Oberliga Westfalen

Oberliga Westfalen
Oberliga Westfalen
Organising bodyWestphalian Football and Athletics Association
Founded1978
(reformed in 2012
after disbanding in 2008)
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
RegionWestphalia
Number of teams18
Level on pyramidLevel 5
Promotion toRegionalliga West
Relegation toWestfalenliga
(2 divisions)
Current championsSportfreunde Lotte
(2023–24)
Websitewww.oberliga-westfalen.de
Current: 2024–25 Oberliga Westfalen

The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. With the reform of the league system in 2012, which reduced the Regionalliga West to clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia only and disbanded the NRW-Liga below it, the Oberliga Westfalen was reintroduced as the highest tier in the region and the fifth level overall in Germany.[1] It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system.

  1. ^ "Die neue Spielklassenstruktur". FLVW.de (in German). Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.