Gauliga Pommern
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| Founded | 1933 | |
|---|---|---|
| Folded | 1945 | |
| Replaced by |
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| Country |  Gau (from 1934) Gau Pomerania | |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 | |
| Domestic cup(s) | Tschammerpokal | |
| Last champions | LSV Pütnitz (1943-44) | |
The
Overview
The league was introduced by the
The Gauliga Pommern was established with fourteen clubs, all from the province of Pomerania.
The clubs from the region had, until the introduction of the Gauliga, no highest, province-wide league. The Pomeranian champion (German: Pommern Meister) played in a finals round with the league winners of the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
In its first season, the league had fourteen clubs in two groups of seven, playing each other within their group once at home and once away. The league winners played a home-and-away final and the Pomeranian champion then qualified for the
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, league football in Pomerania was severely restricted due to the region bordering Poland, then a war zone. Only nine clubs took part in the Gauliga season of 1939–40, which was staged in two groups, one of five and one of four teams. After 1940, the league was mostly dominated by military teams, like LSV Pütnitz, LSV standing for Luftwaffen Sport Verein (Air Force Sports Club).
After the defeat of Poland, football in Pomerania returned to normal but the Gauliga remained divided in two groups with the western group consisting of eight clubs and the eastern of six. The next three seasons, 1941–44, both groups had a strength of six clubs. In its last completed season, 1943–44, out of twelve clubs in the league, five belonged to the German
The imminent collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945 gravely affected all Gauligas and football in Pomerania was split into six regional groups. However, none of them played more than a few games before the arrival of the Red Army ended all competitions.
Aftermath
With the end of the Nazi era, the Gauligas ceased to exist and the province of Pommern found itself in the
While
In the part remaining with Germany, the DDR-Oberliga was formed as the highest level of play, while the Polish areas became part of the Polish football league system. All German clubs in this region were dissolved after the war.
Founding members of the league
The fourteen founding members were:[2]
- Western Group:
- Stettiner SC, champion of Pommern in 1932-33
- Polizei SV Stettin
- SC Preußen Stettin
- VfL Stettin
- VfB Stettin
- Greifswalder SC
- Viktoria Stralsund
- Eastern Group:
- Viktoria Stolp
- SV Preußen Köslin
- Heeres SV Hubertus Kolberg
- SV Viktoria Kolberg
- SV Sturm Lauenburg
- SV Germania Stolp
- SV Phönix Köslin
Winners and runners-up of the league
The winners and runners-up of the league:[2]
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1933-34 | Viktoria Stolp | Stettiner SC |
| 1934-35 | Stettiner SC | Viktoria Stolp |
| 1935-36 | Viktoria Stolp | Stettiner SC |
| 1936-37 | Viktoria Stolp | Polizei SV Stettin |
| 1937-38 | Stettiner SC | MTV Pommerensdorf |
| 1938-39 | Viktoria Stolp | MTV Pommerensdorf |
| 1939-40 | VfL Stettin | Germania Stolp |
| 1940-41 | LSV Stettin | Germania Stolp |
| 1941-42 | LSV Pütnitz | Viktoria Stolp |
| 1942-43 | LSV Pütnitz | LSV Kamp |
| 1943-44 | LSV Pütnitz | HSV Groß-Born |
Placings in the league 1933-44
The complete list of all clubs participating in the league:[2]
| Club | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktoria Stolp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Preußen Köslin | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Hubertus Kolberg | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Viktoria Kolberg | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Sturm Lauenburg | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Germania Stolp | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Phönix Köslin | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
SC Stettin
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| PSV Stettin | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| SC Preußen Stettin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| VfL Stettin | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| VfB Stettin | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| Greifswalder SC | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||||
| Viktoria Stralsund | 7 | ||||||||||
| Hertha Schneidemühl | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| Komet Stettin | 7 | ||||||||||
| Pfeil Lauenburg | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| Blücher Gollnow | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Mackensen Neustettin | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| MTV Pommernsdorf | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| SV Borussia-Preußen Stettin | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||
| Graf Schwerin Greifswald | 9 | ||||||||||
| Nordring Stettin | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| LSV Pütnitz | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Stern/Fortuna Stolp | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| TSV Swinemünde | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
| LSV Stettin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| LSV Parow | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| LSV Kamp | 1 | ||||||||||
| LSV Dievenow | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| HSV Groß-Born | 1 | ||||||||||
| LSV Stolpmünde | 4 | ||||||||||
| Kriegsmarine Swinemünde | 3 |
References
- ^ Das Deutsche Fussbal Archiv - Gauliga Pommern 1943-44 (in German) accessed: 2008-05-27
- ^ a b c "Gauliga final tables". f-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2016.
Sources
- Die deutschen Gauligen 1933-45 - Heft 1-3 (in German) Tables of the Gauligas 1933–45, publisher: DSFS
- Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
External links
- (in German) The Gauligas Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
- Germany - Championships 1902-1945 at RSSSF.com