1957–58 Rheinlandliga Explained

Competition:1. Amateurliga Rheinland
Season:1957–58
Winners:Sportfreunde Herdorf
Relegated:SC Eitelborn, VfL Bad Ems, SV Ehrang, Fortuna Kottenheim
Prevseason:1956–57
Nextseason:1958–59

The 1957–58 Rheinlandliga was the sixth season of the highest amateur class of the Rhineland Football Association under the name of 1. Amateurliga Rheinland. It was a predecessor of today's Rheinlandliga. It was the second season in which the league played with two game divisions, East and West. The Rhineland champion was determined through a game between the division champions.

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, where the Rhineland champion played in a relegation against the champion of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the Saarlandliga, for a position in the south divisions of the 2. Bundesliga. Starting from the 1978–79 season, the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 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 the winner of the East division, Sportfreunde Herdorf,[1] after a victory over the West division champion TuS Mayen. During the subsequent rise to the II. Division Southwest, Herdorfe was not successful and had to remain in the amateur league. At the end of this season, SC Eitelborn, VfL Bad Ems, SV Ehrang and Fortuna Kottenheim had to move down to the 2. Amateur league.[2]

For the following season 1958-59, promoted from the 2. Amateur league were:

For the following season 1958-59, teams that descended from the II.Division were:

SpVgg Bendorf, FC Urbar, Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen and SSV Heimbach-Weis switched to the West division after the season.

SV Neuwied, SpVgg Andernach Amat., SC Sinzig and SC 07 Bad Neuenahr switched to the East division after the season.

East Division

Rank Club Matches Goals Points
1.Sportfreunde Herdorf (A)2290:2538:6
2.TuS Montabaur2245:4325:19
3.Adler Niederfischbach2243:4223:21
4.SpVgg Bendorf2255:6223:21
5.FC Urbar2243:3922:22
6.VfB Wissen (N)2264:3921:23
7.SG Betzdorf2242:4221:23
8.Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen2247:6421:23
9.SC Eitelborn2245:5620:24
10.SSV Heimbach-Weis (N)2240:5319:25
11.SC Wirges2253:6418:26
12.VfL Bad Ems2240:7713:31

West Division

Rang Verein Spiele Tore Punkte
1.TuS Mayen2267:3332:12
2.Rheinland Mayen2265:3928:16
3.FC Bitburg (M)2255:5724:20
4.TuS Mosella Schweich (N)2251:4222:22
5.Fortuna Saarburg2236:3922:22
6.SC Moselweiß2254:5822:22
7.SV Neuwied2238:4422:22
8.SpVgg Andernach Amat.2250:4421:23
9.SC Sinzig2246:4621:23
10.SC 07 Bad Neuenahr2243:4620:24
11.SV Ehrang2248:5720:24
12.Fortuna Kottenheim2225:6910:34
Division Champion
Relegation to 2. Amateur League
(M)Previous year's champions
(A)Previous year's descendants from the 2nd Division
(N)Previous year's climbers from the 2. Amateur League

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ehrentafel Rheinlandmeister . DSFS . 2017-02-13 . German .
  2. Web site: Amateurliga Rheinland 1957-58 . Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv . 2017-02-01 . German .