Bezirksliga Bayern
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| Bezirksliga Bayern |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1923 |
| Disbanded |
| 1933 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
 |
| State States of Germany Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries... |
 Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Number of Seasons |
| 10 |
| Replaced by |
| Gauliga Bayern Gauliga Bayern The Gauliga Bayern was the highest football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five Gaue Bayreuth, Munich-Upper Bavaria, Swabia, Main Franconia and Franconia de... |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 1 German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation... |
| Last Champions 1932-33 |
| North: 1. FC Nuremberg |
| South: FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups.... |
The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
state of Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.
Overview
The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in DarmstadtDarmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
.
Until the introduction of the Bezirksliga, the Kreisliga Südbayern
Kreisliga Bayern
The Kreisliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Bavaria and, later, the state of Bavaria from 1909 to 1923...
and Kreisliga Nordbayern
Kreisliga Bayern
The Kreisliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Bavaria and, later, the state of Bavaria from 1909 to 1923...
were the highest leagues in the state.
The league started out with eight clubs from all over the state of Bavaria, but without any teams from the Palatinate region (German:Pfalz), then politically a part of Bavaria but not geographically connected to the rest of the state. The eight clubs played each other in a home-and-away round with the two top teams advancing to the Southern German championship
Southern German football championship
The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898...
, which in turn was a qualification tournament for the German championship
German football champions
The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...
.
In its second season, the league started to incooperate clubs from the city of Ulm
Ulm
Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...
, Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
, which lays right across the border from Bavaria. Otherwise, the modus of the league remained unchanged but only the league champion qualified for the Southern German finals in this season.
For the 1926-27 season, the league was expanded to ten teams. The top team was again qualified for the finals. Additionally, the SpVgg Fürth as Southern German cup winner also qualified for this round. The runners-up of the Bezirksligas in the south also played a championship round to determine a third team from the region to go to the German finals.
After this season, the league was split into a northern and a southern group, the north having nine and the south seven teams. The winner of each division would advance to the Southern German finals while the two runners-up again played in a separate round like in the previous season.
The 1928-29 season saw no change in modus but both leagues now operated on a strength of eight clubs. The qualification system for the finals also remained unchanged. This system remained in place until 1931.
For the 1931-32 season, both divisions were expanded to ten teams. The top-two teams from each league then advanced to the Southern German finals, which were now staged in two regional groups with a finals game between the two group winners at the end. The same system applied for the final season of the league in 1932-33.
With the rise of the Nazis to power, the Gauliga
Gauliga
A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1934-45. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.-Name:...
s were introduced as the highest football leagues in Germany. In Bavaria, the Gauliga Bayern
Gauliga Bayern
The Gauliga Bayern was the highest football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five Gaue Bayreuth, Munich-Upper Bavaria, Swabia, Main Franconia and Franconia de...
replaced the Bezirksliga Bayern as the highest level of play. The twelve best teams from Bavaria qualified for this new, state wide league.
National success
The clubs from the Bezirksliga Bayern were among the most successful in Germany in this era, specifically the 1. FC Nuremberg.Southern German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1924:
- SpVgg Fürth, Runners-up
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1925:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Runners-up
- 1926:
- SpVgg Fürth, Runners-up
- FC Bayern Munich, Southern German champions
- 1927:
- TSV 1860 München, Winner of the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- SpVgg Fürth, Runners-up
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1928:
- VfR Fürth, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- TSV 1860 München, 3rd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- 1. FC Nuremberg, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Wacker München, Winner of the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division, winner division final
- SpVgg Fürth, 3rd place
- FC Bayern Munich, Southern German champions
- 1929:
- ASV Nürnberg, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- TSV 1860 München, 3rd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- TSV Schwaben Augsburg, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- SpVgg Fürth, Winner of the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division, winner division final
- FC Bayern Munich, Runners-up
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1930:
- Jahn Regensburg, 6th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- ASV Nürnberg, 5th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- TSV 1860 München, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Winner of the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division, winner division final
- FC Bayern Munich, 3rd place
- SpVgg Fürth, Runners-up
- 1931:
- VfR Fürth, 6th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- TSV Schwaben Augsburg, 3rd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- 1. FC Nuremberg, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- TSV 1860 München, Winner of the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division, winner division final
- FC Bayern Munich, 3rd place
- SpVgg Fürth, Southern German champions
- 1932:
- TSV 1860 München, 6th place southwest division
- SpVgg Fürth, 5th place southwest division
- 1. FC Nuremberg, 2nd place southwest division, 3rd place Southern German championship
- FC Bayern Munich, Winner southwest division, Runners-up Southern German championship
- 1933:
- FC Bayern Munich, 4th place eastwest division
- 1. FC Nuremberg, 3rd place eastwest division
- SpVgg Fürth, 2nd place eastwest division, 4th place in Southern German championship
- TSV 1860 München, Winner eastwest division, Runners-up Southern German championship
German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1924:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, German champions
- 1925:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, German champions
- 1926:
- FC Bayern Munich, First round
- SpVgg Fürth, German champions
- 1927:
- TSV 1860 München, Semi-finals
- SpVgg Fürth, Semi-finals
- 1. FC Nuremberg, German champions
- 1928:
- FC Bayern Munich, Semi-finals
- Wacker München, Semi-finals
- 1929:
- FC Bayern Munich, Quarter-finals
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Semi-finals
- SpVgg Fürth, German champions
- 1930:
- SpVgg Fürth, Quarter-finals
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Semi-finals
- 1931:
- SpVgg Fürth, Quarter-finals
- TSV 1860 München, Final
- 1932:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Semi-finals
- FC Bayern Munich, German champions
- 1933:
- TSV 1860 München, Semi-finals
Founding members of the league
The league was formed from eight clubs from Bavaria:- 1. FC Nuremberg
- SpVgg Fürth
- FC Bayern MunichFC Bayern MunichFC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
- FV Nürnberg
- TSV 1860 MünchenTSV 1860 MünchenTurn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...
- Wacker MünchenWacker MünchenFC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the Blue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play,...
- VfR Fürth
- TSV Schwaben AugsburgTSV Schwaben AugsburgTSV Schwaben Augsburg is a German football club which is part of a larger sports association whose origins go back to the 1847 formation of the gymnastics club Turnverein Augsburg...
Winners and runners-up of the Bezirksliga Bayern
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1923-24 | 1. FC Nuremberg | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1924-25 | 1. FC Nuremberg | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1925-26 | FC Bayern Munich | 1. FC Nuremberg |
| 1926-27 | 1. FC Nuremberg | TSV 1860 München |
| Season | North | South |
| 1927-28 | SpVgg Fürth | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1928-29 | 1. FC Nuremberg | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1929-30 | SpVgg Fürth | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1930-31 | SpVgg Fürth | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1931-32 | 1. FC Nuremberg | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1932-33 | 1. FC Nuremberg | FC Bayern Munich |
Clubs from the northern division
| Club | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Nuremberg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| ASV Nürnberg | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| VfR Fürth | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| FC Fürth | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1. FC Bayreuth | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |||
| FV Würzburg 04 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Bayern Hof Bayern Hof SpVgg Bayern Hof is a German association football club based in Hof, Bavaria. The club was founded on 1 June 1910 as Ballspielclub Hof, but within a year was re-named Britannia Hof. In 1913, they merged with FC Roland Hof and FC Phoenix Hof to become FC Bayern Hof.-History:FC Bayern Hof was a... |
7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| FSV Nürnberg | 8 | |||||||||
| Franken Nürnberg | 8 | |||||||||
| SpVgg Hof | 8 | |||||||||
| Kickers Würzburg Kickers Würzburg Kickers Würzburg is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria.-History:Founded in 1907, the team has played for most of its history as an unknown local side, although they did manage three seasons in the Bezirksliga Bayern, from 1930 to 1933, and two single season appearances... |
7 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
| FC Schweinfurt 05 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Weiden is a German association football club from the city of Weiden, Bavaria.Playing in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the club had to declare insolvency after being more than Euro 1 million in debt... |
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| Germania Nürnberg | 8 | |||||||||
| SpVgg Erlangen | 10 |
Source:
- The FV Nürnberg joined the ASV Nürnberg in 1925.
Clubs from the southern division
| Club | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups.... |
3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TSV 1860 München TSV 1860 München Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season... |
5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Wacker München Wacker München FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the Blue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play,... |
6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| TSV Schwaben Augsburg TSV Schwaben Augsburg TSV Schwaben Augsburg is a German football club which is part of a larger sports association whose origins go back to the 1847 formation of the gymnastics club Turnverein Augsburg... |
8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |
| Schwaben Ulm | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| Teutonia München | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Jahn Regensburg Jahn Regensburg SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th... |
4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| DSV München | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| FV Ulm | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| VfB Ingolstadt-Ringsee | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| SSV Ulm | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| FC Straubing | 10 | |||||||||
| SpVgg Landshut SpVgg Landshut The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga.-History:... |
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Source:
Sources
- Fussball-Jahrbuch Deutschland (8 vol.), Tables and results of the German tier-one leagues 1919-33, publisher: DSFS
- Kicker Almanach, The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports MagazineKicker (sports magazine)kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...
- Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
External links
The Gauligas Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv German league tables 1892-1933 Hirschi's Fussball seiten- Germany - Championships 1902-1945 at RSSSF.com