German football champions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Championship trophies now and then - the "Viktoria" (1903-1944) and the "Championship Plate" (since 1949)

The coronation of the first Champions in imperial Germany in 1903 established the tradition of a great footballing nation. Since 1903, 93 championships have been decided: 49 clubs share the honour of having been amongst the nations top two teams. Only 28 clubs reached the ultimate pinnacle and got to call themselves Meister (champion).

From 1903 to 1944, the teams played for the "Viktoria" donated by Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. The trophy was originally intended to be awarded on an annual alternating basis to the championship teams of the German Football Association and the nation's rugby teams, but the trophy stayed with the footballers as that game became dominant.

The last team to win the Viktoria was Dresdner SC who trounced the air force club Luftwaffen SV Hamburg in Berlin's Oympic Stadium 4:0 at the end of the 1943-44 competition. In the confusion at the end of World War II, the trophy disappeared. It was re-discovered decades later in an East German bank safe-deposit box where it had been placed by a Dresden supporter for safekeeping. It has since been returned to the German association. In the meantime, a new championship trophy, the Meisterschale ("Championship Plate"), was created in 1949. 1.FC Nürnberg, the first post-war champions had to make do with a pennant, in the frugal spirit of the times

[edit] Champions of the Bundesliga Era

The following is a list of teams who have become, since its inception in 1963, champions of the German football Bundesliga. The top three teams, plus the teams relegated to the Second Bundesliga, are indicated in the table below. The number of points earned by each top-three club is also included.

[edit] Champions 1903-1963

Before the introduction of the Bundesliga the Championship was decided in a following play-off in which the leading clubs (between 1949-1963 the first two of the five Oberliga's) took part. The championship in 1948 was actually still an all German championship (ie, East and West), but the East German Champions SG Planitz were not allowed by their administration to take part in the play-offs.

[edit] Zone Champions after World War II

After WWII Germany was divided into four occupation zones. Championships based on the division by those zones were held in the first three years. In the third year the play-offs for a national title were held. Champions and the runners-up were qualified to participate, with the exception of the Soviet Zone and Berlin, where only the champions were admitted. The administration of the Soviet Zone did not allow Planitz to take part.

[edit] Performance by club

One German championship:

• Union 92 Berlin
• Freiburger FC
• Chemnitzer FC^a
• FSV Zwickau^a
• Hansa Rostock^a
• Phoenix Karlsruhe
• Karlsruher FV
• Holstein Kiel
• Fortuna Düsseldorf
• Rapid Wien^b
• VfR Mannheim
• Eintracht Frankfurt
• Rot-Weiss Essen
• 1860 München
• Eintracht Braunschweig

Notes

• ^a Championships won as member of the East German league.
• ^b Rapid Wien is a club from Austria. The league set-up included clubs from Austria during Germany's annexation of Austria.

[edit] Women's Champions

[edit] All-German Bundesliga

• 2005/06 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
• 2004/05 1. FFC Frankfurt
• 2003/04 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
• 2002/03 1. FFC Frankfurt
• 2001/02 1. FFC Frankfurt
• 2000/01 1. FFC Frankfurt
• 1999/00 FCR Duisburg
• 1998/99 1. FFC Frankfurt
• 1997/98 FSV Frankfurt
• 1996/97 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
• 1995/96 TSV Siegen
• 1994/95 FSV Frankfurt
• 1993/94 TSV Siegen
• 1992/93 TuS Niederkirchen
• 1991/92 TSV Siegen

[edit] West German champions

• 1990/91 TSV Siegen
• 1989/90 TSV Siegen
• 1988/89 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1987/88 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1986/87 TSV Siegen
• 1985/86 FSV Frankfurt
• 1984/85 KBC Duisburg
• 1983/84 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1982/83 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1981/82 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1980/81 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1979/80 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1978/79 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1977/78 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
• 1976/77 SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach
• 1975/76 FC Bayern München
• 1974/75 Bonner SC
• 1973/74 TuS Wörrstadt

[edit] East German champions

• 1990/91 USV Jena
• 1989/90 BSG Post Rostock
• 1988/89 BSG Turbine Potsdam
• 1987/88 BSG Rotation Schlema
• 1986/87 BSG Rotation Schlema
• 1985/86 BSG Turbine Potsdam
• 1984/85 BSG Turbine Potsdam
• 1983/84 BSG Motor Halle
• 1982/83 BSG Turbine Potsdam
• 1981/82 BSG Turbine Potsdam
• 1980/81 BSG Turbine Potsdam
• 1979/80 BSG Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
• 1978/79 BSG Motor Mitte Karl-Marx-Stadt

Football in Germany v • d • e
National association National team U-21 national team Female national team Bundesliga Second Bundesliga Regionalliga Cup List of clubs List of venues List of champions German football league system