# 2. Oberliga Südwest

The 2. Oberliga Südwest (English: 2nd Premier league Southwest) was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1951 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.

## Overview

The 2. Oberliga Südwest was formed in 1951 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Südwest which had been operating from 1945. It was the last of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2. Oberliga West (1949) and 2. Oberliga Süd (1950).
The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Südwest, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2. Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:
* Rheinland (split into two groups from 1956 to 1963)
* Saarland
* Südwest
The TSC Zweibrücken was the only club to play all twelve seasons in the league.

## Disbanding of the 2. Oberliga

In 1963 the league was dissolved. Six of its clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest, the new second division. The other ten teams were relegated to the Amateurligas.
The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:
* Phönix Ludwigshafen
* Eintracht Trier
* SpVgg Weisenau
* Phönix Bellheim
* SV Röchling Völklingen
* TSC Zweibrücken
The following teams were relegated to the Amateurliga:
* Saarland: SC Friedrichsthal, SV Ludweiler, VfB Theley, SV St. Ingbert
* Rheinland: VfB Wissen, Germania Metternich, FV Engers 07
* Südwest: FV Speyer, FSV Schifferstadt, BFV Hassia Bingen

## Winners and runners-up of the 2. Oberliga Südwest

The winners and runners-up of the league:
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1951–52 | VfR Kirn | FV Speyer |
| 1952–53 | ASV Landau | VfR Frankenthal |
| 1953–54 | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | Eintracht Kreuznach |
| 1954–55 | SpVgg Andernach | FV Engers |
| 1955–56 | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | FV Speyer |
| 1956–57 | SV St. Ingbert | TuRa Ludwigshafen |
| 1957–58 | SpVgg Weisenau | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken |
| 1958–59 | VfR Kaiserslautern | SC Ludwigshafen |
| 1959–60 | SV Niederlahnstein | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1960–61 | VfR Kaiserslautern | BSC Oppau |
| 1961–62 | SV Niederlahnstein | VfR Frankenthal |
| 1962–63 | Phönix Ludwigshafen | Eintracht Trier |

## Placings in the 2. Oberliga Südwest

The league placings from 1951 to 1963:
| Club | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | S | 5 | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| TuRa Ludwigshafen | S | S | S | S | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | | 13 | 1 | S | 1 | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | S |
| SC Ludwigshafen | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | | 2 | S | S | S | S |
| TuS Neuendorf | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 2 | S | S | S |
| VfR Kaiserslautern | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 1 | S | 1 | S | S |
| BSC Oppau | | | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | S | S |
| SV Niederlahnstein | | | | | | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | S | 1 | S |
| VfR Frankenthal | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 2 | S |
| Phönix Ludwigshafen | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 1 |
| Eintracht Trier | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | 2 |
| SpVgg Weisenau | S | 16 | | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | S | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 |
| Phönix Bellheim | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| SV Röchling Völklingen | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 5 |
| VfB Wissen | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| BFV Hassia Bingen | 3 | S | 6 | 7 | 16 | | | | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| TSC Zweibrücken | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| FSV Schifferstadt | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Germania Metternich | | | | | | | 15 | | | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| VfB Theley | | | | | | | | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
| SV Ludweiler-Warndt | | | | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| SV St. Ingbert | | | | | 12 | 1 | S | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| FV Engers | S | S | 7 | 2 | S | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| SC Friedrichsthal | | | | | | | | | 8 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| FV Speyer | 2 | S | S | S | 2 | S | S | S | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| ASC Dudweiler | | | 14 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | |
| SG Sobernheim | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | |
| SpVgg Andernach | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | S | S | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | | |
| Viktoria Sulzbach | | 11 | 10 | 15 | | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 16 | | |
| FC 08 Homburg | | | | | | | 11 | 3 | 15 | | | |
| ASV Landau | 6 | 1 | S | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | | |
| VfL Trier | | | | | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | | | | |
| VfR Kirn | 1 | S | S | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 16 | | | | |
| VfL Neuwied | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | | | | | |
| ASV Hochfeld | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Sportfreunde Herdorf | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 | | | | | | |
| SG Pirmasens | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 12 | 6 | 11 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| SC Altenkessel | | 12 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. FC Idar | 9 | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| VfL Neustadt | S | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| VfB Lützel | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TuS Konz | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Source:"2nd Oberliga Südwest". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

### Key

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