This section contains historical info on the German soccer leagues, from
modern times back to the start.
You can broadly break things down into the following eras:
1902-1919: The Kaiser, playoffs
1919-1933: Weimar Republic, regional leagues and playoffs
1933-1945: The Nazi era, Gauligen and playoffs
1950-1963: Federal Republic, Oberligen and playoffs
1963-1990: Federal Republic, Bundesliga
1990-now: re-united Germany, Bundesliga
Also:
All-time Bundesliga table, 1963-present
All-time Bundesliga Goal scorers, 1963-present
All-time Bundesliga Players, 1963-present
German Player of the Year, 1960-present
All-time Oberliga , 1950-1963
GDR History , 1950-1990
Year | CHAMPION | CUP WINNER
2015-16
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2014-15
| Bayern München
| VfL Wolfsburg
| 2013-14
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2012-13
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2011-12
| Borussia Dortmund
| Borussia Dortmund
| 2010-11
| Borussia Dortmund
| FC Schalke 04
| 2009-10
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2008-09
| VfL Wolfsburg
| Werder Bremen
| 2007-08
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2006-07
| VfB Stuttgart
| 1.FC Nürnberg
| 2005-06
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2004-05
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2003-04
| Werder Bremen
| Werder Bremen
| 2002-03
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 2001-02
| Borussia Dortmund
| FC Schalke 04
| 2000-01
| Bayern München
| FC Schalke 04
| 1999-00
| Bayern München
| Bayern München
| 1998-99
| Bayern München
| Werder Bremen
| 1997-98
| 1.FC Kaiserslautern | Bayern München
| 1996-97
| Bayern München | Werder Bremen
| 1995-96
| Borussia Dortmund | Bayern München
| 1994-95
| Borussia Dortmund | Borussia M'gladbach
| 1993-94
| Bayern München | Werder Bremen
| 1992-93
| Werder Bremen | Bayer Leverkusen
| 1991-92
| VfB Stuttgart | Hannover 96
| 1990-91
| 1.FC Kaiserslautern | Werder Bremen
| 1989-90
| Bayern München | 1.FC Kaiserslautern
| 1988-89
| Bayern München | Borussia Dortmund
| 1987-88
| Werder Bremen | Eintracht Frankfurt
| 1986-87
| Bayern München | Hamburger SV
| 1985-86
| Bayern München | Bayern München
| 1984-85
| Bayern München | Bayer Uerdingen
| 1983-84
| VfB Stuttgart | Bayern München
| 1982-83
| Hamburger SV | 1.FC Köln
| 1981-82
| Hamburger SV | Bayern München
| 1980-81
| Bayern München | Eintracht Frankfurt
| 1979-80
| Bayern München | Fortuna Düsseldorf
| 1978-79
| Hamburger SV | Fortuna Düsseldorf
| 1977-78
| 1.FC Köln | 1.FC Köln
| 1976-77
| Bor. M'gladbach | 1.FC Köln
| 1975-76
| Bor. M'gladbach | Hamburger SV
| 1974-75
| Bor. M'gladbach | Eintracht Frankfurt
| 1973-74
| Bayern München | Eintracht Frankfurt
| 1972-73
| Bayern München | Bor. M'gladbach
| 1971-72
| Bayern München | Schalke 04
| 1970-71
| Bor. M'gladbach | Bayern München
| 1969-70
| Bor. M'gladbach | Kickers Offenbach
| 1968-69
| Bayern München | Bayern München
| 1967-68
| 1.FC Nürnberg | 1.FC Köln
| 1966-67
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Bayern München
| 1965-66
| 1860 München | Bayern München
| 1964-65
| Werder Bremen | Borussia Dortmund
| 1963-64
| 1.FC Köln | 1860 München
| Bundesliga starts |
1962-63 | Borussia Dortmund |
Hamburger SV
| 1961-62 | 1.FC Köln | 1.FC
Nürnberg
| 1960-61 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
Werder Bremen
| 1959-60 | Hamburger SV |
Bor. M'gladbach
| 1958-59 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
Schwarz-Weiss Essen
| 1957-58 | Schalke 04 |
VfB Stuttgart
| 1956-57 | Borussia Dortmund |
Bayern München
| 1955-56 | Borussia Dortmund |
Karlsruher SC
| 1954-55 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Karlsruher
SC
| 1953-54 | Hannover 96 |
VfB Stuttgart
| 1952-53 | 1.FC Kaiserslautern |
Rot-Weiss Essen
| 1951-52 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 1950-51 | 1.FC Kaiserslautern |
| 1949-50 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 1948-49 | VfR Mannheim |
| 1947-48 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
| 1946-47 | 1945-46 | 1944-45 | 1943-44 | Dresdner SC |
| 1942-43 | Dresdner SC |
Vienna FC Wien
| 1941-42 | FC Schalke 04 |
1860 München
| 1940-41 | SK Rapid Wien |
Dresdner SC
| 1939-40 | FC Schalke 04 |
Dresdner SC
| 1938-39 | FC Schalke 04 |
1.FC Nürnberg
| 1937-38 | Hannover 96 |
Rapid Wien
| 1936-37 | FC Schalke 04 | FC
Schalke 04
| 1935-36 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
VfB Leipzig
| 1934-35 | FC Schalke 04 |
1.FC Nürnberg
| 1933-34 | FC Schalke 04 |
| 1932-33 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 1931-32 | Bayern München |
| 1930-31 | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 1929-30 | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 1928-29 | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1927-28 | Hamburger SV |
| 1926-27 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
| 1925-26 | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1924-25 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
| 1923-24 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
| 1922-23 | Hamburger SV |
| 1921-22 | (Hamburger SV) |
| 1920-21 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
| 1919-20 | 1.FC Nürnberg |
| 1918-19 | 1917-18 | 1916-17 | 1915-16 | 1914-15 | 1913-14 | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1912-13 | VfB Leipzig |
| 1911-12 | Holstein Kiel |
| 1910-11 | Viktoria 89 Berlin |
| 1909-10 | Karlsruher FV |
| 1908-09 | Phönix Karlsruhe |
| 1907-08 | Viktoria 89 Berlin |
| 1906-07 | Freiburger FC |
| 1905-06 | VfB Leipzig |
| 1904-05 | Union 92 Berlin |
| 1903-04 | 1902-03 | VfB Leipzig
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