1946–47 Oberliga

The 1946–47 Oberliga was the second season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in Allied-occupied Germany. The league operated in four regional divisions, Berlin, South and Southwest (north and south). For the third consecutive season no German championship was held but the competition would resume the following year with 1. FC Nürnberg taking out the first post-war championship.[2]

Oberliga
Season1946–47
ChampionsSG Charlottenburg
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Nürnberg
RelegatedSG Lichtenberg-Nord
SG Stadtmitte
SG Tempelhof
BC Augsburg
1. FC Bamberg
Karlsruher FV
Phönix Karlsruhe
German championsNot held
Top goalscorerHans Berndt
(53 goals)[1]
Map of the Allied occupation zones in Germany

In the British and Soviet occupation zone no Oberligas were organised. In the former the Oberliga Nord and Oberliga West commenced play in the following season while, in the Soviet zone, the DDR-Oberliga was organised from 1949 onwards.[3] In the Soviet zone a championship was organised from the following season,[4] while the first edition of the British occupation zone championship in 1947 was contested by eight teams and won by Hamburger SV.[5]

In the French occupation zone the Oberliga Südwest operated in two regional divisions, north and south, with a championship final at the end of season.[6][7]

In post-Second World War Germany many clubs were forced to change their names or merge. This policy was particularly strongly enforced in the Soviet and French occupation zones but much more relaxed in the British and US one. In most cases clubs eventually reverted to their original names, especially after the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.[8]

Oberliga Berlin

The 1946–47 season saw the league reduced from four divisions of nine clubs each to a single division of twelve clubs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SG Charlottenburg 22 18 1 3 89 24 +65 37
2 SG Wilmersdorf 22 16 2 4 78 30 +48 34
3 SG Reinickendorf-West 22 10 6 6 58 48 +10 26
4 SG Prenzlauer Berg-West 22 9 4 9 56 47 +9 22
5 SG Staaken 22 9 4 9 55 69 −14 22
6 SG Mariendorf 22 8 5 9 34 50 −16 21
7 SG Osloer Straße 22 9 3 10 35 56 −21 21
8 SG Köpenick 22 8 4 10 46 41 +5 20
9 SG Südring 22 9 2 11 59 66 −7 20
10 SG Lichtenberg-Nord (R) 22 8 3 11 46 51 −5 19 Relegation to Amateurliga
11 SG Stadtmitte (R) 22 6 1 15 34 61 −27 13
12 SG Tempelhof (R) 22 4 1 17 33 80 −47 9
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Oberliga Südwest

Northern group

The 1946–47 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league, TuS Neuendorf and FSV Kürenz.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 14 11 1 2 75 15 +60 23 Qualified to French occupation zone championship
2 Wormatia Worms 14 8 1 5 28 25 +3 17
3 1. FC Saarbrücken 14 7 2 5 30 20 +10 16
4 FSV Mainz 05 14 6 4 4 28 19 +9 16
5 Phönix Ludwigshafen 14 6 1 7 25 31 −6 13
6 Borussia Neunkirchen 14 4 4 6 37 26 +11 12
7 TuS Neuendorf 14 5 2 7 23 24 −1 12
8 FSV Kürenz 14 1 1 12 9 95 −86 3
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Southern group

The 1946–47 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league, SSV Reutlingen, SG Friedrichshafen, VfL Schwenningen and SV Biberach.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfL Konstanz 14 8 4 2 27 19 +8 20 Qualified to French occupation zone championship
2 SSV Reutlingen 14 8 1 5 39 24 +15 17
3 SG Friedrichshafen 14 6 4 4 28 23 +5 16
4 SpVgg Offenburg 14 5 5 4 22 23 −1 15
5 Fortuna Rastatt 14 5 4 5 23 22 +1 14
6 VfL Schwenningen 14 5 3 6 29 28 +1 13
7 VfL Freiburg 14 5 2 7 32 30 +2 12
8 SV Biberach 14 1 2 11 28 59 −31 4
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Finals

The winners of the two regional divisions of the Oberliga Südwest played a final to determine the league champion:[8]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Kaiserslautern 16–5 VfL Konstanz 8–1 8–4

Oberliga Süd

The 1946–47 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, VfL Neckarau, 1. FC Bamberg and TSG Ulm 1846.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg 38 28 6 4 108 31 +77 62
2 SV Waldhof Mannheim 43 27 5 11 74 54 +20 59
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 38 17 14 7 72 50 +22 48
4 TSV 1860 München 38 18 8 12 67 50 +17 44
5 Kickers Offenbach 38 16 11 11 76 58 +18 43
6 VfB Stuttgart 38 17 9 12 64 58 +6 43
7 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 18 6 14 90 56 +34 42
8 Schwaben Augsburg 38 17 7 14 75 51 +24 41
9 FC Schweinfurt 05 38 14 12 12 56 46 +10 40
10 SpVgg Fürth 38 14 10 14 56 57 −1 38
11 FC Bayern Munich 38 12 12 14 75 56 +19 36
12 VfR Mannheim 38 16 3 19 50 62 −12 35
13 TSG Ulm 1846 38 13 8 17 56 80 −24 34
14 FSV Frankfurt 38 9 15 14 35 50 −15 33
15 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 38 14 5 19 68 111 −43 33
16 VfL Neckarau 38 12 8 18 74 83 −9 32
17 BC Augsburg (R) 38 14 2 22 62 89 −27 30 Relegation to Landesligas
18 1. FC Bamberg (R) 38 12 4 22 44 75 −31 28
19 Karlsruher FV (R) 38 10 7 21 48 84 −36 27
20 Phönix Karlsruhe (R) 38 9 6 23 46 95 −49 24
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

German championship

No 1947 German championship was held but attempts were made to stage one, scheduled to consist of eight teams, three each from the US and British zone and one each from the French and Soviet one. Difficulties with the scheduling resulted in a reduced format of only four teams planned to consist of Hamburger SV playing SG Charlottenburg and 1. FC Nürnberg playing 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the semi-finals on 10 August 1947, with the final planned for 24 August 1947. After the southern clubs declined to participate the competition was cancelled altogether.[9]

References
  1. Grüber, Walter (2011). Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland [Goal scorer statistics Germany]. google book review (in German). ISBN 9783844862485. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. kicker, page: 451
  5. kicker, page: 248 & 249
  6. "Oberliga Südwest". f-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. "Germany - Oberliga Südwest 1945-63". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. "Oberliga Südwest Gruppe Süd 1946–1950" [Oberliga Südwest Group South 1946–1950] (PDF). dsfs.de (in German). DSFS. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  9. Liga-Chronik, page: B3

Sources
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