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The ''Regionalliga West'' was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, the most populous state of Germany. ==Overview== The league started out in 1963 with 20 teams in the league, which was reduced to 18 the year after. It was formed from the eleven clubs of the Oberliga West which did not get admitted to the new Bundesliga and from the top nine clubs of the 2nd Oberliga West. The Regionalliga West was as such a continuation of the Oberliga West under a different name and a tier lower. Along with the Regionalliga West 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 Süd, covering the state of Bayern, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg *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 populos areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anomaly, neither large nor populous. 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 teams in a varying amount were relegated to the Verbandsligas. Below the Regionalliga West were the following Verbandsligas: * Verbandsliga Niederrhein * Verbandsliga Mittelrhein * Verbandsliga Westfalen 1 * Verbandsliga Westfalen 2 The Schwarz-Weiß Essen is the only club to have played in all eleven seasons of the Regionalliga West. 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 West (1963–74)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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