Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar
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| Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar |
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| Founded |
| 1927 |
| Disbanded |
| 1933 |
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| Number of Seasons |
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| Replaced by |
| Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen The Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse,the Bavarian province of Palatinate, the Saarland and some parts of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1941. From 1941, it also included parts of the occupied French region of Lorraine... |
| Gauliga Baden 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.... |
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| Last Champions 1932-33 |
| Rhein: Waldhof Mannheim |
| Saar: FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925... |
The Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar was the highest association football league in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
state of Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
, the Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n region of Palatinate and the northern-most part of Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
from 1927 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933.
Overview
The league was formed in 1927, from the clubs of the Bezirksliga RheinBezirksliga 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.- Overview :...
and the southern half of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar
The Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland, the Rheinhessen part of the state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1923 to 1927, when the league was replaced by the Bezirksliga...
. The clubs from the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar which did not become part of the new league were added to the new Bezirksliga Main-Hessen
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...
instead. While the majority of clubs originated from the Palatinate and the Saarland it also incooperated some clubs from the state of Baden, from the Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
area and from the Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
n Rhine Province
Rhine Province
The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg...
, from Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
.
The league operated from the start in two regional divisions, the Rhein-division, named after the river Rhein and the Saar-division, named after the river of Saar. The first played with eleven, the second with ten clubs in its first season 1927-28. The clubs in each division played each other in a home-and-away round with the division winners advancing to the Southern German championship
Southern German football championship
The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898...
, which in turn was a qualification tournament for the German championship
German football champions
The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...
. A Bezirksliga final was not played.
The second and third placed team in each division qualified for another round, the Bezirksliga runners-up round, to determined one more team which would gain entry to the German finals.
The leagues were reduced to nine teams each in the following season but remained unchanged in modus otherwise. For the 1929-30 season, both divisions then operated on a strength of eight teams, a system that also applied in the following season.
In the 1931-32 season, both divisions expanded in strength to ten teams. The Southern German finals were also reorganised with the top two teams from each division advancing to the Northwest finals group.
In its last season, 1932-33, both divisions operated on a strength of ten clubs.
With the rise of the Nazis to power, the Gauliga
Gauliga
A Gauliga was the highest level of play in German football from 1934-45. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the Sports office of the Third Reich.-Name:...
s were introduced as the highest football leagues in Germany. In the region, the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen
The Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse,the Bavarian province of Palatinate, the Saarland and some parts of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1941. From 1941, it also included parts of the occupied French region of Lorraine...
replaced the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar as the highest level of play. The clubs from Mannheim however entered the new Gauliga Baden
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....
while the teams from Trier went to the Gauliga Mittelrhein
Gauliga Mittelrhein
The Gauliga Mittelrhein was the highest football league in the central and southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Köln-Aachen and Moselland replaced the...
.
Southern German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1928:
- Borussia Neunkirchen, 8th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Saar 05 Saarbrücken, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Ludwigshafener FG, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- VfL Neckarau, 3rd place in theBezirksliga-runners-up round
- FV Saarbrücken, 8th place
- Waldhof Mannheim, 7th place
- 1929:
- 1. FC Idar, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Saar 05 Saarbrücken, 6th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- VfR Mannheim, 3rd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Waldhof Mannheim, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Borussia Neunkirchen, 8th place
- VfL Neckarau, 3rd place
- 1930:
- FV Saarbrücken, 8th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- VfL Neckarau, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Sportfreunde Saarbrücken, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Phönix Ludwigshafen, 2nd place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Waldhof Mannheim, 6th place
- FK Pirmasens, 4th place
- 1931:
- 1. FC Idar, 7th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- VfL Neckarau, 6th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- FV Saarbrücken, 4th place in the Bezirksliga-runners-up round
- Phönix Ludwigshafen, Winner of the Bezirksliga-runners-up round, loser division final
- FK Pirmasens, 6th place
- Waldhof Mannheim, 4th place
- 1932:
- Waldhof Mannheim, 7th place northwest division
- FK Pirmasens, 6th place northwest division
- FV Saarbrücken, 5th place northwest division
- VfL Neckarau, 4th place northwest division
- 1933:
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 8th place eastwest division
- FK Pirmasens, 7th place eastwest division
- Phönix Ludwigshafen, 6th place eastwest division
- Waldhof Mannheim, 5th place eastwest division
German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1928:
- none qualified
- 1929:
- none qualified
- 1930:
- none qualified
- 1931:
- none qualified
- 1932:
- none qualified
- 1933:
- none qualified
Founding members of the league
The 21 founding members of the league and their positions in the 1926-27 season were:Saar division
- FV Saarbrücken, Runners-up Bezirksliga Rheinhessen/Saar
- Borussia NeunkirchenBorussia NeunkirchenBorussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:...
, 7th Bezirksliga Rheinhessen/Saar - SV Saar 05 SaarbrückenSV Saar 05 SaarbrückenSV Saar 05 Saarbrücken is a German sports association based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The largest club in the state, it is best known for its athletics department, and also fields an association football team.-History:...
, 9th Bezirksliga Rheinhessen/Saar - 1. FC Idar, 6th Bezirksliga Rheinhessen/Saar
- FK PirmasensFK PirmasensFK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925...
, 5th Bezirksliga Rhein - Sportfreunde Saarbrücken
- VfR Pirmasens
- FC Kreuznach
- SV Trier
- Eintracht Trier, 10th Bezirksliga Rheinhessen/Saar
Rhein division
- Waldhof Mannheim, 4th Bezirksliga Rhein
- VfL NeckarauVfL NeckarauVfL Neckarau is a German association football club from the district of Neckarau in the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.-Foundation and early years:...
, Winner Bezirksliga Rhein - VfR MannheimVfR MannheimVfR Mannheim is a German association football club based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg formed in 1911 out of the fusion of Mannheimer FG 1896, Mannheimer FG 1897 Union, and FC Viktoria 1897 Mannheim...
, Runners-up Bezirksliga Rhein - Ludwigshafener FG, 7th Bezirksliga Rhein
- Phönix Ludwigshafen, 3rd Bezirksliga Rhein
- MFC Lindenhof
- SpVgg Sandhofen, 9th Bezirksliga Rhein
- Pfalz Ludwigshafen
- FV Speyer, 8th Bezirksliga Rhein
- Phönix Mannheim, 10th Bezirksliga Rhein
- Germania Friedrichsfeld
- All teams without a 1926-27 placing were promoted from the second tier this season.
Winners and runners-up of the Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar
| Season | Rhein | Saar |
| 1927-28 | Waldhof Mannheim | FV Saarbrücken |
| 1928-29 | VfL Neckarau | Borussia Neunkirchen |
| 1929-30 | Waldhof Mannheim | FK Pirmasens |
| 1930-31 | Waldhof Mannheim | FK Pirmasens |
| 1931-32 | Waldhof Mannheim | FK Pirmasens |
| 1932-33 | Waldhof Mannheim | FK Pirmasens |
Rhein division
| Club | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| VfL Neckarau VfL Neckarau VfL Neckarau is a German association football club from the district of Neckarau in the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.-Foundation and early years:... |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| VfR Mannheim VfR Mannheim VfR Mannheim is a German association football club based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg formed in 1911 out of the fusion of Mannheimer FG 1896, Mannheimer FG 1897 Union, and FC Viktoria 1897 Mannheim... |
3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Ludwigshafener FG | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Phönix Ludwigshafen | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| MFC Lindenhof | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| SpVgg Sandhofen | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Pfalz Ludwigshafen | 8 | 9 | ||||
| FV Speyer | 9 | |||||
| Phönix Mannheim | 10 | |||||
| Germania Friedrichsfeld | 11 | |||||
| SpVgg Mundenheim | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| FG Rohrbach | 8 | |||||
| SG Kirchheim | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Amicitia Viernheim | 7 | 4 | ||||
| SV Sandhausen SV Sandhausen SV Sandhausen is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.-History:... |
9 | |||||
| Germania Friedrichsfeld | 9 | |||||
| VfR Kaiserslautern | 10 | |||||
Source:
Saar division
| Club | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FV Saarbrücken | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:... |
2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 1. FC Idar | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925... |
5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| VfR Pirmasens | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |
| FC Kreuznach | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SV Trier | 9 | |||||
| Eintracht Trier | 10 | 7 | ||||
| SV Saarbrücken | 8 | 8 | 10 | |||
| VfR Kaiserslautern | 8 | |||||
| VfB Dillingen | 8 | |||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900... |
4 | 2 | ||||
| Westmark Trier | 10 | |||||
| SV Völklingen | 9 | |||||
Source:
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