| Under 19 Bundesliga |
|---|
| Founded |
| 2003 |
| Nation |
 Germany |
 |
| Divisions |
| U19 Bundesliga North/Northeast |
| U19 Bundesliga South/Southwest |
| U19 Bundesliga West |
| Number of clubs |
| 42 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 1 |
| Current champions 2008-09 |
| FSV Mainz 05 |
The Under 19 Bundesliga (German: A-Junioren Bundesliga) is the highest level in German Under 19 football. It was created in 2003 and is divided in three divisions (Nord/Nordost, West und Süd/Südwest) with 14 teams each. The winner of each divisions and the second-placed team from the Süd/Südwest division join the play-offs for the German U19 champions.
The forerunner of the Under 19 Bundesliga was the A-Jugend-Regionalliga. In the summer of 2003 the divisions North and Northeast as well as South and Southwest were merged, the division West was simply renamed. The intent was to make youth football more competitive.
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History
The league was formed in 2003, when the five U 19 Regionalligas merged to form the three Bundesligas as follows:
- Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast formed from:
- Under 19 Regionalliga North
- Under 19 Regionalliga Northeast
- Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest formed from:
- Under 19 Regionalliga South
- Under 19 Regionalliga Southwest
- Under 19 Bundesliga West formed from:
- Under 19 Regionalliga West
The Regionalligas itself had only been formed in 1996, to replace an even more regionalised system with separate leagues for every regional football association.[1] Originally, the DFB planned to organise the league in two regional divisions but was eventually forced to operate with three.[2]
In 2007, the DFB followed this example reorganised the under 17 Regionalligas in the same fashion, forming the Under 17 Bundesliga.
Mode
The clubs in each of the three divisions play a home-and-away round whereby there is no inter-league play. Every club plays therefore 26 regular season games. The bottom three teams in each division are relegated to the next level below, in turn, the best three teams from the region are promoted.
The winner of each league plus the runners-up of the South/Southwest region play in the finals round for the German Under 17 championship. The semi-finals are played in a home-and-away format. If the two semi-final teams playing each other are level on points and goals after the second game, there will be a penalty shoot-out. No extra time will be played.
The two semi-final winners reach the final, which is held at the location of the winner of the predetermined semi-final A, unless the teams stadium does not comply with DFB requirement, in which case an alternative venue will be determined. In the final, which is one game only, in case of a draw after normal time, a 20 minute extra time will be played. If the game is still a draw, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner.[1]
Geography
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The three Bundesligas are not geographically balanced, North/Northeast covers a large area while West a rather small one, but in population termes, the arrangement is much more level. The three leagues cover the following states:
- Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast
- Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest
- Under 19 Bundesliga West
League pyramid
Below the three Bundesligas, a number of second tier leagues exist which teams are promoted from and relegated to. The league system operates as follows for the 2008-09 season.[3]
Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast
The league has two second divisions as the tier below, these being:
- Regionalliga North
- Regionalliga Northeast
The league champions are directly promoted while the two runners-ups play each other for a third promotion spot
Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest
The league has four second divisions as the tier below, these being:
- Regionalliga Southwest
- Hessenliga
- Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
- Bayernliga
The winners of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Bayernliga are directly promoted. A third promoted team is determined between the winners of the Hessenliga and the Regionalliga Southwest.
Under 19 Bundesliga West
The league has three second divisions as the tier below, these being:
- Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
- Verbandsliga Niederrhein
- Westfalenliga
The three league champions are directly promoted.
Levels of youth football
German football recognises seven levels of junior football, determined by age and labeled with letters, whereby A is the oldest. In the A level, mixed teams of male and females are not permitted while in B and C mixed teams are allowed if the parents or guardians of the children permit it. Below the C level, mixed teams are generally permitted without restrictions.[4]
| Name | Age |
| A-Junioren | Under 19 |
| B-Junioren | Under 17 |
| C-Junioren | Under 15 |
| D-Junioren | Under 13 |
| E-Junioren | Under 11 |
| F-Junioren | Under 9 |
| G-Junioren | Under 7 |
Teams competing in the 2008-09 season
(N) = Newly promoted
Division champions
| Season | North/Northeast | South/Southwest | West |
| 2003-04 | Hannover 96 | FC Bayern Munich | VfL Bochum |
| 2004-05 | Hertha BSC Berlin | VfB Stuttgart | VfL Bochum |
| 2005-06 | Hertha BSC Berlin | SC Freiburg | FC Schalke 04 |
| 2006-07 | Werder Bremen | FC Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2007-08 | VfL Wolfsburg | VfB Stuttgart | 1. FC Köln |
| 2008-09 | Werder Bremen | SC Freiburg | Borussia Dortmund |
Championship winners
The German under 19 football championship begun in 1969.[5]
Pre-Bundesliga era
| Season | Winner | Finalist | Result |
| 1968-69 | VfL Bochum | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 5-3 |
| 1969-70 | Hertha Zehlendorf | TuS Altrip | 3-2 |
| 1970-71 | 1. FC Köln | 1. FC Nuremberg | 3-2 |
| 1971-72 | MSV Duisburg | VfB Stuttgart | 2-0 |
| 1972-73 | VfB Stuttgart | Kickers Offenbach | 3-1 |
| 1973-74 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 1. FC Köln | 1-0 |
| 1974-75 | VfB Stuttgart (2) | FC Schalke 04 | 4-0 |
| 1975-76 | FC Schalke 04 | Rot-Weiß Essen | 3-1 |
| 1976-77 | MSV Duisburg (2) | VfB Stuttgart | 2-1 |
| 1977-78 | MSV Duisburg (3) | Hertha Zehlendorf | 5-2 |
| 1978-79 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2-1 |
| 1979-80 | Waldhof Mannheim | FC Schalke 04 | 2-1 |
| 1980-81 | VfB Stuttgart (3) | FC Schalke 04 | 4-0 |
| 1981-82 | Eintracht Frankfurt | VfB Stuttgart | 2-0 |
| 1982-83 | Eintracht Frankfurt (2) | 1. FC Köln | 2-0 |
| 1983-84 | VfB Stuttgart (4) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3-1 aet |
| 1984-85 | Eintracht Frankfurt (3) | Bayer Leverkusen | 4-2 |
| 1985-86 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2-0 |
| 1986-87 | Bayer Uerdingen | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2-1 |
| 1987-88 | VfB Stuttgart (5) | Bayer Leverkusen | 4-1 |
| 1988-89 | VfB Stuttgart (6) | 1. FC Nuremberg | 3-2 |
| 1989-90 | VfB Stuttgart (7) | Hertha Zehlendorf | 5-1 |
| 1990-91 | VfB Stuttgart (8) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4-1 |
| 1991-92 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Köln | 5-1 |
| 1992-93 | FC Augsburg | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3-1 |
| 1993-94 | Borussia Dortmund | Werder Bremen | 3-2 |
| 1994-95 | Borussia Dortmund (2) | Bayer Leverkusen | 2-0 |
| 1995-96 | Borussia Dortmund (3) | Waldhof Mannheim | 2-0 |
| 1996-97 | Borussia Dortmund (4) | TSV 1860 Munich | 2-1 |
| 1997-98 | Borussia Dortmund (5) | FC Bayern Munich | 2-2 / 2-1 after pen. |
| 1998-99 | Werder Bremen | VfB Stuttgart | 4-1 |
| 1999-00 | Bayer Leverkusen (2) | Werder Bremen | 4-2 |
| 2000-01 | FC Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen | 3-2 |
| 2001-02 | FC Bayern Munich (2) | VfB Stuttgart | 4-0 |
| 2002-03 | VfB Stuttgart (9) | Bayer Leverkusen | 5-2 |
Bundesliga era
| Season | Winner | Finalist | Result |
| 2003-04 | FC Bayern Munich (3) | VfL Bochum | 3-0 |
| 2004-05 | VfB Stuttgart (10) | VfL Bochum | 1-0 |
| 2005-06 | FC Schalke 04 (2) | FC Bayern Munich | 2-1 |
| 2006-07 | Bayer Leverkusen (3) | FC Bayern Munich | 2-1 aet |
| 2007-08 | SC Freiburg | VfL Wolfsburg | 2-0 |
| 2008-09 | FSV Mainz 05 | Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 |
- Winner in bold.
- (2) denotes the number of titles the club has one at this stage when it won more than one.
- Source: Alle A-Junioren-Meister (German) official DFB website: List of all champions, accessed: 27 November 2008
Winners & Finalists
As of 2008, this is the standing in the all-time winners list:
| Club | Championships | Finals |
| VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 15 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 6 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 8 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 3 | 6 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 4 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3 | 3 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 | 5 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 1 | 1 |
| SC Freiburg | 1 | 1 |
| Werder Bremen | 1 | 3 |
| FC Augsburg | 1 | 1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 | 4 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 1 | 1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 2 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1 | 1 |
| 1. FC Nuremberg | 1 | 5 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1 | 4 |
| Hertha Zehlendorf | 1 | 3 |
| VfL Bochum | 1 | 3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 0 | 1 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 0 | 1 |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 0 | 1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 0 | 1 |
| TuS Altrip | 0 | 1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0 | 1 |
- On three occasions, the Fussball-Bundesliga champions also won the German under 19 title:
- 1995: Borussia Dortmund
- 1996: Borussia Dortmund
- 2001: FC Bayern Munich
- On two occasions, the Fussball-Bundesliga champions also won the German under 17 and under 19 title:
- 1996: Borussia Dortmund
- 2001: FC Bayern Munich
- On four occasions, the under 19 champions also won the under 17 title:
- 1987: Bayer Uerdingen
- 1996: Borussia Dortmund
- 1998: Borussia Dortmund
- 2001: FC Bayern Munich
Past championships
2008
- Semi final
| Date | Home | Away | Result |
| 11 June 2008 | VfB Stuttgart | VfL Wolfsburg | 1-2 |
| 15 June 2008 | VfL Wolfsburg | VfB Stuttgart | 2-2 |
| 11 June 2008 | SC Freiburg | 1. FC Köln | 3-1 |
| 15 June 2008 | 1. FC Köln | SC Freiburg | 2-2 |
- Final
| Date | Home | Away | Result |
| 23 June 2008 | VfL Wolfsburg | SC Freiburg | 0-2 |
- Source: Endrunde 2008 (German) official DFB website, accessed: 27 November 2008
- The 2008 final was broadcasted live on national German television.
2009
- Semi final
| Date | Home | Away | Result |
| 17 June 2009 | FSV Mainz 05 | Werder Bremen | 0-1 |
| 21 June 2009 | Werder Bremen | FSV Mainz 05 | 0-3 |
| 17 June 2009 | Borussia Dortmund | SC Freiburg | 3-2 |
| 21 June 2009 | SC Freiburg | Borussia Dortmund | 1-3 |
- Final
| Date | Home | Away | Result |
| 28 June 2009 | FSV Mainz 05 | Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 |
- Source: Endrunde 2009 (German) official DFB website, accessed: 25 June 2009
- Winner in bold.
Clubs & league finishes
North/Northeast
| Club | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Werder Bremen | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| FC Hansa Rostock | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| FC Energie Cottbus | 11 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Hannover 96 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Hamburger SV | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 14 | ||||||
| Chemnitzer FC | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 13 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 | 9 | ||||||
| FC St. Pauli | 4 | 9 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| FC Sachsen Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| Holstein Kiel | 10 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Tasmania Gropiusstadt | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | |||
| SC Vier- und Marschlande Hamburg | 14 | |||||||
| FV Dresden-Nord | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| VfB Leipzig | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| FC Union 60 Bremen | 7 | 14 | ||||||
| Niendorfer TSV | 8 | |||||||
| VfB Lübeck | 9 | |||||||
| VfB Oldenburg | 11 | |||||||
| DGF Flensborg | 12 | |||||||
| Blau-Weiß Lohne | 13 | |||||||
| Leher TS Bremerhaven | 14 | |||||||
| Reinickendorfer Füchse | 12 | |||||||
| ESV/Empor Greifswald | 14 |
South/Southwest
| Club | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| SC Freiburg | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| FC Bayern Munich | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 9 | ||
| FSV Mainz 05 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Karlsruher SC | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | ||||
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 11 | 11 | |||||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Kickers Offenbach | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| FC 08 Villingen | 14 | |||||||
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Offenburger FV | 13 | |||||||
| Wacker Burghausen | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| 1. FC Nuremberg | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| SSV Reutlingen | 9 | 13 | ||||||
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Eintracht Trier | 14 | |||||||
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 14 | |||||||
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| KSV Baunatal | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| FC Augsburg | 10 | |||||||
| Waldhof Mannheim | 11 | |||||||
| TuS Koblenz | 4 | |||||||
| FSV Salmrohr | 5 | |||||||
| Hassia Bingen | 6 | |||||||
| FK Pirmasens | 7 | |||||||
| DJK/SV Phönix Schifferstadt | 8 | |||||||
| VfB Dillingen | 9 | |||||||
| SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf | 10 | |||||||
| Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 11 | |||||||
| SG Betzdorf | 12 |
West
| Club | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
| 1. FC Köln | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| FC Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| VfL Bochum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | |
| MSV Duisburg | 13 | 6 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Alemannia Aachen | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Rot-Weiß Ahlen | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | |||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Bergisch Gladbach 09 | 14 | |||||||
| Wuppertaler SV Borussia | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 9 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| Preußen Münster | 14 | 13 | ||||||
| VfL Leverkusen | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| SpVgg Erkenschwick | 13 | |||||||
| Bonner SC | 12 | 8 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| SC Paderborn 07 | 10 | 14 | 13 | |||||
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 14 | |||||||
| SCB Viktoria Köln | 12 | |||||||
| KFC Uerdingen 05 | 13 |
| Colour | Region of origin |
| North | |
| Northeast | |
| South | |
| Southwest | |
| West |
See also
External links
Sources
- kicker Almanach 1990 (German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker, published: 1989, ISBN 3767902974
- Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen - Die Saison 2002/2003 (German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: DSFS, published: 2003
References
- ^ a b Rund um die A-Junioren-Meisterschaft (German) DFB website: Explanations to the league system, accessed: 27 November 2008
- ^ Die neue DFB-A-Jugend-Bundesliga (German) publisher: Hamburger Abendblatt, published: 30 August 2003, accessed: 27 November 2008
- ^ DFB Jugendordnung - § 19 - Aufstieg in die Junioren-Bundesligen (German) DFB website - Promotion to the Bundesligas, accessed: 27 November 2008
- ^ DFB Jugendordnung - § 5 - Altersklasseneinteilung (German) DFB website - rules & regulations of German youth football, accessed: 27 November 2008
- ^ kicker Almanach 1990 (German) publisher: kicker, published: 1989, accessed: 27 November 2008
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