Oberliga Nord (1947-63)

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Oberliga Nord
Founded
1947
Disbanded
1963
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany:Position of the Oberliga Nord highlighted
States
Flag of Niedersachsen Niedersachsen
Flag of Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
Coat of Arms of the city of Bremen Bremen
Flag of Hamburg Hamburg
Relegation To
Amateurliga Hamburg
Amateurliga Bremen
Amateurliga Niedersachsen-Ost
Amateurliga Niedersachsen-West
Amateurliga Schleswig-Holstein
Number of Seasons
16
Replaced by
Bundesliga
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Last Champions 1962-63
Hamburger SV

The Oberliga Nord was the highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

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[edit] Overview

The league was created in 1947 as the highest level of football in the north of Germany, then part of the British occupation zone. It replaced the various Gauligas, which had existed until 1945 in the region:

It was, together with the Oberliga West, the last of the five Oberligas to be formed, the other four being:

The league was formed from twelve clubs in 1947, four from Hamburg, two from Bremen, four from Niedersachsen and two from Schleswig-Holstein.

With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner and runners-up of the Oberliga Nord went on to the finals tournament with the other Oberliga champions. In the period from 1948 to 1963, only two teams from the North of Germany managed to win the national title, Hamburger SV and Hannover 96.

The league was completely dominated by the Hamburger SV, who won it 15 out of 16 times, only failing in 1954 when the club only came eleventh.

Unlike the other Oberligas, the Oberliga Nord never formed a 2nd Oberliga as the second tier, the five local Amateurligas remained at this level instead.

[edit] Reforming of the Oberliga Nord

In 1974, with the disbanding of the Regionalliga Nord, the Oberliga Nord was re-created, but now as the third tier of German football. Geographically, it covered the same region as the old Oberliga Nord.

[edit] Founding members of the Oberliga Nord

[edit] Disbanding of the Oberliga

With the introduction of the new Bundesliga, the Oberligas were disbanded. The top three teams of the Oberliga Nord were admitted to the Bundesliga, the other thirteen clubs went to the Regionalliga Nord, one of the five new second divisions.

Admitted to Bundesliga:

The following teams from the Oberliga went to the new Regionalliga:

[edit] Winners and runners-up of the Oberliga Nord

1948 Hamburger SV                     FC St. Pauli
1949 Hamburger SV                     FC St. Pauli
1950 Hamburger SV                     FC St. Pauli
1951 Hamburger SV                     FC St. Pauli
1952 Hamburger SV                     VfL Osnabrück
1953 Hamburger SV                     Holstein Kiel
1954 Hannover 96                      FC St. Pauli
1955 Hamburger SV                     TuS Bremerhaven 93
1956 Hamburger SV                     Hannover 96
1957 Hamburger SV                     Holstein Kiel
1958 Hamburger SV                     Eintracht Braunschweig
1959 Hamburger SV                     Werder Bremen
1960 Hamburger SV                     Werder Bremen
1961 Hamburger SV                     Werder Bremen
1962 Hamburger SV                     Werder Bremen
1963 Hamburger SV                     Werder Bremen

Source:Oberliga Nord. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.

Bold denotes team went on to win German championship.

[edit] Placings & overall table of the Oberliga Nord 1947 to 1963

Club 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Seasons Games GF GA Points
Hamburger SV 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 539 1609 758 784
Werder Bremen 4 8 4 6 7 3 5 3 6 5 7 2 2 2 2 2 16 488 1207 878 586
FC St. Pauli 2 2 2 2 3 9 2 7 13 4 9 7 4 4 4 6 16 483 941 723 566
VfL Osnabrück 5 3 3 4 2 4 12 9 10 6 4 4 3 3 7 7 16 473 927 743 532
Hannover 96 11 7 11 11 7 1 5 2 3 10 6 6 5 13 9 15 456 824 777 476
Eintracht Braunschweig 3 4 5 10 14 4 6 11 7 2 5 8 9 6 3 15 441 869 798 474
Holstein Kiel 10 11 3 5 2 9 10 4 2 8 10 9 7 5 5 15 451 850 802 470
TuS Bremerhaven 93 12 10 8 8 8 7 2 7 9 5 9 5 14 14 13 15 452 758 845 443
FC Altona 93 15 6 3 4 9 11 3 8 11 6 11 15 12 362 654 708 353
Concordia Hamburg 8 9 6 12 12 15 12 6 12 12 12 12 14 13 376 640 752 329
Arminia Hannover 6 10 12 13 9 12 6 12 3 15 10 11 316 545 618 287
SC Göttingen 05 11 13 9 6 5 10 13 8 10 16 10 294 515 594 265
VfR Neumünster 5 8 12 3 10 11 8 4 8 240 351 396 239
TV Eimsbüttel Hamburg 6 8 5 4 10 8 8 16 8 234 419 454 225
Bremer SV 9 5 14 7 10 13 13 15 15 9 256 436 552 216
VfB Lübeck 7 7 15 11 15 15 14 15 16 9 254 346 509 202
VfB Oldenburg 9 16 11 15 10 10 12 7 212 312 428 177
VfV Hildesheim 13 7 8 3 8 5 150 246 248 153
ASV Bergedorf 85 11 13 13 9 11 5 150 215 287 129
VfL Wolfsburg 14 14 14 11 16 5 150 228 299 117
Eintracht Nordhorn 12 13 13 15 16 5 150 196 333 107
Eintracht Osnabrück 14 13 16 16 4 122 193 299 80
Harburger TB 16 14 14 16 4 120 162 306 74
Phönix Lübeck 14 14 15 3 90 113 192 67
SC Victoria Hamburg 12 15 16 3 82 100 191 51
Heider SV 16 16 2 60 66 118 37
Lüneburger SK 16 1 30 40 119 11
Itzehoer SV 17 1 32 42 118 9

Source:All-time table Oberliga Nord. Clas Glenning. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.

  • Table includes results from the finals rounds of the German championship.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

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


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