2014–15 Oberliga Explained

Oberliga
Year:2014–15
Champions:14 regional winners
Top Goal Scorer:Sebastian Kinzel (51 goals)
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015–16

The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga was the seventh season of the Oberligas at tier five of the German football league system and the 41st season overall since reintroduction of the Oberligas in 1974. The regular season started in July 2014 and finished on 14 June 2015, followed by relegation and promotion play-offs.

The Oberliga is organised in fourteen regional divisions with the league champions promoted to the level above, the Regionalligas while the relegated teams drop down to the Verbandsligas and Landesligas.

Overview

In the 2014–15 season 243 clubs compete in the Oberligas, two less than in the previous season.

Of the fourteen league champions twelve were promoted to the Regionalliga while one, the Oberliga Hamburg champions TuS Dassendorf, declined promotion for the second year running. No club from the Oberliga Hamburg was promoted to the Regionalliga as the only club to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later withdrew for financial reasons after successfully passing the application process. One league champion, Bremer SV of the Bremen-Liga, missed out on promotion in the play-off round, as they had done in 2013–14. Apart from twelve of the fourteen Oberliga champions six runners-up also achieved promotion. Three of them, Bahlinger SC, FC Amberg and VfV 06 Hildesheim, had to go through the promotion round. The other three, Rot Weiss Ahlen, FC Oberlausitz and FC Schönberg 95, were directly promoted.

The two NOFV-Oberligas each had two teams directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost as the league was to be expanded from 16 to 18 clubs.[1] Additionally, because 1. FC Magdeburg won promotion to the 3. Liga, a playoff between the two third-placed clubs in the NOFV-Oberligas determined a fifth team, the FSV 63 Luckenwalde, to move up.[2]

The most successful goal scorer of the fourteen Oberligas was Sebastian Kinzel with 51 goals to his name.

The Oberligas also saw an exodus of reserve teams with seven clubs withdrawing their second team, those being VfR Aalen II, SV Wehen II, Erzgebirge Aue II, Chemnitzer FC II, Dynamo Dresden II, 1. FC Saarbrücken II and SpVgg Unterhaching II. The last two of those finished the season on relegation ranks and would have been relegated regardless. Apart from these seven teams another three non-reserve sides resigned from the Oberligas while 38 clubs were relegated.

The only team to complete the 2014–15 Oberliga season undefeated was Bremer SV, with a record of 25 wins, five draws and no defeat. The club scored 118 goals during the season, second only to Brinkumer SV with 119. At the other end 1. FC Schwalmstadt was the worst Oberliga club with a record of one win, three draws and 26 defeats, accumulating just six points during the season. The team with the worst defence was SV Türkspor Bremen which conceded 139 goals.

2014–15 season

The 2014–15 league champions, promoted and relegated teams, the league strength (S), the top scorer and the number of goals they scored, as far as has been determined:[3] [4]

OberligaChampionsPromotedRelegatedSTopscorerGoals
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg[5] [6] 2014–15 seasonSV SpielbergSV SpielbergBahlinger SCKickers PforzheimVfR Aalen II18Fabian Schleusener(BSC)27[7]
Bayernliga Nord[8] [9] 2014–15 seasonViktoria AschaffenburgViktoria AschaffenburgFC AmbergSV MemmelsdorfTSV NeudrossenfeldSpVgg AnsbachDJK AmmerthalFSV Erlangen-Bruck18Florian Pieper(VA)25[10]
Bayernliga Süd[11] [12] 2014–15 seasonTSV Rain am LechTSV Rain am LechSpVgg Unterhaching IISB/DJK RosenheimSpVgg LandshutSV Raisting1. FC Bad Kötzting19Sebastian Kinzel(RAL)51[13]
Bremen-Liga[14] [15] 2014–15 seasonBremer SVSV TürksporSparta Bremerhaven16Rafael Brand(OSC)38[16] [17]
Oberliga Hamburg[18] [19] 2014–15 seasonTuS DassendorfFC ElmshornGermania SchnelsenSC Vier- und Marschlande18Jan-Marc Schneider(H-R)Eric Agyemang(TuS)29[20]
Hessenliga[21] [22] 2014–15 seasonTSV SteinbachTSV SteinbachFC Ederbergland1. FC SchwalmstadtSV Wehen IIRot-Weiß Darmstadt17Peter Sprung(SEL)27[23]
Mittelrheinliga[24] [25] 2014–15 seasonFC Wegberg-BeeckFC Wegberg-BeeckGermania ErftstadtFC BergheimTSV Hertha WalheimSC Brühl16Benny Hoose(TSC)23[26]
Niedersachsenliga[27] [28] 2014–15 seasonSV Drochtersen/AsselSV Drochtersen/AsselVfV 06 HildesheimTSV OttersbergRotenburger SV1. SC Göttingen 0516Sascha Wald(S-V)24[29]
NOFV-Oberliga Nord[30] [31] 2014–15 seasonOptik RathenowOptik RathenowFC Schönberg 95FSV 63 LuckenwaldeSV Waren 09FC Pommern Greifswald16Daniel Becker(FSV)24[32]
NOFV-Oberliga Süd[33] [34] 2014–15 seasonRB Leipzig IIRB Leipzig IIFC OberlausitzErzgebirge Aue IIChemnitzer FC IIDynamo Dresden II16Jan Nezmar(FCO)33[35]
Oberliga Niederrhein[36] [37] 2014–15 seasonSSVg VelbertSSVg VelbertSV SonsbeckVdsf NievenheimVfB HombergSportfreunde Baumberg18Phillip Goris(RWO)24[38]
Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar[39] [40] 2014–15 seasonSaar 05 SaarbrückenSaar 05 SaarbrückenSG Betzdorf1. FC Saarbrücken IIFV DiefflenTuS MechtersheimSC Idar-Oberstein18Can Cemil Oezer(MAI)24[41]
Schleswig-Holstein-Liga[42] [43] 2014–15 seasonTSV SchilkseeTSV SchilkseeFC Angeln 02TSV BordesholmFC Dornbreite LübeckNTSV Strand 0818Ian-Prescott Claus(SVE)&(MEL)34[44]
Oberliga Westfalen[45] [46] 2014–15 seasonTuS ErndtebrückTuS ErndtebrückRot Weiss AhlenVfB HülsWestfalia Herne18Stefan Oerterer(SVE)30[47]

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs were held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Nordost:

Regionalliga Südwest

The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga. While the first game had been scheduled the second and third depended on the outcome of the first. Bahlinger SC won promotion to the Regionalliga courtesy to a win and a draw.[48] [49]

Regionalliga Bayern

The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, SV Heimstetten and VfR Garching, play the runners-up of the northern and southern division. In the north this is FC Amberg while, in the south, FC Pipinsried qualified regardless of its place in the table as no other team applied for a Regionalliga licence. The winner of these games then play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga. Should TSV 1860 Munich have suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga its reserve team would be forced to leave the Regionalliga. In this case 17th placed Regionalliga club SV Seligenporten would have entered the relegation play-offs and Heimstetten would have retained their Regionalliga place.[50] [51]

First round

First leg
  • Second leg
  • Second round

    The winners of the first round play each other for the one available spot in the Regionalliga:

    First leg
  • Second leg
  • Regionalliga Nord

    The champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga as well as the runners-up from the Niedersachsenliga enter a play-off for two more spots in the Regionalliga Nord. Eight clubs from these four leagues applied for a Regionalliga licence.[52] As the only club from Hamburg to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later declined participation only three clubs take part in the promotion round, Bremer SV, TSV Schilksee and VfV 06 Hildesheim, with the latter two promoted:[53] [54]

    Regionalliga Nordost

    The third-placed teams from the two NOFV-Oberligas will compete in a two-legged playoff to fill the vacancy left by 1. FC Magdeburg, who won promotion to the 3. Liga.[55]

    First leg
  • Second leg
  • External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.fupa.net/berichte/nofv-informiert-zu-auf-und-abstieg-301170.html NOFV informiert zu Auf- und Abstieg
    2. http://www.nofv-online.de/index.php?id=singlenews&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1479&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=fabb65bb70 Aufstiegsspiele RL Nordost
    3. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/amateurligen.html Amateurligen
    4. http://www.fussballdaten.de/oberliga/ Oberliga
    5. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    6. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    7. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    8. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/bayernliga-nord-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Bayernliga Nord
    9. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/bayernliga-nord-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Bayernliga Nord
    10. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/bayernliga-nord/ Top scorers of the Bayernliga Nord
    11. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/bayernliga-sued-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd
    12. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/bayernliga-sued-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Bayernliga Süd
    13. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/bayernliga-sued/ Top scorers of the Bayernliga Süd
    14. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/bremenliga-2014-2015-spieltag/30/ 2014–15 Bremen-Liga
    15. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/bremen-liga/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Bremen-Liga
    16. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/bremenliga/ Top scorers of the Bremen-Liga
    17. http://www.fussball.de/torjaeger/bremen-liga-bremen-bremen-liga-herren-saison1415-bremen/-/staffel/01KM4JU2V0000001VV0AG812VV252KQN-G#!/section/top-scorer Bremenliga Torjäger
    18. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-hamburg-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg
    19. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-hamburg/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg
    20. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-hamburg/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Hamburg
    21. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/hessenliga-2014-2015-spieltag/38/ 2014–15 Hessenliga
    22. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/hessenliga/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Hessenliga
    23. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/hessenliga/ Top scorers of the Hessenliga
    24. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-mittelrhein-2014-2015-spieltag/30/ 2014–15 Mittelrheinliga
    25. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/mittelrheinliga-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Mittelrheinliga
    26. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-mittelrhein/ Top scorers of the Mittelrheinliga
    27. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-niedersachsen-2014-2015-spieltag/30/ 2014–15 Oberliga Niedersachsen
    28. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-niedersachsen-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Oberliga Niedersachsen
    29. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-niedersachsen/ Top scorers of the Niedersachsenliga
    30. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-nofv-nord-2014-2015-spieltag/30/ 2014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Nord
    31. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-nofv-nord/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Nord
    32. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-nofv-nord/ Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
    33. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-nofv-sued-2014-2015-spieltag/30/ 2014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    34. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-nofv-sued/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    35. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-nofv-sued/ Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    36. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-niederrhein-2014-2015-spieltag/38/ 2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein
    37. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-niederrhein-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein
    38. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-niederrhein/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Niederrhein
    39. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-rheinland-pfalz-saar-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
    40. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-rheinland-pfalzsaar-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
    41. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-rheinland-pfalz-saar_2/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
    42. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/schleswig-holstein-liga/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
    43. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/schleswig-holstein-liga-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
    44. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/schleswig-holstein-liga/ Top scorers of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
    45. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-westfalen-2014-2015-spieltag/34/ 2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen
    46. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-westfalen-fb-1/2014-15/0/0/spieltag.html 2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen
    47. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-westfalen/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Westfalen
    48. http://www.osthessen-zeitung.de/einzelansicht/news/2015/mai/regionalliga-aufstiegsrunde-lehnerz-haette-am-27-mai-heimrecht.html Regionalliga-Aufstiegsrunde – Lehnerz hätte am 27. Mai Heimrecht
    49. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-qualifikation-2015-suedwest-aufstiegsrunde/0/ Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Südwest » Aufstiegsrunde
    50. http://www.bfv.de/cms/docs/Auf-_und_Abstiegsregelung_Bayernligen_und_Landesligen Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernligen und der Landesligen
    51. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-qualifikation-2015-bayern-1-runde/2/ Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Bayern » 1. Runde
    52. http://www.hfv.de/herren_112/zulassungsverfahren-zur-regionalliga-nord-der-herren-saison-2015-2016_20392.htm Zulassungsverfahren zur Regionalliga Nord der Herren Saison 2015/2016
    53. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/startseite/626898/artikel_sc-victoria-hamburg-verzichtet-auf-aufstieg.html SC Victoria Hamburg verzichtet auf Aufstieg
    54. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-qualifikation-2015-nord-aufstiegsrunde/0/ Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Nord » Aufstiegsrunde
    55. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/relegationrlol/relegation-regionalliga-fb-1/2015/spieltag.html Relegation Regionalliga