Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden
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| Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden |
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| Founded |
| 1923 |
| Disbanded |
| 1933 |
| Nation |
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| Number of Seasons |
| 10 |
| Replaced by |
| Gauliga Württemberg Gauliga Württemberg The Gauliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the German state of Württemberg and the Prussian province of Hohenzollern from 1933 to 1945... |
| Gauliga Baden Gauliga Baden The Gauliga Baden was the highest football league in the German state of Baden from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Baden replaced the state Baden.... |
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| Last Champions 1932-33 |
| Württemberg: Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers... |
| Baden: Phönix Karlsruhe |
The Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden 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...
states of 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....
and Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
and the Prussian
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
Province of Hohenzollern
Province of Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was created in 1850 by joining the principalities of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen after both formerly independently ruling Catholic princely lines of the House of Hohenzollern had handed over their...
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...
. It replaced the Kreisliga Südwest
Kreisliga Südwest
The Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923...
and the Kreisliga Württemberg
Kreisliga Württemberg
The Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923...
as the highest leagues in the region.
The league started out with eight clubs from the two states and the Prussian province in the region, but without clubs from the 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...
, who were playing in the Bezirksliga Bayern
Bezirksliga Bayern
The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.-Overview:...
and Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, who played in the Bezirksliga Rhein
Bezirksliga Rhein
The Bezirksliga Rhein was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the Bavarian region of Palatinate from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar.- Overview :...
instead. The eight clubs played each other in a home-and-away round with the top team 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...
.
For the second and third seasons, 1924-25 and 1925-26, the modus remained unchanged.
For the 1926-27 season, the league was expanded to ten teams. The top team was again qualified for the finals. The runners-up of the Bezirksligas in the south from then on also played a championship round to determined a third team from the region to go to the German finals with the Karlsruher FV from the region qualifying for this.
After this season, the league was split into a Württemberg and a Baden group, the first having nine and the second eight teams. No final was played between the two group winners as both went on to the Southern German championship. The second and third placed team of each division would also advance to the separate round of the runners-up 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 Gauligas
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:...
were introduced as the highest football leagues in Germany. In Württemberg-Baden, the Gauliga Württemberg
Gauliga Württemberg
The Gauliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the German state of Württemberg and the Prussian province of Hohenzollern from 1933 to 1945...
and the Gauliga Baden
Gauliga Baden
The Gauliga Baden was the highest football league in the German state of Baden from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Baden replaced the state Baden....
replaced the Bezirksliga as the highest level of play.
National success
The clubs from the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden did not manage to win a German championship in this era and were dominated by the much stronger competition from the Bezirksliga Bayern.Southern German championship
- 1924:
- Stuttgarter Kickers, 3rd place
- 1925:
- Stuttgarter Kickers, 4th place
- 1926:
- Karlsruher FV, 6th place
- 1927:
- Karlsruher FV, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- VfB Stuttgart, 5th place
- 1928:
- Phönix Karlsruhe, 8th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Union Böckingen, 6th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- SC Freiburg, 5th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- VfB Stuttgart, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Stuttgarter Kickers, 5th place
- Karlsruher FV, 4th place
- 1929:
- Freiburger FC, 8th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Phönix Karlsruhe, 6th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- VfB Stuttgart, 5th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Stuttgarter Kickers, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Germania Brötzingen, 6th place
- Karlsruher FV, 5th place
- 1930:
- Union Böckingen, 8th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Phönix Karlsruhe, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Karlsruher FV, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- VfR Heilbronn, 3rd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Freiburger FC, 8th place
- VfB Stuttgart, 5th place
- 1931:
- Phönix Karlsruhe, 8th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- FV Rastatt, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Stuttgarter Kickers, 5th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- 1. FC Pforzheim, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round southwest division
- Union Böckingen, 8th place
- Karlsruher FV, 5th place
- 1932:
- VfB Stuttgart, 8th place southwest division
- FV Rastatt, 7th place southwest division
- 1. FC Pforzheim, 4th place southwest division
- Karlsruher FV, 3rd place southwest division
- 1933:
- Union Böckingen, 8th place northsouth division
- Phönix Karlsruhe, 6th place northsouth division
- Karlsruher FV, 5th place northsouth division
- Stuttgarter Kickers, 4th place northsouth division
German championship
No team from the region qualified for the German championship finals in this era.Founding members of the league
- Stuttgarter KickersStuttgarter KickersStuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...
- Freiburger FCFreiburger FCFreiburger FC is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC was a founding Clubs of the DFB in 1900.-History:...
- 1. FC Pforzheim1. FC Pforzheim1. FC Pforzheim was a German association football club playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established on 5 May 1896 and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. In 2010 it merged with VfR Pforzheim to 1. CfR Pforzheim.-Early success:The club...
- Stuttgarter SC
- VfR Heilbronn
- FC Mühlburg
- SV Feuerbach
- Phönix Karlsruhe
Winners and runners-up of the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1923-24 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Freiburger FC |
| 1924-25 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Freiburger FC |
| 1925-26 | Karlsruher FV | VfB Stuttgart |
| 1926-27 | VfB Stuttgart | Karlsruher FV |
| Season | Württemberg | Baden |
| 1927-28 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Karlruher FV |
| 1928-29 | Germania Brötzingen | Karlruher FV |
| 1929-30 | VfB Stuttgart | Freiburger FC |
| 1930-31 | Union Böckingen | Karlruher FV |
| 1931-32 | 1. FC Pforzheim | Karlruher FV |
| 1932-33 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Phönix Karlsruhe |
Clubs from Baden-division
| Club | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freiburger FC Freiburger FC Freiburger FC is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC was a founding Clubs of the DFB in 1900.-History:... |
2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| FC Mühlburg | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| Phönix Karlsruhe | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| SC Freiburg SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009... |
7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Karlsruher FV Karlsruher FV Karlsruher FV is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel... |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Offenburger FV Offenburger FV The Offenburger FV is a German association football club from the city of Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg. The club is one of the most successful amateur football clubs in Germany.-Early years:... |
4 | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| SpVgg Freiburg | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| FC 08 Villingen FC 08 Villingen FC 08 Villingen is a German association football club based in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg. The association was founded on 1 October 1908 and over time absorbed other local clubs including Germania, Alemania and Phönix.-History:... |
7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| VfB Karlsruhe | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| FV Rastatt | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| SpVgg Schramberg | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| FC Rheinfelden | 10 | |||||||||
| Frankonia Karlsruhe | 7 | |||||||||
Source:
Clubs from the Württemberg-division
| Club | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers... |
1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 1. FC Pforzheim 1. FC Pforzheim 1. FC Pforzheim was a German association football club playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established on 5 May 1896 and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. In 2010 it merged with VfR Pforzheim to 1. CfR Pforzheim.-Early success:The club... |
3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Stuttgarter SC | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |||
| VfR Heilbronn | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |
| SV Feuerbach | 7 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons... |
5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| FC Birkenfeld | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Union Böckingen Union Böckingen Union Böckingen is a German sports club from the district of Böckingen in the city of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1908 out of the merger of Fussball Klub Germania 08 Böcking and Viktoria Böcking, the club today has 1,200 members in departments for football, canoeing, handball, and skiing... |
9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Sportfreunde Stuttgart Sportfreunde Stuttgart The Sportfreunde Stuttgart is a German association football club from the city of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.-1874 to 1945:The club was formed, as a gymnastics club, on 18 April 1874, under the name of Turnverein Heslach... |
10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| FV Zuffenhausen | 8 | 7 | 9 | |||||||
| Pfeil Gaisburg | 9 | |||||||||
| Germania Brötzingen Germania Brötzingen Germania Brötzingen is a German association football club from the district of Brötzingen in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. Together with the 1. FC Pforzheim and VfR Pforzheim, it is one of three clubs in the city who have played higher league football.... |
1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Sportfreunde Eßlingen | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
| Normannia Gmünd 1. FC Normannia Schwäbisch Gmünd 1. FC Normannia Schwäbisch Gmünd is a German association football club from the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The origins of the club go back to the formation of Alemannia Schwäbisch Gmünd on 1 July 1904. This side later merged with Suevia Schwäbisch Gmünd to form 1. FC... |
10 | |||||||||
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