1949 German football championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft | |
Country | West Germany |
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Dates | 29 May – 10 July |
Teams | 10 |
Champions | VfR Mannheim 1st German title |
Runners-up | Borussia Dortmund |
Third place | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Fourth place | Kickers Offenbach |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 48 (3.43 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | (4 goals each) |
← 1948 1950 → |
The 1949 German football championship, the 39th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1948–49 football season in Germany. VfR Mannheim were crowned champions for the first time after a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was both sides' first appearance in the final.[1][2]
The tournament was expanded so that ten teams were to take part in the final stage which was played as a one-leg knock-out tournament, with the matches played on neutral ground. The five regional Oberliga winners, along with VfR Mannheim and Wormatia Worms, automatically qualified for the quarter finals, while the remaining three teams played qualifying rounds to clinch the eighth place.
The 1949 championship was the first to see a new trophy for the champions awarded. The pre-Second World War trophy, the Viktoria, had disappeared during the final stages of the war and would not resurface until after the German reunification. The new trophy, the Meisterschale, was not ready for the 1948 season but was finished in time to be awarded to the 1949 champions.[3][4]
Qualified teams[]
The clubs qualified through the 1948–49 Oberliga season:
Club | Qualified from |
Hamburger SV | Oberliga Nord champions |
FC St. Pauli | Oberliga Nord runners-up |
Borussia Dortmund | Oberliga West champions |
Rot-Weiss Essen | Oberliga West runners-up |
Berliner SV 92 | Oberliga Berlin champions |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Oberliga Südwest champions |
VfR Wormatia Worms | Oberliga Südwest runners-up |
Kickers Offenbach | Oberliga Süd champions |
VfR Mannheim | Oberliga Süd runners-up |
FC Bayern Munich | Oberliga Süd third place |
Competition[]
First qualifying round[]
29 May 1949 | FC St. Pauli | 4 – 1 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Braunschweig |
Boller ![]() Stender ![]() Michael ![]() |
Cornelissen ![]() |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Boullion (Königsberg) |
Second qualifying round[]
5 June 1949 | FC St. Pauli | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Bayern Munich | Hanover |
Boller ![]() |
Resch ![]() |
Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Schumann (Berlin) |
Replay[]
6 June 1949 | FC St. Pauli | 2 – 0 | Bayern Munich | Hanover |
Woitas ![]() Boller ![]() |
Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Schumann (Berlin) |
Quarter-finals[]
Berliner SV 92 | 0 – 5 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Michallek ![]() Erdmann ![]() Preißler ![]() Kasperski ![]() |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | FC St. Pauli |
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O.Walter ![]() |
Woitas ![]() |
Kickers Offenbach | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Wormatia Worms |
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Maier ![]() |
Müller ![]() Vogt ![]() |
VfR Mannheim | 5 – 0 | Hamburger SV |
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de la Vigne ![]() Bolleyer ![]() Langlotz ![]() Löttke ![]() |
Replays[]
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4 – 1 | FC St. Pauli |
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O.Walter ![]() Baßler ![]() Grewenig ![]() |
Appel ![]() |
Kickers Offenbach | 2 – 0 | Wormatia Worms |
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Maier ![]() Selbert ![]() |
Semi-finals[]
VfR Mannheim | 2 – 1 | Kickers Offenbach |
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Löttke ![]() de la Vigne ![]() |
Schreiner ![]() |
Replay[]
Borussia Dortmund | 4 – 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
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Preißler ![]() Michallek ![]() Erdmann ![]() |
Baßler ![]() |
Third place play-off[]
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Kickers Offenbach |
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Grewenig ![]() O.Walter ![]() |
Schreiner ![]() |
Final[]
VfR Mannheim | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Borussia Dortmund |
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Löttke ![]() ![]() Langlotz ![]() |
Erdmann ![]() ![]() |
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References[]
- ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015
- ^ VfR Mannheim » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – VfR Mannheim honours, accessed: 22 December 2015
- ^ Die "Viktoria" (in German) DFB website – The "Viktoria", accessed: 30 December 2015
- ^ Meisterschale (in German) DFB website, accessed: 30 December 2015
External links[]
- 1948-49 at Weltfussball.de
- Germany - Championship 1949 at RSSSF.com
- German championship 1949 at Fussballdaten.de
- 1949 in association football
- 1948–49 in German football
- German football championship seasons