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{{Infobox football league
| name = Kreisliga Südwest
| founded = 1919
| folded = 1923
| country = {{flag|Germany|Weimar}}
| image = [[Image:Deutsches Reich 1925 b.png|180px|Map of Germany in 1925]]
| state type = [[States of Germany|State]]
| state = {{flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891-1918).svg}} [[Baden]]
| successor = [[Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden]]
| level = [[German football league system|Level 1]]
| domest_cup =
| season = 1922–23
| champions =[[1. FC Pforzheim]]
}}
The '''Kreisliga Südwest''' (English: ''District league Southwest'') was the highest [[association football]] league in the [[Germany|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.<ref>[http://www.fussball-historie.de/Sueddeutschland/Sued1909.html Verband Süddeutscher Fussball Vereine 1909] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719030933/http://www.fussball-historie.de/Sueddeutschland/Sued1909.html |date=July 19, 2011 }} {{in lang|de}}, accessed: 22 March 2009</ref> 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:
* [[Kreisliga Hessen]]
* [[Kreisliga Nordbayern]]
* [[Kreisliga Nordmain]]
* [[Kreisliga Odenwald]]
* [[Kreisliga Pfalz]]
* [[Kreisliga Saar]]
* [[Kreisliga Südbayern]]
* [[Kreisliga Südmain]]
* Kreisliga Südwest
* [[Kreisliga Württemberg]]

The Südkreis-Liga was split into three regional competitions, Württemberg, Odenwald and Südwest, each with ten clubs.<ref>''Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988'', {{in lang|de}} author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 62, accessed: 22 March 2009</ref> The three league winners advanced to the Southern championship. This system applied for the 1919-20 and 1920-21 season.<ref>''Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988'', {{in lang|de}} author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 65, accessed: 22 March 2009</ref>

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.<ref>''Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988'', {{in lang|de}} author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 70, accessed: 22 March 2009</ref> 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.<ref>''Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897 - 1988'', {{in lang|de}} author: Ludolf Hyll, page: 73, accessed: 22 March 2009</ref>

In 1923, a league reform which was decided upon in [[Darmstadt]], [[Hesse]], established the Southern German ''Bezirksligas'' which were to replace the ''Kreisligas''.<ref>[http://ofv.avenit.de/files/upload/Vereinsgeschichte.pdf History of the Offenburger Fußballverein] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306103917/http://ofv.avenit.de/files/upload/Vereinsgeschichte.pdf |date=March 6, 2009 }} {{in lang|de}} Page 5, accessed: 14 December 2008</ref> 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:
* [[1. FC Pforzheim]]
* [[Freiburger FC]]
* [[Phönix Karlsruhe]]
* [[FC Mühlburg]]

==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==
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf"
|width="70"|'''Season'''
|width="150"|'''North'''
|width="150"|'''Runner-Up'''
|- align="center"
| 1919–20
| Freiburger FC
| 1. FC Pforzheim
|- align="center"
| 1920–21
| 1. FC Pforzheim
| Freiburger FC
|- align="center"
| 1921–22
| Karlsruher FV
| Phönix Karlsruhe
|- align="center"
| 1922–23
| 1. FC Pforzheim
| Freiburger FC
|}

==Placings in the Kreisliga Südwest 1919-23==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! 1920
! 1921
! 1922
! 1923
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Freiburger FC]]
| style="background:#ffffbf"| '''1'''
| 2
| 2
| 2
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[1. FC Pforzheim]]
| 2
| style="background:#ffffbf"| '''1'''
| 2
| style="background:#ffffbf"| '''1'''
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Karlsruher FV]]
| 3
| 3
| style="background:#ffffbf"| '''1'''
| 5
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Phönix Karlsruhe]]
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 3
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[FC Mühlburg]]
| 5
| 8
| 3
| 4
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[FV Beiertheim]]
| 6
| 9
| 6
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[VfB Karlsruhe]]
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 8
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[VfR Pforzheim]]
| 8
| 10
| 7
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[BSC Pforzheim]]
| 9
|
|
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Spgg. Freiburg]]
| 10
|
|
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Germania Brötzingen]]
|
| 4
| 4
| 7
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[SC Freiburg]]
|
| 6
| 4
| 6
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Germania Durlach]]
|
|
| 5
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[SC Pforzheim]]
|
|
| 8
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[FC Birkenfeld]]
|
|
| 5
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Frankonia Karlsruhe]]
|
|
| 6
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[Offenburger FV]]
|
|
| 7
|
|- align="center"
|align="left"| [[FV Lörrach]]
|
|
| 8
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

==External links==
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ The Gauligas] {{in lang|de}} ''Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv''
* [http://www.fussball-historie.de/ German league tables 1892-1933] {{in lang|de}} ''Hirschi's Fussball seiten''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080615191414/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/duithistpre45.html Germany - Championships 1902-1945] at RSSSF.com

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