Founded | 1976 (Championship)2007 (Bundesliga) |
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Country | Germany |
Confederation | UEFA |
Divisions | 3 |
Number of teams | 42 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Current champions | FC Schalke 04 (3) (2021–22) |
Most championships | VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund (7 titles) |
The Under 17 Bundesliga (German: B-Junioren Bundesliga) is the highest level of play in German football for male juniors between the ages of 15 and 17. [1] It was formed in 2007 and operates in three regional divisions with 14 clubs each. At the end of season, the three league winners and one of the runners-up determine the German champions for this age group.
The league was formed in 2007, when the five U 17 Regionalligas merged to form the three Bundesligas as follows:
As such, the German Football Association followed the example it had set with the Under 19 Bundesliga in 2003, which were reorganised in the same fashion.
The Regionalligas themselves had only been formed in 2000, to replace an even more regionalised system with separate leagues for every regional football association. [2]
The clubs in each of the three divisions play a home-and-away round whereby there is no inter-league play. Every club plays therefore 26 regular season games. The bottom three teams in each division are relegated to the next level below, in turn, the best three teams from the region are promoted.
The winner of each league plus the runners-up of the South/Southwest region play in the finals round for the German Under 17 championship. The semi-finals are played in a home-and-away format. If the two semi-final teams playing each other are level on points and goals after the second game, there will be a penalty shoot-out. No extra time will be played.
The two semi-final winners reach the final, which is held at the location of the winner of the predetermined semi-final A, unless the team's stadium does not comply with DFB requirement, in which case an alternative venue will be determined. In the final, which is one game only, in case of a draw after normal time, a 20-minute extra time will be played. If the game is still a draw, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner. [2]
The three Bundesligas are not geographically balanced, North/Northeast covers a large area while West a rather small one, but in population terms, the arrangement is much more level. The three leagues cover the following states:
Below the three Bundesligas, a number of second-tier leagues exist which teams are promoted from and relegated to. The league system operates as follows for the 2008–09 season. [3]
The league has two second divisions as the tier below, these being:
The league champions are directly promoted while the two runners-ups play each other for a third promotion spot
The league has four second divisions as the tier below, these being:
The winners of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Bayernliga are directly promoted. A third promoted team is determined between the winners of the Hessenliga and the Regionalliga Southwest.
The league has three second divisions as the tier below, these being:
The three league champions are directly promoted.
German football recognises seven levels of junior football, determined by age and labeled with letters, whereby A is the oldest. In the A level, mixed teams of male and females are not permitted while in B and C mixed teams are allowed if the parents or guardians of the children permit it. Below the C level, mixed teams are generally permitted without restrictions. [4]
Name | Age |
A-Junioren | Under 19 |
B-Junioren | Under 17 |
C-Junioren | Under 15 |
D-Junioren | Under 13 |
E-Junioren | Under 11 |
F-Junioren | Under 9 |
G-Junioren | Under 7 |
The champions of the three divisions:
Season | North/Northeast | South/Southwest | West |
2007–08 | Hertha BSC Berlin | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Borussia Dortmund |
2008–09 | VfL Wolfsburg | FC Bayern Munich | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2009–10 | Hertha BSC Berlin | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
2010–11 | Werder Bremen | VfB Stuttgart | 1. FC Köln |
2011–12 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1. FC Köln |
2012–13 | Hertha BSC Berlin | VfB Stuttgart | FC Schalke 04 |
2013–14 | RB Leipzig | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Borussia Dortmund |
2014–15 | RB Leipzig | VfB Stuttgart | Borussia Dortmund |
2015–16 | VfL Wolfsburg | VfB Stuttgart | Borussia Dortmund |
2016–17 | Werder Bremen | FC Bayern Munich | FC Schalke 04 |
2017–18 | RB Leipzig | FC Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund |
2018–19 | VfL Wolfsburg | FC Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund |
The German under 17 football championship begun in 1977, with the first final being played on 3 July 1977 in Niefern. [5]
Season | Winner | Finalist | Result |
1976–77 | Eintracht Frankfurt | FC Schalke 04 | 2–1 |
1977–78 | FC Schalke 04 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 6–0 |
1978–79 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | FC Augsburg | 1–1 / 5–4 after pen. |
1979–80 | Eintracht Frankfurt(2) | FC Schalke 04 | 2–1 |
1980–81 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 |
1981–82 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 |
1982–83 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Werder Bremen | 2–1 |
1983–84 | Borussia Dortmund | TSV 1860 Munich | 1–0 |
1984–85 | VfL Bochum | Kickers Offenbach | 3–0 |
1985–86 | VfB Stuttgart | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 5–0 |
1986–87 | Bayer Uerdingen | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4–0 |
1987–88 | Hertha Zehlendorf | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 |
1988–89 | FC Bayern Munich | Hertha Zehlendorf | 1–1 / 5–4 after pen. |
1989–90 | 1. FC Köln | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 |
1990–91 | Eintracht Frankfurt(3) | Hertha BSC Berlin | 2–2 / 8–4 after pen. |
1991–92 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–1 |
1992–93 | Borussia Dortmund(2) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5–1 |
1993–94 | VfB Stuttgart(2) | Hannover 96 | 3–0 |
1994–95 | VfB Stuttgart(3) | Hannover 96 | 3–1 |
1995–96 | Borussia Dortmund(3) | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 6–1 |
1996–97 | FC Bayern Munich(2) | Werder Bremen | 3–0 |
1997–98 | Borussia Dortmund(4) | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 / 3–2 after pen. |
1998–99 | VfB Stuttgart(4) | Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 |
1999-00 | Hertha BSC Berlin | FC Bayern Munich | 1–0 |
2000–01 | FC Bayern Munich(3) | Borussia Dortmund | 4–0 |
2001–02 | FC Schalke 04(2) | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 aet |
2002–03 | Hertha BSC Berlin(2) | VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 |
2003–04 | VfB Stuttgart(5) | Energie Cottbus | 2–1 |
2004–05 | Hertha BSC Berlin(3) | Hansa Rostock | 2–0 |
2005–06 | TSV 1860 Munich | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 |
2006–07 | FC Bayern Munich(4) | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 |
Season | Semi-finals | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Final | Result |
2007–08 | Hertha BSC Berlin – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–6 | 3–1 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – Borussia Dortmund | 6–4 |
1. FC Kaiserlslautern – Borussia Dortmund | 1–3 | 1–0 | |||
2008–09 | FC Bayern Munich – VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart(6) – FC Bayern Munich | 3–1 aet |
VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||
2009–10 | VfB Stuttgart – Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt(4) – Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 |
Eintracht Frankfurt – Hertha BSC Berlin | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||
2010–11 | VfB Stuttgart – Werder Bremen | 2–2 aet (8–9 pen) | 1. FC Köln(2) – Werder Bremen | 3–2 aet | |
1. FC Köln – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | ||||
2011–12 | 1. FC Köln – Hertha BSC Berlin | 1–2 | 4–4 | Hertha BSC Berlin(4) – VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 |
VfB Stuttgart – 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–2 | 4–1 | |||
2012–13 | FC Schalke 04 – Hertha BSC Berlin | 0–1 | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart(7) – Hertha BSC Berlin | 1–0 |
Werder Bremen – VfB Stuttgart | 1–7 | 0–4 | |||
2013–14 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 – RB Leipzig | 1–1 | 1–2 | RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund(5) | 1–2 |
Borussia Dortmund – Hertha BSC Berlin | 1–2 | 4–0 | |||
2014–15 | VfB Stuttgart – Hannover 96 | 2–0 | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund(6) | 0–4 |
Borussia Dortmund – RB Leipzig | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||
2015–16 | VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund | 2–3 | 1–5 | Borussia Dortmund – Bayer Leverkusen(2) | 0–2 |
Bayer Leverkusen – VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 3–2 | |||
2016–17 | FC Bayern Munich – FC Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 0–1 | FC Bayern Munich(5) – Werder Bremen | 2–0 |
Werder Bremen – Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | 3–0 | |||
2017–18 | FC Bayern Munich – RB Leipzig | 3–0 | 2–0 | FC Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund(7) | 2–3 |
Bayer Leverkusen – Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||
2018–19 | FC Bayern Munich – 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | 0–4 | Borussia Dortmund – 1. FC Köln(3) | 2–3 |
Borussia Dortmund – VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||
2021–22 | FC Schalke 04 – Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–0 | 3–1 | FC Schalke 04(3) – VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 (3–2 p) |
VfB Stuttgart – Hertha BSC | 1–0 | 2–1 |
As of 2022, this is the standing in the all-time winners list:
Club | Championships | Finals |
VfB Stuttgart | 7 | 15 |
Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 14 |
FC Bayern Munich | 5 | 8 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 6 |
Hertha BSC Berlin | 4 | 5 |
FC Schalke 04 | 3 | 5 |
1. FC Köln | 3 | 3 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 2 |
Hertha Zehlendorf | 1 | 3 |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 | 2 |
TSV 1860 Munich | 1 | 1 |
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 1 | 1 |
VfL Bochum | 1 | 1 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1 | 1 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 | 1 |
Bayer Uerdingen | 1 | 1 |
SG Wattenscheid 09 | 1 | 1 |
Werder Bremen | 0 | 4 |
Hannover 96 | 0 | 2 |
RB Leipzig | 0 | 1 |
FC Augsburg | 0 | 1 |
Energie Cottbus | 0 | 1 |
Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 0 | 1 |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0 | 1 |
1. FC Nürnberg | 0 | 1 |
Kickers Offenbach | 0 | 1 |
Hansa Rostock | 0 | 1 |
1. FC Saarbrücken | 0 | 1 |
The clubs and their league finishes in the Under 17 Bundesliga since 2007–08. Also shown are the final placing of the qualifying season 2006–07 and the Regionalliga or region, in color, the clubs qualified from:
Club | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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VfL Wolfsburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | x |
Hertha BSC Berlin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | x |
RB Leipzig | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | x | |||||
Hamburger SV | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | x |
Werder Bremen | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | x |
FC St. Pauli | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | x | ||
1. FC Union Berlin | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | x | ||||||
Hannover 96 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | x | |
Energie Cottbus | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | x | ||
Chemnitzer FC | 9 | 10 | x | |||||||||||
Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | x | |||
Eintracht Braunschweig | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | x | ||||||
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | x | ||||||
Hallescher FC | x | |||||||||||||
Holstein Kiel | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |||
Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 13 | ||||
SC Borgfeld | 14 | |||||||||||||
1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||
Eimsbütteler TV | 14 | |||||||||||||
FC Hansa Rostock | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
Niendorfer TSV | 14 | |||||||||||||
VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | |||||
Concordia Hamburg | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||
Eintracht Norderstedt | 13 | |||||||||||||
VfL Oldenburg | 14 | |||||||||||||
Hertha Zehlendorf | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||
SC Weyhe | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Sachsen Leipzig | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||||
LTS Bremerhaven | 10 | |||||||||||||
Braunschweiger SC | 11 | |||||||||||||
Schleswig 06 | 12 | |||||||||||||
SC Langenhagen | 13 | |||||||||||||
1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Tasmania Gropiusstadt | 11 | |||||||||||||
Frankfurter FC Viktoria | 14 |
Club | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | x |
1. FC Köln | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | x |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | x |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | x |
FC Schalke 04 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | x |
VfL Bochum | 7 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | x | |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | x | ||||
Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | x | |
Preußen Münster | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | x | |||
FC Hennef 05 | 8 | 13 | 10 | x | ||||||||||
SG Unterrath | 11 | 11 | x | |||||||||||
Alemannia Aachen | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | x | |||||
SV Lippstadt 08 | x | |||||||||||||
Wuppertaler SV Borussia | 12 | 14 | x | |||||||||||
MSV Duisburg | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |
Rot-Weiß Essen | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 13 | ||
SC Paderborn 07 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||
Hombrucher SV | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||
FC Viktoria Köln | 13 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||
1. FC Mönchengladbach | 14 | |||||||||||||
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Sportfreunde Siegen | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Euskirchner TSC | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Bonner SC | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
BV 04 Düsseldorf | 13 | |||||||||||||
SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||
SG Wattenscheid 09 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||
Sportfreunde Troisdorf | 9 | 14 | ||||||||||||
TSC Eintracht 48/95 Dortmund | 14 |
League champions |
League runners-up |
Region of origin |
North |
Northeast |
South |
Southwest |
West |
The league's top scorers:
The top scorers of the North/Northeast division: [6]
Season | Player | Club | Goals |
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2007–08 | Abu-Bakarr Kargbo Mario Petry | Hertha BSC VfL Wolfsburg | 17 |
2008–09 | Lennart Thy | Werder Bremen | 28 |
2009–10 | Moritz Göttel | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 |
2010–11 | Malte Nieweler | VfL Osnabrück | 16 |
2011–12 | Federico Palacios-Martinez | VfL Wolfsburg | 26 |
2012–13 | Nico Empen Oskar Zawada | Holstein Kiel VfL Wolfsburg | 18 |
2013–14 | Johannes Eggestein | Werder Bremen | 20 |
2014–15 | Johannes Eggestein | Werder Bremen | 22 |
2015–16 | David Nieland | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 |
2016–17 | Jann-Fiete Arp | Hamburger SV | 26 |
2017–18 | Lazar Samardžić | Hertha BSC | 24 |
2018–19 | Emincan Tekin | Hertha BSC | 26 |
The top scorers of the South/Southwest division: [7]
Season | Player | Club | Goals |
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2007–08 | Marco Terrazzino | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 20 |
2008–09 | Pascal Breier | VfB Stuttgart | 21 |
2009–10 | Patrick Schmidt | VfB Stuttgart | 23 |
2010–11 | Kenan Karaman | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 14 |
2011–12 | Timo Werner | VfB Stuttgart | 24 |
2012–13 | Adrian Grbic | VfB Stuttgart | 21 |
2013–14 | Prince Owusu | VfB Stuttgart | 23 |
2014–15 | Meris Skenderović | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 30 |
2015–16 | Manuel Wintzheimer | FC Bayern Munich | 22 |
2016–17 | Maurice Malone | FC Augsburg | 24 |
2017–18 | Leon Dajaku | VfB Stuttgart | 23 |
2018–19 | Maximilian Beier | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 18 |
The top scorers of the West division: [8]
Season | Player | Club | Goals |
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2007–08 | Daniel Ginczek | Borussia Dortmund | 26 |
2008–09 | Christopher Mandiangu Elias Kachunga | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 |
2009–10 | Kolja Pusch | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20 |
2010–11 | Marvin Ducksch | Borussia Dortmund | 33 |
2011–12 | Julien Rybacki | MSV Duisburg | 10 |
2012–13 | Donis Avdijaj | FC Schalke 04 | 44 |
2013–14 | Cagatay Kader | VfL Bochum | 20 |
2014–15 | Felix Käfferbitz | FC Schalke 04 | 21 |
2015–16 | Florian Krüger | FC Schalke 04 | 35 |
2016–17 | Roberto Massimo | Arminia Bielefeld | 16 |
2017–18 | Youssoufa Moukoko | Borussia Dortmund | 37 |
2018–19 | Youssoufa Moukoko | Borussia Dortmund | 46 |
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