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43-604: 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: The winner of this competition, Bayern Munich, advanced to

86-644: A home-and-away final between the two group winners. The clubs in the Oberliga Süd came from the following Gauligas : In addition to the Oberliga Südwest, four other Oberligas were formed in Germany in the 1940s. Next to the Oberliga Berlin, the Oberliga Südwest was the smallest of the five Oberligas. Considering this, it is still impressive that it won two German titles through the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, led by

129-516: A knock-out round first, the remaining five then played a home-and-away tournament for the championship. After the 1923 season, the German league system was reorganised and streamlined. In the region of the SFV, new Bezirksligas were established as the highest level of play: For the 1924 championship, this meant, the five league champions and the 1923 champion were qualified to compete in a home-and-away round for

172-615: A league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt , Hesse , 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 . Qualified teams and their success: Southern German football championship The Southern German football championship ( German : Süddeutsche Meisterschaft )

215-616: A scandal, when the game between Eintracht Frankfurt and the FC Bayern Munich had to be stopped at a 2–0 lead for Eintracht, seven minutes before the end. Bayern supporters had stormed the field and Eintracht Frankfurt was declared the winner. Incidentally, the German final became a rematch which the FC Bayern won 2–0. With the Nazis rise to power in 1933, the Southern German championship

258-534: Is organised in the region, consisting of the best under 15 sides in Southern Germany. South West German football championship The Oberliga Südwest (English: Premier league Southwest ) was the highest level of the German football league system in the southwest of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the two states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . The league

301-678: Is the SpVgg Fürth with five titles. After the Second World War , the Southern German Cup was revitalised in 1952 and functioned as a qualifying tournament for the German Cup . The cup competition was last played in 1974. Source: "Germany – Championships 1902–1945" . RSSSF . Retrieved 2008-07-26 . From 1946, an under 19 championship for Southern Germany existed, having been played annually. A German Under 19 championship

344-508: 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. 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

387-528: The German Football Association (DFB) was formed. It originally was named Verband Süddeutscher Fußball-Vereine (English: Association of Southern German football clubs). One of the leading figures and driving force in the Southern German football was Walther Bensemann , founder of the kicker sportmagazin , a position he retained until the Nazis rise to power. The other driving force behind football in

430-537: The 18 seasons of the Oberliga Südwest. In 1978, the Oberliga Südwest was reformed, as the third tier of German football, but still covering the same region. From the clubs that played the last season in 1963, the 1. FSV Mainz 05, FK Pirmasens , SV Südwest Ludwigshafen , TuS Neuendorf and Eintracht Bad Kreuznach also saw the first season of the new league. With the introduction of the Bundesliga, two teams from

473-457: 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. 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

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516-688: The Baltic championship, as the territories they were held in were not part of Germany any more. With the South West German football championship , a new regional competition also appeared in 1945. Ultimately, with the formation of the Bundesliga , all this regional championships ceased altogether. The Süddeutsche Fußball-Verband (SFV), the Southern German Football Association was formed in Karlsruhe on 17 October 1897, three years before

559-634: The German captain Fritz Walter , still a legend in Kaiserslautern and Germany. Set below the Oberliga were originally the Amateurligas. In 1951 the 2. Oberliga Südwest was formed to fit in between. With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner and runners-up of the Oberliga Südwest went on to the finals tournament with the other Oberliga champions. In 1950, the southern group of

602-638: The Oberliga Südwest was disbanded and its clubs joined the Southern German Football Association. From 1948 to 1951 the clubs from the Saarland did not take part in the Oberliga Südwest, playing their own competition instead. The 1. FC Saarbrücken even took part in the French second division in 1948–49, winning the division but being refused further participation. The 1. FC Kaiserslautern , Wormatia Worms and 1. FSV Mainz 05 took part in all of

645-423: The Oberliga Südwest were admitted to the new Bundesliga. The remaining clubs went to the new Regionalliga Südwest together with six clubs from the 2nd Oberliga Südwest, one of five new second divisions. While the admittance of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern as the most prolific team of the Oberliga and champion of 1963 was logical, the pick of the 1. FC Saarbrücken was more than dubious, having only finished fifth in

688-469: The Oberliga that year and coming in below the other Saarland side, Borussia Neunkirchen . The qualifying system for the new league was fairly complex. The league placings of the clubs playing in the Oberligen for the last ten seasons were taken into consideration, whereby results from 1952 to 1955 counted once, results from 1955 to 1959 counted double and results from 1959 to 1963 triple. A first-place finish

731-416: The Southern German championship functioned as a qualifying tournament for it. Nevertheless, it still enjoyed a high value of status. The competition went through a number of changes throughout its live time. From this season onwards, the competition also grew in size. Previously, only a few selected clubs from cities like Frankfurt , Mannheim and Karlsruhe had taken part, now clubs from Bavaria also entered

774-532: 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

817-477: The Southern championship, with both teams still being qualified for the German finals. The two division runners-up played for the third and last spot at the German finals from the south. The 1932 and 1933 season only differed as far as the regional make up being changed in 1933, away from the system were Württemberg-Baden-Bayern played in one group and Main-Hessen-Rhein-Saar in the other, as it traditionally had been. The 1932 Southern German final ended in something of

860-402: The clubs eligible for the remaining seven places to 20. Clubs within the same Oberliga that were separated by less than 50 points were considered on equal rank and the 1962-63 placing was used to determine the qualified team. Of the seven clubs from the league applying, the 1. FC Saarbrücken qualified early even though FK Pirmasens and Borussia Neunkirchen were less than ten points behind in

903-399: The competition. In its early years, competition was very localised and patchy, with a handful of clubs dominating play. From 1907, football became more organised with Southern Germany being split in four local districts (German: Kreis), from 1910 each had their own top-league: This step, away from localised competition and towards a more centralised system of leagues with strong competition

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946-469: The days of a Southern German league. In 1994, the Regionalliga Süd was re-established, now as a tier-three league, covering the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. From 2000 to 2008, the south western clubs also formed part of this league once more. From 2008, with the establishment of the 3. Liga , the three southern states are once more the only once covered by this league, now on

989-510: The first placed team automatically winning the championship. In the 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1932 and 1933 season, a final was played again. From 1918 to 1927, the SFV also carried out a cup competition, the Süddeutscher Pokal (English: Southern German Cup), long before a national competition was introduced in Germany in 1935. At times, this cup winner also gained entry to the Southern German championship. The record winner of this competition

1032-466: The fourth tier of the German league system. Nowadays the Southern German Football Association is made up of the following five federations: The winners and runners–up of the Oberliga Süd : The Southern German championship was not always decided by a one-off final. Before 1908, the championship was carried out with a final. From 1908, the championship was determined through a home-and-away round with

1075-407: 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. In the following season, the league was expanded to eleven teams but the modus remained the same. For

1118-493: 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. 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

1161-525: The modus again remained unchanged. However, an additional tournament for the five Bezirksliga runners-up was introduced. The winner of this competition then took up the third Southern German spot in the German Finals, alongside the winner and runners-up of the championship tournament. After this season, the Bezirksligas were partly reorganised and reduced to four in numbers. However, each Bezirksliga in turn

1204-500: The national German championship . With the inception of the latter in 1903, the former became qualifying tournaments for it but these regional championships still held a high value for the local clubs. These regional championships were: All this regional championships were suspended with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. At the end of the Second World War, some resumed, now in league format. Others completely disappeared, like

1247-516: 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. 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,

1290-466: The overall ranking and finished better in 1962–63. The rumor persists that Saarbrücken was chosen because it was from the home state of the later DFB chairman Hermann Neuberger (Chairman from 1975 to 1992), a very influential figure in German football. The DFB justified the choice of the 1. FCS with the fact that the club had a superior infrastructure to the other two. The 1. FC Kaiserslautern also qualified. Points table: The winners and runners-up of

1333-418: The semi-finals, the group winners and the second placed team in the group of four qualifying for it. The semi-final winners then entered the Southern German final. The number of leagues remained the same for the 1922 edition but now league winner and runners-up both qualified for a knock-out round to determine the champion. In 1923, the league winners again were the only once qualified and the ten teams played

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1376-484: The south of Germany was Friedrich Wilhelm Nohe , chairman of the Karlsruher FV. The association was formed by eight clubs, those being: The SFV originally covered a much larger area. Upon its formation in 1897, the following German states and regions were part of it: From 1898, the SFV started to organise an annual Southern German football championship. With the inception of the German football championship in 1903,

1419-425: The southern half of the state of Baden also became part of the Oberliga Süd region. The area west of the river Rhine however remained separate from the SFV and formed the Oberliga Südwest . Up until 1963, the winner of the Oberliga Süd was still referred to as Southern German champions. After 1963, a competition which would have determined a true Southern German champion was not played anymore. The Oberliga system

1462-430: The third southern team to go to the German finals. This modus was in place for the 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 season. For its last two seasons, 1932 and 1933, the modus was changed once more for the Southern German championship. The league winners and runners-up now qualified both for the finals tournament, which was played in two groups of eight teams, again regionally sub-divided. The two division winners then played out

1505-406: The title. Only the champion would then move on to the German championship. In the following season, only the five league winners would compete for the southern title but the best three teams from this competition would then qualify for the German title tournament. For the 1926 edition, the modus remained unchanged apart from the Southern German cup winner also entering the finals tournament. In 1927,

1548-601: Was a vital factor in the rise of the Southern German clubs to dominance in Germany in the 1920s. After the end of the First World War , the region of Alsace-Lorraine once more became part of France and its clubs did not compete in the SFV-championship any more. From the 1919–20 season, Southern Germany was sub-divided into ten regional leagues, those being: The ten league champions then played in two groups of three and one group of four to determine four clubs to enter

1591-463: Was awarded 16 points, a sixteenth place one point. Appearances in the German championship or DFB-Pokal finals were also rewarded with points. The five Oberliga champions of the 1962–63 season were granted direct access to the Bundesliga. All up, 46 clubs applied for the 16 available Bundesliga slots. Following this system, by 11 January 1963, the DFB announced nine fixed clubs for the new league and reduced

1634-430: Was disbanded in 1963 in favor of the Bundesliga and the Regionalliga Süd , a tier-two league became the highest regional league. With its disbanding in 1974 in favor of the 2. Bundesliga Süd , the region which was once covered by the Southern German football championship briefly had a united league again, even so it was only on the second tier. This league in turn was disbanded in 1981 for the 2. Bundesliga , which ended

1677-528: Was disbanded. The new Nazi Germany did not wish for regional identities to be preserved. Instead of the Bezirksligas, the Gauligas were established: A Southern championship was not played anymore. Shortly after the end of the Second World War , the Oberliga Süd was established and the South of Germany had a united highest football league for the first time. The region it covered in 1945 originally was: From 1950,

1720-464: Was introduced as the highest level of football in the French occupation zone in 1945, replacing the Gauligas as such. As was the French occupation zone, the Oberliga was split into a northern and a southern zone. The northern zone continued till 1963 to form the Oberliga Südwest while the southern zone was integrated into the Oberliga Süd in 1950. Until then, the champion of the Oberliga was determined by

1763-476: Was only established in 1969 and shortly after this, in 1973, the Southern German edition was disbanded. In 1979, a Southern German under 15 championship was established, being played annually between the five regional champions. It is now the only level of men's football that still plays out a true Southern championship. The end-of-season tournament is held at a neutral location. Since 2010 the Under 15 Regionalliga Süd

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1806-435: Was sub-divided into two regional groups: From the 1928 season, the best team from each of the eight divisions qualified for southern tournament, still played in a home-and-away modus. Additionally, the second and third placed team from each league went to a consolidation tournament. These sixteen clubs were split into two divisions of eight, regionally subdivided. The two division winners then played an on-off final to determine

1849-544: Was the highest association football competition in the southern Germany , established in 1898. The competition was disbanded in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to power. While no senior Southern German championship exists nowadays, the under 15 juniors still play an annual competition for the title, often involving the junior teams of clubs who had once been involved in the senior edition. German football was, from its beginnings, divided into regional associations which carried out their own championship, which often pre-dated

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