Oberliga Sdwest (1945-63) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Oberliga Sdwest was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland. The league was introduced as the highest level of football in the French occupation zone in 1945, replacing the Gauligas as such. As was the French occupation zone, the Oberliga was split into a northern and a southern zone. The northern zone continued till 1963 to form the Oberliga Sdwest while the southern zone was integrated into the Oberliga Sd in 1950. Up until then, the champion of the Oberliga was determind by a home-and-away final between the two group winners.