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Summary of the Germany Oberliga Mittelrhein

The Mittelrheinliga (English: Middle Rhine League), which was promoted to Oberliga status in 2012, is a German amateur football division governed by the Football Association of the Middle Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. The league is actually a category 5 tier in the German football league system since it is the top flight of the Middle Rhine state association.

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Oberliga Mittelrhein

History of the Miteelrheinliga

Until 1956, the highest amateur level in North Rhine-Westphalia was represented by ten Landesliga divisions, two of which were Landesliga Mittelrhein divisions. Following the regular season, the ten Landesliga winners were required to battle for two promotion places to the 2. Oberliga West. Following a decision by the superior Western German football association, four Verbandsliga divisions were formed in 1956, one of which was the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein. These four Verbandsliga divisions still exist today, with the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein renamed Mittelrheinliga in 2008 and again in 2012. Until 1956, the highest amateur level in North Rhine-Westphalia was represented by ten Landesliga divisions, two of which were Landesliga Mittelrhein divisions. 

Following the regular season, the ten Landesliga winners were required to battle for two promotion places to the 2. Oberliga West. Following a decision by the superior Western German football association, four Verbandsliga divisions were formed in 1956, one of which was the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein. These four Verbandsliga divisions still exist today, with the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein renamed Mittelrheinliga in 2008 and again in 2012. 

At the time of its creation, the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein was the third tier of the German football league structure. The league champion had to battle for two promotion places to the 2. Oberliga West against the champions of the Verbandsliga Niederrhein and the two divisions of the Verbandsliga Westfalen. When the Bundesliga was formed in 1963, it was located below the current Regionalliga West, but it remained in the third tier. With the exception of 1963 and 1974, when the league structures were altered, the winner was also eligible for the promotion. The clubs in the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein remained largely inactive, winning promotion only in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1975, and 1977-1978. Throughout the majority of its history, the league existed with 16 teams, only rarely changing the numbers to round out promotion and relegation.

When the Regionalliga was replaced by the 2nd Bundesliga Nord in 1974, the league champion had to compete in a playoff format with the champions of the other tier-three leagues in northern Germany. The Amateur-Oberliga Nordrhein was created in 1978 as the region's third tier of football, encompassing the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein and Verbandsliga Niederrhein. One of the key reasons for this move was to reintroduce direct promotion for tier-three winners. Viktoria Köln, the league champion this season, was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga, and the clubs finishing second to tenth in the league were invited to the new Oberliga, which included: 

• SV Baeswiler 09
• Bonner SC
• 1.FC Köln II
• SC Jülich 1910
• TuS Langerwehe
• SV Siegburg 04
• FC Niederembt
• FV Bad Honnef
• Borussia Brand

List of champions through the years

Sources

• Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen
• Kicker Almanach
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005