State soccer class Saxony 1949–1952
| Soccer regional class Saxony | |
| Association | Football Committee |
| First edition | 1949 |
| hierarchy | 2 (1949/50) 3 (1950-1952) . league |
| Teams | 14-24 |
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The Saxony state soccer class was one of five state soccer classes in the area of the Soviet occupation zone and the German Democratic Republic . It was held from 1949 to 1952 and determined the soccer champions of Saxony . A Saxon soccer champion was determined as early as 1948, but this was done via a knockout system of the individual district champions and not via a top national class. After the introduction of the GDR Oberliga and the GDR League , the national class was only third class from the 1950/51 season.
Football in Saxony until 1949
1945/46 and 1946/47: district championships
In the period after the Second World War , no football champions were determined in Saxony until 1949. First of all, football started again locally at the district level in the 1945/46 season. Regional championships were played in the following areas in Saxony in 1945/46:
| area | District master |
|---|---|
| Bautzen district | SG Bautzen-Süd |
| Borna district | SG Neukieritzsch |
| City of Chemnitz | SG Chemnitz-Nord |
| City of Dresden | SG Dresden-Striesen |
| Glauchau district | SG Meerane |
| Grimma district | SG Wurzen |
| City of Riesa | SG Riesa |
| City of Leipzig a | SG Leipzig-Leutzsch |
| City of Zwickau | SG Planitz |
| Vogtland district | SG Plauen-West |
| District of Leipzig Land | SG Markranstädt |
In the 1946/47 season, too, only district championships were held, five football districts were played, and a Saxony championship was not held.
| Soccer district | league | District master |
|---|---|---|
| Chemnitz | District League Chemnitz | SG Chemnitz-Nord |
| District League Glauchau | SG unit Meerane | |
| Dresden | City League Dresden | SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt |
| Leipzig | City League Leipzig | SG Leipzig-Probstheida |
| District league Borna / Geithain | SG Neukieritzsch | |
| District League Grimma | SG Wurzen | |
| Eastern Saxony | District class Bischofswerda | SG Bischofswerda |
| District class Bautzen | SG Neugersdorf | |
| District class Görlitz | SG Görlitz-West | |
| District class Kamenz | SG Kamenz | |
| District class Lausitz South | SG Hoyerswerda | |
| District class Löbau | SG Löbau | |
| District class Weißwasser | SG Weißwasser | |
| District class Zittau | SG Zittau | |
| West Saxony | 1st class Zwickau | SG Planitz |
| District class Vogtland | SG Plauen-West (Plauen relay) | |
| SG Auerbach (Göltzschtal relay) | ||
| SG Markneukirchen (relay Obervogtland) |
1947/48: Qualification for the 1st Eastern Zone Championship
For the 1947/48 season, a football championship was proclaimed for the first time in the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) , for which the two best Saxon teams could qualify. A decision tournament was held for this, for which the clubs from the individual football districts could qualify. In the end, the SG Planitz and SG Einheit Meerane prevailed and took part in the Eastern Zone Championship. There the SG Planitz managed to march through to the final, which they won 1-0 against SG Freiimfelde Halle on July 4, 1948 in Leipzig .
The league system was as follows this season. The bold teams qualified for the decision tournament to determine the participants in the Eastern Zone Championship.
| Soccer district | league | District master |
|---|---|---|
| Chemnitz | District League Chemnitz | SG Chemnitz-West |
| District League Glauchau | SG unit Meerane | |
| Dresden | City League Dresden | SG Dresden-Mickten b |
| Leipzig | City League Leipzig | SG Leipzig-Gohlis North |
| District league Borna / Geithain | SG Groitzsch | |
| District League Grimma | SG Wurzen | |
| Eastern Saxony | East Saxony League | SG Zittau |
| West Saxony | 1st class Zwickau | SG Planitz |
| District class Vogtland | SG Plauen-Süd (Plauen relay) | |
| SG Falkenstein (Göltzschtal relay) | ||
| SG Oelsnitz (Relay Obervogtland) |
Quarter finals
| date | Result | place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1948 | SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt | 4: 3 | SG Zittau | Bautzen |
| May 26, 1948 | SG Chemnitz-West | 3: 1 | SG Dresden-Mickten | Leipzig |
| May 26, 1948 | SG Planitz | 2: 1 | SG Wurzen | Chemnitz |
| May 26, 1948 | SG unit Meerane | 11: 0 | SG Leipzig-Gohlis North | Dresden |
Semifinals
| date | Result | place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 6, 1948 | SG Chemnitz-West | 0: 3 | SG Planitz | Leipzig |
| June 6, 1948 | SG unit Meerane | 3: 1 | SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt | Chemnitz |
This meant that SG Planitz and SG Einheit Meerane were qualified for the 1948 soccer east zone championship.
1948/49: State Championship Saxony
In the following season 1948/49, in contrast to the rest of the SBZ countries, no national league was introduced in Saxony. However, there was now at least one regional class relay in every football district, the winners of which could fight for the national championship title. After the district champions were determined in the districts with several relays, the winners met in a round-robin tournament and determined both the Saxon state champions, as well as the participants in the soccer east zone championship in 1949 and the qualifiers for the newly introduced GDR soccer team for the coming season Oberliga 1949/50 .
Since 1949: State soccer class Saxony
Originally, the national class was planned with two squadrons of ten teams each, as decided by a national football leaders' conference in November 1948. In the end, there was an East relay with eleven teams and a West relay with twelve teams. The start of the national class was also influenced by the outcome of the FDGB Cup in 1949 , as it was not clear until September 6, 1949 that the third-placed ZSG Horch Zwickau had qualified for the DS League . In addition, the composition of the relay was not insignificantly dependent on the amalgamation of various communities in advance, as was shown by the example of the Leipzig district class. The two season winners played for the Saxon championship. The Saxon champion was entitled to the promotion round to the GDR Oberliga , the runner-up qualified directly for the newly created second-rate GDR league . The second in each season were also directly qualified for the GDR league, the third in each season played another participant for the GDR league. The SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt was able to prevail in a decision-making round against the SG Einheit Meerane and the ZSG Industrie Leipzig .
In the 1950/51 season , the state class of Saxony was only third class due to the introduction of the GDR League. It was reduced to a season with 14 teams. The BSG Rotation Plauen prevailed in the round-robin tournament and rose to the second class. The competition mode was retained in 1951/52 . During this season, the BSG Empor Wurzen-West secured the Saxon championship title. In the summer of 1952, the states in the GDR were liquidated and 14 districts were introduced in their place . GDR football had to adapt to the new administrative structure with its league system. The national classes were therefore dissolved after the 1951/52 season and replaced by 14 district leagues . Instead of football Landesklasse Saxony entered the Football League District Dresden , the Football League District Karl-Marx-Stadt and the Football League District Leipzig .
National champion
State championship
| season | State champion Saxony | Finalist / runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1948/49 | SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt | SG unit Meerane |
National class
| season | State champion Saxony | Finalist / runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1949/50 | SG Dresden-Mickten | SG Louder |
| 1950/51 | BSG Rotation Plauen | BSG Chemie Glauchau |
| 1951/52 | BSG Empor Wurzen-West | BSG Progress Center Zittau |
literature
- DFSF (ed.): Football in the Soviet Occupation Zone and in Berlin 1945–1949 . Berlin 2016.
- DFSF (Ed.): GDR Chronicle - GDR Football 1949–1991 (Volume 1). Berlin 2011.