2. Oberliga Süd

Founded	1950
Folded	1963 (13 seasons)
Replaced by	Regionalliga Süd
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria  Baden-Württemberg  Hesse
Level on pyramid	Level 2
Promotion to	Oberliga Süd
Relegation to	Amateurliga Bayern Amateurliga Hessen Amateurliga Nordbaden Amateurliga Südbaden Amateurliga Württemberg Amateurliga Schwarzwald-Bodensee  (from 1960)
Last champions	FSV Frankfurt (1962–63)

The 2. Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.

The 2. Oberliga Süd was formed in 1950 as a feeder league to the Oberliga Süd which had been operating since 1945. It was the second of the three second Oberligas, the other two being 2. Oberliga West (1949) and 2. Oberliga Südwest (1951).

The winners and runners-up of this league were promoted to the Oberliga Süd, the bottom two teams relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the 2nd Oberliga were the following Amateurligas:

• Amateurliga Bayern (split into northern and southern group from 1953)
• Amateurliga Hessen
• Amateurliga Württemberg (split into two groups from 1960)
• Amateurliga Nordbaden
• Amateurliga Südbaden

The 1. FC Pforzheim was the only club to have played all 13 seasons in the league.

In 1963 the league was dissolved. The teams on the places one to nine went to the new Regionalliga Süd, the new second division. The teams from 10 to 18 were relegated to the Amateurligas.

The following teams were admitted to the new Regionalliga:

• FSV Frankfurt
• ESV Ingolstadt
• SV Waldhof Mannheim
• 1. FC Pforzheim
• Freiburger FC
• Stuttgarter Kickers
• TSV Amicitia Viernheim
• SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
• Borussia Fulda

The following teams were relegated to the Amateurligas:

• Amateurliga Bayern: VfB Helmbrechts, VfL Neustadt, SSV Jahn Regensburg, 1. FC Haßfurt
• Amateurliga Hessen: SV Darmstadt 98, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, FC Hanau 93
• Amateurliga Südbaden: FC Singen 04
• Amateurliga Württemberg: VfR Heilbronn

The league placings from 1950 to 1963:^[1]

Source:"2nd Oberliga Süd". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

Source:100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband. Vindelica Verlag. 1997. p. 170.

• Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
• Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897–1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
• 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband (in German) 100-year-anniversary book of Southern German football Association, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1997
• Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006

• Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables
• Oberliga Süd at Fussballdaten.de (in German)