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For the main article, see Gauliga. Name The German word Gauliga is composed of Gau, approximately meaning county or region and Liga, or league
Gauliga Mittelrhein
Gauliga Köln-Aachen
Gauliga Moselland
Founded
1933
Disbanded
1945
Nation
Flag of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Map of Germany in 1933
Provinces, Countrys & Regions
Flag of the Rhine Province Rhine Province
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg (from 1941)
Flag of Belgium Eupen-Malmedy (from 1941)
Gau (from 1934)
Köln-Aachen
Moselland
Number of Seasons
12
Replaced by
Oberliga West
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Domestic Cup
Tschammerpokal
Last Champions 1943-44
Gauliga Köln-Aachen

KSG VfL 99 Köln/SpVgg Sülz 07
Gauliga Moselland

TuS Neuendorf

The Gauliga Mittelrhein was the highest football league in the central and southern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. The Rhine Province (Rheinprovinz also known as Rhenish Prussia ( Rheinpreußen) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Eupen-Malmedy, or the East Cantons (in German, die Ostkantone; in French, les Cantons de l'Est; in Dutch, de Oostkantons This is a list of the Gaue of Germany during the period of Nazi rule. Overview The league was created in 1947 as the highest level of football in the newly created state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, then part of the British occupation For the league system of former East Germany, see East German football league system. The DFB-Pokal ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund-Pokal or German Football-Federation Cup is an elimination football tournament held annually TuS Koblenz is a German football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The Rhine Province (Rheinprovinz also known as Rhenish Prussia ( Rheinpreußen) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Köln-Aachen and Moselland replaced the Prussian province in the Middle Rhine (German: Mittelrhein) region. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. Between Bingen and Bonn, Germany, the Rhine River flows as the Middle Rhine (Mittelrhein through the Rhine Gorge, a formation

From 1941, the Gauliga Mittelrhein was split into two separate leagues, the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Moselland. From this time, it also included clubs from the occupied Luxembourg and the Belgian region of Eupen-Malmedy. Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Eupen-Malmedy, or the East Cantons (in German, die Ostkantone; in French, les Cantons de l'Est; in Dutch, de Oostkantons

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Overview

Gauliga Mittelrhein

The league was introduced in 1933, after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. Machtergreifung ( is a German word meaning "seizure of power" It replaced the Bezirksligas and Oberligas as the highest level of play in German football competitions. The Bezirksliga, Bezirksklasse or Landesklasse is the 7th tier of Football in Germany.

In its first season, the league had eleven clubs, playing each other once at home and once away. The league champion then qualified for the German championship. The coronation of the first Champions in imperial Germany in 1903 established the tradition of a successful footballing nation The bottom three teams were relegated. The season after, the league was reduced to ten teams and remained at this strength until 1939. From 1937, it also included Alemannia Aachen which had previously belonged to the Gauliga Niederrhein. Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. For the main article see Gauliga Overview The league was introduced in 1933 after the Nazi takeover of power in Germany

Due to the outbreak of the 2nd World War in 1939, the league was split into two regional groups, a northern division of seven and a southern of six clubs. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The two group champions then played a home-and-away final for the Gauliga championship.

In its last season, 1940-41, the league returned to a single-division, ten-team format. At the end of this season, the league was split into two separate Gauligas, divided along the administrative divisions of the two Gaue.

Gauliga Köln-Aachen

The territory of the new Gauliga Köln-Aachen was made up of the area of the Gau Köln-Aachen and the Eupen-Malmedy region, the German speaking part of Belgium which had been annexed to the Gau after the German victory in 1940. Eupen-Malmedy, or the East Cantons (in German, die Ostkantone; in French, les Cantons de l'Est; in Dutch, de Oostkantons The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those However, no club from this formerly Belgian region did play at highest level during the war.

The league started with nine clubs in a single division in 1941 and expanded to ten for the 1942-43 season. In its last completed season, 1943-44, it returned to a strength of nine teams. Due to the arrival of the war in the region and the conquest of Aachen by the allied forces, the last season probably not started anymore at all. ( Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, Italian: Aquisgrana, French,

Gauliga Moselland

The territory of the new Gauliga Moselland was made up of the area of the Gau Moselland and Luxembourg, which had been annexed by Germany and added to the Gau after the German victory in 1940. Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by

The league started out with two regional divisions of six clubs each with a home-and-away final to determined the Gauliga champion. The western group compromised two clubs from the city of Trier and four Luxembourgian clubs. Trier (Trèves Luxembourgish: Tréier; Augusta Treverorum is a City in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. The league modus remained the same for the 1942-43 season but the number of clubs from Luxembourg increased to five.

In the 1943-44 season, the eastern group comprised five teams while the western had seven clubs. With the arrival of allied forces in the region in late 1944, football was of low priority and the last season, 1944-45 was probably not started any more.

Aftermath

With the end of the Nazi era, the Gauligas ceased to exist and the northern part of the region found itself in the British occupation zone while the south became part of the French zone. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The annexed regions of Belgium and Luxembourg were taken from Germany again after 1945.

The Oberliga Südwest was introduced as the highest football league in the French occupation zone in 1945, replacing the Gauliga. Overview The league was introduced as the highest level of football in the French occupation zone in 1945 replacing the Gauligas as such The territory of the pre-1940 Gau Moselland became part of the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany.

In the British zone, which the former Gau Köln-Aachen was part of, top-level football did not resume straight away, unlike in Southern Germany, and only in 1947 was a new, highest league introduced, the Oberliga West, which covered all of the new state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Overview The league was created in 1947 as the highest level of football in the newly created state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, then part of the British occupation North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the

Founding members of the league

The eleven founding members and their league positions in the 1932-33 season were:

Winners and runners-up of the Gauliga

Gauliga Mittelrhein

Season Winner Runner-Up
1933-34 Mülheimer SV 06 VfR 04 Köln
1934-35 VfR 04 Köln Kölner CfR
1935-36 Kölner CfR Tura 04 Bonn
1936-37 VfR 04 Köln Kölner CfR
1937-38 SV Beuel 06 Alemannia Aachen
1938-39 SpVgg Sülz 07 SSV Troisdorf 05
1939-40 Mülheimer SV 06 SSV Troisdorf 05
1940-41 VfL Köln 99 VfR 04 Köln

Gauliga Köln-Aachen

Season Winner Runner-Up
1941-42 VfL Köln 99 VfR 04 Köln
1942-43 SV Victoria 11 Köln VfR 04 Köln
1943-44 KSG VfL 99 Köln/SpVgg Sülz 07 SG Düren 99

Gauliga Moselland

Season Winner Runner-Up
1941-42 FV Stadt Düdelingen Eintracht Kreuznach
1942-43 TuS Neuendorf FK Niederkorn
1943-44 TuS Neuendorf SV Schwarz-Weiß Esch

Clubs from Luxembourg in the Gauliga Moselland

From 1941, clubs from the occupied country of Luxembourg took part in the German Gauliga system. SCB Viktoria Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. SCB Viktoria Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. SV Eintracht Trier 05 is a German football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. Bonner SC is a German football club based in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. SV Eintracht Trier 05 is a German football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. TuS Koblenz is a German football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. SCB Viktoria Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. SCB Viktoria Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Bonner SC is a German football club based in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. SV Beuel 06 is a German football club that plays in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. SC Fortuna Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Stade Dudelange was a football club from Dudelange, in southern Luxembourg. Eintracht Bad Kreuznach is a German football team from city of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate. TuS Koblenz is a German football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Football Club Progrès Niedercorn is a football club, based in Niederkorn, in south-western Luxembourg. Jeunesse Esch (full name AS la Jeunesse d'Esch) is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg The most successful of those was the FV Stadt Düdelingen, who reached the German championship finals round, losing to the FC Schalke 04 0-2 in 1942[1]. FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly FC Schalke 04, is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen

The following clubs played in the Gauliga under their Germanised names:

Sources

References

  1. ^ Luxembourg clubs in the German football structure 1940-1944 RSSSF. com, accessed: 29 May 2008


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