Kreisliga Württemberg

Kreisliga Württemberg
Founded
1919
Disbanded
1923
Nation
Germany
State & Province
Württemberg
Province of Hohenzollern
Number of Seasons
4
Replaced by
Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Last Champions 1922-23
Stuttgarter Kickers

The Kreisliga Württemberg (English: District league Württemberg) was the highest association football league in the German state of Württemberg from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden in 1923.

Overview

Predecessor

From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being:

In 1908, a first Südkreis-Liga (English: Southern District League) was established, consisting of ten clubs and playing a home-and-away season.[1] With the outbreak of the First World War, league football came to a halt and, during the war, games were only played on a limited level.

Post-First World War

With the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, no Württemberg championship was played in 1918-19 but football returned to a more organised system in 1919.

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

The Südkreis-Liga was split into three regional competitions, Württemberg, Odenwald and Südwest, each with ten clubs.[2] The three league winners advanced to the Southern championship. This system applied for the 1919-20 and 1920-21 season.[3]

In 1921-22, the Kreisliga Württemberg was split into two groups of eight, increasing the number of tier-one clubs in Württemberg to 16. The two league winners then played a final to determine the Württemberg champion, which in turn advanced to a Baden-Württemberg championship final against the Südwest champion. The Odenwald champion was not part of this series but rather played a Rhine championship.[4] This "watering down" of Württemberg football lasted for only one season, in 1922-23, the number of top clubs was reduced to eight clubs in a single division, with a Baden-Württemberg final against the Südwest champion once more.[5]

In 1923, a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse, established the Southern German Bezirksligas which were to replace the Kreisligas.[6] The best four teams each from the Südwest and Württemberg were admitted to the new Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden. The four clubs from Württemberg were:

National success

The clubs from the Kreisliga Württemberg were not particularly successful in this era and none managed to qualify for the German championship.

Baden-Württemberg championship

Played in 1922 and 1923, these were the finals:

Southern German championship

Qualified teams and their success:

Winners and runners-up of the Kreisliga Württemberg

Season Champions Runner-Up
1919-20 SC Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers
1920-21 Stuttgarter Kickers SV Feuerbach
1921-22 Sportfreunde Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers
1922-23 Stuttgarter Kickers SV Feuerbach

Placings in the Kreisliga Württemberg 1919-23

Club 1920 1921 1922 1923
SC Stuttgart 1 3 4 5
Stuttgarter Kickers 2 1 1 1
Sportfreunde Stuttgart 3 4 1 3
SV Feuerbach 4 2 4 2
VfB Stuttgart 5 5 2 6
VfR Heilbronn 6 6 2 4
FV Ulm 94 7 8 3 8
FV Zuffenhausen 8 9 8
Spgg. Tübingen 9 6
FV Kornwestheim 10
Spgg. Cannstatt 7 6
Union Böckingen 10 7
TB Ulm 5
Pfeil Gaisburg 7
Eintracht Stuttgart 3 7
Normannia Gmünd 5
VfL Stuttgart 8

References

  1. ↑ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1909 (German), accessed: 22 March 2009
  2. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 62, accessed: 22 March 2009
  3. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 65, accessed: 22 March 2009
  4. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 70, accessed: 22 March 2009
  5. ↑ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 73, accessed: 22 March 2009
  6. ↑ History of the Offenburger Fußballverein (German) Page 5, accessed: 14 December 2008

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