1944 German football championship

The 1944 German football championship, the 37th edition of the competition, was won by Dresdner SC, the club defending its 1943 title by defeating Luftwaffe team LSV Hamburg in the final.[1][2]

1944 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
CountryGermany
Dates16 April – 18 June
Teams31
ChampionsDresdner SC
2nd German title
Runners-upLSV Hamburg
Matches played32
Goals scored185 (5.78 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Helmut Schön (14 goals)
← 1943
1948 →

The final years of the German Championship during the war saw many military teams compete in the championship, Luftwaffe teams, Luftwaffensportvereine, short LSV, and, Wehrmacht teams, Wehrmachtssportvereine, short WSV, became very competitive.[3]

Dresden's Helmut Schön, who would later coach Germany to the 1974 FIFA World Cup, became the top scorer of the 1944 championship with 14 goals, the second-highest individual amount of any player in the history of the competition from 1903 to 1963.[4]

It was the last edition of the tournament during the Second World War, with the competition not being held again until 1948. The thirty-one 1943–44 Gauliga champions, two more than in the previous season,[5] competed in a single-leg knock out competition to determine the national champion.[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]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1943–44 Gauliga season:[6]

ClubQualified from
VfR MannheimGauliga Baden
MSV BrünnGauliga Böhmen und Mähren
Hertha BSCGauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
LSV DanzigGauliga Danzig-Westpreußen
FC Mühlhausen 93Gauliga Elsaß
LSV Mölders KrakauGauliga Generalgouvernement
LSV HamburgGauliga Hamburg
Kickers OffenbachGauliga Hessen-Nassau
KSG VfL 99 Köln/SpVgg Sülz 07Gauliga Köln-Aachen
Borussia FuldaGauliga Kurhessen
LSV RerickGauliga Mecklenburg
SV Dessau 05Gauliga Mitte
TuS NeuendorfGauliga Moselland
KSG DuisburgGauliga Niederrhein
STC HirschbergGauliga Niederschlesien
1. FC NürnbergGauliga Nordbayern
Germania KönigshütteGauliga Oberschlesien
WSV CelleGauliga Osthannover
First ViennaGauliga Ostmark
VfB KönigsbergGauliga Ostpreußen
HSV Groß-BornGauliga Pommern
Dresdner SCGauliga Sachsen
Holstein KielGauliga Schleswig-Holstein
FC Bayern MunichGauliga Südbayern
NSTG BruxGauliga Sudetenland
Eintracht BraunschweigGauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig
SDW PosenGauliga Wartheland
SpVgg WilhelmshavenGauliga Weser-Ems
Schalke 04Gauliga Westfalen
KSG SaarbrückenGauliga Westmark
SV GöppingenGauliga Württemberg

Competition

First round

Borussia Fulda received a bye for the first round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
16 April 1944[8]
LSV Danzig 0–0 Hertha BSC
HSV Groß Born 6–4 LSV Rerick
STC Hirschberg 7–0 SDW Posen
Dresdner SC 9–2 Germania Königshütte
LSV Hamburg 4–0 WSV Celle
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 SpVgg Wilhelmshaven
Schalke 04 5–0 TuS Neuendorf
KSG Köln-Sülz 0–2 KSG Duisburg
FC Mühlhausen 93 4–2 Kickers Offenbach
SV Göppingen 3–5 KSG Saarbrücken
VfR Mannheim 2–1 FC Bayern Munich
NSTG Brüx 0–8 1. FC Nürnberg
MSV Brno 3–6 First Vienna
SV Dessau 05 2–3 Holstein Kiel
LSV Mölders Krakau 1–4 VfB Königsberg

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
23 April 1944
Hertha BSC 7–1 LSV Danzig

Round of 16
Team 1  Score  Team 2
7 May 1944[9]
VfB Königsberg 3–10 HSV Groß Born
First Vienna 5–0 STC Hirschberg
Hertha BSC 4–2 Holstein Kiel
Borussia Fulda 2–9 Dresdner SC
SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 1–1 LSV Hamburg
KSG Duisburg 2–1 Schalke 04
KSG Saarbrücken 5–3 FC Mühlhausen 93
1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 VfR Mannheim

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
14 May 1944
LSV Hamburg 4–2 SpVgg Wilhelmshaven

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 May 1944[10]
Dresdner SC 3–2 First Vienna
KSG Saarbrücken 1–5 1. FC Nürnberg
HSV Groß Born 3–2 Hertha BSC
LSV Hamburg 3–0 KSG Duisburg

Semi-finals
LSV Hamburg3 – 2HSV Groß Born
Mühle  7', 30'
Gornick  19'		 Report Plener  59'
Sold  63' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Raspel
Dresdner SC3 – 11. FC Nürnberg
Voigtmann  4'
Machate  26'
Schön  73' (pen.)		 Report Hettner  44' (pen.)
Mitteldeutsche Landeskampfbahn, Erfurt
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Multer

Third place play-off
1. FC Nürnbergnot playedHSV Groß Born

Final
Dresdner SC4 – 0LSV Hamburg
Voigtmann  20'
Schaffer  50', 85'
Schön  60'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Trompetter
DRESDNER SC
  Willibald Kreß
  Heinz Hempel
  Fritz Belger
  Helmut Schubert
  Walter Dzur
  Rudi Voigtmann
  Helmut Schön
  Heinrich Schaffer
  Herbert Pohl
  Fritz Machate
  Richard Hofmann
Manager:
Georg Köhler
LSV HAMBURG
  Willy Jürissen
  Reinhold Münzenberg
  Karl Miller
  Heinrich Gärtner
  Walter Ochs
  Heinz Mühle
  Robert Gebhardt
  Fritz Zahn
  Jakob Lotz
  Ludwig Janda
  Willi Gornick
Manager:
Karl Höger

References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015
  2. Dresdner SC » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Dresdner SC honours, accessed: 22 December 2015
  3. Als Wien deutscher Meister wurde (in German) Augsburger Allgemeine – When Vienna became German champions, published: 3 September 2015, accessed: 26 December 2015
  4. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
  6. German championship 1944 rsssf.com, accessed: 25 December 2015
  7. POKALE AUF REISEN: VIKTORIA UND CO. WANDERN INS FUSSBALLMUSEUM (in German) DFB website, accessed: 27 December 2015
  8. German championship 1944 – First round (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 25 December 2015
  9. German championship 1944 – Round of sixteen (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 25 December 2015
  10. German championship 1944 – Quarter finals (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 25 December 2015

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