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29-778: The Baden FA is also part of the Southern German Football Association , the SFV , one of five regional federations in Germany . The other members of the SFV are the football associations of Hesse , Bavaria , South Baden and Württemberg . The SFV is the largest of the five regional federations and based in Munich . Football in Southern Germany, and thereby in Baden was originally administrated by

58-548: A break through into the 2nd Bundesliga Süd . After a 17th-place finish, they returned to the Oberliga Hessen (III) where they played until 1987. The club had a brush with financial failure in the mid-1990s that included the loss of their grounds, and considered a merger with Progres Frankfurt. They were able to recover themselves and, for a while, Hanau played in Gruppenliga Frankfurt Ost (VII) with

87-757: A much enlarged federation, the Süddeutscher Fußball- und Leichtathletik-Verband - SFLV . With the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, the federation received the order from Berlin to disband itself in March 1933. On 6 August 1933, the SFLV held its last general meeting, in Stuttgart , where the order to disband was officially carried out. The financial liquidation of the federation was completed in 1942. Post- Second World War Germany saw Baden become part of

116-513: A national championship match. Hanau was one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association formed in 1900. In those early days of German football Hanau laid a 23–1 drubbing on a hopelessly green Kickers Offenbach side. The club managed a series of unsuccessful appearances in the local league final between 1902 and 1905 and were "robbed" of a title through bureaucratic machinations in 1907, before finally taking

145-501: A renewed focus on its youth teams. For the first time since the introduction of a single Hessenliga in the 1947–48 season, there was the first Hanau derby in the 2023–24 season. The city rival is the Verbandsliga Süd champions and climbers of the 2022–23 season, Hanauer SC 1960. HSC was founded in 1960 in a pub on Freigerichtstraße in the workers' housing estate, colloquially known as the "Dunlopviertel". and previously played in

174-611: The German Football Association . BFC Viktoria 1889 and Hanau were scheduled to contest the country's championship in Berlin, but Hanau could not afford to make the trip and so forfeited the match, leaving Viktoria national football champions. In 2007 (113 years later), the final was finally played after enthusiastic support from the President of the German Football Federation (DFB), Theo Zwanziger . The first leg

203-771: The Regionalliga Süd was reestablished, now as the third tier. As of 2015 the SFV organises only three leagues, the third tier Women's Regionalliga Süd, the Girls Under-17 Bundesliga and the Under 15 Regionalliga Süd . The Regionalliga Süd, the senior men's league it administrated since 1994, was disbanded in 2012 and replaced by the Regionalliga Bayern which coveres Bavaria and the Regionalliga Südwest , which covers

232-544: The SFLV in an acting role in its final pre-Second World War year and it was him that preserved the Southern German Championship trophy from the Nazis during this era. The financial liquidation of the federation was completed in 1942. Post- Second World War Germany the reestablishing of a Southern German federation seemed initially impossible as travel between occupation zones was very difficult and

261-767: The SFV after the First World War when the territory was returned to France. In January 1900 the VSFV was a driving force in the formation of the German Football Association , the DFB . In 1914 the VSFV renamed itself to Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband . In November 1927, the federation merged with the Southern German track and field association, forming a much enlarged federation, the Süddeutscher Fussball- und Leichtathletik-Verband - SFLV . With

290-547: The SFV from the US authorities. Below the Oberliga, the not yet officially reestablished SFV decreed that Landesligas were to be established for each of the states. On 4 November 1945, the new Oberliga played its first round. To alleviate any friction between the Southern German and the state association, the state associations became a member of the SFV but the football clubs remained members of their state associations only, not

319-608: The SFV , is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association , the DFB , and covers the states of Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria and Hesse . The SFV is in turn subdivided into the Baden Football Association , Bavarian Football Association , Hessian Football Association , South Baden Football Association and Württemberg Football Association . In 2017, the SFV had 3,113,899 members, 9,809 member clubs and 60,929 teams playing in its league system. The Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband

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348-574: The SFV . The SFV had the responsibility to organise the Oberliga and the new 2nd Oberliga, all other leagues were part of their state associations. The Badischer Fußball-Verband was formed on 7 July 1946 in Eppelheim . In 2017, the BFV had 198,187 members, 610 member clubs and 4,742 teams playing in its league system. Southern German Football Association The Southern German Football Association ( German : Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband ),

377-867: The Southern German football championship , followed by a league system a few years later. Originally the VSFV covered the Kingdom of Bavaria , the Kingdom of Württemberg , the Grand Duchy of Baden , the Grand Duchy of Hesse , Alsace-Lorraine , the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern , the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau ( southern parts only ) and the Prussian Rhine Province ( southern parts only ). Alsace-Lorraine ceased to be part of Germany and thereby

406-559: The Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband , which was formed on 17 October 1897 in Karlsruhe , then under the name of Verband Süddeutscher Fußball-Vereine . The new federation soon began to organise a regional football competition, the Southern German football championship , followed by a league system a few years later. In November 1927, the federation merged with the Southern German track and field association, forming

435-725: The 1930s the team played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen of the Süddeutschland Verband. German football was reorganized into sixteen top-flight divisions, or Gauligen , in Nazi Germany in 1933. Playing in the Gauliga Hessen Hanau captured three more regional titles in the late 1930s (1935, 1936, 1938) and advanced to the quarter-finals of the inaugural Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal , in 1935. The Gauliga Hessen

464-579: The American military. However, the club pressed on, playing in improvised uniforms on temporary grounds. Through the next two decades they bounced up and down between what was then second and third division play in Hesse. Their play improved enough to earn the side regular appearances in the Oberliga Hessen (III) through the late 1960s and into the 1970s, and in 1978–79 they enjoyed the adventure of

493-461: The US occupation zone. As travel within the occupation zone was restricted, the reestablishment of a Southern German federation seemed initially impossible. In September 1945, a regional football league was established, the Oberliga Süd , which was made up of 16 of the foremost football clubs of Southern Germany. The organisers of this competition had also received the permission to reestablish

522-651: The Verbandsliga for seven years, in which the club rose from the group league for the first time in 2016. This first Hessenliga derby took place on Easter Saturday 2024 as the HSC's home game in the Herbert Dröse Stadium. In 1894, the club qualified for the national championship final organised by the Deutscher Fußball- und Cricketbund (German Football and Cricket Association), a predecessor of

551-457: The area of the former SFLV was split between the U.S. and French zones. Instead, state associations were formed but these new association was not exclusively popular, as it was seen by former members of the SFLV as an obstacle to reestablish the later. The situation soon deteriorated into conflict as, in September 1945, a regional football league was established, the Oberliga Süd , which

580-514: The league, which was expanded to the 2. Oberliga after formation of the league in 1950. On 19 December 1949, the Southern German Football Association was officially reestablished. To alleviate any friction between the Southern German and the state associations, the state associations became a member of the SFV but the football clubs remained members of their state associations only, not the SFV . The SFV had

609-595: The local title in 1909. It became a founding member of the Nordkreis-Liga in 1909, where it played until the outbreak of the war. After the First World War, the club played in the Kreisliga Nordmain without any real success. In 1926, Hanau found itself in a legal squabble with FSV Frankfurt and the league that led to its exclusion from play for a short time. Through the late 1920s and into

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638-599: The other hand, the SFV gained the region of northern Hesse which had not been part of the association before the Second World War. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the SFV lost its premier football competition, the Oberliga Süd but maintained control of the second tier, the Regionalliga Süd . When the 2. Bundesliga was introduced in 1974 the association had to share control of

667-575: The remaining area of the SFV and the area of the Regional Football Association South West. The presidents of the SFV : FC Hanau 93 FC Hanau 93 is a German association football club based in Hanau , Hesse . Founded in 1893, the club is Hesse's oldest. In its first year, the club was winless in a half dozen matches, but the next season emerged as south German champion and earned an appearance in

696-593: The responsibility to organise the Oberliga and the new 2. Oberliga Süd , all other leagues were part of their state associations. The new SFV had already lost the Saarland as a region and, in 1950, lost the southern half of Rhineland-Palatinate as well when the South West German Football Association left the SFV in mutual consent over a dispute over whether the Oberliga should be played in one or two regional divisions. On

725-404: The rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, the federation received the order from Berlin to disband itself in March 1933. On 6 August 1933, the SFLV held its last general meeting, in Stuttgart , where the order to disband was officially carried out. At the time the association was without a president as Eduard Kartini had died in 1932 and a new president was to be elected in 1933. Paul Flierl lead

754-419: The southern division of this league with the neighbouring Regional Football Association South West . When the 2. Bundesliga became a single division league the SFV lost control over the second tier as well and did not have a league under its direct control. The establishment of a new Oberliga Süd, now as a tier three league, was considered from 1980 onwards but such a step was not taken until 14 years later when

783-530: Was broken up into two divisions in 1941 with the club going to the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau where they played consistently good football until the collapse of football leagues in Germany at the end of World War II. In spite of their play they were not granted entry to the local upper-tier leagues once re-established after the war, being bypassed for clubs from larger towns, and losing their ground to

812-563: Was formed as the Verband Süddeutscher Fußball-Vereine on 17 October 1897 in Karlsruhe in a meeting of the eight leading football clubs in Southern Germany, these being the Karlsruher FV , Phönix Karlsruhe , Fidelitas Karlsruhe , 1. FC Pforzheim , FC Heilbronn , FG 96 Mannheim , FC Hanau 93 , and Germania 94 Frankfurt . The new federation soon began to organise a regional football competition,

841-425: Was made up of 16 of the foremost football clubs of Southern Germany. The organisers of this competition had also received the permission to reestablish the SFV from the US authorities. Below the Oberliga, the not yet officially reestablished SFV decreed that Landesligas were to be established for each of the states. In 1948 professionalism was legalised when the Oberliga approved a statute for contracted players for

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