2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

2014–15 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
Season	2014–15
Champions	Saar 05 Saarbrücken
Promoted	Saar 05 Saarbrücken
Relegated	SC 07 Idar-Oberstein TuS Mechtersheim FV Diefflen 1. FC Saarbrücken II SG Betzdorf
Top goalscorer	Can Özer (24 goals)
Highest attendance	1,750
Lowest attendance	50
Total attendance	74,901
Average attendance	245
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 5 December 2015.

The 2014–15 season of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the highest association football league in the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 37th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Südwest.^[3]

The season began on 1 August 2014 and finished on 23 May 2015, interrupted by a lengthy winter break.^[4]

Final table

The league featured four new clubs for the 2014–15 season with Saar 05 Saarbrücken and FV Diefflen promoted from the Saarlandliga, TSV Schott Mainz from the Verbandsliga Südwest and SpVgg EGC Wirges from the Rheinlandliga while no team had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken (P)	34	20	10	4	56	22	+34	70	Promotion to Regionalliga Südwest
2	SC Hauenstein	34	21	5	8	60	27	+33	68	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	TSG Pfeddersheim	34	19	8	7	49	28	+21	65
4	SV Gonsenheim	34	18	5	11	63	42	+21	59
5	SV Röchling Völklingen	34	16	11	7	62	47	+15	59
6	TSV Schott Mainz	34	15	10	9	70	59	+11	55
7	FSV Salmrohr	34	16	7	11	58	54	+4	55
8	SpVgg EGC Wirges	34	16	6	12	55	32	+23	54
9	SV Elversberg II	34	16	6	12	62	52	+10	54
10	FC Hertha Wiesbach	34	13	7	14	61	56	+5	46
11	Arminia Ludwigshafen	34	14	4	16	62	64	−2	46
12	Borussia Neunkirchen	34	12	8	14	51	47	+4	44
13	SpVgg Burgbrohl	34	11	8	15	45	53	−8	41
14	SC 07 Idar-Oberstein (R)	34	10	9	15	47	55	−8	39	Relegation to Verbandsliga
15	TuS Mechtersheim (R)	34	10	7	17	59	62	−3	37
16	FV Diefflen (R)	34	7	8	19	44	83	−39	29
17	1. FC Saarbrücken II (R)	34	4	5	25	40	91	−51	17
18	SG Betzdorf (R)	34	4	4	26	21	91	−70	16

Source: Fussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) goals scored away from home against opponent; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Can Özer	TSV Schott Mainz	24
2	Arif Güclü	SV Gonsenheim	22
3	Murat Adigüzel	SV Elversberg II	18
3	Giorgi Piranashvili	SpVgg Burgbrohl	18

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.

To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, TSV Lehnerz, SC Hauenstein and Bahlinger SC, played each other 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.^[6]^[7]

27 May 2015	TSV Lehnerz	1–1	SC Hauenstein	Stadion Richard-Müller-Straße, Fulda-Lehnerz
19:00	Mistretta 46'	Report	Zimmermann 68'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tobias Fritsch

31 May 2015	Bahlinger SC	0–0	TSV Lehnerz	Kaiserstuhlstadion, Bahlingen
14:00		Report		Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Timo Klein

4 June 2014	SC Hauenstein	0–3	Bahlinger SC	Am Neding, Hauenstein
14:00		Report	Sautner 2', 40' (pen) Fellanxa 90'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Moritz Kühlmeyer

To the Oberliga

The runners-up of the Rheinlandliga, Verbandsliga Südwest and Saarlandliga played each other for one more spot in the Oberliga which SV Mehring won.^[8]