NOFV-Oberliga Süd

The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fourth tier of the league system, and until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the third tier.

NOFV-Oberliga Süd

Founded	1991
Country	Germany
States	Brandenburg Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia
Number of teams	17
Level on pyramid	Level 5
Promotion to	Regionalliga Nordost
Relegation to	Brandenburg-Liga Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt Thüringenliga Sachsenliga
Current champions	FSV 63 Luckenwalde (2019–20)

Overview

The NOFV-Oberliga Sud was formed in 1991 when, along with the political reunion of Germany, the East German football league system was integrated into a unified German system.

The abbreviation NOFV stands for Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband, meaning North East German Football Association.

Along with this league, two other NOFV-Oberligen were formed, the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte and the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.

The league was formed from clubs from six different leagues: One club from the Oberliga Nordost, the former DDR-Oberliga, fourteen clubs from the NOFV-Liga A and B, the former East German second division, and one each from the three Verbandsligas, the new state leagues. The league accommodated therefore a wide mix of clubs from the east and west of Germany. Unlike the two other NOFV-Oberligas, it contained no clubs from Berlin, due to geographical reasons, and therefore was the only one of the three to have no West German clubs in it.

The league became one of the then ten Oberligen in the united Germany, the third tier of league football. Its champion was however not directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga but had to take part in a promotion play-off. In 1994 the league champion was successful in this competition, in 1992 and 1993 they failed.

For the duration of the league and onwards, the leagues below it are:

• Sachsenliga
• Thüringenliga
• Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt, except clubs from the very north of the state
• Brandenburg-Liga, only clubs from the very south of the state

In 1994, the German football league system saw some major changes. The four Regionalligen were introduced as an intermediate level between 2nd Bundesliga and Oberligen, relegating the Oberligen to the fourth tier. In the east of Germany, the Regionalliga Nordost was formed, a league covering the area of former East Germany and West Berlin. Four clubs from the NOFV-Oberliga Süd were admitted to the new league:

• FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
• FC Erzgebirge Aue
• FC Sachsen Leipzig
• Bischofswerdaer FV 08

The NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was disbanded and its clubs spread between the two remaining Oberligen in the east. Four clubs from the former league were added to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

From 1995 to 1999, the champions of the league were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost.

With the reduction of the number of Regionalligen to two, the league came under the Regionalliga Nord. Six clubs were relegated that season from the now disbanded Regionalliga Nordost to the Oberliga. The regulations about promotion kept on changing and until 2006, the league champion had to play-off with the champion of the northern league for one promotion spot. Only in 2004 did the southern champion failed to win the play-off. From the 2006 season onwards, direct promotion was awarded again.

The league changes in 2008, with the introduction of the 3. Liga, meant the Oberligen were now the fifth tier of league football in Germany. The top three teams of the league in 2007–08 gained entry to the Regionalliga, the fourth placed team had to play-off against the fourth placed team from the north for one more spot,[1] these teams being:

• Hallescher FC
• Chemnitzer FC
• VFC Plauen
• Sachsen Leipzig qualified for play-offs

Otherwise, the setup of the league did not change and its champion was directly promoted from the 2008-09 season onwards.

Another league reform, decided upon in 2010, will saw the reestablishment of the Regionalliga Nordost from 2012 onwards, with the two NOFV-Oberligas feeding into this league again.[2] Three teams from the league achieved direct promotion to the new league, these being VfB Auerbach, Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Zwickau.

Founding members of the league

The founding members of the league in 1991 were:

From the Oberliga Nordost: FC Sachsen Leipzig, now defunct From the NOFV-Liga Staffel A: Fortschritt Bischofswerda, now Bischofswerdaer FV 08 Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe, now Hoyerswerdaer FC From the Verbandsliga Sachsen: VFC Plauen From the Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt: SV Merseburg 99 From the Verbandsliga Thüringen: FV Zeulenroda, now FC Motor Zeulenroda

From the NOFV-Liga Staffel B: FSV Zwickau Wismut Aue, now Erzgebirge Aue Chemnitzer SV, now VfB Chemnitz Soemtrom Sömmerda, now FSV Sömmerda Wismut Gera, then 1. SV Gera, merged to form FV Gera Süd, now Wismut again 1. FC Markkleeberg, club defunct, reformed as Kickers Markkleeberg TSG Meißen, now Meißner SV 08 Bornaer SV Motor Weimar, now SC Weimar 03 Stahl Riesa, disbanded, reformed 1. Suhler SV Wacker Nordhausen

League champions

The league champions:[3][4]

Season Club 1991–92 FSV Zwickau 1992–93 FC Sachsen Leipzig 1993–94 FSV Zwickau 1994–95 Wacker Nordhausen 1995–96 VFC Plauen 1996–97 1. FC Magdeburg 1997–98 Dresdner SC 1998–99 VfL Halle 1896 1999–00 FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda 2000–01 1. FC Magdeburg 2001–02 Dynamo Dresden 2002–03 FC Sachsen Leipzig 2003–04 VFC Plauen 2004–05 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2005–06 1. FC Magdeburg

Season Club 2006–07 Energie Cottbus II 2007–08 Hallescher FC 2008–09 ZFC Meuselwitz 2009–10 RB Leipzig 2010–11 VfB Germania Halberstadt 2011–12 FSV Zwickau 2012–13 Wacker Nordhausen 2013–14 FSV Budissa Bautzen 2014–15 RB Leipzig II 2015–16 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2016–17 BSG Chemie Leipzig 2017–18 Bischofswerdaer FV 08 2018–19 BSG Chemie Leipzig 2019–20 FSV 63 Luckenwalde

Placings in the league

The complete list of clubs in the league and their final placings:[3][4]

Club	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
RB Leipzig																			1	R	R	R	3L	2B	2B	B	B	B	B	B
FC Erzgebirge Aue	2	7	3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	2B	2B	2B	2B	2B	3L	3L	2B	2B	2B	2B	2B	3L	2B	2B	2B	2B	2B
Dynamo Dresden	B	B	B	B	R	R	R	R	R	5	1	R	R	2B	2B	R	R	3L	3L	3L	2B	2B	2B	3L	3L	2B	2B	2B	2B	3L
1. FC Magdeburg	M	M	M	N	N	1	R	R	R	1	R	10	3	5	1	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	3L	3L	3L	2B	3L	3L
Hallescher FC	2B	M	M	16			13			10	7	5	4	4	4	7	1	R	R	R	R	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L
FSV Zwickau	1	5	1	2B	2B	2B	2B	R	R	4	6	6	8	14		9	14	7	9	9	1	R	R	R	R	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2B	2B	2B	R	2B	2B	2B	R	R	R	3	2	2	1	R	2B	2B	3L	3L	3L	3L	R	R	R	R	R	3L	3L	3L	R
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	2B	3	2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	2B	R	R	R	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	R	R	x
Chemnitzer FC	2B	2B	2B	2B	2B	R	R	R	2B	2B	R	R	R	R	R	2	2	R	R	R	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	3L	R	3L	R
ZFC Meuselwitz														6	5	5	8	1	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
VfB Auerbach													13	7	11	12	6	2	4	2	2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Wacker Nordhausen	7	8	7	1	R	R	R	6	7	18												1	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	x
FSV Budissa Bautzen															7	8	13	9	2	3	9	2	1	R	R	R	R	R
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig ^2	2B	2B	B	2B	2B	2B	2B	R	R	2	4	4	18					3	12	8	6	R	R	4	1	R	R	R	R	R
VfB Germania Halberstadt													12	9	6	10	9	5	10	1	R	R	R	R	R	2	R	R	R	R
Bischofswerdaer FV 08	3	2	6	R	R	10	4	5	5	17															3	3	1	R	R	R
BSG Chemie Leipzig																										1	R	1	R	R
FSV 63 Luckenwalde																			N	6	11	N	N	N	R	R	R	2	1	R
FC Carl Zeiss Jena II				8	3	9	6	15								14	5	11	3	13	5	6	10	9	4	8	3	6	2	x
FC Einheit Rudolstadt																						11	11	14	6	5	7	8	3	x
Inter Leipzig																									2	7	2	4	4	x
FC Eilenburg														12	12	3	12	14									5	3	5	x
VFC Plauen	18			2	1	R	R	R	R	3	2	3	1	2	2	6	3	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	13	9	4	11	6	x
1. FC Merseburg																													7	x
SG Union Sandersdorf																							8	13	5	11	10	13	8	x
VfB Krieschow																											8	7	9	x
SV Grimma 1919/FC Grimma							11	7	4	12	12	9	10	10	15														10	x
VfL Halle 1896 ^3					9	4	3	1	R	6									11	14	14	8	4	7	8	15	9	12	11	x
Wacker Nordhausen II ^11																												5	12
FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf											14	11	9	11	16								3	2	R	R	R	R	13	x
FSV Martinroda																													14	x
Ludwigsfelder FC														N	N	N	N	N	N	N								9	N	x
SV Blau-Weiß Zorbau																												16		x
FC An der Fahner Höhe																														x
Askania Bernburg																								16	11	10	6	14	15
VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal ^12																												15	16
BSG Wismut Gera ^9																									15	4	11	10
1. FC Lok Stendal	M	M	M	R	R	R	R	R	R	N	N	N															12	N	N	N
Brandenburger SC Süd 05									N	N	N	N	N					N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	12	N	N	N	N
FSV Barleben																									9	13	13
SV Schott Jena							12	13	15										16				12	15	14	14	14
SV Einheit Kamenz																											15
SV Merseburg 99	17		M	14	14																					6	16
RB Leipzig II																								1	R	R
SSV Markranstädt ^7																	10	5				3	2	3	7	16
Energie Cottbus II ^10								4	8	9	9	8	6	N	9	1	R	R	N	R	R	R	7	6	10
Rot-Weiß Erfurt II ^10															8	16		13	7	4	3	12	13	5	12
FC Eisenach																								12	16
Erzgebirge Aue II ^8																		10	8	7	10	13	5	8
Dynamo Dresden II ^8																			5	5	4	5	9	10
Chemnitzer FC II ^8			14	3	2	16														11	7	9	6	11
Hallescher FC II ^8																						4	14
FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz																					13	10	15
Heidenauer SV																						7	16
VfB Fortuna Chemnitz	13	11	9	6	5	6	8	14	9	14	15	17									8	14
FSV Wacker 03 Gotha											10	16								12	12	15
SG Blau-Gelb Laubersdorf																						16
SC Borea Dresden ^4						5	5	8	6	11	8	7	5	13	10	11	11	12	13	15	15
1. FC Gera 03 ^5																	7	4	14		16
FC Sachsen Leipzig ^6	5	1	4	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	5	1	R	3	3	4	4	R	6	10
1. FC Magdeburg II																		16		16
VfB Pößneck												13	7	8	13	13	15	8	15
FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen																		15
VfB Sangerhausen																	16
SV Dessau 05														15		15
TSV Völpke															14
Eintracht Sondershausen										15	13	15	14	16
FC Erfurt Nord													15	17
FV Dresden 06												12	11	18
Dresdner SC		9	16		4	2	1	R	R	R	R	R	16
FC Anhalt Dessau	M	M	M	N	N	N	16		10	16		14	17
FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda	6	6	15	5	10	11	10	3	1	7	11	18
VfB Zittau									3	13	16
SV Braunsbedra											17
BSG Stahl Riesa	12	16								8	18
VfB Leipzig II ^2								2	2
Fortuna Magdeburg						3	2	11	11
SSV Erfurt-Nord								11	12
1. Suhler SV	16		8	9	7	13	7	9	13
1. SV Gera ^9	8	12	10	7	16				14
Bornaer SV	10	14	11	11	11	12	9	10	16
1. FC Aschersleben				15				16
FC Motor Zeulenroda	11	10	13	4	6	7	14
SV 1910 Kahla						8	15
Meißner SV 08	9	13	12	12	8	14
SC 1903 Weimar	14	15			12	15
1. FC Wernigerode		M	M	10	13
FSV Brieske-Senftenberg	M	M	M	13	15
1. FC Markkleeberg ^1	4	4	5
FSV Kölleda		17
FSV Sömmerda	15

Notes

• ¹ 1. FC Markkleeberg declared bankruptcy in 1994.
• ² VfB Leipzig II withdrew from the league in 2000 because the first team was relegated. VfB Leipzig folded in 2004 and reformed as 1. FC Lok Leipzig.
• ³ VfL Halle 96 withdrew its team to the Verbandsliga in 2001.
• ⁴ FV Dresden-Nord renamed itself SC Borea Dresden in 2007. The club withdrew from the league after four rounds of the 2011–12 season.
• ⁵ 1. FC Gera 03 withdrew from the league during the 2011–12 season.
• ⁶ FC Sachsen Leipzig declared insolvency at the end of the 2010–11 season and folded.
• ⁷ In 2009 SSV Markranstädt sold its Oberliga licence to RB Leipzig.
• ⁸ Dynamo Dresden II, Chemnitzer FC II, Erzgebirge Aue II and Hallescher FC II withdrawn from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season.[5]
• ⁹ BSG Wismut Gera was formed in 2007 in a merger of 1. SV Gera, Blau-Weiß Gera and Geraer KFC Dynamos. It withdrew from the league after the 2018–19 season.
• ¹⁰ Rot-Weiß Erfurt II and FC Energie Cottbus II withdrew from the league at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]
• ¹¹ Wacker Nordhausen II withdrew from the league in 2020 because the first team was relegated.
• ¹² VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal withdrew from the league during the 2019–20 season.

Key

Symbol	Key
B	Bundesliga (1963–present)
2B	2. Bundesliga (1974–present)
3L	3. Liga (2008–present)
R	Regionalliga Nordost (1994–2000) Regionalliga Nord (2000–2008) Regionalliga Süd (2000–2004) Regionalliga Nordost (2008–present)
N	Club played in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
M	Club played in the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
1	League champions
Place	League
Blank	Played at a league level below this league

References

1. "Regulations for the NOFV-Oberligas 2007-08". Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
2. "DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen". DFB.de (in German). 22 October 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
3. "Historical German league tables". Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
4. "NOFV-Oberliga Süd tables and results 1994–present". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2014.
5. "Dresden meldet U23 ab". Weltfussball.de (in German). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
6. "With season's end: Rot-Weiß Erfurt withdraws U23 team". liga3-online.de. 29 March 2016.

Sources

• Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS.
• Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. Kicker Sports Magazine.
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables. DSFS. 2006.

External links

• Weltfussball.de Round-by-round results and tables of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd from 1994 onwards (in German)
• NOFV-Oberliga Süd at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband (NOFV) (in German)