The Amateurliga Nordbaden was the highest football league in the region of the North Baden Football Aassociation and the third tier of the
German football league system
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from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
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and the
Verbandsliga Nordbaden below it in 1978.
Overview
The Amateurliga Nordbaden was formed in 1945 in the northern half of the then-state of
Württemberg-Baden, which is now the northwestern part of the
German state of
Baden-Württemberg
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. It was a feeder league to the
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and therefore the second tier of the football league system in the south of
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until the inception of the
2. Oberliga Süd in 1950. From 1950 until the establishment of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.
The winner of the Amateurliga Nordbaden was not automatically promoted but rather had to take part in a
promotion play-off
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to its league above. Usually, the champion would have to compete with the winners of the
Amateurligas Südbaden,
Württemberg
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and (from 1961)
Schwarzwald-Bodensee.
The separation of North Baden and South Baden resulted from the outcome of
World War II
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when the state was split into two separate occupation zones. The north was in the
US zone and the south in the
French
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zone. The official names for the two FAs reflect the separation of Südbaden from the originally association, with Nordbaden just simply calling itself Baden FA.
The league was established in 1945 with ten teams, the winner gaining promotion to the Oberliga Süd. The founder members were:
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VfL Neckarau
VfL Neckarau is a German association football club from the district of Neckarau in the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.
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History
Foundation and early years
The current day club came out of a long string of mergers of predecesso ...
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