Regional Liga Nordost
The fourteen Oberligas in Germany
Founded1991
CountryGermany
States
  • Brandenburg
  • Saxony
  • Saxony-Anhalt
  • Thuringia
Number of teams18
Level on pyramidLevel 5
Promotion toRegionalliga Nordost
Relegation to
Current championsFC Eilenburg
(2022–23)

The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fourth tier of the league system, and until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the third tier.

Overview

The NOFV-Oberliga Sud was formed in 1991 when, along with the political reunion of Germany, the East German football league system was integrated into a unified German system.

The abbreviation NOFV stands for Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband, meaning North East German Football Association.

Along with this league, two other NOFV-Oberligen were formed, the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte and the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.

The league was formed from clubs from six different leagues: One club from the Oberliga Nordost, the former DDR-Oberliga, fourteen clubs from the NOFV-Liga A and B, the former East German second division, and one each from the three Verbandsligas, the new state leagues. The league accommodated therefore a wide mix of clubs from the east and west of Germany. Unlike the two other NOFV-Oberligas, it contained no clubs from Berlin, due to geographical reasons, and therefore was the only one of the three to have no West German clubs in it.

The league became one of the then ten Oberligen in the united Germany, the third tier of league football. Its champion was however not directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga but had to take part in a promotion play-off. In 1994 the league champion was successful in this competition, in 1992 and 1993 they failed.

For the duration of the league and onwards, the leagues below it are:

In 1994, the German football league system saw some major changes. The four Regionalligen were introduced as an intermediate level between 2nd Bundesliga and Oberligen, relegating the Oberligen to the fourth tier. In the east of Germany, the Regionalliga Nordost was formed, a league covering the area of former East Germany and western Berlin. Four clubs from the NOFV-Oberliga Süd were admitted to the new league:

The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was disbanded and its clubs spread between the two remaining Oberligen in the east. Four clubs from the former league were added to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

From 1995 to 1999, the champions of the league were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost.

With the reduction of the number of Regionalligen to two, the league came under the Regionalliga Nord. Six clubs were relegated that season from the now disbanded Regionalliga Nordost to the Oberliga. The regulations about promotion kept on changing and until 2006, the league champion had to play-off with the champion of the northern league for one promotion spot. Only in 2004 did the southern champion failed to win the play-off. From the 2006 season onwards, direct promotion was awarded again.

The league changes in 2008, with the introduction of the 3. Liga, meant the Oberligen were now the fifth tier of league football in Germany. The top three teams of the league in 2007–08 gained entry to the Regionalliga, the fourth placed team had to play-off against the fourth placed team from the north for one more spot,[1] these teams being:

Otherwise, the setup of the league did not change and its champion was directly promoted from the 2008-09 season onwards.

Another league reform, decided upon in 2010, will saw the reestablishment of the Regionalliga Nordost from 2012 onwards, with the two NOFV-Oberligas feeding into this league again.[2] Three teams from the league achieved direct promotion to the new league, these being VfB Auerbach, Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Zwickau.

Founding members of the league

The founding members of the league in 1991 were:

League champions

The league champions:[3][4]

Placings in the league

The complete list of clubs in the league and their final placings:[3][4]

Club 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
RB Leipzig1RRR3L2B2BBBBBBBB
FC Erzgebirge Aue273RRRRRRRRR2B2B2B2B2B3L3L2B2B2B2B2B3L2B2B2B2B2B2B2B
1. FC MagdeburgMMMNN1RRR1R10351RRRRRRRRR3L3L3L2B3L3L3L2B
Dynamo DresdenBBBBRRRRR51RR2B2BRR3L3L3L2B2B2B3L3L2B2B2B3L3L2B3L
Hallescher FC2BMM1613107544471RRRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L
FSV Zwickau1512B2B2B2BRR466814 9147991RRRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3L
FC Carl Zeiss Jena2B2B2BR2B2B2BRRR3221R2B2B3L3L3L3LRRRRR3L3L3LRRR
Chemnitzer FC2B2B2B2B2BRRR2B2BRRRRR22RRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3LR3LRRR
ZFC Meuselwitz65581RRRRRRRRRRRRRR
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 22B2BB2B2B2B2BRR2441831286RR41RRRRRRR
VfB Germania Halberstadt12961095101RRRRR2RRRRRR
BSG Chemie Leipzig1R1RRRR
FSV 63 LuckenwaldeN611NNNRRR21RRR
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt2B32RRRRRRRRRR2BRRR3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3L3LRR31R
FC Eilenburg1212312145351R1
VfB Krieschow879522
Bischofswerdaer FV 08326RR1045517331RRR113
VFC Plauen1821RRRR32312263RRRRRRR1394116834
FSV Budissa Bautzen7813923921RRRRR45
VfB Auerbach137111262422RRRRRRRRRR6
SC Freital7
SG Union Sandersdorf81351110138758
1. FC/Einheit WernigerodeMM101379
FC Einheit Rudolstadt1111146578391010
VfL Halle 1896 39431R6111414847815912112811
Ludwigsfelder FCNNNNNNN9N13N12
SV Grimma 1919/FC Grimma1174121291010151061313
FC An der Fahner Höhe101214
Wacker Nordhausen7871RRR67181RRRRRRR171515
SV Blau-Weiß Zorbau16141416
SV 1890 Westerhausen17
FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf14119111632RRRR134618
FC Carl Zeiss Jena II 13839615145113135610948362169
Inter Leipzig272441216
SV 09 Arnstadt17
FSV Martinroda141518
1. FC Merseburg 1471119
Wacker Nordhausen II 11512
Askania Bernburg16111061415
VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal 121516
BSG Wismut Gera 91541110
1. FC Lok StendalMMMRRRRRRNNN12NNNN
Brandenburger SC Süd 05NNNNNNNNNNNNN12NNNNN
FSV Barleben91313
SV Schott Jena121315161215141414
SV Einheit Kamenz15
SV Merseburg 9917M1414616
RB Leipzig II1RR
SSV Markranstädt 7105323716
Energie Cottbus II 10489986N91RRNRRR7610
Rot-Weiß Erfurt II 10816137431213512
FC Eisenach1216
Erzgebirge Aue II 81087101358
Dynamo Dresden II 85545910
Chemnitzer FC II 81432161179611
Hallescher FC II 8414
FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz131015
Heidenauer SV716
VfB Fortuna Chemnitz131196568149141517814
FSV Wacker 03 Gotha1016121215
SG Blau-Gelb Laubersdorf16
SC Borea Dresden 45586118751310111112131515
1. FC Gera 03 5741416
FC Sachsen Leipzig 6514RRRRRRR51R3344R610
1. FC Magdeburg II1616
VfB Pößneck1378131315815
FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen15
VfB Sangerhausen16
SV Dessau 051515
TSV Völpke14
Eintracht Sondershausen1513151416
FC Erfurt Nord1517
FV Dresden 06121118
Dresdner SC916421RRRRR16
FC Anhalt DessauMMMNNN1610161417
FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda661551011103171118
VfB Zittau31316
SV Braunsbedra17
BSG Stahl Riesa1216818
VfB Leipzig II 222
Fortuna Magdeburg321111
SSV Erfurt-Nord1112
1. Suhler SV16897137913
1. SV Gera 98121071614
Bornaer SV10141111111291016
1. FC Aschersleben1516
FC Motor Zeulenroda11101346714
SV 1910 Kahla815
Meißner SV 089131212814
SC 1903 Weimar14151215
FSV Brieske-SenftenbergMMM1315
1. FC Markkleeberg 1445
FSV Kölleda17
FSV Sömmerda15

Notes

  • 1 1. FC Markkleeberg declared bankruptcy in 1994.
  • 2 VfB Leipzig II withdrew from the league in 2000 because the first team was relegated. VfB Leipzig folded in 2004 and reformed as 1. FC Lok Leipzig.
  • 3 VfL Halle 96 withdrew its team to the Verbandsliga in 2001.
  • 4 FV Dresden-Nord renamed itself SC Borea Dresden in 2007. The club withdrew from the league after four rounds of the 2011–12 season.
  • 5 1. FC Gera 03 withdrew from the league during the 2011–12 season.
  • 6 FC Sachsen Leipzig declared insolvency at the end of the 2010–11 season and folded.
  • 7 In 2009 SSV Markranstädt sold its Oberliga licence to RB Leipzig.
  • 8 Dynamo Dresden II, Chemnitzer FC II, Erzgebirge Aue II and Hallescher FC II withdrew from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season.[5]
  • 9 BSG Wismut Gera was formed in 2007 in a merger of 1. SV Gera, Blau-Weiß Gera and Geraer KFC Dynamos, and withdrew from the league after the 2018–19 season.
  • 10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt II and FC Energie Cottbus II withdrew from the league at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]
  • 11 Wacker Nordhausen II withdrew from the league in 2020 because the first team was relegated.
  • 12 VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal withdrew from the league during the 2019–20 season.
  • 13 Carl Zeiss Jena II withdrew from competition at the end of the 2021–22 season.
  • 14 1. FC Merseburg withdrew from the league during the 2021–22 season.

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga (1963–present)
2B 2. Bundesliga (1974–present)
3L 3. Liga (2008–present)
R Regionalliga Nordost (1994–2000)
Regionalliga Nord (2000–2008)
Regionalliga Süd (2000–2004)
Regionalliga Nordost (2008–present)
N Club played in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
M Club played in the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league

References

  1. "Regulations for the NOFV-Oberligas 2007-08". Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  2. "DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen". DFB.de (in German). 22 October 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Historical German league tables". Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "NOFV-Oberliga Süd tables and results 1994–present". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  5. "Dresden meldet U23 ab". Weltfussball.de (in German). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. "With season's end: Rot-Weiß Erfurt withdraws U23 team". liga3-online.de. 29 March 2016.

Sources

  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
  • Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine.
  • Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.
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