Meisterschale

The Meisterschale ("champions' bowl"), colloquially referred to as the Salatschüssel (salad bowl, despite of the fact that it more closely resembles a giant plate), is a German association football trophy which has been awarded to the German champions since 1949 and the Bundesliga champions since 1963–64. It replaced the Viktoria, which was the original trophy since 1903 but which disappeared during the final stages of the Second World War only to resurface after the German reunification.^[1]^[2]

The trophy has all German champions since 1903 engraved on it and has had to be enlarged twice, in 1981 and 2009. At its current size, it is estimated to have enough space for all champions until 2026.^[2]

A number of copies of the trophy exist because, in the 1980s, the German Football Association (DFB) allowed clubs with multiple championships to create a slightly smaller replica for their trophy cabinets. These copies are now used when more than one club can still win the championship in the last round. The original trophy will then generally be sent to the Bundesliga leader at the time and, should another club win the league, a replica will be awarded until the original can be obtained.^[3]

References[]

^ Die "Viktoria" (in German) DFB website – The "Viktoria", accessed: 30 December 2015
^ ^a ^b Meisterschale (in German) DFB website, accessed: 30 December 2015
^ Geschichte der Bundesliga-Meisterschale (in German) Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published: 11 May 2013, accessed: 30 December 2015

External links[]

DFB website (in German)

[Vic-1] Die "Viktoria" (in German) DFB website – The "Viktoria", accessed: 30 December 2015

[Meister-2] Meisterschale (in German) DFB website, accessed: 30 December 2015

[3] Geschichte der Bundesliga-Meisterschale (in German) Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published: 11 May 2013, accessed: 30 December 2015

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2021–22 clubs	FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Greuther Fürth 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
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