The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga was the seventh season of the Oberligas at tier five of the German football league system and the 41st season overall since reintroduction of the Oberligas in 1974. The regular season started in July 2014 and finished on 14 June 2015, followed by relegation and promotion play-offs.

The Oberliga is organised in fourteen regional divisions with the league champions promoted to the level above, the Regionalligas while the relegated teams drop down to the Verbandsligas and Landesligas.

Overview

In the 2014–15 season 243 clubs compete in the Oberligas, two less than in the previous season.

Of the fourteen league champions twelve were promoted to the Regionalliga while one, the Oberliga Hamburg champions TuS Dassendorf, declined promotion for the second year running. No club from the Oberliga Hamburg was promoted to the Regionalliga as the only club to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later withdrew for financial reasons after successfully passing the application process. One league champion, Bremer SV of the Bremen-Liga, missed out on promotion in the play-off round, as they had done in 2013–14. Apart from twelve of the fourteen Oberliga champions six runners-up also achieved promotion. Three of them, Bahlinger SC, FC Amberg and VfV 06 Hildesheim, had to go through the promotion round. The other three, Rot Weiss Ahlen, FC Oberlausitz and FC Schönberg 95, were directly promoted.

The two NOFV-Oberligas each had two teams directly promoted to the Regionalliga Nordost as the league was to be expanded from 16 to 18 clubs.NOFV informiert zu Auf- und Abstieg fupa.net, published: 20 May 2015, accessed: 24 May 2015 Additionally, because 1. FC Magdeburg won promotion to the 3. Liga, a playoff between the two third-placed clubs in the NOFV-Oberligas determined a fifth team, the FSV 63 Luckenwalde, to move up.Aufstiegsspiele RL Nordost nofv-online.de, accessed: 9 June 2015

The most successful goal scorer of the fourteen Oberligas was Sebastian Kinzel with 51 goals to his name.

The Oberligas also saw an exodus of reserve teams with seven clubs withdrawing their second team, those being VfR Aalen II, SV Wehen II, Erzgebirge Aue II, Chemnitzer FC II, Dynamo Dresden II, 1. FC Saarbrücken II and SpVgg Unterhaching II. The last two of those finished the season on relegation ranks and would have been relegated regardless. Apart from these seven teams another three non-reserve sides resigned from the Oberligas while 38 clubs were relegated.

The only team to complete the 2014–15 Oberliga season undefeated was Bremer SV, with a record of 25 wins, five draws and no defeat. The club scored 118 goals during the season, second only to Brinkumer SV with 119. At the other end 1. FC Schwalmstadt was the worst Oberliga club with a record of one win, three draws and 26 defeats, accumulating just six points during the season. The team with the worst defence was SV Türkspor Bremen which conceded 139 goals.

2014–15 season The 2014–15 league champions, promoted and relegated teams, the league strength (S), the top scorer and the number of goals they scored, as far as has been determined:Amateurligen kicker.de – Tables and results of the German amateur leagues, accessed: 14 April 2015Oberliga Fussballdaten.de, – Tables and results of the Oberligas, accessed: 14 April 2015 Oberliga Champions Promoted Relegated S Topscorer Goals Oberliga Baden-Württemberg2014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season SV Spielberg SV SpielbergBahlinger SC Kickers PforzheimVfR Aalen II† 18 Fabian Schleusener(BSC) 27Top scorers of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Bayernliga Nord2014–15 Bayernliga Nord kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Bayernliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season Viktoria Aschaffenburg Viktoria AschaffenburgFC Amberg SV MemmelsdorfTSV NeudrossenfeldSpVgg AnsbachDJK AmmerthalFSV Erlangen-Bruck 18 Florian Pieper(VA) 25Top scorers of the Bayernliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Bayernliga Süd2014–15 Bayernliga Süd kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Bayernliga Süd 'Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season TSV Rain am Lech TSV Rain am Lech SpVgg Unterhaching II†SB/DJK RosenheimSpVgg LandshutSV Raisting1. FC Bad Kötzting 19 Sebastian Kinzel(RAL) 51Top scorers of the Bayernliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Bremen-Liga2014–15 Bremen-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Bremen-Liga kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season Bremer SV¶ — SV TürksporSparta Bremerhaven† 16 Rafael Brand(OSC) 38Top scorers of the Bremen-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015Bremenliga Torjäger Fussball.de, accessed: 21 May 2015 Oberliga Hamburg2014–15 Oberliga Hamburg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Oberliga Hamburg kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season TuS Dassendorf‡ — FC Elmshorn†Germania SchnelsenSC Vier- und Marschlande 18 Jan-Marc Schneider(H-R)Eric Agyemang(TuS) 29Top scorers of the Oberliga Hamburg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Hessenliga2014–15 Hessenliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season TSV Steinbach TSV Steinbach FC Ederbergland1. FC SchwalmstadtSV Wehen II†Rot-Weiß Darmstadt 17 Peter Sprung(SEL) 27Top scorers of the Hessenliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Mittelrheinliga2014–15 Mittelrheinliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Mittelrheinliga kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season FC Wegberg-Beeck FC Wegberg-Beeck Germania ErftstadtFC BergheimTSV Hertha WalheimSC Brühl 16 Benny Hoose(TSC) 23Top scorers of the Mittelrheinliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Niedersachsenliga2014–15 Oberliga Niedersachsen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Oberliga Niedersachsen kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season SV Drochtersen/Assel SV Drochtersen/AsselVfV 06 Hildesheim TSV OttersbergRotenburger SV1. SC Göttingen 05 16 Sascha Wald(S-V) 24Top scorers of the Niedersachsenliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 NOFV-Oberliga Nord2014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Nord kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season Optik Rathenow Optik RathenowFC Schönberg 95FSV 63 Luckenwalde SV Waren 09†FC Pommern Greifswald 16 Daniel Becker(FSV) 24Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 NOFV-Oberliga Süd2014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 NOFV-Oberliga Süd kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season RB Leipzig II RB Leipzig IIFC Oberlausitz Erzgebirge Aue II†Chemnitzer FC II†Dynamo Dresden II† 16 Jan Nezmar(FCO) 33Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Oberliga Niederrhein2014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Oberliga Niederrhein kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season SSVg Velbert SSVg Velbert SV SonsbeckVdsf NievenheimVfB HombergSportfreunde Baumberg 18 Phillip Goris(RWO) 24Top scorers of the Oberliga Niederrhein Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season Saar 05 Saarbrücken Saar 05 Saarbrücken SG Betzdorf1. FC Saarbrücken IIFV DiefflenTuS MechtersheimSC Idar-Oberstein 18 Can Cemil Oezer(MAI) 24Top scorers of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga2014–15 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season TSV Schilksee TSV Schilksee FC Angeln 02TSV BordesholmFC Dornbreite LübeckNTSV Strand 08 18 Ian-Prescott Claus(SVE)&(MEL) 34Top scorers of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 Oberliga Westfalen2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 Oberliga Westfalen kicker.de, accessed: 14 April 20152014–15 season TuS Erndtebrück TuS ErndtebrückRot Weiss Ahlen VfB Hüls†Westfalia Herne 18 Stefan Oerterer(SVE) 30Top scorers of the Oberliga Westfalen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 14 April 2015 ‡ Denotes club declined promotion. † Denotes club withdrew from league. ¶ Denotes club failed to win promotion. # Denotes club was ineligible for promotion.

Promotion play-offs Promotion play-offs were held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Nordost:

Regionalliga Südwest The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga. While the first game had been scheduled the second and third depended on the outcome of the first. Bahlinger SC won promotion to the Regionalliga courtesy to a win and a draw.Regionalliga-Aufstiegsrunde – Lehnerz hätte am 27. Mai Heimrecht Osthessen-Zeitung, published: 6 May 2015, accessed: 25 May 2015Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Südwest » Aufstiegsrunde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 May 2015

Regionalliga Bayern The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, SV Heimstetten and VfR Garching, play the runners-up of the northern and southern division. In the north this is FC Amberg while, in the south, FC Pipinsried qualified regardless of its place in the table as no other team applied for a Regionalliga licence. The winner of these games then play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga. Should TSV 1860 Munich have suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga its reserve team would be forced to leave the Regionalliga. In this case 17th placed Regionalliga club SV Seligenporten would have entered the relegation play-offs and Heimstetten would have retained their Regionalliga place.Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernligen und der Landesligen BFV website, accessed: 24 July 2014Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Bayern » 1. Runde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 May 2015

First round First leg

Second leg

Second round The winners of the first round play each other for the one available spot in the Regionalliga: First leg

Second leg

Regionalliga Nord The champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga as well as the runners-up from the Niedersachsenliga enter a play-off for two more spots in the Regionalliga Nord. Eight clubs from these four leagues applied for a Regionalliga licence.Zulassungsverfahren zur Regionalliga Nord der Herren Saison 2015/2016 HFV website, accessed: 14 April 2015 As the only club from Hamburg to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later declined participation only three clubs take part in the promotion round, Bremer SV, TSV Schilksee and VfV 06 Hildesheim, with the latter two promoted:SC Victoria Hamburg verzichtet auf Aufstieg kicker.de, published: 12 May 2015, accessed: 18 May 2015Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Nord » Aufstiegsrunde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 May 2015

Regionalliga Nordost The third-placed teams from the two NOFV-Oberligas will compete in a two-legged playoff to fill the vacancy left by 1. FC Magdeburg, who won promotion to the 3. Liga.Relegation Regionalliga , kicker.de, accessed: 14 June 2015

First leg

Second leg

References

External links Fussball.de Official results website of the German Football Association Weltfussball.de German football results and tables Scoresway.com Oberliga tables and results