling Völklingen | 13 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 7 | ||||||||||
| FK Pirmasens | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| ASV Landau | 19 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| SV Alsenborn | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Südwest Ludwigshafen1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| TuS Neuendorf | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| VfB Theley | 16 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||
| Eisbachtaler Sportfreunde | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
| FV Speyer | 11 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 15 | |||||
| FC Ensdorf | 16 | ||||||||||
| Eintracht Trier | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | |
| Phönix Bellheim | 17 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | |||||
| VfR Frankenthal | 15 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |||
| SpVgg Andernach | 16 | ||||||||||
| SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| SpVgg Weisenau | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| SC Friedrichsthal | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
| FC Landsweiler | 16 | ||||||||||
| SC Ludwigshafen | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | |||||||
| SSV Mülheim | 16 | ||||||||||
| Germania Metternich | 18 | 16 | |||||||||
| BSC Oppau | 16 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||
| TSC Zweibrücken | 18 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||
| Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | 8 | 16 | |||||||||
| VfR Kaiserslautern | 7 | 17 | |||||||||
| Tura Ludwigshafen1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| SV Niederlahnstein | 20 |
Source:"Regionalliga Südwest". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved7 January 2008.
| Symbol | Key |
|---|---|
| B | Bundesliga |
| Place | League |
| Blank | Played at a league level below this league |
The league records:
| Highest win | 11–0 | SV Alsenborn11 –0Saar 05 Saarbrücken (20 December 1970)1. FC Saarbrücken11 –0BSC Oppau (14 November 1965)[4] |
| Most goals in a game | 14 | SV Alsenborn6 –8FC Homburg (19 November 1972)[5] |
| Season with most goals | 1,386 (3,65 per game) | 1963–64[6] |
| Round with most goals | 45 (5,63 per game) | Round 16, 1972–73[7] |
The best and worst teams in the all-time table of the league from 1963 to 1974:[8]
| Pos. | Club | Seasons | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FK Pirmasens | 11 | 342 | 189 | 73 | 80 | 777 | 423 | 451 |
| 2 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 11 | 342 | 164 | 63 | 115 | 666 | 521 | 391 |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 10 | 304 | 159 | 63 | 82 | 622 | 357 | 381 |
| 4-33 | 30 clubs | ||||||||
| 34 | FC Ensdorf | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 86 | 8 |
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