Südkreis-Liga
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| Südkreis-Liga |
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| Founded |
| 1908 |
| Disbanded |
| 1918 |
| Nation |
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| Number of Seasons |
| 10 |
| Replaced by |
| Kreisliga Südwest Kreisliga Südwest The Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923... |
| Kreisliga Württemberg Kreisliga Württemberg The Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923... |
| 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... |
| Last Champions 1917-18 |
| Union Stuttgart |
The Südkreis-Liga (English: Southern district league) was the highest association football league in the German
German 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...
Kingdom of Württemberg
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg was a state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which came into existence in 1495...
, Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden was a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918.-History:...
, the Province of Hohenzollern
Province of Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was created in 1850 by joining the principalities of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen after both formerly independently ruling Catholic princely lines of the House of Hohenzollern had handed over their...
and Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...
from 1908 to 1918. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Kreisliga Südwest
Kreisliga Südwest
The Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923...
and Kreisliga Württemberg
Kreisliga Württemberg
The Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923...
in 1919.
History
The league was formed in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany in the early 1900s. 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...
, four regional leagues were gradually established from 1908, 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-Liga, 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
Until then, regional leagues had existed which send their champions to the Kreis finals and, from there, the winners went on to the Southern and German championships.
In 1908, the Südkreis-Liga was established, consisting of ten clubs and playing a home-and-away season, these clubs being:
- Phönix Karlsruhe
- Kickers Stuttgart
- 1. FC Pforzheim1. FC Pforzheim1. FC Pforzheim was a German association football club playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established on 5 May 1896 and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. In 2010 it merged with VfR Pforzheim to 1. CfR Pforzheim.-Early success:The club...
- Karlsruher FVKarlsruher FVKarlsruher FV is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel...
- Mannheimer FC Viktoria
- FC Alemannia Karlsruhe
- Sportfreunde StuttgartSportfreunde StuttgartThe Sportfreunde Stuttgart is a German association football club from the city of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.-1874 to 1945:The club was formed, as a gymnastics club, on 18 April 1874, under the name of Turnverein Heslach...
- Freiburger FCFreiburger FCFreiburger FC is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC was a founding Clubs of the DFB in 1900.-History:...
- Union VfB 97 Mannheim
- FG 96 Mannheim
An eleventh club, the FV Straßburg, withdrew before the start of the season. Phönix Karlsruhe, the first league champion, qualified thereby for the Southern German championship, which it won, finishing ahead of 1. FC Nuremberg. From there, the club moved on to the German finals, where BFC Viktoria 89 could be beaten, making the club German champions.
In its second year, the league operated with only nine clubs, with the Karlsruher FV bringing home another Southern and German title to Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
. In 1909-10, the league played with ten clubs again and Karlsruher FV once more took out the league title as well as the Southern German one. In the national title round, it failed in the semi-finals, being beaten by VfB Leipzig.
In 1911-12, the league played with eleven clubs and KFV continued its dominance, reaching the German final once more but losing 1-0 to Holstein Kiel
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...
in that game.
Now with eight clubs, the 1912-13 league champion, Stuttgarter Kickers, took out the Southern championship but only managed to reach the first round of the German finals, signaling the end of the dominance of the Südkreis-Liga in Germany. In the last pre-First World War season, 1913–14, Kickers won the league title once more but in the Southern finals, rising SpVgg Fürth proved to good and went on to win the German title as well.
The war starting in August 1914 meant an end to the league, no championship was played in 1914-15 at all. In the following three seasons, regional leagues operated, like before 1908. A Südkreis championship as well as a Southern German one was played, but no national title games were held.
With the end of the war in November 1918, football came to a halt once more. Alsace ceased to be a part of Germany and the German football league system
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...
, being awarded 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...
. New leagues started to operate from 1919 and in the parts of the Südkreis still with Germany, the Kreisliga Südwest
Kreisliga Südwest
The Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923...
and Kreisliga Württemberg
Kreisliga Württemberg
The Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923...
were formed.
National success
The Südkreis was one of the strongest regions as football was concerned in this era, taking out most Southern German championships at the time. On national level, the clubs from there were quite successful, too.Southern German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1909: Phönix Karlsruhe, Southern German champions
- 1910: Karlsruher FV, Southern German champions
- 1911: Karlsruher FV, Southern German champions
- 1912: Karlsruher FV, Southern German champions
- 1913: Stuttgarter Kickers, Southern German champions
- 1914: Stuttgarter Kickers, 3rd
- 1916: Freiburger FC, Semi-finals
- 1917: Stuttgarter Kickers, Southern German champions
- 1918: Union Stuttgart, Runners-up
German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1909: Phönix Karlsruhe, German champions
- 1910: Karlsruher FV, German champions
- 1911: Karlsruher FV, Semi-finals
- 1912: Karlsruher FV, Runners-up
- 1913: Stuttgarter Kickers, First round
Winners and runners-up of the Südkreis-Liga and championship
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1908-09 | Phönix Karlsruhe | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 1909-10 | Karlsruher FV | Phönix Karlsruhe |
| 1910-11 | Karlsruher FV | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 1911-12 | Karlsruher FV | Phönix Karlsruhe |
| 1912-13 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| 1913-14 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| 1914-15 | not held | |
| 1915-16 | Freiburger FC | Phönix Karlsruhe |
| 1916-17 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Straßburger FV |
| 1917-18 | Union Stuttgart | Phönix Karlsruhe |
| 1918-19 | not held | |
Placings in the Südkreis-Liga 1908-14
| Club | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phönix Karlsruhe | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers... |
2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1. FC Pforzheim 1. FC Pforzheim 1. FC Pforzheim was a German association football club playing in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established on 5 May 1896 and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. In 2010 it merged with VfR Pforzheim to 1. CfR Pforzheim.-Early success:The club... |
3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Karlsruher FV Karlsruher FV Karlsruher FV is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900. The team went on to capture the national championship in 1910 with a 1–0 victory over Holstein Kiel... |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Viktoria 97 Mannheim | 5 | |||||
| Alemannia Karlsruhe | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Sportfreunde Stuttgart Sportfreunde Stuttgart The Sportfreunde Stuttgart is a German association football club from the city of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.-1874 to 1945:The club was formed, as a gymnastics club, on 18 April 1874, under the name of Turnverein Heslach... |
7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| Freiburger FC Freiburger FC Freiburger FC is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC was a founding Clubs of the DFB in 1900.-History:... |
8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Union Mannheim | 9 | |||||
| FG 96 Mannheim | 10 | |||||
| FV Straßburg | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Union Stuttgart | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| FV Beiertheim | 10 | 11 | ||||
| FC Mühlburg | 9 | 5 | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons... |
6 | 7 | ||||
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