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Kreisliga Südwest
Founded	1919
Folded	1923
Replaced by	Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden
Country	Germany
State	Baden
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Last champions	1. FC Pforzheim ; (1922–23)

The Kreisliga Südwest (English: District league Southwest) was the highest association football league in the German state of Baden from 1919 to 1923. The league was disbanded with the introduction of the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden in 1923.

Overview

Predecessor

From 1907, four regional leagues were formed within the structure of the Southern German football championship, in a move to improve the organisation of football in Southern Germany, these being:

Ostkreis-Liga, covering Bavaria
Nordkreis-Liga, covering Hesse
Südkreis-Liga, covering Württemberg, Baden and Alsace
Westkreis-Liga, covering the Palatinate, Lorraine and the southern Rhine Province

In 1908, a first Südkreis-Liga (English: Southern District League) was established, consisting of ten clubs and playing a home-and-away season.^[1] With the outbreak of the First World War, league football came to a halt and, during the war, games were only played on a limited level.

Post-First World War

With the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, no Württemberg championship was played in 1918-19 but football returned to a more organised system in 1919.

Southern Germany, now without the Alsace region, which had to be returned to France, was sub-divided into ten Kreisligas, these being:

The Südkreis-Liga was split into three regional competitions, Württemberg, Odenwald and Südwest, each with ten clubs.^[2] The three league winners advanced to the Southern championship. This system applied for the 1919-20 and 1920-21 season.^[3]

In 1921-22, the Kreisliga Südwest was split into two groups of eight, increasing the number of tier-one clubs in the region to 16. The two league winners then played a final to determine the Südwest champion, which in turn advanced to a Baden-Württemberg championship final against the Württemberg champion. The Odenwald champion was not part of this series but rather played a Rhine championship.^[4] This "watering down" of Südwest football lasted for only one season, in 1922-23, the number of top clubs was reduced to eight clubs in a single division, with a Baden-Württemberg final against the Württemberg champion once more.^[5]

In 1923, a league reform which was decided upon in Darmstadt, Hesse, established the Southern German Bezirksligas which were to replace the Kreisligas.^[6] The best four teams each from the Südwest and Württemberg were admitted to the new Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden. The four clubs from the Südwest were:

National success

The clubs from the Kreisliga Südwest were not particularly successful in this era and none managed to qualify for the German championship.

Baden-Württemberg championship

Played in 1922 and 1923, these were the finals:

1922:
- Südwest final: Karlsruher FV - Phönix Karlsruhe 2-2 / 3-2
- Baden-Württemberg final: Sportfreunde Stuttgart - Karlsruher FV 1-0 / 1-1
1923:
- Baden-Württemberg final: 1. FC Pforzheim - Stuttgarter Kickers 3-0 / 1-1

Southern German championship

Qualified teams and their success:

1920:
- Freiburger FC, Semi-finals
1921:
- 1. FC Pforzheim, Semi-finals
1922:
- Karlsruher FV, not qualified
1923:
- 1. FC Pforzheim, 4th place

Winners and runners-up of the Kreisliga Südwest

Season	North	Runner-Up
1919–20	Freiburger FC	1. FC Pforzheim
1920–21	1. FC Pforzheim	Freiburger FC
1921–22	Karlsruher FV	Phönix Karlsruhe
1922–23	1. FC Pforzheim	Freiburger FC

Placings in the Kreisliga Südwest 1919-23

Club	1920	1921	1922	1923
Freiburger FC	1	2	2	2
1. FC Pforzheim	2	1	2	1
Karlsruher FV	3	3	1	5
Phönix Karlsruhe	4	5	1	3
FC Mühlburg	5	8	3	4
FV Beiertheim	6	9	6
VfB Karlsruhe	7	7	3	8
VfR Pforzheim	8	10	7
BSC Pforzheim	9
Spgg. Freiburg	10
Germania Brötzingen		4	4	7
SC Freiburg		6	4	6
Germania Durlach			5
SC Pforzheim			8
FC Birkenfeld			5
Frankonia Karlsruhe			6
Offenburger FV			7
FV Lörrach			8

References

^ Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1909 Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 22 March 2009
^ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 62, accessed: 22 March 2009
^ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 65, accessed: 22 March 2009
^ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 70, accessed: 22 March 2009
^ Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988, (in German) author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 73, accessed: 22 March 2009
^ History of the Offenburger Fußballverein Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German) Page 5, accessed: 14 December 2008

Sources

Fussball-Jahrbuch Deutschland (in German) (8 vol.), Tables and results of the German tier-one leagues 1919-33, publisher: DSFS
Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll