1950 German football championship

1950 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Country West Germany
Dates 21 May – 25 June
Teams 16
Champions VfB Stuttgart
1st German title
Runners-up Kickers Offenbach
Matches played 17
Goals scored 66 (3.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Herbert Wojtkowiak (5 goals)
← 1949
1951 →

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]

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

The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
FC St. PauliOberliga Nord runners-up
VfL OsnabrückOberliga Nord 3rd place
Borussia DortmundOberliga West champions
Preußen DellbrückOberliga West runners-up
Rot-Weiss EssenOberliga West 3rd place
STV Horst-EmscherOberliga West 4th place
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
SSV Reutlingen 05Oberliga Südwest runners-up
TuS KoblenzOberliga Südwest 3rd place
SpVgg FürthOberliga Süd champions
VfB StuttgartOberliga Süd runners-up
Kickers OffenbachOberliga Süd 3rd place
VfR MannheimOberliga Süd 4th place
Tennis Borussia BerlinStadtliga Berlin champions
Union OberschöneweideStadtliga Berlin runners-up

Competition

Round of 16

Replay

Quarter-finals

VfB Stuttgart 5 – 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schlienz  14'
Bühler  42'
Läpple  52'
Blessing  75'
Baitinger  78'		 O.Walter  50', 83'
Club-Stadion im Zabo, Nuremberg
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Hamm (Eschweiler)
SpVgg Fürth 2 – 1 FC St. Pauli
Brenzke  36' (pen.)
Nöth  45'		 Zimmermann  48'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hoppe (Berlin)
Kickers Offenbach 3 – 2 Hamburger SV
Buhtz  61'
Wirsching  81'
Weber  88'		 Adamkiewicz  4'
Woitkowiak  6'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)
Preußen Dellbrück 2 – 1 VfR Mannheim
Severin  49'
Drost  75'		 de la Vigne  63'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Liebig (Berlin)

Semi-finals

VfB Stuttgart 4 – 1 SpVgg Fürth
Bühler  34', 57'
Blessing  39'
Läpple  75'		 Schade  11'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Schmetzer
Preußen Dellbrück 0 – 0 Kickers Offenbach
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

Replay

Preußen Dellbrück 0 – 3 Kickers Offenbach
Kaufhold  1'
Baas  73'
Weber  74'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

Final

VfB Stuttgart 2 – 1 Kickers Offenbach
Läpple  17'
Bühler  27'		 Buhtz  47'
Attendance: 95,051
Referee: Hunting
VFB STUTTGART
' Germany Otto Schmid
' Germany Josef Ledl
' Germany Richard Steimle
' Germany Erich Retter
' Germany Erwin Läpple
' Germany Robert Schlienz
' Germany Ernst Otterbach
' Germany Karl Barufka
' Germany Otto Baitinger
' Germany Walter Bühler
' Germany Rolf Blessing
Manager:
Germany Georg Wurzer
KICKERS OFFENBACH
' Germany Josef Schepper
' Germany Willi Magel
' Germany Ferdinand Emberger
' Germany Heinrich Baas
' Germany Kurt Schreiner
' Germany Gerhard Kaufhold
' Germany Horst Buhtz
' Germany Albert Wirsching
' Germany Wilhelm Weber
' Germany Anton Picard
' Germany Willi Keim
Manager:
Germany Paul Oßwald

References

  1. ↑ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015
  2. ↑ Winkler, Pierre (9 September 2002). "Germany - Championships 1947-1963". rsssf.com. 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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