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Rheinlandliga
Organising body	Rhineland Football Association
Founded	1952
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Region	Rheinland
Number of clubs	18
Level on pyramid	Level 6
Promotion to	Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
Relegation to	Bezirksliga Rheinland-Mitte; Bezirksliga Rheinland-Ost; Bezirksliga Rheinland-West;
Domestic cup(s)	Rhineland Cup
Current champions	Ahrweiler BC ; (2021–22)

The Rheinlandliga is a German amateur football division administered by the Rhineland Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Rhineland state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a level 6 division of the German football league system.

Overview

The Amateurliga Rheinland was formed in 1952 in the northern half of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Before its inception, three separate leagues operated in the area as the highest level of play. The league was a feeder league to the 2nd Oberliga Südwest. From 1952 until the establishment of the Oberliga Südwest in 1978, it was the third tier of the football league system.

The winner of the Amateurliga Rheinland was not automatically promoted to its superior league but rather had to take part in a promotion play-off. The champion would have to compete with the winners of the Amateurligen Saarland and Südwest.

Until 1933, the region covered by the Rhinrland FA was politically part of the now dissolved German state of Prussia. It was part of the Prussian Rhine Province.

The league was established in 1952 with sixteen teams, the winner gaining promotion to the 2nd Oberliga Südwest. The founder members were:

In 1956 the league was split into a western and an eastern group with twelve teams each. In 1963 it reverted to its old single group setup.

With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the Amateurliga was placed below the new Regionalliga Südwest but still retained its third-tier status. It continued to do so after the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd in 1974.

SC Bad Neuenahr and SC Sinzig hold the record for years in the Amateurliga, each with 22 out of a possible 26.

In 1978, the league was renamed Verbandsliga Rheinland. At the same time, the Oberliga Südwest was reintroduced. The top five teams out of the Amateurliga went to the new Oberliga while the teams from place 6 to 15 found themselves in the Verbandsliga. The bottom team was relegated. The Verbandsliga was now the fourth tier of the league system.

The winner of the Rheinlandliga, like the winners of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the Saarlandliga gains direct promotion to the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, formerly the Oberliga Südwest. The runners-up will only get a chance for promotion when there is additional spots to fill in the Oberliga, like 1994 when the Regionalligas were introduced and SpVgg EGC Wirges and the SG Betzdorf were promoted.

In the Rheinland, the Verbandsliga is called Rheinlandliga.

The Rheinland contains an unproportional amount of SG's, which are joint teams without the contributing clubs actually merging. The reason for this is the relatively low population density and therefore a lack of players. SG's can usually not be promoted above their Verbandsliga.

Feeder Leagues to the Rheinlandliga

Bezirksliga Rheinland-Mitte
Bezirksliga Rheinland-Ost
Bezirksliga Rheinland-West

Until 2003, two Landesligas, north and south, existed in the region, set between Verbandsliga and Bezirksliga. Those leagues were disbanded in 2003.

League champions

The league champions:^[1]^[2]

Season	Club
1952–53	SpVgg Bendorf
1953–54	VfL Trier
1954–55	VfL Trier
1955–56	SV Niederlahnstein
1956–57	Germania Metternich
1957–58	Spfr. Herdorf
1958–59	Germania Metternich
1959–60	Germania Metternich
1960–61	SV Ehrang
1961–62	VfB Wissen
1962–63	VfL Neuwied
1963–64	Germania Metternich
1964–65	SpVgg Bendorf
1965–66	Germania Metternich
1966–67	SSV Mülheim
1967–68	SC Sinzig
1968–69	SSV Mülheim
1969–70	VfL Neuwied
1970–71	SpVgg Andernach
1971–72	Eisbachtaler SF
1972–73	SpVgg Andernach
1973–74	SV Leiwen
1974–75	Eintracht Trier
1975–76	Eintracht Trier

Season	Club
1976–77	TuS Neuendorf
1977–78	TuS Neuendorf
1978–79	SV Leiwen
1979–80	TuS Mayen
1980–81	SV Leiwen
1981–82	VfL Hamm/Sieg
1982–83	SpVgg EGC Wirges
1983–84	TuS Mayen
1984–85	VfL Hamm/Sieg
1985–86	SV Leiwen
1986–87	SpVgg EGC Wirges
1987–88	VfB Wissen
1988–89	TuS Mayen
1989–90	Eisbachtaler SF
1990–91	VfB Wissen
1991–92	SV Wittlich
1992–93	SV Prüm
1993–94	TuS Koblenz
1994–95	VfL Trier
1995–96	SV Prüm
1996–97	TuS Montabaur
1997–98	SpVgg EGC Wirges
1998–99	TuS Mayen

Season	Club
1999–2000	Germania Metternich
2000–01	TuS Mayen
2001–02	FV Engers 07
2002–03	SV Klausen
2003–04	SG Betzdorf
2004–05	Eintracht Trier
2005–06	SG Rossbach–Verscheid
2006–07	SV Rossbach-Verscheid
2007–08	SG Betzdorf
2008–09	Eisbachtaler SF
2009–10	Eintracht Trier
2010–11	FSV Salmrohr
2011–12	SV Mehring
2012–13	SpVgg Burgbrohl
2013–14	SpVgg EGC Wirges
2014–15	FC Karbach
2015–16	TuS Rot-Weiss Koblenz
2016–17	FV Engers 07
2017–18	TSV Emmelshausen
2018–19	Eisbachtaler SF
2019–20	SG 2000 Mülheim-Karlich
2020–21	Season curtailed and annulled
2021–22	Ahrweiler BC

Source: "Verbandsliga Rheinland". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 19 March 2008.

bold denotes club gained promotion.
In 1994 SpVgg EGC Wirges and SG Betzdorf were also promoted.
SG Betzdorf was again promoted as runner–up in 1998.
In 2006 FSV Salmrohr was promoted instead of the first placed SG Rossbach–Verscheid. The reason for this is the fact that a conglomerate of clubs, usually called SG (Spielgemeinschaft), can be refused promotion by their Verband. Rossbach–Verscheid were two separate clubs fielding a joint team, not a merger of two clubs. In 2007, promotion was granted as the club was now an SV (Sportverein).^[3]
In 2015 runner–up SV Mehring was also promoted after play–offs.
In 2020 runners-up TSV Emmelshausen and FSV Salmrohr were also promoted.
In 2022 runner-up TuS Kirchberg was also promoted after play-offs.

References

^ Rheinlandliga tables & results (in German) kicker.de. Retrieved 9 June 2014
^ Historic German football league tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 9 June 2014
^ "History of SV Rossbach (in German)". SV Rossbach website. 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2007.

Sources

Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine
Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, by Ludolf Hyll
Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.