The 1952–53 Rheinlandliga was the first season of the highest amateur class of the
Rhineland Football Association
The Rhineland Football Association (german: Fussball-Verband Rheinland), the ''FVR'', is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the northern part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.1. Amateurliga Rheinland. It replaced the multi-tracked Landesliga Rheinland as the highest amateur class and was a predecessor of today's
Rheinlandliga
The Rheinlandliga is a German amateur football division administered by the Rhineland Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Rhineland state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a l ...
.
The 1. Amateurliga was below II. Division Southwest until 1963 and therefore the third-class in the hierarchy. In the seasons 1956-57 to 1962-63 the league was played in two divisions (East and West). The two division champions played to determine the Rhineland champion. With the introduction of the regional league Southwest as second highest class, starting in the 1963-64 season, the Amateur league Rheinland was again combined into one division. Beginning in the 1974-75 season, the league played a role as a sub-team to the newly introduced
2. Bundesliga
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, where the Rhineland champion played in a relegation against the champion of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the
Saarlandliga
The Saarlandliga (English: ''Saarland league'') is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in the German federal state of Saarland. It was a new league, introduced at the end of the 2008-09 season.
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, for a position in the south divisions of the 2. Bundesliga. Starting from the 1978-79 season, the
Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
The Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the ''Oberliga Südwest'', is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland states of Germany, organized by the Southwestern Regional Football Association. It is the fifth ...
was introduced as the highest amateur class and this class was renamed to the "Verbandsliga Rheinland" and since then only fourth class.
Results
Rhineland champion was SpVgg Bendorf. In the relegation rounds to move up to the 2. league Southwest, Bensdorf finished in last place had to remain in the league. FC Urbar participated as a Rhineland representative in the German Soccer Amateur Championship in 1953, but did not go beyond the group stage.
SV Remagen,
TuS Mayen
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, SV Trier-West and
SG Betzdorf
SG Betzdorf is a German association football club from the city of Betzdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team has its origins as a football department established within the gymnastics club ''Betzdorfer Turnverein'' on 6 September 1906. The footb ...
had to move down into the 2. Amateur League after this season. For the following season, 1953–54, Grün-Weiß Vallendar, SV Wittlich, TuS Montabaur and VfL Brohl moved up from the 2. Amateur league
Germania Mudersbach switched to the Landesliga Westfalen after that season.