 | |
| Founded | 1933 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1945 |
| Replaced by | |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| State |  Baden |
| Gau (from 1934) | Gau Baden |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Tschammerpokal |
| Last champions | VfR Mannheim (1943–44) |
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.
The league was introduced in 1933 by the Nazi Sports Office, after the Nazi take over of power in Germany and Baden. It replaced the Bezirksliga as the highest level of play in German football competitions.
The Gauliga Baden was established with ten clubs, all from the state of Baden.
The Gauliga replaced as such the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden and Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar , the highest leagues in the region until then.
In its first season, the league had ten clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The league winner qualified for the German championship while the bottom two teams were relegated. The league remained unchanged until the outbreak of World War II.
In this era, the only success to come for a club from Baden was, when the SV Waldhof Mannheim reached the German cup final in 1939, losing to the 1. FC Nürnberg.
In 1939–40, the league played in four different groups with a finals round at the end to determine the Baden champion. The year after, it returned to its old system.
For the 1941–42 season, the Gauliga Baden split into a northern and a southern group with six teams each and a four-team finals round. In 1942–43 it returned to a single, ten-team format. Another change of system for the season after meant 19 clubs in three groups with a three team-finals round.
The imminent collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945 gravely affected all Gauligas and football in Baden ceased in January 1945 with none of the groups having absolved their full program.
With the end of the Nazi era, the Gauligas ceased to exist and the state of Baden found itself sub divided between two allied occupation zones, the French zone in the south and the US zone in the north.
The northern half soon saw the formation of the Oberliga Süd as the highest football league for the US occupation zone, while the south became part of the Oberliga Südwest.
The ten founding members and their positions in the 1932–33 Bezirksliga Württemberg/Baden and Bezirksliga Rhein/Saar season were: [1]
The winners and runners-up of the league: [1]
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1933–34 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | VfR Mannheim |
| 1934–35 | VfR Mannheim | Phönix Karlsruhe |
| 1935–36 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| 1936–37 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | VfR Mannheim |
| 1937–38 | VfR Mannheim | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| 1938–39 | VfR Mannheim | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| 1939–40 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | VfB Mühlburg |
| 1940–41 | VfL Neckarau | VfB Mühlburg |
| 1941–42 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | VfB Mühlburg |
| 1942–43 | VfR Mannheim | VfTuR Feudenheim |
| 1943–44 | VfR Mannheim | VfB Mühlburg |
The complete list of all clubs participating in the league: [1]
| Club | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| VfR Mannheim | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Freiburger FC | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Phönix Karlsruhe 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1. FC Pforzheim | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Karlsruher FV | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | |||
| VfL Neckarau | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| VfB Mühlburg | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Germania Brötzingen | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | |||||||
| SC Freiburg | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Germania Karlsdorf | 9 | ||||||||||
| FC Mannheim 08 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Amicitia Viernheim | 9 | 5 | |||||||||
| SV Sandhofen | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| FC Rastatt 04 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Kehler FV | 9 | ||||||||||
| Offenburger FV | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| SGK Heidelberg | 6 | ||||||||||
| FC Birkenfeld | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| VfR Achern | 1 | ||||||||||
| FV Lahr | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jahn Offenburg | 4 | ||||||||||
| FC Gutach | 3 | ||||||||||
| FV Emmendingen | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| FC Waldkirch | 5 | ||||||||||
| VfTuR Feudenheim | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| SG Plankstadt | 6 | ||||||||||
| FV Daxlanden | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| SC Käfertal | 2 | ||||||||||
| KSG Walldorf | 6 | ||||||||||
| VfR Pforzheim | 4 | ||||||||||
| KSG Karlsruhe 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Luftwaffen SV Freiburg | 2 | ||||||||||
| SpVgg Wiehre | 3 | ||||||||||
| Kickers Haslach | 5 |
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