South German football championship 1913/14

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South German football championship 1913/14
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The South German soccer championship 1913/14 of the Association of South German Soccer Clubs was won by SpVgg Fürth in the final tournament with three points ahead of the Frankfurt FV . This was the first win in the southern German soccer championship for the people of Fürth, who qualified for the German soccer championship in 1913/14 . Fürth reached the final there and became German football champions after a 3-2 win after extra time over VfB Leipzig . The final went down in history with 160 minutes of play as the longest game in the German championship to date, as Karl Franz only scored the decisive goal to make it 3-2 in the fifth extra time .

Due to the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, no association games were played in the 1914/15 season. Instead, there were regional war games, but there was no association championship. Regular gaming was not resumed until 1915/16.

Mode and overview

The competition mode remained unchanged compared to the previous season, eight teams competed against each other in four districts in a round-robin tournament , the four district champions then played off the southern German football champions in a final round.

district District Master
North circle Frankfurt FV
East circle SpVgg Fürth
Southern district FC Stuttgarter Cickers
Western district VfR Mannheim

North circle

Defending champion Frankfurter FV finished as champions as in the previous year. After a 1: 4 defeat on the third matchday against fellow favorites Hanau 93 , the soccer club remained undefeated and in the end had nine points ahead of the competition. With Claus , Becker and Jockel , three FFV players were appointed to the South German team during the year.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Frankfurt FV (M)  14th  11  2  1 035:130 2.69 24: 40
 2. SV Wiesbaden  14th  5  5  4th 024:160 1.50 15:13
 3. 1. Hanauer FC 1893  14th  7th  1  6th 026:280 0.93 15:13
 4th Kickers Offenbach  14th  6th  2  6th 021:250 0.84 14:14
 5. FC Viktoria Hanau  14th  3  6th  5 025:320 0.78 12:16
 6th FSV Frankfurt  14th  4th  3  7th 027:290 0.93 11:17
 7th SC 07 Bürgel  14th  4th  3  7th 028:350 0.80 11:17
 8th. Germania Bieber (N)  14th  2  6th  6th 015:320 0.47 10:18
Legend
Qualification South German finals
(M) Defending champion Nordkreis
(N) Climbers

East circle

In the second year under coach Townley, the Fürth team, which was significantly strengthened by the storm of Julius Hirsch from Karlsruhe and Frigyes Weicz from Hungary, defended the Ostkreis title. In the first two home games, Wacker Munich and VfB Nürnberg were beaten in double digits (10: 0 and 10: 1, respectively), and despite two defeats (1: 2 at FA Bayern in Munich SC and 2: 5 in the derby at FCN) they were defeat the gap to second place at the end of the season was seven points.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. SpVgg Fuerth (M)  14th  11  1  2 062:180 3.44 23: 50
 2. 1. FC Nuremberg  14th  7th  2  5 038:230 1.65 16:12
 3. FC Pfeil Nürnberg  14th  7th  2  5 027:210 1.29 16:12
 4th MTV Munich 1879  14th  7th  2  5 027:240 1.13 16:12
 5. FA Bayern in Munich SC  14th  6th  3  5 017:160 1.06 15:13
 6th VfB Nuremberg (N)  14th  4th  3  7th 022:420 0.52 11:17
 7th Würzburger Kickers  14th  3  3  8th 021:420 0.50 09:19
 8th. FC Wacker Munich  14th  3  0  11 017:450 0.38 06:22
Legend
Qualification South German finals
(M) Defending champion Ostkreis
(N) Climbers

Southern district

There was also a déjà vu in the southern district: At the end of the season, the Stuttgarter Kickers and 1. FC Pforzheim were tied again at the top of the table, so that, as in the previous year, a playoff had to decide the championship. The Kickers clearly defeated FCP 4-0. "Altmeister" Karlsruher FV crashed to the bottom of the table . In previous years, coach Townley had been separated and a number of important players in the championship had left the club for professional reasons or ended their careers. Breunig, for example, played in Pforzheim this season, Hirsch followed Townley to Ronhof and was with SpVgg. Fürth German master, Hollstein now devoted himself to his studies.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. FC Stuttgarter Cickers (SM) (M)  14th  10  3  1 025: 600 4.17 23: 50
 2. 1. FC Pforzheim  14th  11  1  2 040:140 2.86 23: 50
 3. Freiburg FC  14th  7th  4th  3 020:140 1.43 18:10
 4th FC Union Stuttgart  14th  5  2  7th 018:220 0.82 12:16
 5. FC Mühlburg (N)  14th  3  5  6th 016:210 0.76 11:17
 6th Karlsruher FC Phoenix  14th  3  4th  7th 011:230 0.48 10:18
 7th VfB Stuttgart  14th  3  2  9 018:330 0.55 08:20
 8th. Karlsruhe FV  14th  2  3  9 016:310 0.52 07:21
Legend
Qualification South German finals
(SM) South German defending champion
(M) Defending champion Südkreis
(N) Climbers

Decision game for 1st place:

date Result place
February 15, 1914 FC Stuttgarter Cickers 4-0 1. FC Pforzheim Karlsruhe

Western district

VfR Mannheim was again the western district champion ahead of local rivals MFC Phönix 02 . In this round, SpVgg Metz represented a representative from Lorraine in the top division of the western region for the first time . The club, which was only founded in December 1912, however, proved to be non-competitive and only achieved a draw in 14 games.

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. VfR Mannheim (M)  14th  11  3  0 037: 500 7.40 25: 30
 2. Phoenix Mannheim  14th  11  1  2 030:150 2.00 23: 50
 3. FC Phoenix Ludwigshafen  14th  8th  1  5 041:160 2.56 17:11
 4th FV Kaiserslautern  14th  8th  1  5 024:240 1.00 17:11
 5. FC Pfalz Ludwigshafen  14th  5  2  7th 020:190 1.05 12:16
 6th Ludwigshafen FG 03  14th  5  1  8th 015:320 0.47 11:17
 7th Borussia Neunkirchen  14th  3  0  11 018:370 0.49 06:22
 8th. SpVgg Metz (N)  14th  0  1  13 016:530 0.30 01:27
Legend
Qualification South German finals
(M) Defending champion Westkreis
(N) Climbers

Final round of the southern German championship

The SpVgg. Fürth only lost the opening game in Frankfurt and then gave up no more points. One of the highlights of the final round was the guest appearance of the future champions at defending champions Stuttgarter Kickers, where the team turned a 0-1 deficit before the break, countered in the second half after equalizing twice with the renewed lead and finally won 4-3 . Up to 10,000 spectators could be thrilled at the local Ronhof and all three opponents clearly beat.

The 22-year-old top scorer Karl Franz fell at the front in Lorraine in September 1914, three other players in the championship - Sebastian Seidel , Hans Jakob and Frigyes Weicz - also died the "heroic death" during the First World War.

Crosstab

1914 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt FV FC Stuttgarter Cickers VfR Mannheim
SpVgg Fürth 5: 1 2-0 4: 1
Frankfurt FV 2: 1 0-0 3: 1
FC Stuttgarter Cickers 3: 4 1-0 1: 1
VfR Mannheim 1: 2 0: 1 2: 3

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. SpVgg Fürth
(winner east district) 		 6th  5  0  1 018: 800 2.25 10: 20
 2. Frankfurter FV
(Winner North District) 		 6th  3  1  2 007: 800 0.88 07: 50
 3. FC Stuttgarter Cickers (SM)
(Winner Südkreis) 		 6th  2  2  2 008: 900 0.89 06: 60
 4th VfR Mannheim
(Winner Westkreis) 		 6th  0  1  5 006:140 0.43 01:11
Legend
South German soccer champion
(SM) South German defending champion

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