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The Verbandsliga Südwest is a German amateur football division administered by the Southwestern Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Southwestern state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a level 6 division of the German football league system. ==Overview== The Amateurliga Südwest was formed in 1952 in the southern half of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Before its interception, three separate leagues operated in the area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the 2nd 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 Südwest'' was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off. The champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligen Saarland and Rheinland. Until 1933, the region covered by the ''Südwest FA'' was politically part of two other German states. The south, the Pfalz region, was part of Bavaria and the north, the Rheinhessen region, was part of Hessen. This explains the seemingly odd fact that there are two clubs in the ''Südwest'' region named "Bavaria", ''FC Bavaria Wörth'' and ''FC Bavaria Ebernburg''. From 1933 to 1945, most of the region was part of the ''Gau Saar-Palatinate''. After the war, these regions were incorporated into the new state of Rheinland-Pfalz. The separation of this areas from their original states results from the outcome of the 2nd World War when they became part of the in French occupation zone, while Hessen and Bavaria where in the US zone. The league was established in 1952 with sixteen teams, the winner gaining promotion to the ''2nd Oberliga Südwest''. The founder members were: *BSC Oppau *VfR Friesenheim *FSV Schifferstadt *Phönix Bellheim *SV Alsenborn *TuS Hochspeyer *SpVgg Idar *Palatia Böhl *SC Oberstein 08 *SC West-Kaiserslautern *SpVgg Ingelheim *SV Gonsenheim *Fontana Finthen *FC Sobernheim *SG Waldfischbach *SV Mundenheim With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the ''Amateurliga'' was placed below the new Regionalliga Südwest but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 1974. The 1. FC Kaiserslautern II holds the record for years in the ''Amateurliga'', having spent 21 continuous seasons in it from 1957 to 1978. The ''Amateurliga Südwest'' was renamed in 1978, now becoming the Verbandsliga Südwest. At the same time as this, the Oberliga Südwest was reformed, now as the third tier of the league system. The top five teams out of the ''Amateurliga'' went to the new Oberliga while the teams from place 6 to 16 found themselves in the Verbandsliga.The bottom four teams were relegated. The new ''Verbandsliga'' was now the fourth tier of the league system. The winner of the ''Verbandsliga Südwest'', like the winners of the Saarlandliga and Rheinlandliga gains direct promotion to the ''Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar'', formerly the ''Oberliga Südwest''. The runners-up will only get a chance for promotion when there is additional spots to fill in the ''Oberliga'', like 1994 when the Regionalligen were introduced and Hassia Bingen was promoted. There is room for misunderstanding in the existence of an ''Oberliga'' and a ''Verbandsliga Südwest''. While the ''Oberliga'' covers the two states of Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz, the ''Verbandsliga'' covers only the southern half of Rheinland-Pfalz. Feeder Leagues to the ''Verbandsliga Südwest'' *''Landesliga Südwest-Ost'' *''Landesliga Südwest-West'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Verbandsliga Südwest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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