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.

2. Oberliga Süd

Founded	1950
Folded	1963 (13 seasons)
Replaced by	Regionalliga Süd
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria Baden-Württemberg Hesse
Level on pyramid	Level 2
Promotion to	Oberliga Süd
Relegation to	Amateurliga Bayern Amateurliga Hessen Amateurliga Nordbaden Amateurliga Südbaden Amateurliga Württemberg Amateurliga Schwarzwald-Bodensee  (from 1960)
Last champions	FSV Frankfurt (1962–63)

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 (1949) and 2. Oberliga Südwest (1951).

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:

• Amateurliga Bayern (split into northern and southern group from 1953)
• Amateurliga Hessen
• Amateurliga Württemberg (split into two groups from 1960)
• Amateurliga Nordbaden
• Amateurliga Südbaden

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:

• FSV Frankfurt
• ESV Ingolstadt
• SV Waldhof Mannheim
• 1. FC Pforzheim
• Freiburger FC
• Stuttgarter Kickers
• TSV Amicitia Viernheim
• SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
• Borussia Fulda

The following teams were relegated to the Amateurligas:

• Amateurliga Bayern: VfB Helmbrechts, VfL Neustadt, SSV Jahn Regensburg, 1. FC Haßfurt
• Amateurliga Hessen: SV Darmstadt 98, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, FC Hanau 93
• Amateurliga Südbaden: FC Singen 04
• Amateurliga Württemberg: VfR Heilbronn

Winners and runners-up of the 2. Oberliga Süd

Season	Winner	Runner-Up
1950–51	Stuttgarter Kickers	Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1951–52	TSG Ulm 1846	BC Augsburg
1952–53	SSV Jahn Regensburg	KSV Hessen Kassel
1953–54	TSV Schwaben Augsburg	SSV Reutlingen
1954–55	TSV 1860 Munich	Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1955–56	Freiburger FC	FC Bayern Munich
1956–57	TSV 1860 Munich	SSV Reutlingen
1957–58	SV Waldhof Mannheim	TSG Ulm 1846
1958–59	Stuttgarter Kickers	FC Bayern Hof
1959–60	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Jahn Regensburg
1960–61	BC Augsburg	Schwaben Augsburg
1961–62	KSV Hessen Kassel	TSG Ulm 1846
1962–63	FSV Frankfurt	ESV Ingolstadt

Placings in the 2. Oberliga Süd

The league placings from 1950 to 1963:^[1]

Club	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
FC Bayern Munich	S	S	S	S	S	2	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
TSV 1860 Munich	S	S	S	4	1	S	1	S	S	S	S	S	S
SSV Reutlingen	S	11	8	2	S	S	2	S	S	S	S	S	S
FC Bayern Hof	8	7	4	3	4	14	14	5	2	S	S	S	S
BC Augsburg	S	2	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	6	1	S	S
TSV Schwaben Augsburg	S	S	5	1	S	S	S	17			2	S	S
TSG Ulm 1846	10	1	S	9	3	13	3	2	S	S	S	2	S
KSV Hessen Kassel	4	3	2	S	S	12	9	15	5	7	4	1	S
FSV Frankfurt	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	1
ESV Ingolstadt													2
SV Waldhof Mannheim	S	S	S	S	8	6	7	1	S	1	S	S	3
1. FC Pforzheim	6	4	15	11	5	11	4	11	13	9	12	3	4
Freiburger FC	14	14	6	8	11	1	S	4	3	11	6	6	5
Stuttgarter Kickers	1	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	1	S	8	14	6
TSV Amicitia Viernheim								6	9	13	15	13	7
SpVgg Neu-Isenburg							6	8	8	16	6	7	8
Borussia Fulda								16	17		9	5	9
SV Darmstadt 98	S	10	12	6	12	7	12	7	14	10	18		10
VfB Helmbrechts						16	15	14	15	4	10	12	11
VfL Neustadt					9	9	13	3	4	12	11	11	12
SSV Jahn Regensburg	3	8	1	S	S	S	S	S	7	2	S	15	13
1. FC Haßfurt												10	14
Viktoria Aschaffenburg	2	S	S	S	2	S	S	S	S	S	3	8	15
FC Singen 04	S	15	14	7	7	3	8	18		14	13	9	16
FC Hanau 93				16	10	4	11	10	6	17		4	17
VfR Heilbronn							18						18
SV Wiesbaden	9	9	9	14	14	8	16	13	12	3	5	16
SpVgg Bayreuth										5	14	17
ASV Cham	5	13	13	15	15	5	5	9	16	15	16	18
TSV Straubing	7	6	11	13	6	10	10	12	10	8	17
1. FC Bamberg	12	12	3	12	16	18			11	18
VfB Friedberg									18
Karlsruher FV			10	5	13	15	17
FC Penzberg						17
SpVgg Weiden					17
ASV Durlach	11	5	7	10	18
Union Böckingen	16		16	17
FC Wacker München	13	17		18
ASV Feudenheim		16	17
VfL Neckarau	S	S	18
VfR Aalen		18
SG Arheilgen	15
VfL Konstanz	17
SV Tübingen	18

Source:"2nd Oberliga Süd". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

Key

Symbol	Key
S	Oberliga Süd
1	League champions
Place	League
Blank	Played at a league level below this league

Top scorers

Year	Player	Club	Goals
1950–51	Klimmeck	SV Wiesbaden	32
1951–52	Platzer	BC Augsburg	24
1952–53	Hubeny	Jahn Regensburg	24
1953–54	Struzina	Schwaben Augsburg	26
	Huttner	FC Bayern Hof	26
1954–55	Kircher	TSG Ulm 1846	25
1955–56	Lebefromm	Waldhof Mannheim	27
1956–57	Hohmann	Waldhof Mannheim	26
1957–58	Ruoff	TSG Ulm 1846	28
1958–59	Horn	FC Bayern Hof	27
1959–60	Schmid	SV Wiesbaden	31
1960–61	Helmut Haller	BC Augsburg	31
1961–62	Kreh	FC Hassfurt	30
1962–63	Weselowski	Amicitia Viernheim	24

Source:100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband. Vindelica Verlag. 1997. p. 170.