1959–60 Rheinlandliga

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.

1. Amateurliga Rheinland
Season1959–60
ChampionsGermania Metternich
RelegatedTuS Montabaur, SC Wirges, SC Moselwei0, FC Bitburg

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

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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:

  • From the East division: SV Elkenroth
  • From the West division: SV Prüm, SC Oberlahnstein, Alemannia Plaidt[2]

East Division

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Rang Verein Spiele Tore Punkte
1. Sportfreunde Herdorf 26 62:34 34:18
2. VfL Neuwied 26 63:43 33:19
3. SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 26 56:41 33:19
4. SC Sinzig (M) 26 57:33 31:21
5. VfB Wissen 26 54:36 29:23
6. TuS Diez 26 48:52 29:23
7. SSV Heimbach-Weis 26 70:58 27:25
8. SC Eitelborn (N) 26 44:55 25:27
9. SSV Bad Hönningen 26 50:63 23:29
10. Adler Niederfischbach 26 43:54 22:30
11. Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen 26 50:62 22:30
12. SpVgg Neuwied 26 34:50 21:31
13. TuS Montabaur 26 44:61 20:32
14. SC Wirges 26 32:67 15:37

West Division

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Rang Verein Spiele Tore Punkte
1. Germania Metternich (M) 24 86:29 38:10
2. BSV Weißenthurm (N) 24 61:50 30:18
3. TuS Mosella Schweich 24 56:49 27:21
4. TuS Mayen 24 46:51 26:22
5. FC Urbar 24 44:54 25:23
6. VfB Lützel (N) 24 52:52 24:24
7. VfL Trier (A) 24 52:54 24:24
8. SV Ehrang (N) 24 50:40 23:25
9. TuS Saarburg 24 49:46 23:25
10. Rheinland Mayen 24 40:56 23:25
11. SV Trier-West 24 55:64 21:27
12. SC Moselweiß 24 47:45 20:28
13. FC Bitburg 24 28:76 8:40
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

References

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  1. ^ "Ehrentafel Rheinlandmeister" (in German). DSFS. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  2. ^ "Amateurliga Rheinland 1959-60" (in German). Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv. Retrieved 2017-02-09.