German amateur football championship
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| German amateur football championship |
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| Founded |
| 1950 |
| Disbanded |
| 1998 |
| Nation |
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| Number of Seasons |
| 48 |
| Replaced by |
| Competition disbanded |
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| Last Champions 1997–98 |
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The German amateur football championship was a football competition in Germany
Germany
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, existing from 1950 to 2000, organised by the German Football Association
German Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
, the DFB.
Overview
The championship was established in 1950 as a counterpart to the German football championship, which was open only to the winners of the tier-one Oberligas.To qualify for the German amateur championship, a club had to play in the highest amateur league of its regional football federation. The majority of these leagues were tier-three leagues. Only in Niedersachsen, 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...
, 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...
, 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...
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...
were these leagues set at the second level. From 1963, with the introduction of the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
, all these leagues became tier-three leagues too.
To qualify for the amateur championship, a club either had to win its highest local amateur league and then not to have to take part in any post-season promotion-round. A club could also decline to take part in the promotion round and play in the amateur championship instead. Also, league winners who were reserve teams of professional clubs were ineligible for promotion to the professional level and had to play in the amateur championship instead. Mostly however, the clubs playing in the championship were the runners-up of their leagues.
1950 to 1955
In the first five editions of the competition, the modus remained unchanged from season to season. Fifteen clubs competed in a knock-out system, where by one club had a bye for the first round. Clubs paired against each other would only play one game to determined the winner of the tie. The competition only included teams from West GermanyWest Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
and West Berlin
West Berlin
West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...
, East German clubs did not take part. Also, clubs from the Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
did not take part either at this stage. The fifteen clubs came from the following leagues (tier):
- From the Southern region:
- Amateurliga Bayern (III)
- Amateurliga WürttembergAmateurliga WürttembergThe Amateurliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the region of the Württemberg FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 until the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Württemberg below it in 1978.- Overview :The...
(III) - Amateurliga SüdbadenAmateurliga SüdbadenThe Amateurliga Südbaden was the highest football league in the region of the Südbaden FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Südbaden below it in 1978.-Overview:The Amateurliga...
(III) - Amateurliga NordbadenAmateurliga NordbadenThe Amateurliga Nordbaden was the highest football league in the region of the Nordbaden FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Nordbaden below it in 1978.- Overview :The...
(III) - Amateurliga Hessen (III)
- From the Southwest region:
- Amateurliga RheinlandAmateurliga RheinlandThe Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Rheinland below it in 1978.- Overview :The Amateurliga...
(III) - Amateurliga SüdwestAmateurliga SüdwestThe Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest below it in 1978....
(III) - Amateurliga SaarlandAmateurliga SaarlandThe Amateurliga Saarland was the highest football league in the state of Saarland and the third tier of the German football league system from 1951, when the clubs from the Saar returned to Germany, till the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Saarland below it in 1978.- Overview...
(III) from 1955
- Amateurliga Rheinland
- From the Western region:
- Landesliga Niederrhein (III) in three regional divisions
- Landesliga Mittelrhein (III) in two regional divisions
- Landesliga Westfalen (III) in five regional divisions
- From the Northern region:
- Amateurliga Bremen (II)
- Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein (II)
- Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen (II) in two regional divisions
- Amateurliga Hamburg (II)
- From West Berlin:
- Amateurliga Berlin (II)
From 1952, the knock-out system in the first round was replaced by a group stage, where in three groups of four and one group of three teams, a group winner was determined. This four winners then went on to the semi-finals.
1955 to 1964
The modus was altered in 1955, when, from then on, the five regions each determined their own champion. The five regional winners then qualified for the German amateur championship. The competition still operated on a knock-out system, but now only four games, ignoring possible replays, were played:- A preliminary game between the West Berlin winner and one of the other four teams, altering on a yearly base.
- Two semi-final games
- The final
This system remained in place until the end of the 1963–64 season.
1964 to 1978
From the 1964–65 season, the sixteen regional champions, now with the Saarland, were again qualified for the competition. In a knock-out system, now with home-and-away games, the winner was determined. Only the final was played as an on-off match on neutral ground. Only in 1976–77 and 1977–78 was the final also played as a home-and-away contest. Otherwise, the modus remained unchanged until 1978, when the Amateur Oberligas were formed.1979 to 1991
A league reform in 1978 reduced the number of tier-three leagues from sixteen to eight. Also, the leagues were renamed to Amateur Oberliga. The winner of each of those leagues qualified for the amateur championship, which was played as the years before, in a knock-out format with home-and-away games, including the final in the first season, 1978–79. From 1979 to 1980, the final was again played as a single game, but now as a home game for one of the two teams involved, to improve attendance figures.The eight teams came from the following leagues:
- Amateur Oberliga Bayern
- Amateur Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
- Amateur Oberliga Hessen
- Amateur Oberliga Südwest
- Amateur Oberliga Berlin
- Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein
- Amateur Oberliga Westfalen
- Amateur Oberliga Nord
After the 1980–81 season, the winners of the eight leagues had to compete for 2nd Bundesliga promotion. The amateur championship was therefore played out by the league runners-up from then on. This system in turn remained in place until the German reunion in 1991.
1991 to 1994
The effects of the German reunion changed the map of German football considerably and in regards of the German amateur championship, the number of teams qualified increased. East Germany and West-Berlin were sub-divided in three new Oberligas while the Oberliga Berlin was disbanded. The three new leagues were:- NOFV-Oberliga NordNOFV-Oberliga NordThe NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...
- NOFV-Oberliga MitteNOFV-Oberliga MitteThe NOFV-Oberliga Mitte was the third tier of the German football league system in the central states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. The league existed from 1991 to 1994...
- NOFV-Oberliga SüdNOFV-Oberliga SüdThe NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
This meant, ten clubs, still the runners-up of their league, were now qualified for the competition. It was staged in two regional groups, north and south, with five teams each. Each team would play the other four in their group once and the two group winners would then stage the final. The 1991–92 competition marked a unique event, the Rot-Weiß Essen became the first and to-date only club to have taken out the German championship (1955) and the German amateur championship (1992) with its first team. Having won the German Cup in 1953, the club holds a unique triple of titles in German football.
This system only operated for three seasons, 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94. It was replaced when the Regionalligas were established as the new tier-three leagues in Germany in 1994. From then on, the Oberligas were not the highest amateur leagues in the country any more.
1994 to 1998
Four Regionalligas were established in 1994 and the teams competing in the German amateur championship now came from these leagues:- Regionalliga NordRegionalliga NordThe Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...
- Regionalliga NordostRegionalliga NordostThe Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
- Regionalliga West/SüdwestRegionalliga West/SüdwestThe Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.- Overview :...
- Regionalliga SüdRegionalliga SüdThe Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
In each of the three next seasons, four teams qualified for the competition in a varying set-up:
- 1994–95: runners-up of the four leagues
- 1995–96: champion Nordost, third placed West/Südwest, second and third placed Süd
- 1996–97: champion Nordost, second and third placed West/Südwest, third placed Süd
The variation in teams qualified from each league resulted in a different number of teams from each league being promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.
In its last season, the championship was played with only three teams, the runners-up from West/Südwest and Süd and the winner of Nordost. Each played each other once only and the group winner was the German champion. Additionally, this club was also promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. This last edition, played without a final for the first time, was much more a promotion round, the amateur title was only a footnote.
Disbanding
A lack in attraction for the competition lead to its disbanding after this. For the most part, it was always a loser competition, meaning, the teams qualified for it had missed out on the bigger price, promotion and finished runners-up only. Attempts to make the competition more attractive by allowing the top teams from it entry to the German Cup changed little in this situation.Current
In May 2006, the chairman of the German Football AssociationGerman Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
, Theo Zwanziger
Theo Zwanziger
Dr. Theo Zwanziger is a German lawyer and sports official. He is the current president of the German Football Association . For his contributions to German football, he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz in 2005.- Career :...
, voiced his interest, to re-establish a German amateur championship from 2008 onwards, after the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
was to be formed. He left it open, whether the competition should be for the league winners of the Regionalligas or Oberligas.
Media
The SC Jülich 1910, the only club to win the title three times in a row, was the feature of a documentary by a German sports network, the Deutsches Sport Fernsehn — DSFDeutsches Sportfernsehen
SPORT1 is a privately owned commercial German television channel. Until April 11, 2010, it was called DSF . It was founded on January 1, 1993 out of the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel musicbox on January 11, 1988...
, about Germany's most successful amateur club. The club had fallen on hard times and almost folded in the 1990s, dropping to the lowest tier of the local league system before recovering.
List of winners
In its almost fifty year history, the competition had thirty-eight different winners.Finals 1950 to 1997
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up | Result | Date | Venue | Attendance |
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| 1950-51 | ATSC Bremen 1860 | Karlsruher FV | 3-2 | 30 June 1951 | 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... |
70,000 |
| 1951–52 | VfR Schwenningen | SC Cronenberg | 5-2 | 22 June 1952 | Ludwigshafen | 80,000 |
| 1952–53 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | Homberger SpV | 3-2 | 28 June 1953 | Wuppertal Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land... |
35,000 |
| 1953–54 | TSV Marl-Hüls | SpVgg Neu-Isenburg | 6-1 | 26 June 1954 | Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000.... |
15,000 |
| 1954–55 | Sportfreunde Siegen | SpVgg Bad Homburg | 5-0 | 25 June 1955 | Wetzlar Wetzlar Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of... |
15,000 |
| 1955–56 | SpVgg Neu-Isenburg | VfB Speldorf | 3-2 | 24 June 1956 | Berlin | 25,000 |
| 1956–57 | VfL Benrath | Alemannia 90 Berlin | 4-2 | 23 June 1957 | Hannover | 60,000 |
| 1957–58 | FV Hombruch 09 | ASV Bergedorf 85 | 3-1 | 14 June 1958 | Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union.... |
20,000 |
| 1958–59 | FC Singen 04 | Arminia Hannover | 3-2 | 14 June 1959 | Offenburg Offenburg Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg... |
9,000 |
| 1959–60 | Hannover 96 Amateure 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:... |
BV Osterfeld | 1-1 aet / 3-0 | 26 & 29 June 1960 | Herford Herford Herford is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford.- Geographic location :... |
12,000 & 9,000 |
| 1960–61 | KSV Holstein Kiel Amateure | SV Siegburg 04 | 5-1 | 24 June 1961 | Hannover | 70,000 |
| 1961–62 | SC Tegel Berlin | Tura Bonn | 1-0 | 30 June 1962 | Wuppertal | 12,000 |
| 1962–63 | VfB Stuttgart Amateure | VfL Wolfsburg | 1-0 | 6 July 1963 | Kassel Kassel Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :... |
10,000 |
| 1963–64 | Hannover 96 Amateure | SV Wiesbaden | 2-0 | 27 June 1964 | Hagen Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr... |
10,000 |
| 1964–65 | Hannover 96 Amateure | SV Wiesbaden | 2-1 | 27 June 1965 | Siegen Siegen Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region... |
8,000 |
| 1965–66 | SV Werder Bremen Amateure | Hannover 96 Amateure | 5-1 | 2 July 1966 | Herford | 10,000 |
| 1966–67 | STV Horst Emscher | Hannover 96 Amateure | 2-0 | 1 July 1967 | Herford | 8,500 |
| 1967–68 | VfB Marathon Remscheid | FC Wacker München | 5-3 aet | 9 June 1968 | Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:... |
10,000 |
| 1968–69 | SC Jülich 1910 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 2-1 | 12 July 1969 | Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine... |
12,000 |
| 1969–70 | SC Jülich 1910 | Eintracht Braunschweig Amateure | 3-0 | 11 July 1970 | Siegen | 8,000 |
| 1970–71 | SC Jülich 1910 | VfB Stuttgart Amateure | 1-0 | 10 July 1971 | Würzburg Würzburg Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian.... |
6,000 |
| 1971–72 | FSV Frankfurt | TSV Marl-Hüls | 2-1 | 8 July 1972 | Neuwied Neuwied Neuwied is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne... |
10,000 |
| 1972–73 | SpVgg Bad Homburg | 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure | 1-0 | 30 June 1973 | Offenbach | 7,000 |
| 1973–74 | SSV Reutlingen | VfB Marathon Remscheid | 2-2 aet / 2-1 | 29 June 1974 | Worms Worms, Germany Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only... |
5,000 & 2,500 |
| 1974–75 | VfR Oli Bürstadt | Victoria Hamburg | 3-0 | 29 June 1975 | Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants... |
8,000 |
| 1975-76 | SV Holzwickede | VfR Oli Bürstadt | 1-0 | 27 June 1976 | Oldenburg Oldenburg Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig... |
750 |
| 1976–77 | Fortuna Düsseldorf Amateure Fortuna Düsseldorf ' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga... |
SV Sandhausen | 1-0 / 2-2 | 22 & 26 June 1977 | Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... & Sandhausen Sandhausen Sandhausen is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Heidelberg.-People:* Selçuk Alibaz , footballer... |
8,000 & 10,000 |
| 1977–78 | SV Sandhausen | ESV Ingolstadt | 2-0 / 1-1 | 24 & 28 June 1978 | Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Ingolstadt is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located along the banks of the Danube River, in the center of Bavaria. As at 31 March 2011, Ingolstadt had 125.407 residents... & Sandhausen Sandhausen Sandhausen is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Heidelberg.-People:* Selçuk Alibaz , footballer... |
2,100 & 5,000 |
| 1978–79 | ESV Ingolstadt | Hertha Zehlendorf | 4-1 / 0-1 | 27 & 30 June 1979 | Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Ingolstadt is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located along the banks of the Danube River, in the center of Bavaria. As at 31 March 2011, Ingolstadt had 125.407 residents... & 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... |
3,000 & 3,600 |
| 1979–80 | VfB Stuttgart Amateure | FC Augsburg | 2-1 | 20 June 1980 | Stuttgart | 2,000 |
| 1980–81 | 1. FC Köln Amateure | FC St. Pauli | 2-0 | 14 June 1981 | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
7,500 |
| 1981–82 | FSV Mainz 05 | SV Werder Bremen Amateure | 3-0 | 17 June 1982 | Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire... |
8,000 |
| 1982–83 | FC 08 Homburg | FC Bayern München Amateure | 2-0 aet | 17 June 1983 | Homburg Homburg, Saarland Homburg is a town in Saarland, Germany, the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. With a population of c. 44,000 inhabitants, is the third city in its federal state. The medical department of the University of Saarland is situated here. The city is also home to the Karlsberg beer brewery... |
6,000 |
| 1983–84 | Offenburger FV | SC Eintracht Hamm | 4-1 | 16 June 1984 | Offenburg | 8,000 |
| 1984–85 | SV Werder Bremen Amateure | DSC Wanne-Eickel | 3-0 | 22 June 1985 | 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... |
3,000 |
| 1985–86 | BVL 08 Remscheid | VfR Oli Bürstadt | 2-1 aet | 21 June 1986 | Remscheid Remscheid Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area.... |
8,000 |
| 1986–87 | MSV Duisburg | FC Bayern München Amateure | 4-1 | 21 June 1987 | Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC... |
10,000 |
| 1987–88 | Eintracht Trier | VfB Oldenburg | 0-0 aet , 5-4 pen | 19 June 1988 | Oldenburg | 7,000 |
| 1988–89 | Eintracht Trier | SpVgg Bad Homburg | 1-1 aet, 5-4 pen | 17 June 1989 | Trier Trier Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC.... |
5,500 |
| 1989–90 | FSV Salmrohr | Rheydter SpV | 2-0 | 10 June 1990 | Salmrohr | |
| 1990–91 | SV Werder Bremen Amateure | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 2-1 | Ludwigsburg | ||
| 1991–92 | Rot-Weiß Essen | SpVgg Bad Homburg | 3-2 aet | 13 June 1992 | Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of... |
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| 1992–93 | SV Sandhausen | SV Werder Bremen Amateure | 2-0 | Sandhausen Sandhausen Sandhausen is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Heidelberg.-People:* Selçuk Alibaz , footballer... |
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| 1993–94 | SC Preußen Münster | Kickers Offenbach | 1-0 | 11 June 1994 | Offenbach | 6,000 |
| 1994–95 | VfL Osnabrück | Stuttgarter Kickers | 4-2 aet | 13 June 1995 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 1995–96 | SSV Ulm 1846 | VfR Mannheim | 2-1 | 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... |
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| 1996–97 | SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was re-named SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1... |
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 2-1 | Oberhausen Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the... |
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Group winners 1998
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Sportfreunde Siegen |
Winners and runners-up statistics
| Club | Championships | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Hannover 96 Amateure 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:... |
3 | 2 |
| SV Werder Bremen Amateure | 3 | 2 |
| SC Jülich 1910 | 3 | 0 |
| VfB Stuttgart Amateure | 2 | 1 |
| SV Sandhausen SV Sandhausen SV Sandhausen is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.-History:... |
2 | 1 |
| SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was re-named SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1... |
2 | 0 |
| Eintracht Trier | 2 | 0 |
| SpVgg Bad Homburg | 1 | 3 |
| VfR Oli Bürstadt VfR Bürstadt Kickers VfR Bürstadt is a German association football club playing out of Bürstadt, Hesse. The team was founded 1 February 1910 as SC 1910 Bürstadt and took on the name VfR on 23 August 1919... |
1 | 2 |
| TSV Marl-Hüls | 1 | 1 |
| Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen... |
1 | 1 |
| SpVgg Neu-Isenburg SpVgg Neu-Isenburg SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg is a German association football club from the city of Neu-Isenburg, Hesse. The roots of the club are in the founding of Freispielclub Neu-Isenburg on 13 June 1903. Over the next three-and-a-half decades, the association went through mergers with a number of other local clubs... |
1 | 1 |
| VfB Marathon Remscheid | 1 | 1 |
| ESV Ingolstadt ESV Ingolstadt The ESV Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, formed on 15 February 1919.Until 2004, the club operated a football department but after a merger with local rival MTV Ingolstadt to form FC Ingolstadt 04 the footballers left for the new club.The club has over 1,600 members in 21... |
1 | 1 |
| 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 :... |
1 | 1 |
| ATSC Bremen 1860 | 1 | 0 |
| VfR Schwenningen | 1 | 0 |
| SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 SSG Bergisch Gladbach SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 is a German association football club from the city of Bergisch Gladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was established in 1909 as Fußball Club Bergisch Gladbach and was joined that same year by the membership of FC Montania Bergisch-Gladbach. On 22 January... |
1 | 0 |
| VfL 06 Benrath VfL 06 Benrath VfL Benrath is a German association football club from the southern city district of Benrath in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:... |
1 | 0 |
| FV Hombruch 09 | 1 | 0 |
| FC Singen 04 FC Singen 04 The FC Singen 04 is a German association football club from the city of Singen, Baden-Württemberg. Established 4 August 1904. the club merged with Fußball-Club Radolfzell in 1908 to form FC Radolfzell-SIngen... |
1 | 0 |
| KSV Holstein Kiel Amateure Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times... |
1 | 0 |
| SC Tegel Berlin | 1 | 0 |
| STV Horst-Emscher | 1 | 0 |
| FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football... |
1 | 0 |
| SV Holzwickede | 1 | 0 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf Amateure Fortuna Düsseldorf ' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga... |
1 | 0 |
| 1. FC Köln Amateure 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.... |
1 | 0 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 1 | 0 |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 | 0 |
| 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:... |
1 | 0 |
| BVL 08 Remscheid FC Remscheid FC Remscheid is a German association football club from Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia formed on 1 July 1990 out of the merger of BV Lüttringhausen and VfB Marathon Remscheid.-History:... |
1 | 0 |
| MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:... |
1 | 0 |
| FSV Salmrohr FSV Salmrohr FSV Salmrohr is a German association football club in the village of Salmrohr, Rhineland-Palatinate. Founded in 1921, the small club has limited resources and has relied largely on local talent, but still managed two decades of play in the tier III Amateur Oberliga Südwest and Regionalliga... |
1 | 0 |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 1 | 0 |
| SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster are a German association football club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was founded as FC Preussen in 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School... |
1 | 0 |
| SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 is a German association football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg and is one of the country's largest and oldest sports clubs with over 12,000 members in more than twenty different departments. The modern-day club was formed out of 5 May 1970 merger of TSG Ulm 1846 and 1... |
1 | 0 |
| 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... |
1 | 0 |
First edition 1950–51: clubs
Fifteen teams took part in the competitions first edition, taking place in June 1951, qualified from the following leagues:- Amateurliga Bremen (runners-up): ATSV Bremen 1860
- Amateurliga NordbadenAmateurliga NordbadenThe Amateurliga Nordbaden was the highest football league in the region of the Nordbaden FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Nordbaden below it in 1978.- Overview :The...
(runners-up): Karlsruher FV - Landesliga Niederrhein (winner group 1): SC Cronenberg
- Landesliga Mittelrhein (winner group 1): SSV Troisdorf 05
- Landesliga Schleswig-Holstein (runners-up): Heider SV
- Amateurliga WürttembergAmateurliga WürttembergThe Amateurliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the region of the Württemberg FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 until the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Württemberg below it in 1978.- Overview :The...
(runners-up): VfL Sindelfingen - Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen (runners-up): SSV Delmenhorst
- Amateurliga Hessen (runners-up): Borussia Fulda
- Amateurliga Berlin (champion): VfL Nord Berlin
- Amateurliga SüdbadenAmateurliga SüdbadenThe Amateurliga Südbaden was the highest football league in the region of the Südbaden FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandsliga Südbaden below it in 1978.-Overview:The Amateurliga...
(champion): FC 08 Villingen - RheinlandAmateurliga RheinlandThe Amateurliga Rheinland was the highest football league in the region of the Rheinland FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Rheinland below it in 1978.- Overview :The Amateurliga...
region: VfL Neuwied - Amateurliga Hamburg (3rd placed): Union Altona
- Amateurliga Bayern (runners-up): FC Bayreuth
- Landesliga Westfalen (champion): SpVgg Röhlinghausen
- SüdwestAmateurliga SüdwestThe Amateurliga Südwest was the highest football league in the region of the Südwest FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1952 to the formation of the Oberliga Südwest and the Verbandsliga Südwest below it in 1978....
region: SC Zweibrücken
Note on the term amateur
The term "amateur" in German football nowadays does not quite mean the same as in other countries; it does not as such indicate that a player does not get paid but rather means the player is paid below a certain level, often a so called Aufwandsentschädigung, which literally means "reimbursement of costs". Rather, in comparison with the league system in the United Kingdom, the term amateur could be translated with non-league.Up until the formation of the Regionalligas, reserve teams of professional clubs carried the title Amateure behind the club name to distinguish first from second team. Because these teams are not truly amateurs, these teams now, like all other reserve sides, carry the II behind the name, for example, VfB Stuttgart Amateure became VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart II is a German football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3rd Liga. Their first team, VfB Stuttgart, won the Bundesliga league title in 2007.- Relationship with VfB Stuttgart :...
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Attendance figures
The high number of spectators in the 1951, 1952, 1957 and 1961 finals results from the fact that the games were held as curtain raisers for the German championship finals.Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFSDeutscher Sportclub für FußballstatistikenThe Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands...
- 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...
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
External links
- Germany — Amateur Championship 1950–1995 Results of the competition from 1950 to 1995
- Das deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic league tables and results from Germany