1943 German football championship

The 1943 German football championship, the 36th edition of the competition, was won by Dresdner SC, the club's first-ever championship, won by defeating FV Saarbrücken in the final.[1][2]

1943 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
CountryGermany
Dates11 April – 27 June
Teams29
ChampionsDresdner SC
1st German title
Runners-upFV Saarbrücken
Third placeHolstein Kiel
Fourth placeFirst Vienna
Matches played31
Goals scored139 (4.48 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Herbert Binkert
Ernst Kalwitzki
(5 goals each)
← 1942
1944 →

The twenty-nine 1942–43 Gauliga champions, four more than in the previous season,[3] competed in a single-leg knock out competition to determine the national champion.[4] In the following season, the last completed one during the war, the German championship was played with thirty one clubs, expanded through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years.[3]

The 1943 championship marked the end 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. In 1943 defending champions Schalke was knocked out in the quarter finals by Holstein Kiel, thereby ending the clubs quest for a twelfth consecutive semi-finals appearance.[1][5]

Ernst Kalwitzki of FC Schalke 04 and Herbert Binkert of 1. FC Saarbrücken were the joint top scorers for the 1943 championship with five goals each, the lowest for any top scorer since 1925. For Kalwitzki it was the third and last time, after 1937 and 1939, to finish as top scorer.[6]

Dresdner SC became the last club to be awarded the Viktoria, the annual trophy for the German champions from 1903 to 1944. The trophy disappeared during the final stages of the war, did not resurface until after the German reunification and was put on display at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt until 2015, when it was moved to the new Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund.[7]

Dresdner SC completed the 1942–43 season unbeaten, finishing the Gauliga Sachsen with 18 wins out of 18 games, and winning all five games in the championship to claim the title.[4][8]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1942–43 Gauliga season:[4]

ClubQualified from
VfR MannheimGauliga Baden
Berliner SV 92Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
SV NeufahrwasserGauliga Danzig-Westpreußen
FC Mühlhausen 93Gauliga Elsaß
SG WarschauGauliga Generalgouvernement
Victoria HamburgGauliga Hamburg
Kickers OffenbachGauliga Hessen-Nassau
SV Victoria KölnGauliga Köln-Aachen
SV 06 KasselGauliga Kurhessen
TSG RostockGauliga Mecklenburg
SV Dessau 05Gauliga Mitte
TuS NeuendorfGauliga Moselland
Westende HambornGauliga Niederrhein
LSV Reinicke BriegGauliga Niederschlesien
1. FC NürnbergGauliga Nordbayern
Germania KönigshütteGauliga Oberschlesien
First ViennaGauliga Ostmark
VfB KönigsbergGauliga Ostpreußen
LSV PütnitzGauliga Pommern
Dresdner SCGauliga Sachsen
Holstein KielGauliga Schleswig-Holstein
TSV 1860 MünchenGauliga Südbayern
MSV BrünnGauliga Sudetenland
Eintracht BraunschweigGauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig
SDW PosenGauliga Wartheland
SpVgg WilhelmshavenGauliga Weser-Ems
Schalke 04Gauliga Westfalen
FV SaarbrückenGauliga Westmark
VfB StuttgartGauliga Württemberg
  • Gauliga champions LSV Adler Deblin were replaced by SG Warschau.
  • Stuttgarter Kickers and VfB Stuttgart finished on equal points and the same goal average and were therefore declared joint champions but only VfB advanced to the German championship.

Competition

Qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Holstein Kiel 5–1 TSG Rostock 4–0 1–1

First round

Holstein Kiel, SpVgg Wilhelmshaven, Kickers Offenbach and Westende Hamborn received a bye for the first round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
2 May 1943[9]
Berliner SV 92 2–2 LSV Pütnitz
Dresdner SC 2–1 SV Dessau 05
Eintracht Braunschweig 5–1 Victoria Hamburg
FV Saarbrücken 5–1 FC Mühlhausen 93
LSV Reinecke Brieg 4–3 Germania Königshütte
Schalke 04 8–1 SV 06 Kassel
SG Warschau 3–1 DWM Posen
TSV 1860 München 3–0 VfB Stuttgart
VfB Königsberg 3–1 SV Neufahrwasser
VfR Mannheim 3–1 1. FC Nürnberg
First Vienna 5–2 MSV Brünn
SV Victoria Köln 2–0 TuS Neuendorf

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
9 May 1943
Berliner SV 92 2–0 LSV Pütnitz

Round of 16
Team 1  Score  Team 2
16 May 1943[10]
Dresdner SC 4–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
FV Saarbrücken 5–0 SV Victoria Köln
Holstein Kiel 2–0 Berliner SV 92
Schalke 04 4–1 SpVgg Wilhelmshaven
TSV 1860 München 2–0 Kickers Offenbach
VfB Königsberg 5–1 SG Warschau
VfR Mannheim 8–1 Westende Hamborn
First Vienna 8–0 LSV Reinecke Brieg
  • VfB Königsberg was disqualified and replaced by SV Neufahrwasser in the quarter finals.

Quarter-finals
SV Neufahrwasser0 – 4Dresdner SC
Kugler  25', 26'
Hofmann  63'
Schaffer  70'
Danziger Stadion, Gdańsk
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kahaun
Holstein Kiel4 – 1Schalke 04
Linken  9', 45'
Möschel  31'
Hain  89'		 Tibulski  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Janssen
First Vienna2 – 0TSV 1860 München
Noack  38'
Decker  60' (pen.)
Prater, Vienna
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Reinhardt
FV Saarbrücken3 – 2VfR Mannheim
Balzert  6'
Dorn  62'
Baier  76'		 Striebinger  25', 27' (pen.)
Kieselhumes, Saarbrücken
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vogt

Semi-finals
Dresdner SC3 – 1Holstein Kiel
Schön  10'
Kugler  46'
Erdl  88'		 Boller  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
FV Saarbrücken2 – 1First Vienna
Binkert  20'
Sold  75'		 Strittich  81'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Trompetter

Third place play-off
Holstein Kiel4 – 1First Vienna
Boller  26', 48'
Walter  73'
Möschel  74'		 Strittich  27'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Schumann

Final
Dresdner SC3 – 0FV Saarbrücken
Erdl  55'
Schubert  62'
Kugler  84'		 Report
Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Raspel (Düsseldorf)
DRESDNER SC 1898:
GK Willibald Kreß
DF Herbert Pechan
DF Heinz Hempel
MF Herbert Pohl
MF Walter Dzur
MF Helmut Schubert
FW Heiner Kugler
FW Heinrich Schaffer
FW Richard Hofmann
FW Helmut Schön
FW Franz Erdl
Manager:
Georg Köhler
FV SAARBRÜCKEN:
GK Karl Dalheimer
DF Heinrich Schmidt
DF Hugo Decker
MF Wilhelm Sold
MF Heinz Plückhahn
MF Johann Herberger
FW Heinz Kurtsiefer
FW Herbert Dorn
FW Herbert Binkert
FW Jakob Balzert
FW Herbert Baier
Manager:
Ernst Georg
gollark: They'll probably just say "you know what you did - telling people the rules is pure evil".
gollark: Fairness in action.
gollark: What's your favourite breed then?
gollark: ***ALL HAIL OUR XENOWYRM OVERLORDS***
gollark: What wasn't?

References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
  2. Dresdner SC » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Dresdner SC honours, accessed: 26 December 2015
  3. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
  4. German championship 1943 rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
  5. FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 26 December 2015
  6. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. POKALE AUF REISEN: VIKTORIA UND CO. WANDERN INS FUSSBALLMUSEUM (in German) DFB website, accessed: 27 December 2015
  8. Das Deutsche Fussball-Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables, accessed: 29 December 2015
  9. German championship 1943 – First round (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015
  10. German championship 1943 – Round of sixteen (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015

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