1957_German_football_championship

1957 German football championship

1957 German football championship

Football tournament season

The 1957 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1956–57. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the second time after a group stage and a final. Borussia became the first club since Dresdner SC in 1944 to defend their title won the previous year.[1]

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It was Borussia's third appearance in the German final, having lost 3–2 to VfR Mannheim in 1949 and won the championship in 1956, beating Karlsruher SC 4–2. On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1957–58 European Cup, where it went out to AC Milan in the quarter-finals.

For the losing finalist, Hamburger SV, it was its first appearance in the final since winning the title in 1928.

The format used to determine the German champion was different from the 1956 season. Only two clubs took part in the qualifying round, instead of four. The group stage, eight teams split into two groups of four, was conducted as a single round with games on neutral grounds; previously it had been home-and-away games. As in the past seasons, the two group winners then played the national final.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1956–57 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
Holstein KielOberliga Nord runners-up
Borussia DortmundOberliga West champions
Duisburger SVOberliga West runners-up
Hertha BSC BerlinOberliga Berlin champions
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
1. FC SaarbrückenOberliga Südwest runners-up
1. FC NürnbergOberliga Süd champions
Kickers OffenbachOberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
25 May 1957 Kickers Offenbach – Holstein Kiel 3–2 aet (0–2, 2–2) Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion 35,000

Group 1

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
2 June 1957 Hamburger SV – Duisburger SV 1–1 (0–0) Berlin, Olympiastadion 40,000
2 June 1957 1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 (0–0) Stuttgart, Neckarstadion 70,000
9 June 1957 Hamburger SV – 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 (1–0) Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion 50,000
9 June 1957 Duisburger SV – 1. FC Saarbrücken 3–1 (2–0) Frankfurt, Waldstadion 40,000
16 June 1957 Hamburger SV – 1. FC Saarbrücken 2–1 (2–1) Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion 32,000
16 June 1957 1. FC Nürnberg – Duisburger SV 2–2 (1–0) Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion 33,000

Group 2

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
2 June 1957 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Hertha BSC Berlin 14–1 (5–1) Wuppertal, Stadion am Zoo 42,000
2 June 1957 Borussia Dortmund – Kickers Offenbach 2–1 (1–1) Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion 55,000
9 June 1957 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Borussia Dortmund 2–3 (0–1) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 75,000
9 June 1957 Hertha BSC Berlin – Kickers Offenbach 1–3 (1–2) Essen, Georg-Melches-Stadion 6,000
16 June 1957 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Kickers Offenbach 1–4 (0–3) Augsburg, Rosenaustadion 40,000
16 June 1957 Borussia Dortmund – Hertha BSC 2–1 (1–1) Braunschweig, Eintracht-Stadion 15,000

Final

DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
23 June 1957 Borussia Dortmund – Hamburger SV 4–1 (3–1) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 82,000
Borussia Dortmund:
1Germany Heinz Kwiatkowski
2Germany Herbert Sandmann
3Germany Max Michallek
4Germany Wilhelm Burgsmüller
5Germany Helmut Bracht
6Germany Elwin Schlebrowski
7Germany Alfred Niepieklo 26' 78'
8Germany Alfred Kelbassa 16' 25'
9Germany Alfred Preißler
10Germany Wolfgang Peters
11Germany Helmut Kapitulski
Manager:
Germany Helmut Schneider
Hamburger SV:
1Germany Horst Schnoor
2Germany Jürgen Werner
3Germany Jupp Posipal
4Germany Jochen Meinke
5Germany Gerhard Krug 24'
6Germany Franz Klepacz
7Germany Karl-Heinz Liese
8Germany Walter Schemel
9Germany Rolf Börner
10Germany Uwe Seeler
11Germany Uwe Reuter
Manager:
Germany Günter Mahlmann

References

  1. [1]
    (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015

Sources

  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 – German championship 1957
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