Gauliga Saale

Gauliga Saale
Full name	Gauliga Saale
Association	VMBV
First edition	1902
Last event	1933
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	4 - 10
Record champions	FC Wacker Hall (10)
Qualification for	Central German football championship
region	Hall and surroundings
↓ 2nd class

The Gauliga Saale (also 1st class Saale ) was one of the top football leagues of the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs (VMBV). It was launched in 1902 and existed until the VMBV was dissolved in 1933. The winner qualified for the finals of the Central German soccer championship .

overview

After other clubs had joined the VMBV, Gaues III Saale was founded in the 1902/03 season. However, this only had the status of a 4th class and was classified in the league hierarchy of the Gau Northwest Saxony. The BSC Hohenzollern 99 Merseburg , Weißenfelser SC 1903 , FC Preußen Weißenfels , SC Naumburg and Zeitzer BC from 1903 played in the first season in this Gau. In the following years the Gau was still lower class. In the 1907/08 season a first class was introduced in this Gau, the Hallesche FC 1896 and FC Wacker Halle switched from the 1st class of Northwest Saxony to this division. The 1st class Saale started with four participants. Until 1913/14, the number of teams in the Gauliga varied between four and five teams. In 1912, part of the area became independent as Gauliga Saale-Elster . Despite the beginning of the First World War , games continued to take place in 1914. The participating teams were increased to eight during the war seasons.

In the course of the game class reform of the VMBV in 1919, the Gauliga Saale was only second class. With the district league Saale , a new top division was created, which included the Gau Saale-Elster in addition to the Gau Saale, but was dominated by the Halle clubs. The district leagues were abolished again in the 1923/24 season, from then on the Gauliga Saale was again first class until 1933. From 1927 the league was played with ten participants.

In the course of the Gleichschaltung, the VMBV and consequently also the Gauliga Saale were dissolved a few months after the National Socialists came to power in 1933. The best two clubs qualified for the newly established Gauliga Mitte , the other clubs were classified in the lower divisions.

The Gauliga Saale was dominated by the clubs from Halle, with the exception of the Merseburg clubs, only a few teams outside Halle were able to stay in the top division for a long time. Initially, Hallesche FC 1896 and FC Wacker Halle made the Gaume Championships among themselves. During the war the Sportfreunde Halle and Borussia Halle won the championship title for the first time . This was followed by three more championships for Halleschen FC 1896 , before it fell behind in terms of quality in the 1920s. The 1920s were dominated by Wacker Halle , Sportfreunde Halle and Borussia Halle .

classification

The excessive number of first-class Gauligen within the VMBV had caused a dilution of the game level, there were sometimes double-digit results in the Central German football finals. The clubs from the Gauliga Saale, however, were among the strongest clubs in the association. In 1917 , 1919 and 1928 the Gaumeister Saale was also able to win the Central German soccer finals and thus qualified for the German soccer championship . The Saale-Gaumeister made it to the finals of the Central German football finals seven more times. In no season, the Gaumeister was eliminated in the first round.

Also in the Gauliga Mitte , introduced in 1933 , the qualified teams from the Gauliga Saale were initially able to play at the top, while FC Wacker Halle became Gaumeister Mitte in 1933. In the period that followed, at least one club from this area always remained in the first class, but no further participation in the German football championship was successful.

Master of the Gauliga Saale 1908–1933

year	Gaumeister Saale	Cut off medium. Championship a	Central German master
1907/08	Hallescher FC 1896	Semi-finals (2)	Wacker Leipzig
1908/09	Hallescher FC 1896	Final (3)	SC Erfurt
1909/10	FC Wacker Halle	2nd intermediate round (3)	VfB Leipzig
1910/11	FC Wacker Halle	Finals (4)	VfB Leipzig
1911/12	FC Wacker Halle	Finals (4)	SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau
1912/13	Hallescher FC 1896	Final A (3)	VfB Leipzig
1913/14	FC Wacker Halle	Semi-finals (4)	SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau
1914/15	Sportfreunde Halle	no Central German finals
1915/16	Borussia Hall	Finals (5)	FC Eintracht Leipzig
1916/17	Hallescher FC 1896	Winner (4)	Hallescher FC 1896
1917/18	Hallescher FC 1896	Finals (4)	VfB Leipzig
1918/19	Hallescher FC 1896	Winner (4)	Hallescher FC 1896
1919/20	District league Saale		VfB Leipzig
1920/21			FC Wacker Halle
1921/22			SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau
1922/23			SV Guts Muts Dresden
1923/24	FC Wacker Halle	Finals (5)	SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau
1924/25	FC Wacker Halle	Quarter finals (3)	VfB Leipzig
1925/26	Sportfreunde Halle	Semi-finals (4)	Dresdner SC
1926/27	Sportfreunde Halle	2nd intermediate round (3)	VfB Leipzig
1927/28	FC Wacker Halle	Winner (5)	FC Wacker Halle
1928/29	Borussia Halle b	Quarter finals (3) b	Dresdner SC
1929/30	Borussia Hall	Quarter finals (3)	Dresdner SC
1930/31	FC Wacker Halle	Quarter finals (3)	Dresdner SC
1931/32	FC Wacker Halle	Semi-finals (4)	PSV Chemnitz
1932/33	FC Wacker Halle	Quarter finals (3)	Dresdner SC

^a The number of the game round reached is shown in brackets.

^bFor unknown reasons, the runner-up FC Wacker Halle took part in the Central German soccer finals in 1929.

Record champions

The record champions of the Gauliga Saale are FC Wacker Halle , who have won the title ten times.

	society	title	year
	FC Wacker Halle	10	1909/10, 1910/11, 1911/12, 1913/14, 1923/24, 1924/25, 1927/28, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1932/33
	Hallescher FC 1896	6th	1907/08, 1908/09, 1912/13, 1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19
	Sportfreunde Halle	3	1914/15, 1925/26, 1926/27
	Borussia Hall	3	1915/16, 1928/29, 1929/30

Eternal table

All recorded seasons of the first class Gauliga Mittelelbe from 1905 to 1933 are taken into account. The complete final table of the championship 1918/19 is not recorded, so this season was not included in the eternal table.

Pl.	society	Years	Sp.	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.	Points	Ø pt.	title	Playing times
1.	FC Wacker Halle	22nd	275	193	33	49	1005	467	+538	419: 131	1.52	10	1907-1919, 1923-1933
2.	Hallescher FC 1896 / VfL Hall 96	22nd	276	147	30th	99	760	530	+230	324: 228	1.17	6th	1907-1919, 1923-1933
3.	Borussia Hall	20th	264	133	36	95	771	591	+180	302: 226	1.14	3	1909-1919, 1923-1933
4th	FC Britannia Halle / Sportfreunde Halle	20th	264	129	32	103	850	663	+187	290: 238	1.1	3	1909-1919, 1923-1933
5.	FC Hohenzollern Halle / SV Halle 98	22nd	275	108	41	126	635	652	−17	257: 293	0.93	0	1907-1919, 1923-1933
6th	SV Merseburg 99	10	171	72	29	70	402	400	+2	173: 169	1.01	0	1923-1933
7th	VfB 1912 Merseburg / VfL 1912 Merseburg	11	185	71	30th	84	419	418	+1	172: 198	0.93	0	1915/16, 1923-1933
8th.	FV Favorit Diemitz / SC Favorit Halle	14th	209	63	31	115	354	586	−232	157: 261	0.75	0	1914-1916, 1917-1919, 1923-1933
9.	SpVgg 1919 Neumark	4th	72	26th	14th	32	164	181	−17	66:78	0.92	0	1927/28, 1930-1933
10.	FC Preußen Merseburg	4th	60	12	7th	41	91	272	−181	31:89	0.52	0	1914-1917, 1932/33
11.	FK Minerva Hall	3	42	12	4th	26th	58	155	−97	28:56	0.67	0	1914-1917
12.	SV 1922 Kayna	2	36	7th	5	24	55	107	−52	19:53	0.53	0	1929-1931
13.	FC Eintracht Halle	3	52	5	9	38	81	225	−144	19:85	0.37	0	1926-1929
14th	FC 1910 Ammendorf	2	36	5	4th	27	48	140	−92	14:58	0.39	0	1928-1930
15th	FC Preußen / Komet Halle	2	32	3	3	26th	29	161	−132	9:55	0.28	0	1923/24, 1925/26
16.	FC Cöthen 02 c	2	12	2	2	8th	17th	91	−74	6:18	0.5	0	1907-1909
17th	RSV Sportbrüder Halle	1	16	2	2	12	13	48	−35	6:26	0.38	0	1923/24
18th	VfB Schkeuditz	1	17th	0	2	15th	14th	79	−65	2:32	0.12	0	1931/32

^c In 1909 he moved to the Gau Anhalt.

swell

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