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|region = |confed = |founded = 1963 |folded = 1974 (11 seasons) |successor = 2nd Bundesliga Süd |teams = |divisions = |promotion = Bundesliga |relegation = |level = Level 2 |champions = FC Augsburg |season = 1973-74 |website = }} The Regionalliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system. It existed in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen. ==Overview== The league started out in 1963 with 20 clubs which were reduced for the next season to 19. From 1965 to 1974, there were always 18 teams in the league, except in 1972 when another season of 19 clubs was played. It was formed from the eleven clubs of the Oberliga Süd which did not get admitted to the new Bundesliga and from the top nine clubs of the 2nd Oberliga Süd. The Regionalliga Süd was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Süd under a different name and a tier lower. Along with the Regionalliga Süd went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974: *Regionalliga Nord, covering the states of Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg *Regionalliga West, covering the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen *Regionalliga Berlin, covering West-Berlin *Regionalliga Südwest, covering the states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland The new Regionalligas were formed along the borders of the old post-2nd World War Oberligas, not after a balanced regional system. Therefore, the Oberligas Berlin and West covered small but populous areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anachronism, neither large nor populous. The league contained some big names of German Football, having the FC Bayern Munich, Kickers Offenbach and SpVgg Fürth as its founder members. In later years, clubs like TSV 1860 München, 1. FC Nuremberg and Karlsruher SC found themselves relegated to the league. The league posed something of a death trap for the big names of southern German football, as only the FC Bayern Munich and Kickers Offenbach achieved promotion from it. Kickers Offenbach also managed to win the German Cup in 1970, while still a Regionalliga side, the only club to do so. The FC Schweinfurt 05, SpVgg Fürth, Stuttgarter Kickers, KSV Hessen Kassel, Freiburger FC and FC Bayern Hof all played in the league for the duration of its 11 season existence. Of those six, the Stuttgarter Kickers had the longest unbroken run in the second division, from 1960 to 1988, 28 seasons. The winners and runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion play-off to the Bundesliga, which was staged in two groups of originally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up. The bottom three, some years four teams were relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the Regionalliga Süd were the following Amateurligas: * Amateurliga Bayern * Amateurliga Hessen * Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg * Amateurliga Schwarzwald-Bodensee * Amateurliga Nordbaden * Amateurliga Südbaden 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Regionalliga Süd (1963–74)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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