Below you find a regionwise analysis of the German league - which regions provided how many teams to the league, and titles won per region.
Information is prepared as follows: - name of the region (Länder) in German and, if different, in English - population (as of Jan 1, 2008, rounded to thousands) - German championships won by teams of the region from 1903 to 1963. Note that the championship was not awarded in 1904 and 1922, and was not played from 1914-15 to 1918-19 and from 1944-45 to 1946-47 because of World Wars. - DDR-Oberliga champions from 1949 to 1990-91. Played by teams of the former (East) German Democratic Republic. So, only the Länder: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen. - Bundesliga: in the first column, seasons played by each club in Bundesliga from 1963-64 to 2009-10. In brackets, Bundesliga championships won by each club from 1963-64 to 2008-2009. At the bottom of the page, statistical tables by regions.
Pop.: 10.750.000 Until 1963: 6 German championships won by 5 clubs: 2 VfB Stuttgart 1 Freiburger FC 1 Phönix Karlsruhe 1 Karlsruher FV 1 VfR Mannheim Bundesliga since 1963-64: 92 presences by 7 clubs. 3 championships won by 1 club. 45 ( 3) VfB Stuttgart 24 Karlsruher SC 11 SC Freiburg 7 SV Waldhof Mannheim 2 TSV 1899 Hoffenheim 2 Stuttgarter Kickers 1 SSV Ulm 1846
Pop.: 12.520.000 Until 1963: 12 German championships won by 3 clubs: 8 1.FC Nürnberg 3 SpVgg Fürth 1 FC Bayern München Bundesliga since 1963-64: 95 presences by 4 clubs. 22 championships won by 3 clubs. 45 (20) FC Bayern München 28 ( 1) 1.FC Nürnberg 20 ( 1) TSV München 1860 2 SpVgg Unterhaching
Pop.: 3.416.000 Until 1963: 5 German championships won by 3 clubs: 2 Viktoria 89 (Berlin) 2 Hertha BSC (Berlin) 1 Union 92 (Berlin) East Germany from 1949 to 1991: Clubs from Ostberlin (Eastern Berlin) played in DDR-Oberliga. 16 DDR-Oberliga won by 2 clubs: 10 BFC Dynamo (Berlin) 6 FC Vorwärts Berlin Bundesliga (West Berlin since 1963-64 and East Berlin since 1991-92): 33 presences by 4 clubs. 29 Hertha BSC (Berlin) 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1 Blau-Weiß Berlin 1 Tasmania 1900 (Berlin)
Pop.: 2.536.000 Until 1945: No German championships won by clubs from Brandenburg. East Germany from 1949 to 1991: No DDR-Oberliga won by clubs from Brandenburg. Bundesliga since 1991-92: 6 presences by 1 club. 6 FC Energie Cottbus
Pop. : 663.000 Until 1963: No German championships won by clubs from Bremen. Bundesliga since 1963-64: 46 presences by 1 club. 4 championships won by 1 club. 46 ( 4) SV Werder Bremen
Pop.: 1.771.000 Until 1963: 3 German championships won by 1 club: 3 Hamburger SV Bundesliga since 1963-64: 54 presences by 2 clubs. 3 championships won by 1 club. 47 ( 3) Hamburger SV 7 FC Sankt Pauli (Hamburg)
Pop.: 6.073.000 Until 1963: 1 German championship won by 1 club: 1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga since 1963-64: 51 presences by 3 clubs. 42 Eintracht Frankfurt 7 Offenbacher FC Kickers 2 SV Darmstadt 98
Pop.: 1.680.000 Until 1945: No German championships won by clubs from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. East Germany from 1949 to 1991: 1 DDR-Oberliga won by 1 club: 1 FC Hansa Rostock Bundesliga since 1991-92: 12 presences by 1 club. 12 FC Hansa Rostock
Pop.: 7.972.000 Until 1963: 2 German championships won by 1 club: 2 Hannoverscher SV 96 Bundesliga since 1963-64: 55 presences by 3 clubs. 2 championships won by 2 clubs. 22 Hannoverscher SV 96 20 ( 1) Eintracht Braunschweig 13 (1) VfL Wolfsburg
Pop.: 17.997.000 Until 1963: 13 German championships won by 5 clubs: 7 FC Schalke 04 (Gelsenkirchen) 3 BV Borussia Dortmund 1 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 TSV Fortuna Düssseldorf 1 SC Rot-Weiß Essen Bundesliga since 1963-64: 338 presences by 17 clubs. 10 championships won by 3 clubs. 43 ( 3) BV 09 Borussia Dortmund 42 ( 5) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 42 FC Schalke 04 (Gelsenkirchen) 41 ( 2) 1.FC Köln 34 VfL Bochum 31 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 28 MSV Duisburg 22 TSV Fortuna Düsseldorf 17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 14 Bayer 05 Uerdingen / KFC Uerdingen 7 SC Rot-Weiß Essen 4 TSV Alemannia Aachen 4 SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 4 SG Wattenscheid 09 3 Wuppertaler SV 1 SC Fortuna Köln 1 SC Preußen Münster
Pop.: 4.046.000 Until 1963: 2 German championships won by 1 club: 2 1.FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga since 1963-64: 46 presences by 2 clubs. 2 championships won by 1 club. 42 ( 2) 1.FC Kaiserslautern 4 FSV Mainz 05
Pop.: 1.037.000 Until 1963: No German championships won by clubs from Saarland. Bundesliga since 1963-64: 11 presences by 3 clubs. 5 1.FC Saarbrücken 3 VfB Borussia Neunkirchen 3 FC Homburg/Saar
Pop.: 4.220.000 Until 1945: 5 German championships won by 2 clubs: 3 VfB Leipzig 2 Dresdner SC East Germany from 1949 to 1991: 16 DDR-Oberligas won by 7 clubs: 8 SG Dynamo Dresden (1953 title by fore-runner, moved to Berlin 1954) 3 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (played in Aue) 2 BSG Chemie Leipzig 1 ZSG Horch Zwickau 1 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) 1 SG Planitz Bundesliga since 1991-92: 5 presences by 2 clubs. 4 Dynamo Dresden 1 VfB Leipzig (former 1.FC Lokomotive)
Pop.: 2.412.000 Until 1945: No German championships won by clubs from Sachsen-Anhalt. East Germany from 1949 to 1991: 5 DDR-Oberliga won by 2 clubs: 3 1.FC Magdeburg 2 ZSG Union Halle / BSG Turbine Halle Bundesliga since 1991-92: None of the clubs from Sachsen-Anhalt has played in Bundesliga.
Pop.: 2.837.000 Until 1963: 1 German championship won by 1 club: 1 FC Holstein (Kiel) Bundesliga since 1963-64: None of the clubs from Schleswig-Holstein has played in Bundesliga.
Pop.: 2.289.000 Until 1945: No German championships won by clubs from Thüringen. East Germany from 1949 to 1991: 5 DDR-Oberliga won by 2 clubs: 3 SC Motor Jena / FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2 SC Turbine Erfurt Bundesliga since 1991-92: None of the clubs from Thüringen has played in Bundesliga.
The Austrian territory was added to Germany from 1938 to 1945. During these years, Austrian clubs played the German championship. Rapid Wien were German champions in 1941.
Region Pop. (2008) Presences
Clubs Seasons
Nordrhein-Westfalen 17.997.000 17 338
Bayern 12.520.000 4 95
Baden-Württemberg 10.750.000 7 92
Niedersachsen 7.972.000 3 55
Hamburg 1.771.000 2 54
Hessen 6.073.000 3 51
Bremen 663.000 1 46
Rheinland-Pfalz 4.046.000 2 46
Berlin 3.416.000 4 33
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1.680.000 1 12
Saarland 1.037.000 3 11
Brandenburg 2.536.000 1 6
Sachsen 4.220.000 2 5
Sachsen-Anhalt 2.412.000 - -
Schleswig-Holstein 2.837.000 - -
Thüringen 2.289.000 - -
Total 82.219.000 50 844
Region Pop. (2008) Bundesliga German champions DDR Oberliga
(1963-2009) (1903-1963) (1949-1991)
Bayern 12.520.000 22 12 -
Nordrhein-Westfalen 17.997.000 10 13 -
Bremen 663.000 4 0 -
Baden-Württemberg 10.750.000 3 6 -
Hamburg 1.771.000 3 3 -
Niedersachsen 7.972.000 2 2 -
Rheinland-Pfalz 4.046.000 2 2 -
Berlin 3.416.000 0 5 16
Sachsen 4.220.000 0 5 16
Hessen 6.073.000 0 1 -
Schleswig-Holstein 2.837.000 0 1 -
Sachsen-Anhalt 2.412.000 0 0 5
Thüringen 2.289.000 0 0 5
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1.680.000 0 0 1
Brandenburg 2.536.000 0 0 0
Saarland 1.037.000 0 0 -
Österreich - 1 -
Total 82.219.000 46 51 43
Prepared and maintained by Carles Lozano Ferrer for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Carles Lozano Ferrer
(ferrer@economistes.com)
Last updated: 19 Jun 2009
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