1959–60 Rheinlandliga Explained

Competition:1. Amateurliga Rheinland
Season:1959–60
Winners:Germania Metternich
Relegated:TuS Montabaur, SC Wirges, SC Moselwei0, FC Bitburg
Prevseason:1958–59
Nextseason:1960–61

The 1959–60 Rheinlandliga was the eighth 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 fourth 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 West Division, Germania Metternich,[1] after a victory over East division champion, Sportsfreunde Herdorf. The following move up to the II. Division Southwest, Metternich successfully managed to place second, which was sufficient for the promotion.

TuS Montabaur, SC Wirges, SC Moselweiß and FC Bitburg had to move down to the 2. Amateur League.

For the following season 1960–61, promoted from the 2. Amateur league were:

East Division

Rang Verein Spiele Tore Punkte
1.Sportfreunde Herdorf2662:3434:18
2.VfL Neuwied2663:4333:19
3.SC 07 Bad Neuenahr2656:4133:19
4.SC Sinzig (M)2657:3331:21
5.VfB Wissen2654:3629:23
6.TuS Diez2648:5229:23
7.SSV Heimbach-Weis2670:5827:25
8.SC Eitelborn (N)2644:5525:27
9.SSV Bad Hönningen2650:6323:29
10.Adler Niederfischbach2643:5422:30
11.Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen2650:6222:30
12.SpVgg Neuwied2634:5021:31
13.TuS Montabaur2644:6120:32
14.SC Wirges2632:6715:37

West Division

Rang Verein Spiele Tore Punkte
1.Germania Metternich (M)2486:2938:10
2.BSV Weißenthurm (N)2461:5030:18
3.TuS Mosella Schweich2456:4927:21
4.TuS Mayen2446:5126:22
5.FC Urbar2444:5425:23
6.VfB Lützel (N)2452:5224:24
7.VfL Trier (A)2452:5424:24
8.SV Ehrang (N)2450:4023:25
9.TuS Saarburg2449:4623:25
10.Rheinland Mayen2440:5623:25
11.SV Trier-West2455:6421:27
12.SC Moselweiß2447:4520:28
13.FC Bitburg2428:768:40
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 1959-60 . Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv . 2017-02-09 . German .