Under 17 Bundesliga
Country | Germany |
---|---|
Confederation | UEFA |
Founded |
1976 (Championship) 2007 (Bundesliga) |
Divisions | 3 |
Number of teams | 42 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Current champions |
Bayer Leverkusen (2015–16) |
Most championships | VfB Stuttgart (7 titles) |
The Under 17 Bundesliga (German: B-Junioren Bundesliga) is the highest level of play in German football for male juniors between the ages of 15 and 17.[1] It was formed in 2007 and operates in three regional divisions with 14 clubs each. At the end of season, the three league winners and one of the runners-up determine the German champions for this age group.
History
The league was formed in 2007, when the five U 17 Regionalligas merged to form the three Bundesligas as follows:
- Under 17 Bundesliga North/Northeast formed from:
- Under 17 Regionalliga North
- Under 17 Regionalliga Northeast
- Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest formed from:
- Under 17 Regionalliga South
- Under 17 Regionalliga Southwest
- Under 17 Bundesliga West formed from:
- Under 17 Regionalliga West
As such, the German Football Association followed the example it had set with the Under 19 Bundesligas in 2004, which were reorganised in the same fashion.
The Regionalligas itself had only been formed in 2000, to replace an even more regionalised system with separate leagues for every regional football association.[2]
Modus
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.[2]
Geography
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 17 Bundesliga North/Northeast
- Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest
- Under 17 Bundesliga West
League pyramide
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 17 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 17 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 17 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 |
League winners
The champions of the three divisions:
Season | North/Northeast | South/Southwest | West |
2007–08 | Hertha BSC Berlin | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Borussia Dortmund |
2008–09 | VfL Wolfsburg | FC Bayern Munich | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2009–10 | Hertha BSC Berlin | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
2010–11 | Werder Bremen | VfB Stuttgart | 1. FC Köln |
2011–12 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 1. FC Nuremberg | 1. FC Köln |
2012–13 | Hertha BSC Berlin | VfB Stuttgart | FC Schalke 04 |
2013–14 | RB Leipzig | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Borussia Dortmund |
2014–15 | RB Leipzig | VfB Stuttgart | Borussia Dortmund |
2015–16 | VfL Wolfsburg | VfB Stuttgart | Borussia Dortmund |
Championship winners
The German under 17 football championship begun in 1977, with the first final being played on 3 July 1977 in Niefern.[5]
Pre-Bundesliga era
Season | Winner | Finalist | Result |
1976–77 | Eintracht Frankfurt | FC Schalke 04 | 2–1 |
1977–78 | FC Schalke 04 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 6–0 |
1978–79 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | FC Augsburg | 1–1 / 5–4 after pen. |
1979–80 | Eintracht Frankfurt (2) | FC Schalke 04 | 2–1 |
1980–81 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 |
1981–82 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 |
1982–83 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Werder Bremen | 2–1 |
1983–84 | Borussia Dortmund | TSV 1860 Munich | 1–0 |
1984–85 | VfL Bochum | Kickers Offenbach | 3–0 |
1985–86 | VfB Stuttgart | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 5–0 |
1986–87 | Bayer Uerdingen | 1. FC Nuremberg | 4–0 |
1987–88 | Hertha Zehlendorf | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 |
1988–89 | FC Bayern Munich | Hertha Zehlendorf | 1–1 / 5–4 after pen. |
1989–90 | 1. FC Köln | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 |
1990–91 | Eintracht Frankfurt (3) | Hertha BSC Berlin | 2–2 / 8–4 after pen. |
1991–92 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–1 |
1992–93 | Borussia Dortmund (2) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 5–1 |
1993–94 | VfB Stuttgart (2) | Hannover 96 | 3–0 |
1994–95 | VfB Stuttgart (3) | Hannover 96 | 3–1 |
1995–96 | Borussia Dortmund (3) | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 6–1 |
1996–97 | FC Bayern Munich (2) | Werder Bremen | 3–0 |
1997–98 | Borussia Dortmund (4) | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 / 3–2 after pen. |
1998–99 | VfB Stuttgart (4) | Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 |
1999-00 | Hertha BSC Berlin | FC Bayern Munich | 1–0 |
2000–01 | FC Bayern Munich (3) | Borussia Dortmund | 4–0 |
2001–02 | FC Schalke 04 (2) | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 aet |
2002–03 | Hertha BSC Berlin (2) | VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 |
2003–04 | VfB Stuttgart (5) | Energie Cottbus | 2–1 |
2004–05 | Hertha BSC Berlin (3) | Hansa Rostock | 2–0 |
2005–06 | TSV 1860 Munich | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 |
2006–07 | FC Bayern Munich (4) | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 |
Bundesliga era
Season | Semi-finals | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Final | Result |
2007–08 | Hertha BSC Berlin – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–6 | 3–1 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – Borussia Dortmund | 6–4 |
1. FC Kaiserlslautern – Borussia Dortmund | 1–3 | 1–0 | |||
2008–09 | FC Bayern Munich – VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart (6) – FC Bayern Munich | 3–1 aet |
VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||
2009–10 | VfB Stuttgart – Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt (4) – Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 |
Eintracht Frankfurt – Hertha BSC Berlin | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||
2010–11 | VfB Stuttgart – Werder Bremen | 2–2 aet (8–9 pen) | 1. FC Köln (2) – Werder Bremen | 3–2 aet | |
1. FC Köln – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | ||||
2011–12 | 1. FC Köln – Hertha BSC Berlin | 1–2 | 4–4 | Hertha BSC Berlin (4) – VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 |
VfB Stuttgart – 1. FC Nuremberg | 0–2 | 4–1 | |||
2012–13 | FC Schalke 04 – Hertha BSC Berlin | 0–1 | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart (7) – Hertha BSC Berlin | 1–0 |
Werder Bremen – VfB Stuttgart | 1–7 | 0–4 | |||
2013–14 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 – RB Leipzig | 1–1 | 1–2 | RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund (5) | 1–2 |
Borussia Dortmund – Hertha BSC Berlin | 1–2 | 4–0 | |||
2014–15 | VfB Stuttgart – Hannover 96 | 2–0 | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund (6) | 0–4 |
Borussia Dortmund – RB Leipzig | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||
2015–16 | VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund | 2–3 | 1–5 | Borussia Dortmund – Bayer Leverkusen (2) | 0–2 |
Bayer Leverkusen – VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 3–2 |
- Winner in bold.
- (2) denotes the number of titles the club has won at this stage when it won more than one.
- Source: Alle B-Junioren-Meister (German) official DFB website: List of all champions, accessed: 16 November 2008
Winners & Finalists
As of 2016, this is the standing in the all-time winners list:
Club | Championships | Finals |
VfB Stuttgart | 7 | 14 |
Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 12 |
Hertha BSC Berlin | 4 | 5 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 6 |
FC Bayern Munich | 4 | 6 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 2 |
1. FC Köln | 2 | 2 |
FC Schalke 04 | 2 | 4 |
Hertha Zehlendorf | 1 | 3 |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 | 2 |
TSV 1860 Munich | 1 | 2 |
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 1 | 1 |
VfL Bochum | 1 | 1 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1 | 1 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 | 1 |
Bayer Uerdingen | 1 | 1 |
SG Wattenscheid 09 | 1 | 1 |
Werder Bremen | 0 | 3 |
Hannover 96 | 0 | 2 |
RB Leipzig | 0 | 1 |
FC Augsburg | 0 | 1 |
Energie Cottbus | 0 | 1 |
Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 0 | 1 |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0 | 1 |
1. FC Nuremberg | 0 | 1 |
Kickers Offenbach | 0 | 1 |
Hansa Rostock | 0 | 1 |
1. FC Saarbrücken | 0 | 1 |
- On four occasions, the Bundesliga champions also won the German under 17 title:
- 1989: FC Bayern Munich
- 1996: Borussia Dortmund
- 1997: FC Bayern Munich
- 2001: FC Bayern Munich
- On two occasions, the 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
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Clubs & league finishes
The clubs and their league finishes in the Under 17 Bundesliga since 2007–08. Also shown are the final placing of the qualifying season 2006–07 and the Regionalliga or region, in color, the clubs qualified from:
North/Northeast
Club | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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VfL Wolfsburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
RB Leipzig | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Hertha BSC Berlin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Werder Bremen | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Hamburger SV | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
FC St. Pauli | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | ||
1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 11 | 7 | |||||||
Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | ||
Eintracht Braunschweig | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | |||||
Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 10 | |||
1. FC Union Berlin | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | ||||||
Hannover 96 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | |
Energie Cottbus | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | |
Holstein Kiel | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||
Concordia Hamburg | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | ||||
Eintracht Norderstedt | 13 | |||||||||
VfL Oldenburg | 14 | |||||||||
Hertha Zehlendorf | 14 | 14 | ||||||||
F.C. Hansa Rostock | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||
SC Weyhe | 14 | 14 | ||||||||
Sachsen Leipzig | 3 | 13 |
South/Southwest
Club | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
FC Bayern Munich | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
FC Augsburg | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | ||||
Karlsruher SC | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Stuttgarter Kickers | 12 | 6 | ||||||||
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 7 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
1. FSV Mainz 05 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
TSV 1860 Munich | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
SC Freiburg | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
1. FC Nuremberg | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
SV Elversberg | 14 | |||||||||
SpVgg Unterhaching | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
SSV Ulm 1846 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | |||||
1. FC Saarbrücken | 2 | 9 | 13 | 14 | ||||||
FSV Frankfurt | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
FC Ingolstadt 04 | 14 | |||||||||
Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
Waldhof Mannheim | 12 | 14 | ||||||||
SGV Freiberg | 13 | |||||||||
SV Wacker Burghausen | 12 | |||||||||
FK Pirmasens | 13 | |||||||||
TuS Ergenzingen | 14 | |||||||||
Kickers Offenbach | 9 | 14 | ||||||||
SG Rosenhöhe Offenbach | 14 |
West
Club | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
FC Schalke 04 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
MSV Duisburg | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
VfL Bochum | 7 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Rot-Weiß Essen | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
FC Hennef 05 | 8 | |||||||||
1. FC Köln | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | ||||
SC Paderborn 07 | 13 | 10 | 11 | |||||||
Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 12 | |
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
Sportfreunde Siegen | 14 | 14 | ||||||||
Preußen Münster | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | ||
FC Viktoria Köln | 13 | |||||||||
Euskirchner TSC | 11 | 14 | ||||||||
Bonner SC | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | ||||
BV 04 Düsseldorf | 13 | |||||||||
Alemannia Aachen | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | |||
SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||
SG Wattenscheid 09 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | ||||||
Wuppertaler SV Borussia | 12 | 14 | ||||||||
Sportfreunde Troisdorf | 9 | 14 | ||||||||
TSC Eintracht 48/95 Dortmund | 14 |
Key
League champions |
League runners-up |
Region of origin |
North |
Northeast |
South |
Southwest |
West |
Top scorers
The leagues top scorers:
North/Northeast
The top scorers of the North/Northeast division:[6]
Season | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
2007–08 | Abu-Bakarr Kargbo Mario Petry | Hertha BSC VfL Wolfsburg | 17 |
2008–09 | Lennart Thy | Werder Bremen | 28 |
2009–10 | Moritz Göttel | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 |
2010–11 | Malte Nieweler | VfL Osnabrück | 16 |
2011–12 | Federico Palacios-Martinez | VfL Wolfsburg | 26 |
2012–13 | Nico Empen Oskar Zawada | Holstein Kiel VfL Wolfsburg | 18 |
2013–14 | Johannes Eggestein | Werder Bremen | 20 |
2014–15 | Johannes Eggestein | Werder Bremen | 22 |
2015–16 | David Nieland | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 |
South/Southwest
The top scorers of the South/Southwest division:[7]
Season | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
2007–08 | Marco Terrazzino | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 20 |
2008–09 | Pascal Breier | VfB Stuttgart | 21 |
2009–10 | Patrick Schmidt | VfB Stuttgart | 23 |
2010–11 | Kenan Karaman | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 14 |
2011–12 | Timo Werner | VfB Stuttgart | 24 |
2012–13 | Adrian Grbic | VfB Stuttgart | 21 |
2013–14 | Prince Owusu | VfB Stuttgart | 23 |
2014–15 | Meris Skenderović | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 30 |
2015–16 | Manuel Wintzheimer | FC Bayern Munich | 22 |
West
The top scorers of the West division:[8]
Season | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
2007–08 | Daniel Ginczek | Borussia Dortmund | 26 |
2008–09 | Christopher Mandiangu Elias Kachunga | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 |
2009–10 | Kolja Pusch | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20 |
2010–11 | Marvin Ducksch | Borussia Dortmund | 33 |
2011–12 | Julien Rybacki | MSV Duisburg | 10 |
2012–13 | Donis Avdijaj | FC Schalke 04 | 44 |
2013–14 | Cagatay Kader | VfL Bochum | 20 |
2014–15 | Felix Käfferbitz | FC Schalke 04 | 21 |
2015–16 | Florian Krüger | FC Schalke 04 | 34 |
References
- ↑ DFB Jugendordnung – § 5 (German) DFB website: Regulations for youth football, accessed: 16 November 2008
- 1 2 Rund um die B-Junioren-Meisterschaft (German) DFB website: Explanations to the league system
- ↑ 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: 17 November 2008
- ↑ B-Junioren Bundesliga Nord/Nordost » Torschützenkönige (German) weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 12 July 2015
- ↑ B-Junioren Bundesliga Süd/Südwest » Torschützenkönige (German) weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 12 July 2015
- ↑ B-Junioren Bundesliga West » Torschützenkönige (German) weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 12 July 2015
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
- Kicker Almanach, (German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
- Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005 (German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
External links
- (German) Weltfussball.de Round-by-round results and tables of the Under 17 Bundesliga