Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden

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Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden
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Founded 1923
Folded 1933
Replaced by

Gauliga Württemberg

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State
Level on pyramid Level 1
Last champions

Baden: Phönix Karlsruhe

Württemberg: Stuttgarter Kickers
(1932–33)

The Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden was the highest association football league in the German states of Württemberg and Baden and the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.

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Overview

The league was formed in 1923, after a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse. [1] It replaced the Kreisliga Südwest and the Kreisliga Württemberg as the highest leagues in the region.

Darmstadt Place in Hesse, Germany

Darmstadt is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area. Darmstadt had a population of around 157,437 at the end of 2016. The Darmstadt Larger Urban Zone has 430,993 inhabitants.

Hesse State in Germany

Hesse or Hessia, officially the State of Hesse, is a federal state (Land) of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main.

Kreisliga Südwest

The Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden in 1923.

The league started out with eight clubs from the two states and the Prussian province in the region, but without clubs from the Ulm, who were playing in the Bezirksliga Bayern and Mannheim, who played in the Bezirksliga Rhein instead. The eight clubs played each other in a home-and-away round with the top team advancing to the Southern German championship, which in turn was a qualification tournament for the German championship.

Ulm Place in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at almost 120,000 (2015), forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Founded around 850, Ulm is rich in history and traditions as a former free imperial city. Today, it is an economic centre due to its varied industries, and it is the seat of the University of Ulm. Internationally, Ulm is primarily known for having the church with the tallest steeple in the world, the Gothic minster, and as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.

Bezirksliga Bayern

The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.

Mannheim Place in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Mannheim is a city in the southwestern part of Germany, the third-largest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe with a 2015 population of approximately 305,000 inhabitants. The city is at the centre of the larger densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which has a population of 2,400,000 and is Germany's eighth-largest metropolitan region.

For the second and third seasons, 1924–25 and 1925–26, the modus remained unchanged.

For the 1926-27 season, the league was expanded to ten teams. The top team was again qualified for the finals. The runners-up of the Bezirksligas in the south from then on also played a championship round to determine a third team from the region to go to the German finals with the Karlsruher FV from the region qualifying for this.

After this season, the league was split into a Württemberg and a Baden group, the first having nine and the second eight teams. No final was played between the two group winners as both went on to the Southern German championship. The second and third placed team of each division would also advance to the separate round of the runners-up like in the previous season.

The 1928-29 season saw no change in modus but both leagues now operated on a strength of eight clubs. The qualification system for the finals also remained unchanged. This system remained in place until 1931.

For the 1931-32 season, both divisions were expanded to ten teams. The top-two teams from each league then advanced to the Southern German finals, which were now staged in two regional groups with a finals game between the two group winners at the end. The same system applied for the final season of the league in 1932-33.

With the rise of the Nazis to power, the Gauligas were introduced as the highest football leagues in Germany. In Württemberg-Baden, the Gauliga Württemberg and the Gauliga Baden replaced the Bezirksliga as the highest level of play.

Gauliga

A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1933 to 1945. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.

Gauliga Württemberg

The Gauliga Württemberg was the highest football league in the German state of Württemberg and the Prussian province of Hohenzollern from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern replaced the Prussian province and state of Württemberg.

Gauliga Baden

The Gauliga Baden was the highest football league in the German state of Baden from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Baden replaced the state Baden.

National success

The clubs from the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden did not manage to win a German championship in this era and were dominated by the much stronger competition from the Bezirksliga Bayern.

Southern German championship

German championship

No team from the region qualified for the German championship finals in this era.

Founding members of the league

Stuttgarter Kickers German association football club

Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers.

Freiburger FC association football club from Freiburg im Breisgau

Freiburger FC are a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC were one of the founding Clubs of the DFB in 1900.

1. FC Pforzheim German association football club

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.

Winners and runners-up of the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden

SeasonWinnerRunner-Up
1923–24 Stuttgarter Kickers Freiburger FC
1924–25 Stuttgarter Kickers Freiburger FC
1925–26 Karlsruher FV VfB Stuttgart
1926–27 VfB Stuttgart Karlsruher FV
SeasonWürttembergBaden
1927–28 Stuttgarter Kickers Karlruher FV
1928–29 Germania Brötzingen Karlruher FV
1929–30 VfB Stuttgart Freiburger FC
1930–31 Union Böckingen Karlruher FV
1931–32 1. FC Pforzheim Karlruher FV
1932–33 Stuttgarter Kickers Phönix Karlsruhe

Placings in the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden 1923-33

Clubs from Baden-division

Club 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
Freiburger FC 2 2 3 8 5 21 8 3 4
FC Mühlburg 6 8 7 5
Phönix Karlsruhe 8 6 2 3 3 2 61
SC Freiburg 7 5 3 4 7 7 4 6
Karlsruher FV 1 211 211 2
Offenburger FV 4 8 10
SpVgg Freiburg 6 7 8
FC 08 Villingen 7 5 4 5 9
VfB Karlsruhe 8 6 8 3
FV Rastatt 6 6 3 2 9
SpVgg Schramberg 5 4 5 8
FC Rheinfelden 10
Frankonia Karlsruhe 7

Source: "Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 2008-07-24. 

Clubs from the Württemberg-division

Club 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
Stuttgarter Kickers 11 4 31 2 6 3 71
1. FC Pforzheim 3 3 7 5 21 4
Stuttgarter SC 4 6 6 4 4 8 7
VfR Heilbronn 5 4 5 7 6 5 3 8 10
SV Feuerbach 7 4 5
VfB Stuttgart 5 21 3 31 4 2 3
FC Birkenfeld 8 7 7 7 6 8 8
Union Böckingen 9 2 4 21 6 2
Sportfreunde Stuttgart 10 5 6 8
FV Zuffenhausen 8 7 9
Pfeil Gaisburg 9
Germania Brötzingen 1 4 5 5 6
Sportfreunde Eßlingen 3 9
Normannia Gmünd 10

Source: "Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 2008-07-24. 

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Verbandsliga Baden

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The 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.

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Bezirksliga Main-Hessen

The Bezirksliga Main-Hessen was the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1927 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.

Southern German football championship German association football championship

The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898. The competition was disbanded in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to power.

Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar

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Bezirksliga Rhein

The Bezirksliga Rhein was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the Bavarian region of Palatinate from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar.

Union Böckingen association football club

Union Böckingen is a German sports club from the district of Böckingen in the city of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1908 out of the merger of Fussball Klub Germania 08 Böcking and Viktoria Böcking, the club today has 1,200 members in departments for canoeing, handball, and skiing. The footballers made up the largest section in the club with nearly 600 members. The most successful department is the canoe section which has won medals at the national and world championships.

Sportfreunde Stuttgart association football club

The Sportfreunde Stuttgart is a German association football club from the city of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.

Kreisliga Württemberg

The Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden in 1923.

Südkreis-Liga

The 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. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Kreisliga Südwest and Kreisliga Württemberg in 1919.

The 1932–33 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 33rd season in the club's football history.

The 1926–27 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 27th season in the club's football history.

References

  1. ↑ History of the Offenburger Fußballverein Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . (in German) Page 5, accessed: 23 July 2008

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