Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
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| Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg |
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| Founded |
| 1933 |
| Disbanded |
| 1945 |
| Nation |
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| Gau (from 1934) |
| Brandenburg |
| Berlin |
| Number of Seasons |
| 12 |
| Replaced by |
| Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Berlin (1945-63) The Oberliga Berlin was the highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It was by far the smallest of the five Oberligas.-Overview:... |
| DDR-Oberliga DDR-Oberliga The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World... |
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| Last Champions 1943-44 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side... |
The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest football league in the provinces of Brandenburg
Province of Brandenburg
The Province of Brandenburg was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:The first people who are known to have inhabited Brandenburg were the Suevi. They were succeeded by the Slavonians, whom Henry II conquered and converted to Christianity in...
and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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 Prussia
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...
from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Brandenburg and Berlin replaced the Prussian provinces.
Overview
The league was introduced in 1933, after the Nazi take over of powerMachtergreifung
Machtergreifung is a German word meaning "seizure of power". It is normally used specifically to refer to the Nazi takeover of power in the democratic Weimar Republic on 30 January 1933, the day Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, turning it into the Nazi German dictatorship.-Term:The...
in Germany. It replaced the Oberliga
Oberliga (football)
The Oberliga is currently the name of the fifth tier of the German football leagues. Before the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier...
as the highest level of play in German football competitions.
The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was established with twelve clubs, ten from Berlin and two from Brandenburg.
The Gauliga replaced as such the Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg
Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg
The Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest association football competition in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, including Berlin, from 1923 to 1933...
, the highest league in the region until then.
The clubs from the Berlin/Brandenburg region were not particularly successful in the era from 1933 to 1945. No club reached a German championship or cup final. After Hertha BSC Berlin
Hertha BSC Berlin
Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side...
having played in a record six successive championship finals from 1926 to 1931, this unsuccessful run was a definite decline for the football in Berlin.
In its first season, the league had twelve clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The league winner qualified 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...
while the bottom three teams were relegated. The season after, the league was reduced to eleven teams. In 1935-36, it operated with ten clubs and only the bottom two teams being relegated. This modus remained in place until 1939.
In 1939-40, the league played in two separate groups of six teams with a home-and-away final at the end to determine the Berlin-Brandenburg champion.
The 1940-41 season was played as a single division again, now with twelve clubs and the bottom four being relegated. The year after, it returned to the ten-and-two format of the pre-war days. This system remained in place for the 1942-43 and 1943-44 seasons. For its last season, 1944-45, it expanded to eleven clubs.
The imminent collapse of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
in 1945 gravely affected all Gauligas and football in the Berlin-Brandenburg region ceased in early 1945 with most clubs having played 13 of their 20 season games and the Berliner SV 92 leading the field.
Aftermath
With the end of the Nazi era, the Gauligas ceased to exist. Berlin came under joint alliedAllies of World War II
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...
control, while Brandenburg was part of the Soviet occupation zone
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during 1945–49. In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe, US forces had pushed beyond the previously agreed boundaries for the...
. In Berlin, the Oberliga Berlin
Oberliga Berlin (1945-63)
The Oberliga Berlin was the highest level of the German football league system in the city of West-Berlin in Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It was by far the smallest of the five Oberligas.-Overview:...
was formed as the new highest football league, in 1945. It still included then clubs from the eastern sector
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
of the city, which was under Soviet control.
In Brandenburg, like most of Germany, football took longer to reestablish itself and the regions clubs eventually became part of the new DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
.
Founding members of the league
The twelve founding members and their positions in the 1932-33 Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg season were:- BFC Viktoria 89, winner Group A
- Hertha BSC BerlinHertha BSC BerlinHertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side...
, winner Group B - Tennis Borussia BerlinTennis Borussia BerlinTennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...
, 2nd Group A - Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, 5th Group A
- Berliner SV 92, 5th Group B
- SC Minerva 93 Berlin, 3rd Group B
- Union 06 Oberschöneweide, 6th Group A
- Spandauer SVSpandauer SVSpandauer SV is a German association football club that plays in Berlin.-Early years:The capital city was one of the earliest centres of German football and was home to 1. Spandauer Fußballklub Triton, formed on 24 May 1894, and Sportclub Germania Spandau, formed on 15 October 1895...
, 3rd Group A - VfB Pankow, 2nd Group B
- BV Luckenwalde, 4th Group B
- SC Wacker 04 Tegel, 4th Group A
- SV Cottbus-Süd, club played in the Niederlausitz championship
Winners and runners-up of the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1933-34 | BFC Viktoria 89 | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 1934-35 | Hertha BSC Berlin | BFC Viktoria 89 |
| 1935-36 | Berliner SV 92 | SC Minerva 93 Berlin |
| 1936-37 | Hertha BSC Berlin | Berliner SV 92 |
| 1937-38 | Berliner SV 92 | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 1938-39 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 1939-40 | Union 06 Oberschöneweide | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin |
| 1940-41 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 1941-42 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 1942-43 | Berliner SV 92 | SG Lufthansa Berlin |
| 1943-44 | Hertha BSC Berlin | SG Lufthansa Berlin |
Placings in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg 1933-44
| Club | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 |
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| BFC Viktoria 89 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | |||||
| Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side... |
2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with... |
3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Berliner SV 92 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | |
| SC Minerva 93 Berlin | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| Union 06 Oberschöneweide | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Spandauer SV Spandauer SV Spandauer SV is a German association football club that plays in Berlin.-Early years:The capital city was one of the earliest centres of German football and was home to 1. Spandauer Fußballklub Triton, formed on 24 May 1894, and Sportclub Germania Spandau, formed on 15 October 1895... |
8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| VfB Pankow | 9 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| BV Luckenwalde | 10 | ||||||||||
| SC Wacker 04 Tegel | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| SV Cottbus-Süd | 12 | ||||||||||
| Polizei SV Berlin Polizei SV Berlin SV Polizei Berlin was a German association football club from the city of Berlin . The early 1920s saw the formation of sports clubs for police and postal workers which included the establishment on 1 June 1921 of Sport-Verein Schutzpolizei Berlin as the club of the city's police force... |
9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | |||||||
| 1. FC Guben | 11 | ||||||||||
| SpVgg 03 Potsdam SpVgg Potsdam SpVgg Potsdam was a German association football club from the city of Potsdam, Brandenburg. Founded in 1903 as Sportclub Jugendkraft Nowawes the club was active until the end of World War II when it was disbanded by occupying Allied authorities... 2 |
8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||||||
| SV Elektra Elektra Berlin Elektra Berlin was a German association football club from the city of Berlin and was a predecessor of current-day club FC Treptow. The club was the team of the city's power utility workers, established in 1928 as Workverein der BEWAG Berlin. It was renamed Sportverein BEWAG Berlin on 28 January... 1 |
6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
| Friesen Kottbus | 7 | 10 | |||||||||
| Brandenburger SC 05 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Lufthansa SG Berlin Lufthansa SG Berlin Lufthansa SG Berlin was a German association football club based in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. It was established in 1930 as the worker's side of the national airline Deutschen Lufthansa Berlin and was active through to the end of World War II.... |
2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin Tasmania 1900 Berlin SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin was a German association football club based in the Berlin district of Neukölln.- Tasmania 1900 :The team was founded on 2 June 1900 as Rixdorfer TuFC Tasmania 1900, changing its name when Rixdorf was re-named Neukölln in 1912... |
12 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| SV Marga | 6 | 10 | |||||||||
| LSV Berlin LSV Berlin LSV Berlin was a short-lived German association football club from the city of Berlin. It served as the sports club for Luftwaffe personnel in the city during World War II and disappeared with the end of the conflict.- History :... |
2 | ||||||||||
Source:
- 1 SV Bewag renamed to SV Elektra in 1938.
- 2 SV 03 Nowawes renamed to SpVgg Potsdam.
Sources
- Die deutschen Gauligen 1933-45 - Heft 1-3 Tables of the Gauligas 1933-45, 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...
External links
The Gauligas Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv- Germany - Championships 1902-1945 at RSSSF.com