Kreisliga Bayern

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Kreisliga Bayern
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Founded1909
Folded1923
Replaced by Gauliga Bayern
CountryFlag of the German Empire.svg  German Empire
State Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg  Kingdom of Bavaria
Level on pyramid Level 1
Last champions SpVgg Fürth
(1922–23)

The Kreisliga Bayern (English: District league Bavaria) was the highest association football league in the German Kingdom of Bavaria and, later, the state of Bavaria from 1909 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Bayern in 1923.

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Overview

1907 to 1914

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 championship, four regional leagues were gradually established from 1907, these being:

In 1909, a first Ostkreis-Liga (English: Eastern District League) was established, consisting of only four clubs and playing a home-and-away season, these clubs being: [1]

The winner of this competition, Bayern Munich, advanced to the Southern German championship, which in turn was a qualifying competition for the German championship. The Bavarian clubs from the Palatinate never played in the same league as the clubs from the "mainland", instead, they were part of the Westkreis-Liga. Previous to the new Ostkreis-Liga, regional competitions with a finals round were played but this was not truly an all-Bavarian competition as only clubs from the major cities took part.

The following season, 1910–11, a proper league with ten clubs was established, the teams again playing a home-and-away season. Parallel, the other three Southern Kreisligas were organised in a similar fashion with the four regional winners playing for the southern title. [2] In the following season, the league was expanded to eleven teams but the modus remained the same. [3]

For the 1912-13 season, the league was reduced to eight teams. [4] It remained unchanged for its last pre-First World War season in 1913-14. [5]

1914 to 1919

The outbreak of war in August 1914 lead to a suspension of all football competitions. Initially it was thought that the war would not last long but when it became evident that this was not so, competitions were restarted with players too young or too old to be drafted to the military. In any case, a 1914-15 championship was not held. [6] A 1915-16 championship was held on regional level with a Bavarian final rather than a league, [7] a system in place for 1916-17 [8] and 1917-18 as well. [9]

1919 to 1923

With the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, no Bavarian championship was played in 1918-19 but football returned to a more organised system in 1919, similar to the one used before the war.

Southern Germany, now without the Alsace region, which had to be returned to France, was sub-divided into ten Kreisligas, these being:

Bavaria was sub-divided into two Kreisligas, north and south, with ten clubs each. [10] Both league winners advanced to the Southern championship. This system applied for the 1919-20 and 1920-21 season. [11]

In 1921-22, the two regional divisions were in turn split into two groups of eight, increasing the number of tier-one clubs in Bavaria to 32. The four league winners then played a semi-final and final to determine the Bavarian champion. [12] This "watering down" of Bavarian football lasted for only one season, in 1922-23, the number of top clubs was halved and the league returned to a northern and southern division, now with eight clubs each. The two league winners played a Bavarian final once more. [13]

In 1923, a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse, established the Southern German Bezirksligas which were to replace the Kreisligas. [14] The best four teams each from the north and south of Bavaria were admitted to the new Bezirksliga Bayern .

National success

Southern German championship

Qualified teams and their success:

German championship

Winners and runners-up of the Kreisliga Bayern

SeasonWinnerRunner-Up
1909–10Bayern Munich1. FC Nürnberg
1910–11Bayern Munich1. FC Nürnberg
1911–12SpVgg FürthBayern Munich
1912–13SpVgg FürthBayern Munich
1913–14SpVgg Fürth1. FC Nürnberg
1914–15not held
1915–161. FC NürnbergTSV 1860 Munich
1916–17SpVgg FürthBayern Munich
1917–181. FC NürnbergBayern Munich
1918–19not held
SeasonNorthSouth
1919–201. FC NürnbergBayern Munich
1920–211. FC NürnbergWacker München
1921–22SpVgg FürthWacker München
1922–23SpVgg FürthBayern Munich

Placings in the Kreisliga Bayern 1909-23

Ostkreis-Liga 1909-14

Club19101911191219131914
SpVgg Fürth 43111
1. FC Nürnberg 22332
Pfeil Nürnberg 6553
Bayern Munich 11224
MTV 1979 München 34745
VfB Noris Nürnberg 1086
Kickers Würzburg 67
Wacker München 5478
TSV 1860 Munich 768
1. FC Bamberg 99
Concordia Nürnberg 10
MTV Augsburg 811

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References

  1. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1910 Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  2. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1911 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  3. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1912 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  4. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1913 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  5. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1914 Archived February 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  6. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1915 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  7. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1916 Archived 2007-06-10 at archive.today (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  8. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1917 Archived 2007-06-10 at archive.today (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  9. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1918 Archived 2007-06-10 at archive.today (in German), accessed: 14 December 2008
  10. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 62, accessed: 14 December 2008
  11. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 65, accessed: 14 December 2008
  12. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 70, accessed: 14 December 2008
  13. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 73, accessed: 14 December 2008
  14. ↑ History of the Offenburger Fußballverein Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German) Page 5, accessed: 14 December 2008

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