The 2016–17 season of the Oberliga was the ninth season of the Oberligas at tier five of the German football league system and the 43nd season overall since reintroduction of the Oberligas in 1974.
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 2016–17 season 241 clubs competed in the Oberligas.
Nine of the league champions earned direct promotion to the Regionalligas, SC Freiburg II, VfB Eichstätt, SSV Jeddeloh, FC Wegberg-Beeck, VSG Altglienicke, BSG Chemie Leipzig, KFC Uerdingen, TSV Schott Mainz and TuS Erndtebrück, while the Oberliga Westfalen runners-up, Westfalia Rhynern, Bayernliga Süd runners-up, FC Unterföhring and Hessenliga runners-up, Eintracht Stadtallendorf were also directly promoted. The latter two respectively replaced SV Pullach and SC Hessen Dreieich who declined promotion. In Northern Germany Bremer SV, Eintracht Northeim, Altona 93 and Eutin 08 competed for two more Regionalliga Nord places in a play-off, which Altona and Eutin won, while Röchling Völklingen, FSV Bissingen and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt did the same for the Regionalliga Südwest, with Völklingen earning promotion. Of the 49 clubs leaving the Oberliga 42 were relegated while 7 withdrew from the leagues.
2016–17 season The 2016–17 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: 4 June 2017Oberliga Fussballdaten.de, – Tables and results of the Oberligas, accessed: 4 June 2017 Oberliga Champions Promoted Relegated S Topscorer Goals Oberliga Baden-Württemberg2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season SC Freiburg II SC Freiburg II Stuttgarter Kickers II†FSV HollenbachOffenburger FVSpVgg Neckarelz 18 Patrick Lauble 21Top scorers of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Bayernliga Nord2016–17 Bayernliga Nord kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Bayernliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season VfB Eichstätt VfB Eichstätt 1. SC FeuchtAlemannia HaibachVfL Frohnlach 18 Fabian Eberle 26Top scorers of the Bayernliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Bayernliga Süd2016–17 Bayernliga Süd kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Bayernliga Süd 'Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season SV Pullach‡ FC Unterföhring Jahn Regensburg IITSV BogenFC Gundelfingen 18 Orhan Akkurt 25Top scorers of the Bayernliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Bremen-Liga2016–17 Bremen-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Bremen-Liga kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season Bremer SV¶ — TSV MelchiorshausenSV Grohn 16 Jan-Niklas Kersten 34Top scorers of the Bremen-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Oberliga Hamburg2016–17 Oberliga Hamburg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Oberliga Hamburg kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season TuS Dassendorf‡ Altona 93 SV Halstenbek-RellingenKlub Kosova HamburgBuxtehuder SV 18 Marcel von Walsleben-Schied 28Top scorers of the Oberliga Hamburg Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Hessenliga2016–17 Hessenliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Hessenliga kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season SC Hessen Dreieich‡ Eintracht Stadtallendorf Sportfreunde Seligenstadt†Rot-Weiß DarmstadtViktoria KelsterbachViktoria Urberach 17 Salvatore Bari 28Top scorers of the Hessenliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Mittelrheinliga2016–17 Mittelrheinliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Mittelrheinliga kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 2016–17 season FC Wegberg-Beeck FC Wegberg-Beeck FC Inde HahnVfL RheinbachGermania Windeck 16 Yuki Nishiya 22Top scorers of the Mittelrheinliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Niedersachsenliga2016–17 Oberliga Niedersachsen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Oberliga Niedersachsen kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season SSV Jeddeloh SSV Jeddeloh VfL Osnabrück II†FT BraunschweigHannoverscher SCBlau-Weiß Bornreihe 16 Sascha Wald 20Top scorers of the Niedersachsenliga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 NOFV-Oberliga Nord2016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Nord kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season VSG Altglienicke VSG Altglienicke Germania Schöneiche†1. FC Frankfurt 16 Murat Turhan 36Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 NOFV-Oberliga Süd2016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Süd kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season BSG Chemie Leipzig BSG Chemie Leipzig SSV Markranstädt 16 Artur Mergel 23Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Oberliga Niederrhein2016–17 Oberliga Niederrhein Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Oberliga Niederrhein kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season KFC Uerdingen KFC Uerdingen TSV MeerbuschSC Kapellen-ErftFC Kray 18 Robin Hömig 20Top scorers of the Oberliga Niederrhein Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season TSV Schott Mainz TSV Schott MainzRöchling Völklingen FK Pirmasens II†SC Hauenstein†Arminia LudwigshafenBorussia NeunkirchenSpVgg Burgbrohl 18 Janek Ripplingen 27Top scorers of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga2016–17 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season Eutin 08 Eutin 08 Flensburg 08†TuS HartenholmTSV KroppOldenburger SVTSV AltenholzConcordia SchönkirchenFC Kilia Kiel 18 Marco Pajonk 30Top scorers of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 Oberliga Westfalen2016–17 Oberliga Westfalen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 Oberliga Westfalen kicker.de, accessed: 4 June 20172016–17 season TuS Erndtebrück TuS ErndtebrückWestfalia Rhynern SuS NeunkirchenSC Roland BeckumSuS StadtlohnSpVgg Erkenschwick 18 Lennard Kleine 21Top scorers of the Oberliga Westfalen Weltfussball.de, accessed: 4 June 2017 ‡ Denotes club declined promotion. † Denotes club withdrew from league. ¶ Denotes club failed to win promotion. # Denotes club was ineligible for promotion.
Promotion play-offs For three of the five Regionalligas promotion play-offs were held for qualified Oberliga teams. The other two Regionalligas, Nordost and West, did not hold play-off rounds, instead they operated with direct promotion only. Regionalliga Bayern The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, SpVgg Greuther Fürth II and SV Seligenporten, played the runners-up of the northern division and the third-placed team of the southern division. The winners of these games qualified for the 2016–17 Regionalliga, the losers played each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga after SpVgg Unterhaching was successful in winning promotion to the 3. Liga. The teams that qualified were runners-up Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the north and third-placed FC Pipinsried in the south as southern champions SV Pullach did not apply for a Regionalliga licence and runners-up FC Unterföhring were promoted. Round one
Round two
Regionalliga Nord Promotion play-offs were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord. The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions or, in Hamburg's case, the best-placed team with a licence, of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga played each other for two more spots in the Regionalliga. In the promotion round each team met the other just once with the two highest-placed teams in the final table promoted, however the final two matches were deemed obsolete and played as friendly matches because the two promoted teams had already been determined.
Regionalliga Südwest The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga Südwest, with each team playing the other just once.
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