1909_German_football_championship

1909 German football championship

1909 German football championship

Football tournament season

The 1909 German football championship, the seventh edition of the competition, was won by Phönix Karlsruhe, defeating Viktoria 89 Berlin 4–2 in the final.[1]

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For Phönix Karlsruhe it was the club's only appearance in the German championship final. Phönix would later merge with VfB Mühlburg to form Karlsruher SC, with the latter making a losing appearance in the 1956 final. Viktoria 89 Berlin, the defending champions, played its third consecutive final in 1909, having lost in 1907 and won it in 1908. Viktoria would go on to make one more final appearance, winning the competition for a second time in 1911.[2][3][4]

Viktoria's Willy Worpitzky was the top scorer of the 1909 championship with seven goals.[5]

Eight clubs qualified for the competition played in knock-out format, the champions of each of the eight regional football championships, Berlin sending the champions of two rival competitions to the finals.[1]

Qualified teams

The Phönix Karlsruhe team that won the 1909 final

The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

ClubQualified as
VfB KönigsbergBaltic champions
Alemannia CottbusSouth Eastern German champions
Viktoria 89 BerlinBerlin champions (Verband Berliner Ballspielvereine)
Tasmania RixdorfMarch football champions (Märkischer Fußball-Bund)
SC ErfurtCentral German champions
Altonaer FC 93Northern German champions
FC MönchengladbachWestern German champions
Phönix KarlsruheSouthern German champions

Competition

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 2 and 16 May 1909:[6]

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 16 and 23 May 1909:[6]

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Final

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Platz des SC Schlesien, Breslau
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hinze
PHÖNIX KARLSRUHE
 German Empire Otto Michaelis
 German Empire Robert Neumaier
 German Empire Ernst Karth
 German Empire Arthur Beier
 German Empire Karl Schweinshaut
 German Empire Otto Reiser
 German Empire Robert Heger
 German Empire Karl Wegele
 German Empire Emil Oberle
 German Empire Wilhelm Noe
 German Empire Hermann Leibold
Manager: German Empire Arthur Beier
VIKTORIA BERLIN
 German Empire Paul Scranowitz
 German Empire Helmut Röpnack
 German Empire Willi Hahn
 German Empire Paul Fischer
 German Empire Willi Moeck
 German Empire Willi Knesebeck
 German Empire Paul Hunder
 German Empire Otto Dumke
 German Empire Reinhold Bock
 German Empire Willy Worpitzky
 German Empire Alfred Gelbhaar
Manager:

References

  1. [1]
    "German championship 1909". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. [2]
    "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Karlsruher SC » Steckbrief" [Karlsruher SC honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. [4]
    "FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin » Steckbrief" [FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1908/1909 » Spielplan" [German championship 1908–09]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Sources

  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 160 to 178 – German championship
  • Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
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