Kreisliga Bayern
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| Kreisliga Bayern |
|---|
| Ostkreis-Liga |
| Founded |
| 1909 |
| Disbanded |
| 1923 |
| Nation |
 German Empire |
 Germany |
 |
| State States of Germany Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries... |
 Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Number of Seasons |
| 14 |
| Replaced by |
| Bezirksliga Bayern 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.-Overview:... |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 1 German football league system The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation... |
| Last Champions 1922-23 |
| SpVgg Fürth |
The Kreisliga Bayern (English: District league Bavaria) 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...
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...
and, later, the state of 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...
from 1909 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Bayern
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.-Overview:...
in 1923.
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 championshipSouthern German football championship
The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898...
, four regional leagues were gradually established from 1907, these being:
- Ostkreis-Liga, covering Bavaria
- Nordkreis-LigaNordkreis-LigaThe Nordkreis-Liga was the highest association football league in the German Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1909 to 1918...
, covering Hesse - Südkreis-LigaSüdkreis-LigaThe 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...
, covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace - Westkreis-LigaWestkreis-LigaThe Westkreis-Liga was the highest association football league in the Bavarian region of Palatinate, the northern parts of the Grand Duchy of Baden, the southern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province and parts of Lorraine from 1908 to 1918...
, covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province
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:
- Bayern Munich
- 1. FC Nuremberg
- MTV 1879 München
- SpVgg Fürth
The winner of this competition, Bayern Munich, advanced to the Southern German championship, which in turn was a qualifying competition 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...
. 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 mayor citys 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. In the following season, the league was expanded to eleven teams but the modus remained the same.
For the 1912-13 season, the league was reduced to eight teams. It remained unchanged for its last pre-First World War season in 1913-14.
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 to young ot to old to be drafted to the military. In any case, a 1914-15 championship was not held. A 1915-16 championship was held on regional level with a Bavarian final rather than a league, a system in place for 1916-17 and 1917-18 as well.1919 to 1923
With the collapse of the German EmpireGerman Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
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
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
region, which had to be returned to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, was sub-divided into ten Kreisligas, these being:
- Kreisliga HessenKreisliga HessenThe Kreisliga Hessen was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate as well as the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga Nordbayern
- Kreisliga NordmainKreisliga NordmainThe Kreisliga Nordmain was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga OdenwaldKreisliga OdenwaldThe Kreisliga Odenwald was the highest association football league in the northern part of the German state of Baden and the southern part of the state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga PfalzKreisliga PfalzThe Kreisliga Pfalz was the highest association football league in the Bavarian region of Palatinate from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga SaarKreisliga SaarThe Kreisliga Saar was the highest association football league in the German state of Saarland and parts of the Bavarian region of Palatinate and the Prussian Rhine Province from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga Südbayern
- Kreisliga SüdmainKreisliga SüdmainThe Kreisliga Südmain was the highest association football league in parts of the German state of Hesse from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Main in 1923....
- Kreisliga SüdwestKreisliga SüdwestThe Kreisliga Südwest was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923...
- Kreisliga WürttembergKreisliga WürttembergThe Kreisliga Württemberg was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923...
Bavaria was sub-divided into two Kreisligas, north and south, with ten clubs each. Both league winners advanced to the Southern championship. This system applied for the 1919-20 and 1920-21 season.
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 determined the Bavarian champion. 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.
In 1923, a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, established the Southern German Bezirksligas which were to replace the Kreisligas. The best four teams each from the north and south of Bavaria were admitted to the new Bezirksliga Bayern
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.-Overview:...
.
Southern German championship
Qualified teams and their success:- 1910:
- Bayern Munich, Runners-up
- 1911:
- Bayern Munich, Runners-up
- 1912:
- SpVgg Fürth, 3rd place
- 1913:
- SpVgg Fürth, 4th place
- 1914:
- SpVgg Fürth, Southern German champions
- 1916:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1917:
- SpVgg Fürth, Runners-up
- 1918:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1920:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1921:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Southern German champions
- 1922:
- Wacker München, Southern German champions
- 1923:
- SpVgg Fürth, Southern German champions
German championship
- 1914:
- SpVgg Fürth, German champions
- 1920:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, German champions
- 1921:
- 1. FC Nuremberg, German champions
- 1922:
- Wacker München, Semi-finals
- 1. FC Nuremberg, Runners-up
- 1923:
- SpVgg Fürth, Semi-finals
Winners and runners-up of the Kreisliga Bayern
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1909-10 | Bayern Munich | 1. FC Nuremberg |
| 1910-11 | Bayern Munich | 1. FC Nuremberg |
| 1911-12 | SpVgg Fürth | Bayern Munich |
| 1912-13 | SpVgg Fürth | Bayern Munich |
| 1913-14 | SpVgg Fürth | 1. FC Nuremberg |
| 1914-15 | not held | |
| 1915-16 | 1. FC Nuremberg | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 1916-17 | SpVgg Fürth | Bayern Munich |
| 1917-18 | 1. FC Nuremberg | Bayern Munich |
| 1918-19 | not held | |
| Season | North | South |
| 1919-20 | 1. FC Nuremberg | Bayern Munich |
| 1920-21 | 1. FC Nuremberg | Wacker München |
| 1921-22 | SpVgg Fürth | Wacker München |
| 1922-23 | SpVgg Fürth | Bayern Munich |
- Bold denotes Bavarian champion (when determined).
Ostkreis-Liga 1909-14
| Club | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1. FC Nuremberg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| MTV 1979 München | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wacker München Wacker München FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the Blue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play,... |
5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| Pfeil Nürnberg | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||
| MTV Augsburg | 8 | 11 | |||
| 1. FC Bamberg 1. FC Bamberg The 1. FC Bamberg was a German association football club from the town of Bamberg, Bavaria.In 2006, the club merged with TSV Eintracht Bamberg to form 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg. 1. FC Eintracht went bankrupt in 2010 and a new club was formed, FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010.1... |
9 | 9 | |||
| VfB Noris Nürnberg | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Concordia Nürnberg | 10 | ||||
| Kickers Würzburg Kickers Würzburg Kickers Würzburg is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria.-History:Founded in 1907, the team has played for most of its history as an unknown local side, although they did manage three seasons in the Bezirksliga Bayern, from 1930 to 1933, and two single season appearances... |
6 | 7 | |||
Kreisliga Nordbayern 1919-1923
| Club | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Nuremberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pfeil Nürnberg | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| FV Nürnberg | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| TV 46 Nürnberg | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| MTV Fürth | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Kickers Würzburg Kickers Würzburg Kickers Würzburg is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria.-History:Founded in 1907, the team has played for most of its history as an unknown local side, although they did manage three seasons in the Bezirksliga Bayern, from 1930 to 1933, and two single season appearances... |
7 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 1. FC Bamberg 1. FC Bamberg The 1. FC Bamberg was a German association football club from the town of Bamberg, Bavaria.In 2006, the club merged with TSV Eintracht Bamberg to form 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg. 1. FC Eintracht went bankrupt in 2010 and a new club was formed, FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010.1... |
8 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| BSC Nürnberg | 9 | |||
| 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1.FC Schweinfurt 05 is a German association football club that plays in Schweinfurt, Bavaria.-History:The club was founded on 5 May 1905 and played in the local leagues. The team attempted a merger with Turngemeinde Schweinfurt von 1848 which lasted from 1928 to 1930 before the two groups parted... |
10 | |||
| TV 1860 Fürth | 6 | 3 | 8 | |
| Bayern Kitzingen | 10 | 8 | ||
| TV Weiden | 5 | |||
| SpVgg Hof | 7 | |||
| Franken Fürth | 8 | |||
| FV Würzburg 04 | 5 | |||
| TV Schweinau | 6 | |||
| SpVgg Erlangen | 7 | |||
Kreisliga Südbayern 1919-1923
| Club | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Wacker München Wacker München FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the Blue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play,... |
3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Schwaben Augsburg | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| MTV 1879 München | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| MTV Ingolstadt MTV Ingolstadt The Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt or Men's Gymnastics Club of 1881 Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was founded on 18 July 1881.... |
6 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| SpVgg München | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Teutonia München | 8 | 8 | 5 | |
| TV 1880 München | 9 | |||
| FC Augsburg FC Augsburg FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969.... |
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| BC Augsburg BC Augsburg BC Augsburg was a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Club Allemannia Augsburg in 1907 and played as Ballspiel-Club Augsburg from 1921 to 1969. Facing imminent financial collapse, BC merged with the football side of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in July 1969 to... |
9 | 7 | ||
| Armin München | 10 | 7 | ||
| Jahn Regensburg Jahn Regensburg SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th... |
3 | 5 | ||
| SpVgg Landshut SpVgg Landshut The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga.-History:... |
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| TV Dachau | 8 | |||
| Viktoria Augsburg | 5 | |||
| TV Neuhausen | 6 | |||
| TV Memmingen | 8 |
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