The Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland Football Association and the third tier of the

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from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the

Verbandsliga Rheinland 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 ...

below it in 1978.

Overview

The Amateurliga Rheinland was formed in 1952 in the northern half of the state of

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. Before its inception, three separate leagues operated in the area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the 2. Oberliga Südwest. From 1952 until the establishment of the Oberliga Südwest in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system. The winner of the Amateurliga Rheinland was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a

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. The champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligas Saarland and Südwest. Until 1933, the region covered by the Rheinland FA was politically part of the now dissolved

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. The league was established in 1952 with sixteen teams, the winner gaining promotion to the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were: *

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