2. Oberliga Süd


The 2. Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.

Overview

The 2. Oberliga Süd was formed in 1950 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Süd which had been operating since 1945. It was the second of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2. Oberliga West and 2. Oberliga Südwest.
The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Süd, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2nd Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:
The 1. FC Pforzheim was the only club to have played all 13 seasons in the league.

Disbanding of the 2. Oberliga

In 1963 the league was dissolved. The teams on the places one to nine went to the new Regionalliga Süd, the new second division. The teams from 10 to 18 were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:
The following teams were relegated to the Amateurligas:

Placings in the 2. Oberliga Süd

The league placings from 1950 to 1963:
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FC Bayern MunichSSSSS2SSSSSSS
TSV 1860 MunichSSS41S1SSSSSS
SSV ReutlingenS1182SS2SSSSSS
FC Bayern Hof87434141452SSSS
BC AugsburgS2SSSSSSS61SS
TSV Schwaben AugsburgSS51SSS172SS
TSG Ulm 1846101S931332SSS2S
KSV Hessen Kassel432SS129155741S
FSV FrankfurtSSSSSSSSSSSS1
ESV Ingolstadt2
SV Waldhof MannheimSSSS8671S1SS3
1. FC Pforzheim6415115114111391234
Freiburger FC141468111S4311665
Stuttgarter Kickers1SSSSSSS1S8146
TSV Amicitia Viernheim691315137
SpVgg Neu-Isenburg68816678
Borussia Fulda1617959
SV Darmstadt 98S1012612712714101810
VfB Helmbrechts161514154101211
VfL Neustadt99133412111112
SSV Jahn Regensburg381SSSSS72S1513
1. FC Haßfurt1014
Viktoria Aschaffenburg2SSS2SSSSS3815
FC Singen 04S15147738181413916
FC Hanau 93161041110617417
VfR Heilbronn1818
SV Wiesbaden999141481613123516
SpVgg Bayreuth51417
ASV Cham51313151555916151618
TSV Straubing761113610101210817
1. FC Bamberg121231216181118
VfB Friedberg18
Karlsruher FV105131517
FC Penzberg17
SpVgg Weiden17
ASV Durlach11571018
Union Böckingen161617
FC Wacker München131718
ASV Feudenheim1617
VfL NeckarauSS18
VfR Aalen18
SG Arheilgen15
VfL Konstanz17
SV Tübingen18

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Top scorers

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