Kreisliga Hessen
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| Kreisliga Hessen |
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| Founded |
| 1919 |
| Disbanded |
| 1923 |
| Nation |
 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... |
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| States States of Germany Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries... & Regions |
| People's State of Hesse |
| Hesse-Nassau |
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| Number of Seasons |
| 4 |
| Replaced by |
| Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Rheinhessen part of the state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga... |
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| Last Champions 1922-23 |
| SV Wiesbaden SV Wiesbaden SV Wiesbaden is a German football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The team was disbanded in 1994 as the result of financial problems, but was rebuilt and currently plays in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte . Their home games are played in the Helmut-Schön-Sportpark.- History :A football section was... |
The Kreisliga Hessen (English: District league Hesse) was the highest association football league in parts of 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 Hesse (Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen
Rhenish Hesse refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a hilly countryside largely devoted to vineyards, therefore it is also called the "land of the thousand hills." Its larger towns include:...
) and parts of the Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n region of Palatinate as well as 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 Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Rheinhessen part of the state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga...
in 1923.
While the league carries the name Kreisliga Hessen it did not cover anywhere near the whole area of what is now the federal state of 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...
. Its main body lay in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, together with the Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
area of the state of Hesse.
Predecessor
From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championshipSouthern German football championship
The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898...
, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being:
- Ostkreis-Liga, covering Bavaria
- Nordkreis-LigaNordkreis-LigaThe Nordkreis-Liga was the highest association football league in the German Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1909 to 1918...
, covering Hesse - Südkreis-LigaSüdkreis-LigaThe Südkreis-Liga was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Württemberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, the Province of Hohenzollern and Alsace-Lorraine from 1908 to 1918...
, covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace - Westkreis-LigaWestkreis-LigaThe Westkreis-Liga was the highest association football league in the Bavarian region of Palatinate, the northern parts of the Grand Duchy of Baden, the southern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province and parts of Lorraine from 1908 to 1918...
, covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province
In 1908, a first Nordkreis-Liga (English: Northern District League) and Westkreis-Liga (English: Western District League) were established. With the outbreak of the First World War, league football came to a halt and, during the war, games were only played on a limited level.
Post-First World War
With the collapse of the German EmpireGerman Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
in 1918, no Nord- or Westkreis championship was played in 1918-19 but football returned to a more organised system in 1919.
Southern Germany, now without the Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
and Lorraine
Lorraine (province)
The Duchy of Upper Lorraine was an historical duchy roughly corresponding with the present-day northeastern Lorraine region of France, including parts of modern Luxembourg and Germany. The main cities were Metz, Verdun, and the historic capital Nancy....
regions, which had to be returned to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, was sub-divided into ten Kreisligas, these being:
- Kreisliga Hessen
- Kreisliga Nordbayern
- Kreisliga NordmainKreisliga NordmainThe Kreisliga Nordmain was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga OdenwaldKreisliga OdenwaldThe Kreisliga Odenwald was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the southern part of the state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga PfalzKreisliga PfalzThe Kreisliga Pfalz was the highest association football league in the Bavarian region of Palatinate from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga SaarKreisliga SaarThe Kreisliga Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga Südbayern
- Kreisliga SüdmainKreisliga SüdmainThe Kreisliga Südmain was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Main in 1923....
- Kreisliga SüdwestKreisliga SüdwestThe Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga WürttembergKreisliga WürttembergThe Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923...
The new Kreisliga Hessen was made up from ten clubs from both the Nordkreis and Westkreis leagues. The league winners of the Kreisligas advanced to the Southern championship. This system applied for the 1919-20 and 1920-21 season.
In 1921-22, the Kreisliga Hessen was split into two groups of eight, increasing the number of tier-one clubs in the region to 16. The two league winners then played a final to determine the Hessen champion, which in turn advanced to a Rheinhessen-Saar championship final against the Saar champion. This "watering down" of football in the region lasted for only one season, in 1922-23, the number of top clubs was reduced to eight clubs in a single division, with a Rheinhessen-Saar final against the Saar champion once more.
In 1923, a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
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...
, established the Southern German Bezirksligas which were to replace the Kreisligas. The best four teams each from the Kreisliga Hessen and Saar were admitted to the new Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Rheinhessen part of the state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga...
. The four clubs from Hessen were:
- SV WiesbadenSV WiesbadenSV Wiesbaden is a German football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The team was disbanded in 1994 as the result of financial problems, but was rebuilt and currently plays in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte . Their home games are played in the Helmut-Schön-Sportpark.- History :A football section was...
- TG Höchst
- Alemannia Worms
- FV 02 Bieberich
National success
The clubs from the Kreisliga Hessen were not particularly successful in this era and none managed to qualify for the German championship.Rheinhessen-Saar championship
Played in 1922 and 1923, these were the finals:- 1922:
- Hessen final: SV Wiesbaden - Alemannia Worms 2-0 / 1-4 / 2-1
- Rheinhessen-Saar final: Borussia NeunkirchenBorussia NeunkirchenBorussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:...
- SV Wiesbaden 3-1 / 3-0
- 1923:
- Rheinhessen-Saar final: Borussia Neunkirchen - SV Wiesbaden 0-0 / 2-2 / 3-0
Southern German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1920:
- Germania Wiesbaden, Group stage
- 1921:
- FSV Mainz 05, Group stage
- 1922:
- SV Wiesbaden, not qualified
- 1923:
- SV Wiesbaden, not qualified
Winners and runners-up of the Kreisliga Hessen
| Season | Champions | Runner-Up |
| 1919-20 | Germania Wiesbaden | SV Wiesbaden |
| 1920-21 | FSV Mainz 05 | Alemannia Worms |
| 1921-22 | SV Wiesbaden | Alemannia Worms |
| 1922-23 | SV Wiesbaden | TG Höchst |
Placings in the Kreisliga Hessen 1919-23
| Club | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germania Wiesbaden Germania Wiesbaden SG Germania Wiesbaden is a German association football club from the city of Wiesbaden in Hesse.The clubs two most notable achievement came when it won the tier-one Kreisliga Hessen in 1920 and, almost 50 years later, reached as the Germany's second division for one season in 1966–67.- 1903–1945... |
1 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| SV Wiesbaden SV Wiesbaden SV Wiesbaden is a German football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The team was disbanded in 1994 as the result of financial problems, but was rebuilt and currently plays in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte . Their home games are played in the Helmut-Schön-Sportpark.- History :A football section was... |
2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Alemannia Griesheim | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Höchst 01 | 4 | |||
| Fvgg Kastel | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Höchst 08 | 6 | |||
| FC Kreuznach 02 | 7 | 7 | ||
| FV 02 Biebrich | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| SG Egelsbach SG Egelsbach The SG Egelsbach is a German association football club from the city of Egelsbach, Hesse.-History:The club was formed after the Second World War in 1945 when four local sports associations merged, the FC Egelsbach 1903, TV 1874 Egelsbach, TG 1885 Egelsbach and the Arbeiter-Radfahrverein 1905... |
10 | |||
| Alemannia Worms | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| TG Höchst | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wormatia Worms Wormatia Worms VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963... |
7 | 6 | ||
| Union Wixhausen | 9 | |||
| FC Unterliederbach | 6 | |||
| FV Geisenheim | 7 | |||
| SpVgg Griesheim | 8 | |||
| FV Kreuznach 07 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Fvgg Mombach | 5 | |||
| VfR Worms 1 | 8 | |||
- 1 VfR Worms joined Wormatia Worms in 1922.
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