Under 17 Bundesliga

Under 17 Bundesliga
Founded

1976 (Championship)

2007 (Bundesliga)

Country Germany
Confederation UEFA
Divisions 3
Number of teams 42
Level on pyramid 1
Current champions FC Bayern Munich
(2016–17)
Most championships VfB Stuttgart (7 titles)

The Under 17 Bundesliga (German: B-Junioren Bundesliga) is the highest level of play in German football for male juniors between the ages of 15 and 17.[1] It was formed in 2007 and operates in three regional divisions with 14 clubs each. At the end of season, the three league winners and one of the runners-up determine the German champions for this age group.

History

The league was formed in 2007, when the five U 17 Regionalligas merged to form the three Bundesligas as follows:

As such, the German Football Association followed the example it had set with the Under 19 Bundesligas in 2004, which were reorganised in the same fashion.

The Regionalligas itself had only been formed in 2000, to replace an even more regionalised system with separate leagues for every regional football association.[2]

Modus

The clubs in each of the three divisions play a home-and-away round whereby there is no inter-league play. Every club plays therefore 26 regular season games. The bottom three teams in each division are relegated to the next level below, in turn, the best three teams from the region are promoted.

The winner of each league plus the runners-up of the South/Southwest region play in the finals round for the German Under 17 championship. The semi-finals are played in a home-and-away format. If the two semi-final teams playing each other are level on points and goals after the second game, there will be a penalty shoot-out. No extra time will be played.

The two semi-final winners reach the final, which is held at the location of the winner of the predetermined semi-final A, unless the teams stadium does not comply with DFB requirement, in which case an alternative venue will be determined. In the final, which is one game only, in case of a draw after normal time, a 20-minute extra time will be played. If the game is still a draw, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner.[2]

Geography

Bundesliga North/Northeast
Bundesliga South/Southwest
Bundesliga West

The three Bundesligas are not geographically balanced, North/Northeast covers a large area while West a rather small one, but in population termes, the arrangement is much more level. The three leagues cover the following states:

League pyramide

Below the three Bundesligas, a number of second tier leagues exist which teams are promoted from and relegated to. The league system operates as follows for the 2008–09 season.[3]

Under 17 Bundesliga North/Northeast

The league has two second divisions as the tier below, these being:

The league champions are directly promoted while the two runners-ups play each other for a third promotion spot

Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest

The league has four second divisions as the tier below, these being:

The winners of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Bayernliga are directly promoted. A third promoted team is determined between the winners of the Hessenliga and the Regionalliga Southwest.

Under 17 Bundesliga West

The league has three second divisions as the tier below, these being:

The three league champions are directly promoted.

Levels of youth football

German football recognises seven levels of junior football, determined by age and labeled with letters, whereby A is the oldest. In the A level, mixed teams of male and females are not permitted while in B and C mixed teams are allowed if the parents or guardians of the children permit it. Below the C level, mixed teams are generally permitted without restrictions.[4]

Name Age
A-Junioren Under 19
B-Junioren Under 17
C-Junioren Under 15
D-Junioren Under 13
E-Junioren Under 11
F-Junioren Under 9
G-Junioren Under 7

League winners

The champions of the three divisions:

Season North/Northeast South/Southwest West
2007–08 Hertha BSC Berlin TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Borussia Dortmund
2008–09 VfL Wolfsburg FC Bayern Munich Borussia Mönchengladbach
2009–10 Hertha BSC Berlin Eintracht Frankfurt Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2010–11 Werder Bremen VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Köln
2011–12 Hertha BSC Berlin 1. FC Nuremberg 1. FC Köln
2012–13 Hertha BSC Berlin VfB Stuttgart FC Schalke 04
2013–14 RB Leipzig 1. FSV Mainz 05 Borussia Dortmund
2014–15 RB Leipzig VfB Stuttgart Borussia Dortmund
2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg VfB Stuttgart Borussia Dortmund
2016–17 Werder Bremen FC Bayern Munich FC Schalke 04

Championship winners

The German under 17 football championship begun in 1977, with the first final being played on 3 July 1977 in Niefern.[5]

Pre-Bundesliga era

Season Winner Finalist Result
1976–77 Eintracht Frankfurt FC Schalke 04 2–1
1977–78 FC Schalke 04 Hertha Zehlendorf 6–0
1978–79 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin FC Augsburg 1–1 / 5–4 after pen.
1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt (2) FC Schalke 04 2–1
1980–81 Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0
1981–82 SG Wattenscheid 09 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1
1982–83 1. FC Kaiserslautern Werder Bremen 2–1
1983–84 Borussia Dortmund TSV 1860 Munich 1–0
1984–85 VfL Bochum Kickers Offenbach 3–0
1985–86 VfB Stuttgart Schwarz-Weiß Essen 5–0
1986–87 Bayer Uerdingen 1. FC Nuremberg 4–0
1987–88 Hertha Zehlendorf VfB Stuttgart 2–1
1988–89 FC Bayern Munich Hertha Zehlendorf 1–1 / 5–4 after pen.
1989–90 1. FC Köln VfB Stuttgart 2–1
1990–91 Eintracht Frankfurt (3) Hertha BSC Berlin 2–2 / 8–4 after pen.
1991–92 Bayer Leverkusen 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1
1992–93 Borussia Dortmund (2) FC Carl Zeiss Jena 5–1
1993–94 VfB Stuttgart (2) Hannover 96 3–0
1994–95 VfB Stuttgart (3) Hannover 96 3–1
1995–96 Borussia Dortmund (3) 1. FC Saarbrücken 6–1
1996–97 FC Bayern Munich (2) Werder Bremen 3–0
1997–98 Borussia Dortmund (4) VfB Stuttgart 2–2 / 3–2 after pen.
1998–99 VfB Stuttgart (4) Borussia Dortmund 3–1
1999-00 Hertha BSC Berlin FC Bayern Munich 1–0
2000–01 FC Bayern Munich (3) Borussia Dortmund 4–0
2001–02 FC Schalke 04 (2) VfB Stuttgart 3–1 aet
2002–03 Hertha BSC Berlin (2) VfB Stuttgart 4–1
2003–04 VfB Stuttgart (5) Energie Cottbus 2–1
2004–05 Hertha BSC Berlin (3) Hansa Rostock 2–0
2005–06 TSV 1860 Munich Borussia Dortmund 2–0
2006–07 FC Bayern Munich (4) Borussia Dortmund 1–0

Bundesliga era

Season Semi-finals Leg 1 Leg 2 Final Result
2007–08 Hertha BSC Berlin – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1–6 3–1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – Borussia Dortmund 6–4
1. FC Kaiserlslautern – Borussia Dortmund 1–3 1–0
2008–09 FC Bayern Munich – VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 0–1 VfB Stuttgart (6) – FC Bayern Munich 3–1 aet
VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 1–1
2009–10 VfB Stuttgart – Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt (4) – Bayer Leverkusen 1–0
Eintracht Frankfurt – Hertha BSC Berlin 2–1 3–1
2010–11 VfB Stuttgart – Werder Bremen 2–2 aet (8–9 pen) 1. FC Köln (2) – Werder Bremen 3–2 aet
1. FC Köln – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2
2011–12 1. FC Köln – Hertha BSC Berlin 1–2 4–4 Hertha BSC Berlin (4) – VfB Stuttgart 2–0
VfB Stuttgart – 1. FC Nuremberg 0–2 4–1
2012–13 FC Schalke 04 – Hertha BSC Berlin 0–1 2–2 VfB Stuttgart (7) – Hertha BSC Berlin 1–0
Werder Bremen – VfB Stuttgart 1–7 0–4
2013–14 1. FSV Mainz 05 – RB Leipzig 1–1 1–2 RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund (5) 1–2
Borussia Dortmund – Hertha BSC Berlin 1–2 4–0
2014–15 VfB Stuttgart – Hannover 96 2–0 1–1 VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund (6) 0–4
Borussia Dortmund – RB Leipzig 2–0 2–1
2015–16 VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund 2–3 1–5 Borussia Dortmund – Bayer Leverkusen (2) 0–2
Bayer Leverkusen – VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 3–2
2016–17 FC Bayern Munich – FC Schalke 04 3–0 0–1 FC Bayern Munich (5) – Werder Bremen 2–0
Werder Bremen – Borussia Dortmund 1–1 3–0

Winners & Finalists

As of 2017, this is the standing in the all-time winners list:

Club Championships Finals
VfB Stuttgart 7 14
Borussia Dortmund 6 12
FC Bayern Munich 5 7
Hertha BSC Berlin 4 5
Eintracht Frankfurt 4 6
Bayer Leverkusen 2 2
1. FC Köln 2 2
FC Schalke 04 2 4
Hertha Zehlendorf 1 3
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 2
TSV 1860 Munich 1 2
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 1 1
VfL Bochum 1 1
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1
Bayer Uerdingen 1 1
SG Wattenscheid 09 1 1
Werder Bremen 0 4
Hannover 96 0 2
RB Leipzig 0 1
FC Augsburg 0 1
Energie Cottbus 0 1
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 0 1
FC Carl Zeiss Jena 0 1
1. FC Nuremberg 0 1
Kickers Offenbach 0 1
Hansa Rostock 0 1
1. FC Saarbrücken 0 1

Clubs & league finishes

The clubs and their league finishes in the Under 17 Bundesliga since 2007–08. Also shown are the final placing of the qualifying season 2006–07 and the Regionalliga or region, in color, the clubs qualified from:

North/Northeast

Club 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Werder Bremen 2 3 2 3 1 4 2 3 5 4 1
RB Leipzig 11 7 1 1 2 2
Hamburger SV 1 4 6 5 9 5 6 5 3 5 3
VfL Wolfsburg 5 2 1 2 5 2 4 4 4 1 4
Hertha BSC Berlin 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 6 3 5
FC St. Pauli 9 12 7 10 10 11 9 6 6
Holstein Kiel 4 11 11 13 7 5 9 13 7
1. FC Magdeburg 8 11 7 8
Dynamo Dresden 7 12 8 6 11 14 10 9
1. FC Union Berlin 13 12 12 11 10
Eintracht Braunschweig 7 14 10 8 9 11
F.C. Hansa Rostock 4 5 4 4 12 12
Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 8 5 10 4 13 7 8 13
Niendorfer TSV 14
Hannover 96 3 6 9 7 6 3 3 8 2 12
FC Carl Zeiss Jena 12 11 10 12 6 10 13
VfL Osnabrück 6 7 7 8 3 9 9 13 14
Energie Cottbus 6 10 8 6 11 8 8 7 12
Concordia Hamburg 8 13 14 14
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 5 9 10 9 13 12
Eintracht Norderstedt 13
VfL Oldenburg 14
Hertha Zehlendorf 14 14
SC Weyhe 14 14
Sachsen Leipzig 3 13

South/Southwest

Club 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
FC Bayern Munich 1 6 1 6 4 4 8 6 5 2 1
VfB Stuttgart 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
Karlsruher SC 7 8 8 11 9 7 11 5 3 5 3
1. FSV Mainz 05 3 7 12 8 6 7 1 7 9 4
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 4 10 1 3 3 9 11 11 8 5
FC Augsburg 10 11 10 10 13 4 6
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 2 4 9 14 12 10 6 7 7
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 5 1 6 8 2 8 5 4 2 3 8
SC Freiburg 6 11 9 5 5 9 2 9 8 11 9
SpVgg Unterhaching 12 12 10
Stuttgarter Kickers 12 6 11
SV Sandhausen 12
TSV 1860 Munich 4 10 3 3 7 5 6 7 10 10 13
Kickers Offenbach 9 14 14
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 7 7 10 11 4 3 4 12
1. FC Nuremberg 8 5 5 4 6 1 3 8 9 13
SV Elversberg 14
SSV Ulm 1846 11 11 10 13 13
1. FC Saarbrücken 2 9 13 14
FSV Frankfurt 14 12
FC Ingolstadt 04 14
SSV Jahn Regensburg 13 13
SV Waldhof Mannheim 12 14
SGV Freiberg 13
SV Wacker Burghausen 12
FK Pirmasens 13
TuS Ergenzingen 14
SG Rosenhöhe Offenbach 14

West

Club 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
FC Schalke 04 3 6 6 2 6 2 1 3 5 3 1
Borussia Dortmund 2 1 4 5 2 3 5 1 1 1 2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 3 3 1 4 5 3 4 2 2 3
1. FC Köln 4 7 2 4 1 1 6 7 3 9 4
VfL Bochum 7 5 13 3 6 4 2 9 5 5
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 2 1 3 9 4 2 5 4 6 6
MSV Duisburg 11 8 5 6 8 7 7 6 8 4 7
Fortuna Düsseldorf 14 13 10 12 7 10 8
FC Viktoria Köln 13 9
Arminia Bielefeld 9 4 7 9 5 12 9 6 11 10
Hombrucher SV 11
Rot-Weiß Essen 12 10 8 7 7 9 10 8 11 7 12
FC Hennef 05 8 13
1. FC Mönchengladbach 14
SC Paderborn 07 13 10 12
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 13 13
Sportfreunde Siegen 14 14
Preußen Münster 9 11 8 10 8 11 10 12
Euskirchner TSC 11 14
Bonner SC 10 12 12 11 8 12
BV 04 Düsseldorf 13
Alemannia Aachen 6 11 10 10 12 9 14
SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 11 14
SG Wattenscheid 09 8 13 11 13
Wuppertaler SV Borussia 12 14
Sportfreunde Troisdorf 9 14
TSC Eintracht 48/95 Dortmund 14

Key

League champions
League runners-up
Region of origin
North
Northeast
South
Southwest
West

Top scorers

The leagues top scorers:

North/Northeast

The top scorers of the North/Northeast division:[6]

Season Player Club Goals
2007–08 Germany Abu-Bakarr Kargbo
Germany Mario Petry
Hertha BSC
VfL Wolfsburg
17
2008–09 Germany Lennart Thy Werder Bremen 28
2009–10 Germany Moritz Göttel VfL Wolfsburg 21
2010–11 Germany Malte Nieweler VfL Osnabrück 16
2011–12 Germany Federico Palacios-Martinez VfL Wolfsburg 26
2012–13 Germany Nico Empen
Poland Oskar Zawada
Holstein Kiel
VfL Wolfsburg
18
2013–14 Germany Johannes Eggestein Werder Bremen 20
2014–15 Germany Johannes Eggestein Werder Bremen 22
2015–16 Germany David Nieland VfL Wolfsburg 21
2016–17 Germany Jann-Fiete Arp Hamburger SV 26

South/Southwest

The top scorers of the South/Southwest division:[7]

Season Player Club Goals
2007–08 Germany Marco Terrazzino TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 20
2008–09 Germany Pascal Breier VfB Stuttgart 21
2009–10 Germany Patrick Schmidt VfB Stuttgart 23
2010–11 Turkey Kenan Karaman TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 14
2011–12 Germany Timo Werner VfB Stuttgart 24
2012–13 Austria Adrian Grbic VfB Stuttgart 21
2013–14 Germany Prince Owusu VfB Stuttgart 23
2014–15 Germany Meris Skenderović TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 30
2015–16 Germany Manuel Wintzheimer FC Bayern Munich 22
2016–17 Germany Maurice Malone FC Augsburg 24

West

The top scorers of the West division:[8]

Season Player Club Goals
2007–08 Germany Daniel Ginczek Borussia Dortmund 26
2008–09 Germany Christopher Mandiangu
Germany Elias Kachunga
Borussia Mönchengladbach 17
2009–10 Germany Kolja Pusch Bayer 04 Leverkusen 20
2010–11 Germany Marvin Ducksch Borussia Dortmund 33
2011–12 Germany Julien Rybacki MSV Duisburg 10
2012–13 Germany Donis Avdijaj FC Schalke 04 44
2013–14 Germany Cagatay Kader VfL Bochum 20
2014–15 Germany Felix Käfferbitz FC Schalke 04 21
2015–16 Germany Florian Krüger FC Schalke 04 34
2016–17 Germany Roberto Massimo Arminia Bielefeld 16

References

  1. DFB Jugendordnung – § 5 (in German) DFB website: Regulations for youth football, accessed: 16 November 2008
  2. 1 2 Rund um die B-Junioren-Meisterschaft (in German) DFB website: Explanations to the league system
  3. DFB Jugendordnung – § 19 – Aufstieg in die Junioren-Bundesligen (in German) DFB website – Promotion to the Bundesligas, accessed: 27 November 2008
  4. DFB Jugendordnung – § 5 – Altersklasseneinteilung (in German) DFB website – rules & regulations of German youth football, accessed: 27 November 2008
  5. kicker Almanach 1990 (in German) publisher: kicker, published: 1989, accessed: 17 November 2008
  6. B-Junioren Bundesliga Nord/Nordost » Torschützenkönige (in German) weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 12 July 2015
  7. B-Junioren Bundesliga Süd/Südwest » Torschützenkönige (in German) weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 12 July 2015
  8. B-Junioren Bundesliga West » Torschützenkönige (in German) weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 12 July 2015

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