# Landesliga Mittelrhein

The Landesliga Mittelrhein is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Middle Rhine which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2012 the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two groups which run parallel below the Oberliga Mittelrhein. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system; until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fifth tier.

## History

The league was founded in 1946 as the Rheinbezirksliga (Rhine District League), the highest division for the area covered by the Middle Rhine football association. A year later another division was added. In 1949 it became a second tier to the 2. Oberliga West. In 1956 it was demoted to the third tier after Verbandsliga Mittelrhein was founded. The league still remained as feeder to the Verbandsliga with the replacement of the 2. Oberliga West by the old Regionalliga West in 1963. In turn the Regionalliga was replaced by 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1974. In 1978 it was slipped to the fourth tier under the Oberliga Nordrhein, in 1994 it was the fifth under the current Regionalliga West, and in 2008 it was the sixth under the NRW-Liga which took over after Oberliga was abolished.
In the German football league system, the Landesliga was first established as second-rate below the Oberliga West and was later slipped five times down to the seventh level by the introduction of the aforementioned higher leagues. Since the league structural reform of 2012 and the related dissolution of the NRW-Liga in favor of the Oberliga Mittelrhein, however, the league moved up from the seventh to the sixth level.

## Modus

The Landesliga Mittelrhein consists of eastern and western groups of 16 clubs each. The exact number of teams is carried out every year on a geographical basis.
The champions of each group are promoted to the Oberliga Mittelrhein, provided they are not reserve teams of senior clubs or are financially sound. Should a winner or both winners be deemed ineligible or refuse promotion, the next best-placed teams in their groups will be promoted. The number of promotions to the Oberliga depend on the number of relegations and promotions in that league. Teams ranked 13th (or 14th) and below are relegated to their respective Bezirksliga and are replaced by the champions and runners-up from each Bezirksliga. A reserve team is also relegated if its senior team drops down to the Landesliga.

## League champions

The top two in the inaugural season:
| Season | Champion | Runner-up |
| 1947 | VfR Köln | Alemannia Aachen |
The league champions of the two divisions since 1948:
| Season | Division | Division |
| Season | 1 | 2 |
| 1948 | 1. FC Köln | Rhenania Würselen |
| 1949 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1. FC Köln |
| 1950 | SG Düren 99 | Single division season |
| 1951 | SSV Troisdorf 05 | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| 1952 | Tura Bonn | Viktoria Alsdorf |
| 1953 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | SpVg Frechen 20 |
| 1954 | SC Rapid Köln | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| 1955 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | Stolberger SV |
| 1956 | SSV Troisdorf 05 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 |
| 1957 | Bonner FV 01 | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| 1958 | Siegburger SV 04 | Alemannia Mariadorf |
| 1959 | TuRa Bonn | VfR Übach-Palenberg |
| 1960 | TuRa Hennef | Alemannia Aachen Am. |
| 1961 | SV Schlebusch | SpVg Frechen 20 |
| 1962 | BC Efferen | 1. FC Köln Am. |
| 1963 | VfL Leverkusen | Viktoria Alsdorf |
| 1964 | VfL Köln 99 | Alemannia Aachen Am. |
| 1965 | SC Fortuna Köln | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| 1966 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | Borussia Brand |
| 1967 | TuS Höhenhaus | SC Jülich |
| 1968 | CfB Ford Niehl | Oberbrucher BC 09 |
| 1969 | 1. FC Spich | Alemannia Mariadorf |
| 1970 | TuS Lindlar | Borussia Hückelhoven |
| 1971 | SpVg Frechen 20 | Viktoria Alsdorf |
| 1972 | SC Köln-Mülheim Nord | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| 1973 | Siegburger SV 04 | TuS 08 Langerwehe |
| 1974 | Godesberg 08 | Westwacht Aachen |
| 1975 | TuS Lindlar | SG Düren 99 |
| 1976 | FC Alter Markt Köln | Borussia Brand |
| 1977 | FV Bad Honnef | Blau-Weiß Niederembt |
| 1978 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Am. | Rhenania Richterich |
| 1979 | SpVg Frechen 20 | Eschweiler SG |
| 1980 | Germania Zündorf | Alemannia Aachen Am. |
| 1981 | 1. FC Köln Am. | FC Niederau |
| 1982 | SC Schwarz-Weiß Köln | Gürzenicher FC 09 |
| 1983 | SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna | TSC Euskirchen |
| 1984 | TuS Lindlar | TuS Chlodwig Zülpich |
| 1985 | SC Viktoria Köln II | VfR Übach-Palenberg |
| Season | Division | Division |
| Season | 1 | 2 |
| 1986 | SSG Bergisch Gladbach | Gürzenicher FC 09 |
| 1987 | SC Brück | SC Erkelenz 09 |
| 1988 | VfL Rheinbach | SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna |
| 1989 | TuS Marialinden | SC Erkelenz 09 |
| 1990 | SpVg Frechen 20 | Westwacht Aachen |
| 1991 | FC Pesch | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| 1992 | SSV Marienheide | Borussia Freialdenhoven |
| 1993 | DJK Winfriedia Mülheim | Gürzenicher FC 09 |
| 1994 | TuS Höhenhaus | Alemannia Aachen II |
| 1995 | SSG Bergisch Gladbach | SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna |
| 1996 | Siegburger SV 04 | Kohlscheider BC |
| 1997 | SpVg Frechen 20 | SSV Körrenzig |
| 1998 | SSV Eintracht Köln | TuS Schmidt |
| 1999 | SC West Köln | Eschweiler SG |
| 2000 | PSI Yurdumspor Köln | Alemannia Aachen Am. |
| 2001 | Germania Dattenfeld | Gürzenicher FC 09 |
| 2002 | Blau-Weiß Brühl | Germania Lich-Steinstraß |
| 2003 | VfL Leverkusen | FC Wegberg-Beeck |
| 2004 | Sportfreunde Troisdorf | Germania Teveren |
| 2005 | BC Berrenrath | Westwacht Aachen |
| 2006 | Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld | Rhenania Eschweiler |
| 2007 | FC Hennef 05 | Kaller SC |
| 2008 | SC Renault Brühl | Germania Teveren |
| 2009 | SV Wachtberg | Viktoria Arnoldsweiler |
| 2010 | VfL Alfter | SV Rott |
| 2011 | Sportfreunde Troisdorf | TSV Hertha Walheim |
| 2012 | SG Köln-Worringen | FC Erftstadt |
| 2013 | Bonner SC | SV Nierfeld |
| 2014 | FC Hürth | FC Bergheim 2000 |
| 2015 | DJK BW Friesdorf | Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld |
| 2016 | Siegburger SV 04 | Hilal Bergheim |
| 2017 | SSV Merten | SV Breinig |
| 2018 | SV Deutz 05 | GFC Düren 99 |
| 2019 | FC Pesch | Spvg Wesseling-Urfeld |
| 2020 | VfL Alfter | BC Viktoria Glesch-Paffendorf |
| 2021 | Season curtailed and annulled | Season curtailed and annulled |
| 2022 | SV Eintracht Hohkeppel | TuS Königsdorf |
* Note: No teams were promoted from 1951 to 1955.