Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig

Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig
Südkreisliga
Founded
1921
Disbanded
1933
Nation
Weimar Republic

State
Province of Hanover
Free State of Brunswick
Number of Seasons
11
Replaced by
Gauliga Niedersachsen
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Last Champions 1932–33
SV Arminia Hannover

The Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig, also known as Südkreisliga and Bezirksliga Südhannover/Braunschweig at various points,^[1] was one of several first tier association football leagues in Germany from 1921 to 1933. The league covered the Free State of Brunswick and the southern part of the Prussian Province of Hanover.

History

Until 1920 various local championships were played in the area of the Northern German Football Association. For the 1920–21 season, the number of first level leagues was greatly reduced to just two Verbandsligas: a northern group covering Hamburg and the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein, and a southern group covering Brunswick, Bremen and the Province of Hanover.^[2] However, after just one season the leagues were split-up again into several smaller Bezirksligas to save costs during hyperinflation.^[3] Among those, the Südkreisliga (later: Bezirksliga Südhannover/Braunschweig) covered the area of Brunswick and the southern part of the Province of Hanover.^[4] From 1922 until 1928 the Südkreisliga played in two groups, with the winners of each group playing each other for the championship. The champions, and since 1922 also the runners-up, qualified for the Northern German football championship.

In the 1928–29 season no regular league matches were played in Northern Germany due to a conflict between the clubs and the Northern German FA. Some major clubs demanded the creation of a single, unified top level league in Northern Germany, while smaller clubs feared to be left out. While some of the big Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein clubs, including Hamburger SV, Holstein Kiel, and Altona 93, formed a rebel league, most clubs in the southern parts of Northern Germany sat out the season.^[5]^[6] In the end six Northern German Oberligas were formed as a compromise for the 1929–30 season. The Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig covered the same area as the old Bezirksliga, but from 1929 on was again played as a single division without groups. The top four of the Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig qualified for the Northern German football championship.

With the rise of the Nazis to power, the Gauligas were introduced as the highest level of football in Germany. In 1933, the Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig was therefore merged into the new Gauliga Niedersachsen.

Champions

Season	Winner	Runner-up
1921–22	SV Arminia Hannover	Eintracht Braunschweig
1922–23	SV Arminia Hannover	Eintracht Hannover
1923–24	Eintracht Braunschweig	SV Arminia Hannover
1924–25	Eintracht Braunschweig	SV Arminia Hannover
1925–26	SV Arminia Hannover	Hannoverscher SC
1926–27	Hannover 96	Eintracht Braunschweig
1927–28	Hannover 96	Hannoverscher SC
1928–29	not held
1929–30	Hannover 96	SV Arminia Hannover
1930–31	SV Arminia Hannover	Eintracht Braunschweig
1931–32	SV Arminia Hannover	Eintracht Braunschweig
1932–33	SV Arminia Hannover	SV Algermissen 11

Placings 1922–33

Club	1922	1923²	1924²	1925²	1926²	1927²	1928²	1930	1931	1932	1933
SV Arminia Hannover	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1
Eintracht Braunschweig	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	2	2	6
Hannoverscher SC¹	3	3	2	2	1	3	1
Hannover 96	4	3	7	5	5	1	1	1	5	7	3
Eintracht Hannover	5	1	4	4	3	2	6
VfB Peine	6	2	3	3	5	4	2	8	8	4	4
SpVgg. Hildesheim 07	7	6	2	7	7	8	8
Sport Rot-Weiß Hannover¹	8	5	6	4	4	4	5
VfB Braunschweig	9	7	6	5	2	3	4	4	6	6	7
BV Werder Hannover		4	4	6	3	5	3	6	9
Germania Wolfenbüttel		6	5	8	8
Goslarer SC 08		7	7	6	8		5	10
Viktoria Burgdorf		8
Niedersachsen Döhren		4	3	2	4	8
SV Borussia 11 Hannover		5	8			6	7
MTV Wolfenbüttel		8
Lehrter SV			5	8
RSV Hildesheim 06			8						3	3	5
Leu Braunschweig				3	6	7	6	7	4	5	9
SV Linden				7	6	6	7
VfL Helmstedt					7	7	8
Concordia Hildesheim						5	4	9
SpVgg. Hannover 97								3	7	9
SV Hötensleben										8	8
SV Algermissen 11											2

Source: Fußball in der Region Braunschweig. 60 Jahre NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig (2006) (German), publisher: NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig, pages: 84–88

¹ Merged into SpVgg. Hannover in 1928.
² Played in two groups.

References

↑ Horst Bläsig/Alex Leppert, Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust - Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig (2010) (German), publisher: Die Werkstatt, pages: 397–399
↑ Fußball in der Region Braunschweig. 60 Jahre NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig (2006) (German), publisher: NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig, page: 15
↑ Stefan Peters, Eintracht Braunschweig. Die Chronik (1998) (German), publisher: Agon-Sportverlag, page: 31
↑ Fußball in der Region Braunschweig. 60 Jahre NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig (2006) (German), publisher: NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig, pages: 15–16
↑ Stefan Peters, Eintracht Braunschweig. Die Chronik (1998) (German), publisher: Agon-Sportverlag, page: 34
↑ Fußball in der Region Braunschweig. 60 Jahre NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig (2006) (German), publisher: NFV-Bezirk Braunschweig, page: 16

External links

(German) Results and tables at Hirschi's Fussballseiten

German tier-one football leagues 1923 to 1933

Southern Germany	Bezirksliga Bayern Bezirksliga Main Bezirksliga Main-Hessen Bezirksliga Rhein Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden

Berlin-Brandenburg	Oberliga Berlin-Brandenburg

Central German	Gauliga Nordwestsachsen Gauliga Elbe/Elster Gauliga Ostsachsen Gauliga Oberlausitz Gauliga Mittelsachsen Gauliga Mittelsachsen Gauliga Nordsachsen Gauliga Erzgebirge Gauliga Westsachsen Gauliga Vogtland Gauliga Göltzschtal Gauliga Mittelelbe Gauliga Anhalt Gauliga Jeetzegau Gauliga Altmark Gauliga Saale Gauliga Saale/Elster Gauliga Kyffhäuser Gauliga Muldegau Gauliga Eichsfeld Gauliga Nordthüringen Gauliga Ostthüringen Gauliga Westthüringen Gauliga Südthüringen Gauliga Wartburg Gauliga Osterland

Western German	Bezirksliga Westfalen Bezirksliga Ruhr Bezirksliga Niederrhein Bezirksliga Berg-Mark Bezirksliga Rhein Bezirksliga Mittelrhein Bezirksliga Hessen-Hannover

Northern German	Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein Oberliga Lübeck/Mecklenburg Oberliga Groß-Hamburg Oberliga Nordhannover Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig Oberliga Weser/Jade

South Eastern German	Bezirksliga Oberschlesien Bezirksliga Mittelschlesien Bezirksliga Niederschlesien Bezirksliga Bergland Bezirksliga Niederlausitz Bezirksliga Oberlausitz

Baltic	Kreisliga Königsberg Kreisliga Danzig Kreisliga Stettin

Championship: German football championship

Football in Lower Saxony

National leagues

Tier I-III	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga

League system

Tier IV	Regionalliga Nord

Tier V	Niedersachsenliga

Tier VI	Landesliga Braunschweig Hannover Lüneburg Weser-Ems

Tier VII–XIII	Bezirksliga Kreisliga Kreisklasse 1–5

Cup competition

Lower Saxony Cup

Defunct competitions

Championships	Germany (1903–63) Northern Germany (1906–33)

Tier I	1. Spielklasse Bezirk Braunschweig (1904–22) Verbandsliga Norddeutschland (1913–14) Oberliga Südhannover/Braunschweig (1921–33) Gauliga (1933–45) Niedersachsen Nordmark Oberliga Nord (1945–63)

Tier II	Regionalliga Nord (1963–74) 2. Bundesliga North (1974–81)

Tier III & IV	Oberliga Nord (1974–94 & 2000–08) Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (1994–2000)

Clubs
Competitions

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