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Regionalliga Nord (1963–1974)
The Regionalliga Nord was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Overview The Regionalliga Nord started out in 1963 with 18 teams in the league, had 17 clubs from 1964 to 1971 and then returned to a strength of 18. It was formed from the thirteen clubs of the Oberliga Nord which were not admitted to the new Bundesliga and from five promoted clubs from the Amateurliga. The Regionalliga Nord was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Nord under a different name and a tier lower. Along with the Regionalliga Nord went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974: *Regionalliga West, covering the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen * Regionalliga Süd, covering the state of Bayern, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg *Regionalliga Berlin, covering West-Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga 1963-1974
The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the fourth tier. While all of the clubs in the top three divisions of German football are professional, the Regionalliga has a mixture of professional and semi-professional clubs. History of the Regionalligas 1963–1974 From the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974, there were five Regionalligas, forming the second tier of German Football: *Regionalliga Nord, ''(covering the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg)'' *Regionalliga West, ''(covering the state of North Rhine-Westphalia)'' *Regionalliga Berlin, ''(covering West Berlin)'' *Regionalliga Südwest, ''(covering the states of Rheinland-Palatinate and Saarland)'' * Regionalliga Süd, ''(covering the states of Bavari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberliga Nord (1947–63) , formerly the first tier, now the third tier of ice hockey in Germany
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Oberliga ( en, Premier league) may refer to: Association football * Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first * DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, replaced by the NOFV-Oberliga * NOFV-Oberliga, replaced the DDR-Oberliga in 1990, now the fifth tier of football in the region Ice hockey * Austrian Oberliga * Oberliga (ice hockey) The Oberliga (English: ''Upper League'') is the third tier of ice hockey in Germany, below DEL2 and ahead of the Regionalliga. Since the 2015/16 season, the league has been split into two regionalised divisions, Nord (north) and Süd (south). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. It is best known for its football department, but other departments include badminton, handball and athletics. The men's professional football team play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, the DFB-Pokal in 2015 and the DFL-Supercup in 2015. Professional football is run by the spin-off organization ''VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH'', a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Since 2002, Wolfsburg's stadium is the Volkswagen Arena. History A new team in a new city The city of Wolfsburg was founded in 1938 as Stadt des KdF-Wagen to house autoworkers building the car that would later become famous as the Volk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis. History Foundation to WW II The earliest origins of the club go back to a pair of predecessor sides; ''Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck'' established on 1 April 1919 and ''Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck'' founded in 1921. ''SV Polizei Lübeck'' was the local police sports club. In 1931 it was merged with ''Verein für Rasensport Lübeck'', which was the product of the 1923 union of ''Fußball Club Alemannia 1905 Lübeck'' and ''Lübecker Fußball Club Germania 1913''. ''SVP'' played well enough to earn appearances in the playoff rounds of the senior north German circuit, but did not enjoy any success. ''VfR'' made only a single such appearance, in 1924. ''BSV Vorwärts Lübeck'' played in the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arminia Hannover
SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded in 1910 as ''FC Arminia Hannover'' and merged with ''Rugby-Verein Merkur'' in 1918, becoming ''SV Arminia-Merkur''. Two years later they renamed themselves ''SV Arminia Hannover'' and captured the North German title. Through the 1920s and 1930s the club grew to include a number of other sports, but the football side did not earn any significant result, apart from the 1932–33 season when the club, under the English coach William Townley, advanced as far as the quarterfinals of the German Championship, where they were ousted by the eventual winners Fortuna Düsseldorf. During the Third Reich, the club played in the Gauliga Niedersachsen, later the Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig, generally as a top of the table side without winning another local championship. For the most part, the club played second tier ball through the 1950s and 1960s with their best pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holstein Kiel
Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s the club was one of the most dominant sides in northern Germany. Holstein appeared regularly in the national playoffs, capturing their most important title, the German football championship in 1912, and finishing as vice-champions in 1910 and 1930. Holstein also won six regional titles and finished as runners-up another nine times. They remained a first-division side until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. History Foundation to WWII Holstein Kiel is the product of the merger of predecessor sides Kieler Fußball-Verein von 1900 and Kieler Fußball-Club Holstein. The earliest of these two sides was Kieler Fußball-Verein (later 1. KFV) established on 7 October 1900 out of the membership of the gymnastics club Kieler Mà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section. History Foundation to WW2 The club has its origins in the coming together on 17 April 1899 of the memberships of the "wild" clubs Antipodia, Germania, and Minerva to create Fußball Club 1899 Osnabrück. This group joined Osnabrücker Ballverein 05 in 1920 to play as BV 1899 Osnabrück. Predecessor Osnabrücker BV 05 was the product of the 1905 merger of Fußball Club Edelweiß 1902 Osnabrück and Fußball Club Alemannia Osnabrück. This club made an appearance in the quarterfinals of the regional Westdeutsche (West German) final in 1910 where they were decisively put out (2–9) by Duisburger SV. The merger that created Verein für Leibesübungen Osnabrück took place in 1924 when BV was joined by Spiel- und Sport Osnabrück. Prior to 1921, SuS had played as the foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC St
FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakistan Science and technology Computing * fc (Unix), computer program that relists commands * FC connector, a type of optical-fiber connector * Flash controller * Family Computer, Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System game console * Fibre Channel, a serial computer bus * Microsoft File Compare program * fc a casefolding feature in perl Vehicles * Fairchild FC, 1920s and 1930s aircraft * Holden FC, a motor vehicle * A second generation Mazda RX-7 car * Fully cellular, a type of container ship Medicine A two-in-one vaccine against the flu and common cold. Other sciences * Female condom (FC1, FC2), a contraceptive * Foot-candle (symbol fc or ft-c), a unit of illumination * Formal charge, a Lewis structure concept in ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga Südwest (1963–1974)
The Regionalliga Südwest was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of West Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states of Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz. Overview Along with the Regionalliga Südwest went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974: *Regionalliga Nord, covering the states of Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg *Regionalliga West, covering the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen *Regionalliga Berlin, covering West-Berlin * Regionalliga Süd, covering the states of Bayern, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg 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 ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga Berlin
The Regionalliga Berlin was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It was by far the smallest of the five Regionalligas. Overview The Regionalliga Berlin started out in 1963 with 10 teams in the league. From 1965 the league was expanded to 16 clubs. In 1969-70 the league played with 14 clubs and after that always with 12. It was formed from the clubs of the Oberliga Berlin which finished second to eighth and the first three clubs of the Amateurliga Berlin. The last winner of the Oberliga Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, was promoted to the new Bundesliga and the bottom two teams of the Oberliga were relegated to the Amateurliga. The Regionalliga Berlin was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Berlin under a different name and a tier lower. Along with the Regionalliga Berlin went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga Süd (1963–1974)
The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of West Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. Overview The league started out in 1963 with 20 clubs which were reduced for the next season to 19. From 1965 to 1974, there were always 18 teams in the league, except in 1972 when another season of 19 clubs was played. It was formed from the eleven clubs of the Oberliga Süd which did not get admitted to the new Bundesliga and from the top nine clubs of the 2. Oberliga Süd. The Regionalliga Süd was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Süd under a different name and a tier lower. Along with the Regionalliga Süd went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974: *Regionalliga Nord, covering the states of Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg *Regionallig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
