2nd Bundesliga Nord (1974-81)

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2nd Bundesliga Nord
Founded
1974
Disbanded
1981
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany:Position of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord highlighted
States
Flag of Berlin Berlin
Flag of Niedersachsen Niedersachsen
Flag of Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
Coat of Arms of the city of Bremen Bremen
Flag of Hamburg Hamburg
Flag of Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen
Promotion To
Bundesliga
Relegation To
Oberliga Berlin
Oberliga Nord
Oberliga Nordrhein
Oberliga Westfalen
Number of Seasons
7
Replaced by
2nd Bundesliga
Level on Pyramid
Level 2
Last Champions 1980-81
Werder Bremen

The 2nd Bundesliga Nord was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2nd Bundesliga in 1981. It covered the northern states of Nordrhein-Westfalen,Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and the city of West-Berlin.

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[edit] Overview

The league was established in 1974 to reduce the number of second divisions in Germany from five to two and thereby allow direct promotion to the league winners. Along with the foundation of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord, formed from clubs of the three former Regionalligas of Nord, Berlin and West, went the foundation of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd, which was created from clubs of the other two Regionalligas, Süd and Südwest.

The league was created from twelve clubs from the West, seven from the North and one from Berlin, reflecting the playing strength of the old Regionalligas.

The winner of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord was directly promoted to the Bundesliga, the runners-up played a home-and-away series versus the southern runners-up for the third promotion spot.

The bottom four teams were relegated to the Amateurligas, after 1978 to the new Oberligas. In 1979 only three teams were relegated. The winners of the Amateurligas/Oberligas had to determind the promoted teams by the way of a promotion play-off.

The league operated with 20 teams in its first six seasons, expanding to 22 in its last in 1981.

Until 1978, below the 2nd Bundesliga Nord ranked the following Verbandsligas and Oberligas:

In 1978 these leagues were reduced to four:

In 1981, the two 2nd Bundesligas merged into one, country-wide division. Nine clubs from the south and eight from the north plus the three relegated teams from the Bundesliga were admitted into the new league, the 2nd Bundesliga.

The SG Wattenscheid 09, VfL Osnabrück, Alemannia Aachen, Fortuna Köln and Preußen Münster all played every of the seven seasons of the league.

[edit] Disbanding of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord

The league was dissolved in 1981. Eight clubs of the league went to the new 2nd Bundesliga while the champion and runners-up was promoted to Bundesliga. The twelve remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The teams admitted to the 2nd Bundesliga were:

Relegated to the Oberligas were:

[edit] Winners and runners-up of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord[1]

1975 Hannover 96                Bayer Uerdingen
1976 Tennis Borussia Berlin     Borussia Dortmund
1977 FC St. Pauli               Arminia Bielefeld
1978 Arminia Bielefeld          Rot-Weiss Essen
1979 Bayer Leverkusen           Bayer Uerdingen
1980 Arminia Bielefeld          Rot-Weiss Essen
1981 Werder Bremen              Eintracht Braunschweig

Bold denotes team went on to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.

[edit] Play-off for Bundesliga promotion

1975 FK Pirmasens - Bayer Uerdingen             4-4 / 0-6
1976 1. FC Nürnberg - Borussia Dortmund         0-1 / 2-3 
1977 TSV 1860 München - Arminia Bielefeld       4-0 / 0-4 / 2-0
1978 1. FC Nürnberg - RW Essen                  1-0 / 2-2
1979 SpVgg Bayreuth - Bayer Uerdingen           1-1 / 1-2
1980 Karlsruher SC - RW Essen                   5-1 / 1-3
1981 Kickers Offenbach - Eintracht Braunschweig 1-0 / 0-2

[edit] Placings in the 2nd Bundesliga Nord 1974 to 1981

Club 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Borussia Dortmund 6 2 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Bayer Leverkusen 15 10 8 1 ♦ ♦
Bayer Uerdingen 2 ♦ 4 7 2 ♦ ♦
Arminia Bielefeld 4 9 2 1 ♦ 1 ♦
SV Werder Bremen ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1
Eintracht Braunschweig ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2
Hertha BSC Berlin ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 3
FC St. Pauli 3 14 1 ♦ 6*
Rot-Weiß Essen ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 8 2 8
Tennis Borussia Berlin ♦ 1 ♦ 10 11 13 17
Hannover 96 1 ♦ 5 5 15 3 4
Wuppertaler SV ♦ 5 3 11 17 20
Alemannia Aachen 15 12 7 14 7 7 5
VfL Osnabrück 8 6 9 16 18 8 6
Union Solingen 13 19 9 9 9 7
Fortuna Köln 5 4 12 4 4 6 9
SG Wattenscheid 09 7 8 15 6 10 5 10
Viktoria Köln 16 4 11
1. FC Bocholt 18 12
Preußen Münster 9 3 6 3 3 10 13
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 15 14
VfB Oldenburg 15
SC Herford 14 17 17 16
SC Göttingen 05 10 11 17 18
Holstein Kiel 14 14 19
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 13 19 16 20
SpVgg Erkenschwick 16 18 21
OSV Hannover 12 22
DSC Wanne-Eickel 13 11*
OSC Bremerhaven 19 18
Arminia Hannover 13 15 12 19
Westfalia Herne 10 11 12 5*
Wacker 04 Berlin 13 16 18 20
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 12 7 8 20
Bonner SC 16
VfL Wolfsburg 19 20
1. FC Mülheim 11 17
DJK Gütersloh 14 19
Spandauer SV 20
Olympia Wilhelmshaven 17
HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst 20

Source:2nd Bundesliga Nord. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.

  • ♦ denotes club played in the Bundesliga.
  • The Wetsfalia Herne withdrew from the league in 1979 for financial reasons.
  • The FC St. Pauli was refused a licence in 1979 and relegated.
  • The DSC Wanne-Eickel withdrew from the league in 1980 for financial reasons.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine

"Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine