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Highest football league in North Rhine-Westphalia (2008–2012)

Football league

NRW-Liga Founded 2008 Folded 2012 Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Number of clubs 18 Level on pyramid Level 5 Promotion to Regionalliga West Relegation to Niederrheinliga Mittelrheinliga Westfalenliga 1 Westfalenliga 2 Last champions FC Viktoria Köln (2011–12)

The **Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga** (*North Rhine-Westphalia League*; **NRW-Liga**) was the highest football league in the state of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia) (NRW) from 2008 to 2012. It was one of the eleven [Oberliga](/source/Oberliga_(football)) groups in German football, the fifth tier of the [German football league system](/source/German_football_league_system).

With the reorganisation of the German league system in 2012, the NRW-Liga was disbanded once more as the [Regionalliga West](/source/Regionalliga_West) above it would then only contain clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia. The league was replaced by the three regional leagues, the [Mittelrheinliga](/source/Mittelrheinliga), [Niederrheinliga](/source/Niederrheinliga) and [Oberliga Westfalen](/source/Oberliga_Westfalen) at this level.[1]

## Overview

The NRW-Liga was established in 2008 as a feeder league to the also new [Regionalliga West](/source/Regionalliga_West). The new Oberliga is actually a merger of the [Oberliga Nordrhein](/source/Oberliga_Nordrhein) and the [Oberliga Westfalen](/source/Oberliga_Westfalen), giving the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen its first statewide league since the "old" [Regionalliga West](/source/Regionalliga_West_(1963%E2%80%931974)) was disbanded in 1974. Due to the introduction of the 3. Liga in the same year, unlike the two old Oberliga groups who were set at tier four of the league system, the new league will be fifth tier.

The league will retain the four [Verbandsliga](/source/Verbandsliga) groups of the two predecessor [Oberliga](/source/Oberliga_(football)) groups as its feeder leagues, with the champion of each of those gaining direct promotion to the NRW-Liga. In turn, the top two teams of the NRW-Liga will gain promotion to the Regionalliga West.

The league was made up from a set quota of teams from each of the two predecessor Oberliga groups and the four Verbandsliga groups. While the top four clubs from Nordrhein and Westfalen were promoted to the Regionalliga, teams placed fifth to eleventh were headed go to the new NRW-Liga. The clubs placed twelve to eighteen were relegated to their Verbandsliga group.[2][3] From the four Verbandsliga groups, the champions will each gain admittance, unless it would be a reserve team of a club already qualified for the Oberliga. In this case, the next eligible club would be admitted.

There was some dispute about the name of the league with the suggestion having been made to rather call it **Oberliga West**, a league of that name having already existed from 1947 to 1963, the "old" [Oberliga West](/source/Oberliga_West_(1947%E2%80%931963)). The previous league of that name was a tier one league but covered the same region. It has however been decided to officially call it **NRW-Liga**, short for Nordrhein-Westfalen-Liga.[4]

Additionally, the Verbandsliga groups were renamed Niederrheinliga, Mittelrheinliga and 2 groups of Westfalenliga.[5]

With the end of the 2011-12 season, after four seasons of existence, the NRW-Liga was disbanded again. The place of the league as the fifth tier in North Rhine-Westphalia was then taken up by three regional leagues, the Mittelrheinliga and Niederrheinliga for the North Rhine region and the reformed Oberliga Westfalen for Westphalia. The top three clubs from the NRW-Liga gained direct entry to the Regionalliga while the teams placed fourth to seventh had to play-off with the four champions from the leagues below to determine four additional promoted teams.[1]

## Teams 2011–12

Remaining in the NRW-Liga: Alemannia Aachen II SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 MSV Duisburg II Schwarz-Weiß Essen Westfalia Herne VfB Homberg VfB Hüls Westfalia Rhynern SV Schermbeck Sportfreunde Siegen VfB Speldorf SSVg. Velbert From the 3. Liga: Rot Weiss Ahlen From the Regionalliga West: Arminia Bielefeld II From the Verbandsliga Niederrhein: KFC Uerdingen 05 From the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein: Viktoria Köln From the Verbandsliga Westfalen 1: TuS Dornberg From the Verbandsliga Westfalen 2: TuS Erndtebrück

## Champions and runners-up of the NRW-Liga

Season Champions Runners-up 2008–09 Bonner SC Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2009–10 SC Wiedenbrück 2000 Arminia Bielefeld II 2010–11 Rot-Weiss Essen Germania Windeck 1 2011–12 FC Viktoria Köln Sportfreunde Siegen

- 1 The TSV Germania Windeck declined its right to promotion and withdrew to the Mittelrheinliga, with [Fortuna Köln](/source/Fortuna_K%C3%B6ln) promoted instead.[6]

## Placings in the league

The final placings in the league:[7]

Club 09 10 11 12 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2 R R R SC Wiedenbrück 1 R R Rot-Weiß Essen R R 1 R Fortuna Köln 9 15 3 R Viktoria Köln 1 Sportfreunde Siegen 11 13 7 2 MSV Duisburg II 7 11 8 3 SSVg Velbert 13 12 6 4 Arminia Bielefeld II 5 2 R 5 Alemannia Aachen II 3 6 4 6 VfB Hüls 14 16 15 7 KFC Uerdingen 05 8 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 9 12 9 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 4 4 5 10 Westfalia Rhynern 16 11 TuS Dornberg 12 SV Schermbeck 15 14 10 13 VfB Speldorf 8 9 14 TuS Erndtebrück 15 VfB Homberg 11 16 Rot-Weiss Ahlen 2B 2B 3L 17 Westfalia Herne 6 7 13 18 Germania Windeck 1 10 3 2 FC Wegberg-Beeck 3 14 SpVgg Erkenschwick 17 1. FC Kleve 4 R 10 18 Bonner SC 5 1 R Rot-Weiß Essen II 2 8 5 Hammer SpVg 16 17 SG Wattenscheid 09 12 18 TSG Sprockhövel 19 FC Gütersloh 17 SF Oestrich-Iserlohn 18 Delbrücker SC 19

- 1 At the end of the 2012–13 season Germania Dattenfeld withdrew from the league.

- 2 At the end of the 2009–10 season Rot-Weiß Essen II was relegated from the league because the first team had been relegated to the NRW-Liga.

- 3 FC Wegberg-Beeck did not apply for a licence for the 2011–12 season and was relegated.

- 4 The 1. FC Kleve withdrew from the league during the 2010–11 season.

- 5 At the end of the 2009–10 season Bonner SC had to declare insolvency and withdrew to the tier seven Landesliga.

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### Key

Symbol Key B Bundesliga (1963–present) 2B 2. Bundesliga (1974–present) 3L 3. Liga (2008–present) R Regionalliga West (2008–present) 1 League champions Place League Blank Played at a league level below this league

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Reform_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Reform_1-1) [NRW-Liga-Staffeltagung in Duisburg: Vereine begrüßen Auf- und Abstiegsreglement](http://www.wflv.de/index.php?id=216&backPID=25&tt_news=4264) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111004233857/http://www.wflv.de/index.php?id=216&backPID=25&tt_news=4264) 4 October 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in German) WFLV website, published: 19 July 2011, accessed: 20 July 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Current table of the Oberliga Nordrhein"](http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan.php?Thema=341&Liga=27). *weltfussball.de*. Retrieved 8 February 2008.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Current table of the Oberliga Westfalen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080315171435/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan.php?Thema=360&Liga=28). *weltfussball.de*. Archived from [the original](http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan.php?Thema=360&Liga=28) on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["NRW-Liga Statut"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719113852/http://www.wflv.de/fileadmin/downloads/NRW-Liga/A-NRW-Liga-Statut__komplett_.pdf) (PDF). *WFLV Football Association*. Archived from [the original](http://www.wflv.de/fileadmin/downloads/NRW-Liga/A-NRW-Liga-Statut__komplett_.pdf) (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["League reform"](http://www.amateurkick.de/ligareform.php). *amateurkick.de*. Retrieved 8 February 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [NRW-Liga 2010-11](https://web.archive.org/web/20100727060829/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/nrw-liga/2010-11/0/0/spieltag.html) (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 16 July 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [NRW-Liga tables and results](http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/nrw-liga-2011-2012-spieltag/34/) (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 February 2015

### Sources

- *Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen*, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: [DSFS](/source/Deutscher_Sportclub_f%C3%BCr_Fu%C3%9Fballstatistiken)

- *Kicker Almanach*, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the [Kicker Sports Magazine](/source/Kicker_(sports_magazine))

## External links

- [Das deutsche Fussball Archiv](http://www.f-archiv.de/) (in German) Historic German league tables

- [Weltfussball.de](http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/nrw-liga-2008-2009-spieltag/38/) (in German) Round-by-round results and tables of the *NRW-Liga*

- [Niederrhein Football Association (FVN)](https://web.archive.org/web/20050227090545/http://fvn.de/index.html?news_id=298) (in German)

- [Mittelrhein Football Association (FVM)](http://www.fvm.de/) (in German)

- [Westfalen Football Association (FLVW)](http://www.flvw.de/) (in German)

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