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1933–34 Gauliga
The 1933–34 Gauliga was the inaugural season of the Gauliga, the first tier of the football league system in Germany from 1933 to 1945. The Gauligas replaced the seven regional championships and the numerous local leagues which previously existed in Germany. The Gauligas were established after the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. In the season previous to the establishment German football had been sub-divided into almost 70 local tier-one leagues with an average number of 10 clubs per league, resulting in close to 700 top level clubs. These leagues had, up till 1933, played out seven regional championships with the top clubs of those advancing to the national German championship. The league operated in sixteen regional divisions, of which two, the Gauliga Ostpreußen and Gauliga Pommern, were sub-divided into two regional groups again, with the league containing 178 clubs all up. The league champions entered the 1934 German football championship, won by FC Schalke 04 who de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga
A Gauliga () was the highest level of play in German football from 1933 to 1945. The leagues were introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power by the National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise. Name The German word ''Gauliga'' is composed of Gau, approximately meaning county or region, and ''Liga'', or league. The plural is ''Gauligen''. While the name Gauliga is not in use in German football any more, mainly because it is attached to the Nazi past, some sports in Germany still have Gauligen, like gymnastics and faustball. Overview The Gauligen were formed in 1933 to replace the previously existing Bezirksligas in Weimar Germany. The Nazis initially introduced 16 regional Gauligen, some of them subdivided into groups. The introduction of the Gauligen was part of the ''Gleichschaltung'' process, whereby the Nazis completely revamped the domestic administration. The Gauligen were largely formed along the new Gaue, designed to replace the old German s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga Mitte
The Gauliga Mitte was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Saxony and the German states of Thuringia and Anhalt from 1933 to 1945, all located in the center (German:''Mitte'') of Germany. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the ''Gaue'' ''Thuringia'', '' Magdeburg-Anhalt'' and ''Halle-Merseburg'' replaced the states and Prussian province. Overview The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. It replaced the '' Bezirksligas'' and ''Oberligas'' as the highest level of play in German football competitions. Until the formation of the ''Gauliga'', the region was covered by a number of local leagues and, together with clubs from state of Saxony, they played out a ''Central German championship'' (German: ''Mittel-Deutsche Meisterschaft''). In its first season, the league had ten clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacker Halle
Turbine Halle is a sports club based in the quarter of Giebichenstein in the city of Halle in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. With about 1,000 members in departments for track and field, association football, speedskating, table tennis, fistball, aerobics, sports for the handicapped and gymnastics it belongs to the biggest clubs of the city. The club sees itself being in continuation of the history of the ''Hallescher Fussball-Club Wacker 1900,'' founded in 1900. In its current form the club was founded on 15 July 1950 as ''BSG Turbine Halle'', BSG being the abbreviation for '' Betriebssportgemeinschaft'', meaning "company sports community," which was an organisational form of sports clubs in East Germany. The club since has experienced numerous fusions and name changes. SC Chemie Halle-Leuna had been former as a local center of excellence on 18 September 1954. Large parts of the football departement of BSG Turbine Halle, including the first team and its place in the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga Hessen
The Gauliga Hessen was the highest football league in the German state of Hesse and the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1945. From 1941, it was renamed Gauliga Kurhessen. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the '' Gau'' '' Electoral Hesse'' replaced the Prussian province and the Peoples State. Overview The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi take over of power in Germany and Baden. It replaced the ''Bezirksliga'' as the highest level of play in German football competitions. The ''Gauliga Hessen'' was established with ten clubs, all from the region of Hesse. The Gauliga replaced as such the ''Bezirksliga Main-Hessen'' and ''Bezirksliga Hessen-Hannover'', the highest leagues in the region until then. As such, it mixed clubs which had previously belonged to different Football Associations, the Southern German FA (Main/Hessen) and the West German FA (Hessen/Hann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borussia Fulda
Borussia Fulda is a German association football club from Fulda, Hesse. The club was founded 4 July 1904 as ''FC Borussia 1904 Fulda'' and underwent a number of changes in 1923 when they were first joined by ''Radsportclub 1907 Fulda'' in July, and then by ''Kraftsportklub Germania Fulda'' in September. On 6 September 1923, the association was named ''1. SV Borussia 04 Fulda''. History In 1933, German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions and ''Fulda'' immediately took up play in the Gauliga Hessen, capturing the division title and advancing to the national playoff round where they went out early. Over the next two seasons the team earned consecutive second-place finishes behind ''FC Hanau 93'' before being relegated in 1938. ''Fulda'' returned to first division play in 1939 and the next year claimed the first of what would be three divisional titles over the course of the next four seasons, but were unable to claim any successes at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
The Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg was the highest football league in the provinces of Brandenburg and Berlin in the German state of Prussia from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the ''Gaue'' ''Brandenburg'' and ''Berlin'' replaced the Prussian provinces. Overview The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi take over of power in Germany. It replaced the '' Oberliga'' as the highest level of play in German football competitions. The ''Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg'' was established with twelve clubs, ten from Berlin and two from Brandenburg. The Gauliga replaced as such the ''Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg'', the highest league in the region until then. The clubs from the Berlin/Brandenburg region were not particularly successful in the era from 1933 to 1945. No club reached a German championship or cup final. After Hertha BSC Berlin having played in a record six succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BFC Viktoria 1889
Berliner Fußball-Club Viktoria 1889 was a German sports club based in the Tempelhof district of Berlin. Football, rugby, and cricket came to continental Europe in the late 19th century, and these "English games" became immediately popular in many countries. ''Viktoria'' was the oldest club in Germany that had teams playing both football and cricket. It was one of the founding members of the German Football Association (DFB) in Leipzig in 1900. The club merged with Lichterfelder FC in 2013 and has continued as FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin. History Early success Viktoria Berlin was one of the first football clubs in Berlin. The club was established as Berliner Thorball- und Fußballclub Viktoria von 1889 on 6 June 1889. The team enjoyed almost immediate success and claimed the city championship in five consecutive seasons from 1893 to 1897. Viktoria Berlin then went on to become a presence on the national championship. The team appeared in the German championship final for three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933–34 Gauliga Bayern
The 1933–34 Gauliga Bayern was the inaugural season of the league, one of the 16 Gauligas in Germany at the time. It was the first tier of the football league system in Bavaria (German:''Bayern'') from 1933 to 1945. The Gauliga Bayern had replaced the Bezirksliga Bayern which had been played in two divisions, north and south, as the top tier of football in Bavaria at the end of the 1932–33 seasons. The Gauligas in Germany replaced the seven regional championships and a large number of local leagues that existed in Germany until then and were established after the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. The league champions 1. FC Nürnberg qualified for the 1934 German football championship, where it finished first in its group with Dresdner SC, Borussia Fulda and Wacker Halle and qualified for the semi-finals. After defeating Viktoria 89 Berlin 2–1 Nürnberg advanced to the final where it lost 2–1 to FC Schalke 04. For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the seventh time the club reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauliga Bayern
The Gauliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five ''Gaue'' ''Bayreuth'', '' Munich-Upper Bavaria'', ''Swabia'', '' Main Franconia'' and ''Franconia'' ''de facto'' replaced the state of Bavaria which remained only as a symbolic region. Overview The league was introduced by the Nazi Sports Office in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany and Bavaria. It replaced the ''Bezirksliga Bayern'' as the highest level of play in German football competitions. Up until 1963, Germany did not have a nationwide highest league but rather operated on regional divisions with the winners of those entering a finals round for the German championship. The ''Gauliga Bayern'' was established with twelve clubs from the state of Bavaria, but without any teams from the Palatinate region (German:''Pfalz''), then polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''. Overview The league was introduced in 1933 by the Nazi Sports Office, after the Nazi take over of power in Germany and Baden. It replaced the ''Bezirksliga'' as the highest level of play in German football competitions. The ''Gauliga Baden'' was established with ten clubs, all from the state of Baden. The Gauliga replaced as such the ''Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden'' and ''Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar'', the highest leagues in the region until then. In its first season, the league had ten clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The league winner qualified for the German championship while the bottom two teams were relegated. The league remained unchanged until the outbreak of World War II. In this era, the only succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
