1920 German football championship

The 1920 German football championship, the 13th edition of the competition, was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating SpVgg Fürth 2–0 in the final. It was the first edition of the championship after the First World War and was staged six years after the previous championship in 1914.[1]

1920 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
CountryGermany
Dates16 May – 13 June
Teams8
Champions1. FC Nürnberg
1st German title
Runners-upSpVgg Fürth
Matches played7
Goals scored26 (3.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Viktor Hierländer
Leonhard Seiderer
Heinrich Träg
(4 goals each)
← 1914
1921 →

For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the first national championship and was the start of Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons from 1920 to 1927, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship. Fürth, the defending champions, would go on to win the 1926 and 1929 championship. It was the only encounter of the two Middle Franconian rivals in the final.[2][3][4]

Nuremberg's Heinrich Träg and Fürth's Lony Seiderer and Viktor Hierländer were the top scorer of the 1920 championship with four goals each.[5]

Eight clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, the champions of each of the seven regional football championships and the defending German champions.[1]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

ClubQualified as
Titania StettinBaltic champions
Sportfreunde BreslauSouth Eastern German champions
Union OberschoneweideBrandenburg champion
VfB LeipzigCentral German champions
SV Arminia HannoverNorthern German champions
VfTuR MönchengladbachWestern German champions
1. FC NürnbergSouthern German champions
SpVgg FürthHolders

Competition

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 16 May 1920:[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 VfB Leipzig
Sportfreunde Breslau 3–2 Union Oberschoneweide
SpVgg Fürth 7–0 VfTuR Mönchengladbach
Titania Stettin 2–1 aet SV Arminia Hannover

Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 30 May 1920:[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg 3–0 Titania Stettin
SpVgg Fürth 4–0 Sportfreunde Breslau

Final
1. FC Nürnberg2 – 0SpVgg Fürth
Popp  12'
Szabo  73'		 Report
Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen, Frankfurt
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bauwens
1. FC Nürnberg
  Heinrich Stuhlfauth
  Jean Steinlein
  Anton Kugler
  Gustav Bark
  Peter Szabo
  Carl Riegel
  Hans Kalb
  Heinrich Träg
  Wolfgang Strobel
  Luitpold Popp
  Willy Böß
Manager:
SPVGG FÜRTH
  Ludwig Gebhardt
  Hans Ammerbacher
  Hans Hagen
  Heinrich Schuster
  Georg Löblein
  Georg Wellhöfer
  Viktor Hierländer
  Hans Sutor
  Lony Seiderer
  Andreas Franz
  Leo Fiederer
Manager:

References
  1. "German championship 1920". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. "1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief" [1. FC Nürnberg honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. "SpVgg Greuther Fürth » Steckbrief" [SpVgg Greuther Fürth honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1919/1920 » Spielplan" [German championship 1919–20]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Sources
  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 160 to 178 – German championship
  • Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
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