2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981)

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2. Bundesliga Nord
Deutschland Lage der 2. Bundesliga Nord.PNG
Founded1974
Folded1981 (7 seasons)
Replaced by 2. Bundesliga
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany
State
Level on pyramid Level 2
Promotion to Bundesliga
Relegation to
Last champions SV Werder Bremen
(1980–81)

The 2. Bundesliga Nord was the second-highest level of the West German football league system in the north of West Germany from its introduction in 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Bundesliga in 1981. It covered the northern states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and the city of West Berlin.

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Overview

The league was established in 1974 to reduce the number of second divisions in Germany from five to two and thereby allow direct promotion to the league winners. Along with the foundation of the 2. Bundesliga Nord, formed from clubs of the three former Regionalligas of Nord, Berlin and West, went the foundation of the 2. Bundesliga Süd, which was created from clubs of the other two Regionalligas, Süd and Südwest.

The league was created from twelve clubs from the West, seven from the North and one from Berlin, reflecting the playing strength of the old Regionalligas.

The winner of the 2. Bundesliga Nord was directly promoted to the Bundesliga, the runners-up played a home-and-away series versus the southern runners-up for the third promotion spot.

The bottom four teams were relegated to the Amateurligas, after 1978 to the new Oberligas. In 1979 only three teams were relegated. The winners of the Amateurligas/Oberligas had to determine the promoted teams by the way of a promotion play-off.

The league operated with 20 teams in its first six seasons, expanding to 22 in its last in 1981.

Until 1978, below the 2. Bundesliga Nord ranked the following Verbandsligas and Oberligas:

In 1978 these leagues were reduced to four:

In 1981, the two 2. Bundesligas merged into one, country-wide division. Nine clubs from the south and eight from the north plus the three relegated teams from the Bundesliga were admitted into the new league, the 2. Bundesliga .

SG Wattenscheid 09, VfL Osnabrück, Alemannia Aachen, SC Fortuna Köln and SC Preußen Münster all played every single one of the seven seasons of the league.

Disbanding of the 2. Bundesliga Nord

The league was dissolved in 1981. Eight clubs of the league went to the new 2. Bundesliga while the champion and runners-up were promoted to the Bundesliga. The twelve remaining clubs were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The teams admitted to the 2. Bundesliga were:

Relegated to the Oberligas were:

Winners and runners-up

The winners and runners-up of the league were: [1]

SeasonClubRunners-up
1974–75Hannover 96Bayer Uerdingen
1975–76Tennis Borussia BerlinBorussia Dortmund
1976–77FC St. PauliArminia Bielefeld
1977–78Arminia BielefeldRot-Weiss Essen
1978–79Bayer 04 LeverkusenBayer Uerdingen
1979–80Arminia BielefeldRot-Weiss Essen
1980–81SV Werder BremenEintracht Braunschweig

Play-offs for Bundesliga promotion

The third promotion spot to the Bundesliga was decided through a play-off round of the runners-up of the two 2nd Bundesligas. Here are the results of this round:

SeasonSouthNorthResults
1975FK PirmasensBayer Uerdingen4–4 / 0–6
19761. FC NurembergBorussia Dortmund0–1 / 2–3
1977TSV 1860 MünchenArminia Bielefeld4–0 / 0–4 / 2–0
19781. FC NurembergRW Essen1–0 / 2–2
1979SpVgg BayreuthBayer Uerdingen1–1 / 1–2
1980Karlsruher SCRW Essen5–1 / 1–3
1981Kickers OffenbachEintracht Braunschweig1–0 / 0–2

Placings in the 2. Bundesliga Nord 1974–1981

The league placings from 1974 to 1981: [2]

Club1975197619771978197919801981
Borussia Dortmund 62BBBBB
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 151081BB
Bayer Uerdingen 2B472BB
Arminia Bielefeld 4921B1B
SV Werder Bremen BBBBBB1
Eintracht Braunschweig BBBBBB2
Hertha BSC BBBBBB3
Hannover 96 1B551534
Alemannia Aachen 1512714775
VfL Osnabrück 869161886
Union Solingen 13199997
Rot-Weiss Essen BBB2828
SC Fortuna Köln 54124469
SG Wattenscheid 09 7815610510
Viktoria Köln 16411
1. FC Bocholt 1812
SC Preußen Münster 936331013
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 181514
VfB Oldenburg 15
SC Herford 14171716
Tennis Borussia Berlin B1B10111317
SC Göttingen 05 10111718
Holstein Kiel 141419
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 13191620
SpVgg Erkenschwick 161821
OSV Hannover 1222
DSC Wanne-Eickel 1311
OSC Bremerhaven 1918
Arminia Hannover 13151219
Wuppertaler SV B53111720
FC St. Pauli 3141B6
Westfalia Herne 1011125
Wacker 04 Berlin 13161820
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 127820
Bonner SC 16
VfL Wolfsburg 1920
1. FC Mülheim 1117
DJK Gütersloh 1419
Spandauer SV 20
Olympia Wilhelmshaven 17
HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst 20

Source: "2nd Bundesliga Nord". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.

Key

SymbolKey
B Bundesliga
PlaceLeague
BlankPlayed at a league level below this league

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References

  1. "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
  2. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables

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