1950 German football championship

The 1950 German football championship, the 40th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1949–50 football season in Germany. VfB Stuttgart won their first championship in a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the third championship after the end of World War II.[1][2][3]

1950 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates21 May – 25 June
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsVfB Stuttgart
1st German title
Runner-upKickers Offenbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored66 (3.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Herbert Wojtkowiak (5 goals)
← 1949
1951 →

VfB Stuttgart appeared in their second final, having lost to Schalke 04 in 1935. Losing finalists Kickers Offenbach appeared in a championship final for the first time.

For the first time 16 teams competed for the title, including the runners-up of the Berlin championship. However, East German side Union Oberschöneweide did not receive a travel permit, like SG Planitz two years earlier. Their players nevertheless traveled to Kiel to play Hamburger SV and eventually founded SC Union 06 Berlin. Originally, the first three teams from the DDR-Oberliga had been slated to appear in the championship, but the two football associations eventually could not agree on a mode of play and their places were given to West German Oberliga sides.

Qualified teams

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The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli Oberliga Nord runners-up
VfL Osnabrück Oberliga Nord 3rd place
Borussia Dortmund Oberliga West champions
Preußen Dellbrück Oberliga West runners-up
Rot-Weiss Essen Oberliga West 3rd place
STV Horst-Emscher Oberliga West 4th place
1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest champions
SSV Reutlingen 05 Oberliga Südwest runners-up
TuS Koblenz Oberliga Südwest 3rd place
SpVgg Fürth Oberliga Süd champions
VfB Stuttgart Oberliga Süd runners-up
Kickers Offenbach Oberliga Süd 3rd place
VfR Mannheim Oberliga Süd 4th place
Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadtliga Berlin champions
Union Oberschöneweide Stadtliga Berlin runners-up

Competition

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Round of 16

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21 May 1950 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 – 2
a.e.t.
Rot-Weiss Essen Karlsruhe
F.Walter   43', 70' Abromeit   20'
Termath   87'
Stadium: Mühlburger Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Heuck (Kiel)
21 May 1950 SpVgg Fürth 3 – 2 STV Horst-Emscher Worms
Schade   43'
Hoffmann   62', 85'
Klodt   17'
Zielinski   29'
Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rannersmann (Bremen)
21 May 1950 Preußen Dellbrück 1 – 0
a.e.t.
SSV Reutlingen Koblenz
Severin   113' Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Szymalek (Berlin)
21 May 1950 Borussia Dortmund 1 – 3 VfR Mannheim Gladbeck
Kasperski   32' de la Vigne   41', 70'
Löttke   64'
Stadium: Stadion Gladbeck
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)
21 May 1950 VfB Stuttgart 2 – 1 VfL Osnabrück Cologne
Guhre   35' (o.g.)
Baitinger   83'
Vetter   5' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rosenkranz (Gelsenkirchen)
21 May 1950 Kickers Offenbach 3 – 1 TeBe Berlin Munich
Kaufhold   19', 51'
Buhtz   63'
Berndt   83' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Berndt (Düsseldorf)
21 May 1950 FC St. Pauli 4 – 0 TuS Neuendorf Hanover
Kruppa   22', 85'
Sump   54'
Beck   80'
Stadium: Stadion der Hauptstadt Hannover
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ruhmann (Regensburg)
28 May 1950 Hamburger SV 7 – 0 Union 06 Berlin Kiel
Woitkowiak   1', 47', 60', 72'
Rohrberg   18'
Adamkiewicz   29', 31'
Stadium: VfB-Platz
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

Replay

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29 May 1950 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 – 2
a.e.t.
Rot-Weiss Essen Cologne
Baßler   55'
F.Walter   70'
O.Walter   116'
Kleina   31'
Termath   36'
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gabriel (Hanover)

Quarter-finals

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VfB Stuttgart5 – 21. FC Kaiserslautern
Schlienz   14'
Bühler   42'
Läpple   52'
Blessing   75'
Baitinger   78'
O.Walter   50', 83'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Hamm (Eschweiler)

SpVgg Fürth2 – 1FC St. Pauli
Brenzke   36' (pen.)
Nöth   45'
Zimmermann   48'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hoppe (Berlin)

Kickers Offenbach3 – 2Hamburger SV
Buhtz   61'
Wirsching   81'
Weber   88'
Adamkiewicz   4'
Woitkowiak   6'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)

Preußen Dellbrück2 – 1VfR Mannheim
Severin   49'
Drost   75'
de la Vigne   63'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Liebig (Berlin)

Semi-finals

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VfB Stuttgart4 – 1SpVgg Fürth
Bühler   34', 57'
Blessing   39'
Läpple   75'
Schade   11'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Schmetzer

Preußen Dellbrück0 – 0Kickers Offenbach
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

Replay

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Preußen Dellbrück0 – 3Kickers Offenbach
Kaufhold   1'
Baas   73'
Weber   74'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

Final

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VfB Stuttgart2 – 1Kickers Offenbach
Läpple   17'
Bühler   27'
Buhtz   47'
Attendance: 95,051
Referee: Hunting
VFB STUTTGART
    Otto Schmid
    Josef Ledl
    Richard Steimle
    Erich Retter
    Erwin Läpple
    Robert Schlienz
    Ernst Otterbach
    Karl Barufka
    Otto Baitinger
    Walter Bühler
    Rolf Blessing
Manager:
  Georg Wurzer
KICKERS OFFENBACH
    Josef Schepper
    Willi Magel
    Ferdinand Emberger
    Heinrich Baas
    Kurt Schreiner
    Gerhard Kaufhold
    Horst Buhtz
    Albert Wirsching
    Wilhelm Weber
    Anton Picard
    Willi Keim
Manager:
  Paul Oßwald

References

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  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015
  2. ^ Winkler, Pierre (9 September 2002). "Germany - Championships 1947-1963". RSSSF. rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1949/1950 .:. Finale". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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