2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981)

December 2018 2. Bundesliga Nord Deutschland Lage der 2. Bundesliga Nord.PNG Map of West Germany and West Berlin: Position of the 2nd Bundesliga Nord highlighted West Germany West Berlin Lower Saxony Schleswig-Holstein Bremen Hamburg North Rhine-Westphalia 1974 1981 (7 seasons) 2. Bundesliga Bundesliga Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Nord Oberliga Nordrhein Oberliga Westfalen Level 2 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. 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: Oberliga Nord Oberliga Berlin Verbandsliga Mittelrhein Verbandsliga Niederrhein Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 Verbandsliga Westfalen 2 In 1978 these leagues were reduced to four: Oberliga Nord Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Nordrhein Oberliga Westfalen 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: Hertha BSC Hannover 96 Alemannia Aachen VfL Osnabrück Union Solingen Rot-Weiss Essen SC Fortuna Köln SG Wattenscheid 09 Relegated to the Oberligas were: to Oberliga Nordrhein: Viktoria Köln, 1. FC Bocholt, Rot-Weiss Oberhausen to Oberliga Westfalen: SC Preußen Münster, SC Herford, Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid, SpVgg Erkenschwick to Oberliga Nord: VfB Oldenburg, SC Göttingen 05, Holstein Kiel, OSV Hannover to Oberliga Berlin: Tennis Borussia Berlin Winners and runners-up The winners and runners-up of the league were:"Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine Season Club Runners-up1974–75 Hannover 96 Bayer Uerdingen1975–76 Tennis Borussia Berlin Borussia Dortmund1976–77 FC St. Pauli Arminia Bielefeld1977–78 Arminia Bielefeld Rot-Weiss Essen1978–79 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer Uerdingen1979–80 Arminia Bielefeld Rot-Weiss Essen1980–81 SV Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig Promoted teams in bold. 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: Season South North Results1975 FK Pirmasens Bayer Uerdingen 4–4 / 0–61976 1. FC Nuremberg Borussia Dortmund 0–1 / 2–3 1977 TSV 1860 MünchenArminia Bielefeld 4–0 / 0–4 / 2–01978 1. FC Nuremberg RW Essen 1–0 / 2–21979 SpVgg Bayreuth Bayer Uerdingen 1–1 / 1–21980 Karlsruher SC RW Essen 5–1 / 1–31981 Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 / 0–2 Bold denotes promotion-winner. Placings in the 2. Bundesliga Nord 1974–1981 The league placings from 1974 to 1981:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv de Historical German domestic league tables Club 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Borussia Dortmund 6 2 B B B B B Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 10 8 1 B B Bayer Uerdingen 2 B 4 7 2 B B Arminia Bielefeld 4 9 2 1 B 1 B SV Werder Bremen B B B B B B 1 Eintracht Braunschweig B B B B B B 2 Hertha BSC B B B B B B 3 Hannover 96 1 B 5 5 15 3 4 Alemannia Aachen 15 12 7 14 7 7 5 VfL Osnabrück 8 6 9 16 18 8 6 Union Solingen 13 19 9 9 9 7 Rot-Weiss Essen B B B 2 8 2 8 SC Fortuna Köln 5 4 12 4 4 6 9 SG Wattenscheid 09 7 8 15 6 10 5 10 Viktoria Köln 16 4 11 1. FC Bocholt 18 12 SC Preußen Münster 9 3 6 3 3 10 13 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 15 14 VfB Oldenburg 15 SC Herford 14 17 17 16 Tennis Borussia Berlin B 1 B 10 11 13 17 SC Göttingen 05 10 11 17 18 Holstein Kiel 14 14 19 Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 13 19 16 20 SpVgg Erkenschwick 16 18 21 OSV Hannover 12 22 DSC Wanne-Eickel 13 11 OSC Bremerhaven 19 18 Arminia Hannover 13 15 12 19 Wuppertaler SV B 5 3 11 17 20 FC St. Pauli 3 14 1 B 6 Westfalia Herne 10 11 12 5 Wacker 04 Berlin 13 16 18 20 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 12 7 8 20 Bonner SC 16 VfL Wolfsburg 19 20 1. FC Mülheim 11 17 DJK Gütersloh 14 19 Spandauer SV 20 Olympia Wilhelmshaven 17 HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst 20 Source: http://www.f-archiv.de/ 2nd Bundesliga Nord 8 January 2008 Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv https://web.archive.org/web/20080105000729/http://www.f-archiv.de/ 5 January 2008 live Key Symbol Key B Bundesliga Place League Blank Played at a league level below this league Notes Westfalia Herne withdrew from the league in 1979 for financial reasons. FC St. Pauli was refused a licence in 1979 and relegated. DSC Wanne-Eicke' withdrew from the league in 1980 for financial reasons. References Sources Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, de An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS kicker Almanach, de The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the kicker Sports Magazine Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005 de History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006 External links Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv https://archive.today/20130212175758/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan.php?Thema=4&Liga=2&s_id=59&x=17&y=3 The 2nd Bundesliga Nord at Weltfussball.de (with round-by-round results and tables) el Category:1981 disestablishments in West Germany Category:Defunct football leagues in Germany Category:2. Bundesliga Category:Football competitions in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Football competitions in Lower Saxony Category:Football competitions in Bremen (state) Category:Football competitions in Hamburg Category:Football competitions in Schleswig-Holstein Category:Football competitions in Berlin Category:1974 establishments in West Germany Category:Sports leagues established in 1974 Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 1981 Ger