Central German football championship
The dressings German Ballgame clubs ( VMBV ) was a regional football association, the present day states of Saxony, Saxony -Anhalt and Thuringia, but also neighboring towns such as Duderstadt and Neustadt bei Coburg comprised approximately. The VMBV was founded on December 26, 1900 in Leipzig, and existed until 1933.
History
Creation and development
While in the city of Leipzig with the Association Leipzig Ballgame clubs existed since 1896, a local football association and championships fought out, the football was still largely unorganized in the rest of central Germany around 1900. After the founding of the German Football Association had been completed as rich on the governing body of football on January 28, 1900 in Leipzig, decided the Leipzig Ernst Raydt, Theodor Schöffler (VfB Leipzig ) and Bruno Moldenhauer ( Wacker Leipzig), an association for all Central Germany to form associations. On Boxing Day in 1900, the inaugural meeting of the new association in Leipzig Mariengarten took place. Convened they had John Kirmse, chairman of the LBV, who had also been active already in the convening of the DFB foundation day at the beginning of the year.
It involved the following twelve clubs from seven cities:
- VfB Leipzig clubs, Wacker, SV Lipsia 93 and 1896 Olympics
- The Halle FC in 1896 and Hohenzollern Hall
- The BC at the technical as well as the FC Germania from Mittweida
- Chemnitz BC
- Dessauer FC 1898
- The game club Hohenzollern Merseburg
- FC Prussia Weissenfels
The later football metropolis of Dresden was not represented at the founding of the VMBV.
The most important goal this merger wrote the education of youth physical fitness and patriotism by taking care of various physical exercises, especially of football and athletics, on the flags. The association grew slowly but steadily in the initial period. At the time of inclusion in the DFB on 28 August 1901 he had around 1,000 members, the number of clubs increased in the first year of existence on 15.
In the period before the First World War, the number of associated clubs grew substantially, over 81 (1906 ), 115 (1908 ) and 315 with 18,600 members in 1910/11 to finally 414 clubs with 27,000 members. As well as in the spatial extent of the third largest association in the DFB: At the time of resolution 1933, the VBMV both in terms of the number of members ( 128,500 members in 1,032 clubs in 1930 ) was. The association area ranged from Wittenberg on the Mecklenburg border to Coburg at the Bavarian, of the Holy City in the west to the east Bautzen.
Game operation
In the 1901/02 season the dressings German Ballgame clubs organized its first football championship round, the 26 teams were divided into four squadrons participated. The first final of the German Cup means between the two champions FC Wacker 1895 Leipzig and Dresdner SC 1898 held that won Wacker 6:3.
1905 was also the Association of Magdeburg Ballgame associations in VMBV. Although Magdeburg Master took early as the 1902/03 season at the final round of the Central German Cup finals, but was also at the same time automatically qualified for the finals of the German Championship. In 1905 also eleven Thuringian club joined the Federation means German ball game clubs. 1911 also followed the small Thuringian associations that were established from 1905.
By joining always new clubs, the teams were divided into districts whose boundaries had to be adjusted several times. The clubs from Halle, for example, belonged only to the administrative district of North West Saxony (Leipzig and vicinity), but formed from the 1907/08 season with clubs from around the Saalegau. In the season 1913/14, the association area of VMBV was already divided into 20 districts. In the 1920s, the number of districts increased to 27, in the 1927/28 season even at 28 A complete dilution of the playful levels was the result. High, some even double-digit results in the finals of the German Cup means witnessed by the class differences in the various leagues. From the season 1926/27, in addition to the championship even a federation Cup was played.
The Gaumeister each took part in the final round of the Federation Cup, the Association champion was again qualified for the finals of the German Championship. Already in the first German soccer championship In 1903, the VMBV with VfB Leipzig and the German champions, this success was the club two more times, in 1906 and 1913, repeat.
The selection of the team VMBV won in the 1908/09 season the first time played Crown Prince Cup and was the success of 1920/21 and 1926 in the renamed Federal Cup competition repeat / 27.
Resolution
In the wake of the Nazi " Gleichschaltung " of sport, the German Football Association affiliated associations were dissolved, including the Association of German funds Ball Game Clubs 1933-1934. The trade official football of the Reich Federation for Physical Education took over the functions of the DFB, which still continued to exist formally until 1940, the territories of the former regional associations were in districts, in turn divided into districts and each district in these circles. The VMBV fell into the Sportgaue V and VI, with the former extended over the region of the Free State of Saxony and the latter over the province of Saxony Anhalt and Thuringia (see Gauliga Saxony and Gauliga center).