Gauliga Niedersachsen
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| Gauliga Niedersachsen |
|---|
| Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover |
| Gauliga Osthannover |
| Gauliga Weser-Ems |
| Founded |
| 1933 |
| Disbanded |
| 1945 |
| Nation |
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| Gau (from 1934) |
| Braunschweig-Südhannover |
| Ost-Hannover |
| Weser-Ems |
| Number of Seasons |
| 12 |
| Replaced by |
| Oberliga Nord Oberliga Nord (1947-63) The Oberliga Nord was the highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.-Overview:... |
| 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... |
| Domestic Cup |
| Tschammerpokal DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga... |
| Last Champions 1943-44 |
| Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
| Gauliga Osthannover Wehrmacht SV Celle |
| Gauliga Weser-Ems SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 05 |
The Gauliga Niedersachsen was the highest football league in the 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...
n Province of Hanover
Province of Hanover
The Province of Hanover was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation...
and the German states of Bremen
Bremen (state)
The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is the smallest of Germany's 16 states. A more informal name, but used in some official contexts, is Land Bremen .-Geography:...
, Brunswick
Free State of Brunswick
The Free State of Brunswick was the republic formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the course of the German Revolution of 1918–19. It was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.-History:...
, Schaumburg-Lippe
Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe was created following the abdication of Prince Adolf II of Schaumburg-Lippe on 15 November 1918. It was a state in Germany during the Weimar Republic, headed by a Minister President. The democratic government was suppressed during Nazi rule...
and Oldenburg
Free State of Oldenburg
The Free State of Oldenburg was a state of the Weimar Republic. It was established in 1918 following the abdication of the Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II following the German Revolution....
from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Braunschweig-Südhannover, Ost-Hannover and Weser-Ems replaced the Prussian province
Provinces of Prussia
The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the various princely states in Germany gained their nominal sovereignty, but the reunification process that culminated in...
and the German states in the region of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
(German:Niedersachsen).
From 1942, the Gauliga Niedersachsen was split into two separate leagues, the Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover and the Gauliga Weser-Ems. In turn, the Gauliga Osthannover was separated from the Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover in 1943.
Gauliga Niedersachsen
The league was introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover 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 Südhannover/Braunschweig and Oberliga Weser/Jade as the highest level of play of the regional football competitions.
The leagues success on national scale was moderate. The surprising victory of Hannover 96
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
in the 1938 championship over the all-dominating FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
with a 4-3 overtime win in the replay final remained the only triumph for the region.
In its first season, the league had ten clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The league champion then 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...
. The bottom two teams were relegated. The season after, the league was upsized to eleven teams due to the integration of Viktoria Wilhelmsburg, the club coming across from the Gauliga Nordmark
Gauliga Nordmark
The Gauliga Nordmark was the highest football league in the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and the German states of Hamburg, Lübeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and parts of Oldenburg from 1933 to 1945...
. The 1934-35 and 1935-36 seasons were therefore played with eleven teams and three relegation spots. From 1936, the league returned to ten clubs.
Due to the outbreak of the 2nd World War in 1939, the league was split into two regional groups of six clubs each. The two group champions then played a home-and-away final for the Gauliga championship. This modus remained for the 1940-41 season.
In its last season, 1941-42, the league remained divided into two regional groups but instead of a two team final, a championship-round of six teams was played. At the end of this season, the league was split into two separate Gauligas.
Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover
The territory of the new Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover was made up of the area of the Gau Braunschweig-Südhannover and the Gau Osthannover.The league started with ten clubs in a single division in 1942. It remained at this strength for the 1943-44 season but lost one club, the Wehrmacht SV Celle, to the new Gauliga Osthannover.
Due to the arrival of the war on Germanys borders, the last season, 1944-45, was barely started. It was meant to operate in eight regional groups.
Gauliga Weser-Ems
The territory of the new Gauliga Weser-Ems was made up of the area of the Gau of the same name.The league started out with ten clubs in a single division. The 1943-44 season was then played in three regional groups of uneven strength, with 23 clubs altogether and a three-team finals round.
The last season saw the same modus but 24 clubs. Play did not get under way very far, and most clubs only played two or three games before the league was dissolved.
Gauliga Osthannover
The league begun play as an off-shoot of the Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover in 1943 in the area of the Gau Osthannover with eight teams in a single division. The league only played one complete season.In its second season, it was expanded to twelve teams in two groups of six. However, no club absolved more than two games before the effects of the war lead to the cancellation of the league.
Aftermath
With the end of the Nazi era, the Gauligas ceased to exist and the northern part of Germany found itself in the BritishUnited Kingdom
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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...
. Only the state of Bremen was not part of this zone as it was awarded to the US forces as a port for their otherwise landlocked occupation zone in Southern Germany.
In the British zone and Bremen, top-level football did not resume straight away, unlike in Southern Germany, and only in 1947 was a new, highest league introduced, the Oberliga Nord
Oberliga Nord (1947-63)
The Oberliga Nord was the highest level of the German football league system in the north of Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.-Overview:...
, which covered the new states of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
and Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
along with the recreated city-states of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
.
Founding members of the league
The ten founding members and their league positions in the Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig and Oberliga Weser/Jade in 1932-33 were:- Werder Bremen, 2nd Oberliga Weser/Jade
- Arminia HannoverArminia HannoverSV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured...
, champions Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig - SV Algermissen 11, 2nd Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig
- Hannover 96Hannover 96Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
, 3rd Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig - Eintracht BraunschweigEintracht BraunschweigEintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
, 6th Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig - VfB Komet Bremen, champions Oberliga Weser/Jade
- Bremer SVBremer SVBremer SV is a German association football club, based in the city of Bremen, which was founded in 1906. The club play their home games at the Panzenberg Stadium and currently participate in the Bremen-Liga....
, 3rd Oberliga Weser/Jade - Rasen SV Hildesheim 06, 5th Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig
- VfB 04 Peine, 4th Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig
- 1. SC Göttingen 05, qualified from the Hessen/Hannover division
Gauliga Niedersachsen
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1933-34 | Werder Bremen | Arminia Hannover |
| 1934-35 | Hannover 96 | Werder Bremen |
| 1935-36 | Werder Bremen | Hannover 96 |
| 1936-37 | Werder Bremen | Arminia Hannover |
| 1937-38 | Hannover 96 | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1938-39 | VfL Osnabrück | Hannover 96 |
| 1939-40 | VfL Osnabrück | Hannover 96 |
| 1940-41 | Hannover 96 | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1941-42 | Werder Bremen | LSV Wolfenbüttel |
Gauliga Braunschweig-Südhannover
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1942-43 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Wehrmacht SV Celle |
| 1943-44 | Eintracht Braunschweig | VfB 04 Braunschweig |
Gauliga Weser-Ems
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1942-43 | SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 05 | Werder Bremen |
| 1943-44 | SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 05 | ASV Blumenthal |
Gauliga Osthannover
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1943-44 | Wehrmacht SV Celle | Cuxhavener SV |
Gauliga Niedersachsen
| Club | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Arminia Hannover Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured... |
2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| SV Algermissen 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:... |
4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Komet Bremen | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
| Bremer SV Bremer SV Bremer SV is a German association football club, based in the city of Bremen, which was founded in 1906. The club play their home games at the Panzenberg Stadium and currently participate in the Bremen-Liga.... |
7 | 11 | 6 | ||||||
| Hildesheim 06 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| VfB Peine | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||
| SC Göttingen 05 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | |||||
| Borussia Harburg 1 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| SpVgg Hannover 1897 | 9 | ||||||||
| Viktoria Wilhelmsburg 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| Rasensport Harburg | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| FV Wilhelmsburg 09 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| ASV Blumenthal | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Germania Wolfenbüttel | 9 | ||||||||
| LV Linden 07 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| MSV Bückenburg | 5 | ||||||||
| MSV Lüneburg | 8 | ||||||||
| SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 05 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| SV Schinkel 04 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||||
| Tura Gröpelingen | 6 | ||||||||
| LSV Wolfenbüttel | 4 | ||||||||
| TuS Osnabrück 97 | 10 | ||||||||
Source:
- 1 Moved from the Gauliga Nordmark to the Gauliga Niedersachsen in 1934.
- 2 Moved from the Gauliga Niedersachsen to the Gauliga Nordmark in 1937.
Gauliga Weser-Ems
| Club | 1943 | 1944 |
|---|---|---|
| SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 05 | 1 | 1 |
| SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
2 | 4 |
| TuS Osnabrück 97 | 3 | 2 |
| Bremer SV Bremer SV Bremer SV is a German association football club, based in the city of Bremen, which was founded in 1906. The club play their home games at the Panzenberg Stadium and currently participate in the Bremen-Liga.... |
4 | 6 |
| TuS Bremerhaven 93 | 5 | |
| Sportfreunde Bremen | 6 | 8 |
| SV Schinkel 04 | 7 | 3 |
| VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
8 | 1 |
| ASV Blumenthal | 9 | 1 |
| VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:... |
10 | 6 |
| Blau-Weiß Varel | 2 | |
| LSV Ahlhorn LSV Ahlhorn Lufttwaffensportverein Ahlhorn was a short-lived German football club from the town of Ahlhorn near Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. LSV was an air force sports club that was active for just a single season in the first division Gauliga Oldenburg-Friesland where they earned a 3rd place finish... |
3 | |
| Braker SV | 4 | |
| TuS Aurich | 5 | |
| VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg VfL Oldenburg is a German sports club from the town of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football team, which as of 2010–11 plays in the Landesliga Weser-Ems, the 6th level of the German football league system... |
7 | |
| KMW Wilhelmshaven | 8 | |
| Viktoria Oldenburg | 9 | |
| FV Wolmertshausen | 2 | |
| Tura Bremen | 3 | |
| Komet Bremen | 5 | |
| BV Grohn | 7 | |
| Reichsbahn Osnabrück | 4 | |
| VfR Osnabrück | 5 | |
| Reichsbahn Cloppenburg | 6 | |
Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig
| Club | 1943 | 1944 |
|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
1 | 1 |
| WSV Celle | 2 | |
| Arminia Hannover Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured... |
3 | 4 |
| Hildesheim 07 | 4 | 3 |
| Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:... |
5 | 5 |
| LV Linden 07 | 6 | 10 |
| LSV Wolfenbüttel | 7 | 8 |
| SpVgg Göttingen | 8 | 7 |
| Reichsbahn/Eintracht Hannover | 9 | 9 |
| SC Göttingen 05 | 10 | |
| VfB Braunschweig | 2 | |
| SpVgg Hannover 1897 | 6 | |
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