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1940 German football championship

1940 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Dates21 April – 28 July
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsSchalke 04
5th German title
Runner-upDresdner SC
Third placeRapid Wien
Fourth placeWaldhof Mannheim
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored253 (4.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Franz Binder (14 goals)
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 German football championship, the 33rd edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating Dresdner SC 1–0 in the final. Both clubs would continue to be strong sides during the Second World War editions of the German championship with Schalke making a losing appearance in the 1941 final before winning again in 1942 while Dresden was crowned German champions in 1943 and 1944.[1][2][3]

Schalke's 16–0 win over CSC 03 Kassel in the group stages was the highest win in the history of the German championship as well as the most goals scored in a game.[4]

Rapid Wien's Franz Binder became the 1940 championships top scorer with 14 goals, a new record that would be broken the following year by Schalke's Hermann Eppenhoff when he scored 15 goals.[5]

The eighteen 1939–40 Gauliga champions, the same number as in 1939,[6] competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1940 championship final. The groups were divided into three with four clubs and one with six clubs with the latter, in turn, subdivided into two groups of three teams each and a final of these group winners to determine the overall group champions.[7]

In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty clubs. From there it gradually expanded further through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years, reaching a strength of thirty-one in its last completed season, 1943–44.[6]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1939–40 Gauliga season:[7]

Club Qualified from
SV Waldhof Mannheim Gauliga Baden
1. FC Nürnberg Gauliga Bayern
Union Oberschöneweide Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
CSC 03 Kassel Gauliga Hessen
SV Jena Gauliga Mitte
Mülheimer SV Gauliga Mittelrhein
Fortuna Düsseldorf Gauliga Niederrhein
VfL Osnabrück Gauliga Niedersachsen
Eimsbütteler TV Gauliga Nordmark
SK Rapid Wien Gauliga Ostmark
VfB Königsberg Gauliga Ostpreußen
VfL Stettin Gauliga Pommern
Dresdner SC Gauliga Sachsen
Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz Gauliga Schlesien
NSTG Graslitz Gauliga Sudetenland
Kickers Offenbach Gauliga Südwest
Schalke 04 Gauliga Westfalen
Stuttgarter Kickers Gauliga Württemberg

Competition

Group 1

Group 1A

Group 1A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen and Pommern:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification OBE KON STE
1 Union Oberschöneweide 4 3 0 1 13 8 1.625 6 Advance to group final — 6–3 3–1
2 VfB Königsberg 4 3 0 1 13 10 1.300 6 3–1 — 5–2
3 VfL Stettin 4 0 0 4 5 13 0.385 0 1–3 1–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 1B

Group 1B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Ostmark, Schlesien and Sudetenland:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification RWI VRG GRA
1 Rapid Wien 4 3 1 0 19 4 4.750 7 Advance to group final — 3–1 7–0
2 Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz 4 1 2 1 11 11 1.000 4 2–2 — 4–2
3 NSTG Graslitz 4 0 1 3 7 22 0.318 1 1–7 4–4 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 1 final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid Wien 6–3 Union Oberschöneweide 3–1 3–2

Group 2

Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mitte, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Sachsen:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification DRE ETV OSN SVJ
1 Dresdner SC 6 4 2 0 9 0 — 10 Advance to semi-finals — 0–0 3–0 1–0
2 Eimsbütteler TV 6 3 1 2 10 10 1.000 7 0–3 — 3–1 0–1
3 VfL Osnabrück 6 1 2 3 11 14 0.786 4 0–0 3–4 — 5–2
4 1. SV Jena 6 1 1 4 7 13 0.538 3 0–2 2–3 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 3

Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Westfalen:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification S04 F95 MUS CSC
1 Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 35 5 7.000 10 Advance to semi-finals — 0–0 5–0 16–0
2 Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 3 2 1 21 4 5.250 8 1–1 — 7–1 7–0
3 Mülheimer SV 6 2 0 4 14 29 0.483 4 2–8 2–1 — 4–5
4 CSC Kassel 6 1 0 5 10 42 0.238 2 2–5 0–5 3–5 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 4

Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Südwest and Württemberg:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification WMA FCN SKI KOF
1 Waldhof Mannheim 6 3 2 1 14 5 2.800 8 Advance to semi-finals — 1–1 7–2 4–0
2 1. FC Nürnberg 6 2 2 2 10 4 2.500 6 0–0 — 1–0 8–0
3 Stuttgarter Kickers 6 3 0 3 9 9 1.000 6 1–0 2–0 — 4–0
4 Kickers Offenbach 6 2 0 4 3 18 0.167 4 1–2 1–0 1–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Semi-finals

Two of the four clubs in the 1940 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Dresdner SC and FC Schalke 04, while Rapid Wien replaced Admira Wien and SV Waldhof Mannheim Hamburger SV in comparison to 1939:[8]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
14 July 1940[9]
Schalke 04 3–1 SV Waldhof Mannheim
SK Rapid Wien 1–2 aet Dresdner SC

Third place play-off

Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 July 1940[10]
SK Rapid Wien 4–4 aet SV Waldhof Mannheim

Replay

Team 1  Score  Team 2
28 July 1940
SK Rapid Wien 5–2 SV Waldhof Mannheim

Final

Schalke 041 – 0Dresdner SC
Kalwitzki 27' Report
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Gustav Stark (München)
FC GELSENKIRCHEN-SCHALKE 04:
GK Germany Hans Klodt
DF Germany Hans Bornemann
DF Germany Heinz Hinz
MF Germany Bernhard Füller
MF Germany Otto Tibulski
MF Germany Herbert Burdenski
FW Germany Hermann Eppenhoff
FW Germany Fritz Szepan
FW Germany Ernst Kalwitzki
FW Germany Ernst Kuzorra
FW Germany Willi Schuh
Manager:
Otto Faist
DRESDNER SC 1898:
GK Germany Willibald Kreß
DF Germany Herbert Pohl
DF Germany Heinz Hempel
MF Germany Strauch
MF Germany Walter Dzur
MF Germany Helmut Schubert
FW Germany Emanuel Boczek
FW Germany Heinrich Schaffer
FW Germany Helmut Schön
FW Germany Heinz Köpping
FW Germany Richard Hofmann
Manager:
Georg Köhler

References

  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015
  2. ^ FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015
  3. ^ Dresdner SC » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Dresdner SC honours, accessed: 27 December 2015
  4. ^ Deutsche Meisterschaft » Statistik » Die höchsten Siege (in German) Weltfussball.de, highest wins, accessed: 1 January 2016
  5. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
  7. ^ a b c d e f g German championship 1940 rsssf.org, accessed: 26 December 2015
  8. ^ German championship 1939 rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015
  9. ^ German championship 1940 – Semifinals (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 December 2015
  10. ^ German championship 1940 – Third place (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 December 2015

Sources

  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_German_football_championship_final