1942 German football championship

The 1942 German football championship, the 35th edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's sixth championship, won by defeating First Vienna FC in the final. It marked the third and last occasion of a club from Vienna (German: Wien) in the final, Rapid Wien having won the competition in the previous season while Admira Wien had made a losing appearance in the 1939 final.[1] It was the last time that Schalke was awarded the Viktoria, the annual trophy for the German champions from 1903 to 1944 as the trophy disappeared during the final stages of the Second World War.[2]

1942 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
CountryGermany
Dates10 May – 4 July
Teams25
ChampionsSchalke 04
6th German title
Runners-upFirst Vienna
Third placeBlau-Weiß 90 Berlin
Fourth placeKickers Offenbach
Matches played26
Goals scored120 (4.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Fritz Szepan (8 goals)
← 1941
1943 →

Schalke's Fritz Szepan was the 1942 championships top scorer with eight goals.[3]

The 1942 championship marked the last highlight of the golden era of Schalke 04 which had reached the semi-finals of each edition of the national championship from 1932 to 1942 and won the competition in 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1942 while losing the final in 1933, 1938 and 1941. By appearing in the 1942 final Schalke also equaled Hertha BSC's record of six consecutive final appearances which the latter had set from 1926 to 1931. Schalke would however not win another German championship until 1958.[1][4]

The twenty-five 1941–42 Gauliga champions, five more than in the previous season,[5] competed in a single-leg knock out competition to determine the national champion.[6] In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty nine 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.[5]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1941–42 Gauliga season:[6]

ClubQualified from
SV Waldhof MannheimGauliga Baden
FC Schweinfurt 05Gauliga Bayern
Blau-Weiß 90 BerlinGauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
HUS MarienwerderGauliga Danzig-Westpreußen
SG SS StraßburgGauliga Elsaß
LSV Boelcke KrakauGauliga Generalgouvernement
Kickers OffenbachGauliga Hessen-Nassau
Borussia FuldaGauliga Kurhessen
SV Dessau 05Gauliga Mitte
VfL 99 KölnGauliga Mittelrhein
FV Stadt DüdelingenGauliga Moselland
Sportfreunde HambornGauliga Niederrhein
Werder BremenGauliga Niedersachsen
SV Breslau 02Gauliga Niederschlesien
Eimsbütteler TVGauliga Nordmark
Germania KönigshütteGauliga Oberschlesien
First ViennaGauliga Ostmark
VfB KönigsbergGauliga Ostpreußen
LSV PütnitzGauliga Pommern
SC PlanitzGauliga Sachsen
LSV OlmützGauliga Sudetenland
Polizei LitzmannstadtGauliga Wartheland
Schalke 04Gauliga Westfalen
1. FC KaiserslauternGauliga Westmark
Stuttgarter KickersGauliga Württemberg

Competition

Qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
10 May 1942[7]
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 3–1 LSV Pütnitz
Borussia Fulda 0–2 SV Dessau 05
Sportfreunde Hamborn 1–1 Werder Bremen
HUS Marienwerder 1–7 VfB Königsberg
1. FC Kaiserslautern 7–1 SV Waldhof Mannheim
LSV Olmütz 0–1 First Vienna FC
SC Planitz 5–2 LSV Boelcke Krakau
SG SS Straßburg 2–0 Stuttgarter Kickers
FV Stadt Düdelingen 0–2 Schalke 04

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
17 May 1942
Werder Bremen 5–1 Sportfreunde Hamborn

Round of 16
Team 1  Score  Team 2
24 May 1942[8]
SV Dessau 05 0–3 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin
Schalke 04 9–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Kickers Offenbach 3–1 VfL 99 Köln
SC Planitz 2–1 SV Breslau 02
SG SS Strassburg 2–1 FC Schweinfurt 05
VfB Königsberg 8–1 Polizei Litzmannstadt
First Vienna FC 1–0 Germania Königshütte
Werder Bremen 4–2 Eimsbütteler TV

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
7 June1942[9]
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 2–1 VfB Königsberg
Schalke 04 6–0 SG SS Straßburg
Kickers Offenbach 4–3 Werder Bremen
First Vienna FC 3–2 SC Planitz

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 June 1942[10]
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 2–3 First Vienna FC
Schalke 04 6–0 Kickers Offenbach

Third place play-off
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin4 – 0Kickers Offenbach
Herberger  18'
Lay  55'
Hientz  64'
Kraetke  83'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rättig

Final
Schalke 042 – 0First Vienna FC
Kalwitzki  12'
Szepan  42'		 Report
Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Bouillon (Königsberg)
FC GELSENKIRCHEN-SCHALKE 04:
GK Heinz Flotho
DF Heinz Hinz
DF Otto Schweisfurth
MF Hans Bornemann
MF Otto Tibulski
MF Herbert Burdenski
FW Ernst Kalwitzki
FW Fritz Szepan
FW Hermann Eppenhoff
FW Ernst Kuzorra
FW Adolf Urban
Manager:
Otto Faist
VIENNA:
GK Stefan Ploc
DF Otto Kaller
DF Willibald Schmaus
MF Vitus Kubicka
MF Ernst Sabeditsch
MF Franz Jaburek
FW Karl Bortoli
FW Karl Decker
FW Franz Holeschofski
FW Karl Lechner
FW Franz Erdl
Manager:
Fritz Gschweidl
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References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
  2. POKALE AUF REISEN: VIKTORIA UND CO. WANDERN INS FUSSBALLMUSEUM (in German) DFB website, accessed: 27 December 2015
  3. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 26 December 2015
  5. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
  6. German championship 1942 rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
  7. German championship 1942 – Qualifying (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015
  8. German championship 1942 – Round of sixteen (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015
  9. German championship 1942 – Quarter finals (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015
  10. German championship 1942 – Semifinals (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015

Sources
  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship
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