1940 German football championship

The 1940 German football championship, the 33rd edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating Dresdner SC 1–0 in the final. Both clubs would continue to be strong sides during the Second World War editions of the German championship with Schalke making a losing appearance in the 1941 final before winning again in 1942 while Dresden was crowned German champions in 1943 and 1944.[1][2][3]

1940 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
CountryGermany
Dates21 April – 28 July
Teams18
ChampionsSchalke 04
5th German title
Runners-upDresdner SC
Third placeRapid Wien
Fourth placeWaldhof Mannheim
Matches played55
Goals scored253 (4.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Franz Binder (14 goals)
← 1939
1941 →

Schalke's 16–0 win over CSC 03 Kassel in the group stages was the highest win in the history of the German championship as well as the most goals scored in a game.[4]

Rapid Wien's Franz Binder became the 1940 championships top scorer with 14 goals, a new record that would be broken the following year by Schalke's Hermann Eppenhoff when he scored 15 goals.[5]

The eighteen 1939–40 Gauliga champions, the same number as in 1939,[6] competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1940 championship final. The groups were divided into three with four clubs and one with six clubs with the latter, in turn, subdivided into two groups of three teams each and a final of these group winners to determine the overall group champions.[7]

In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty 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.[6]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1939–40 Gauliga season:[7]

ClubQualified from
SV Waldhof MannheimGauliga Baden
1. FC NürnbergGauliga Bayern
Union OberschöneweideGauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
CSC 03 KasselGauliga Hessen
SV JenaGauliga Mitte
Mülheimer SVGauliga Mittelrhein
Fortuna DüsseldorfGauliga Niederrhein
VfL OsnabrückGauliga Niedersachsen
Eimsbütteler TVGauliga Nordmark
SK Rapid WienGauliga Ostmark
VfB KönigsbergGauliga Ostpreußen
VfL StettinGauliga Pommern
Dresdner SCGauliga Sachsen
Vorwärts-Rasensport GleiwitzGauliga Schlesien
NSTG GraslitzGauliga Sudetenland
Kickers OffenbachGauliga Südwest
Schalke 04Gauliga Westfalen
Stuttgarter KickersGauliga Württemberg

Competition

Group 1A

Group 1A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen and Pommern:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification OBE KON STE
1 Union Oberschöneweide 4 3 0 1 13 8 1.625 6 Advance to group final — 6–3 3–1
2 VfB Königsberg 4 3 0 1 13 10 1.300 6 3–1 — 5–2
3 VfL Stettin 4 0 0 4 5 13 0.385 0 1–3 1–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 1B

Group 1B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Ostmark, Schlesien and Sudetenland:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification RWI VRG GRA
1 Rapid Wien 4 3 1 0 19 4 4.750 7 Advance to group final — 3–1 7–0
2 Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz 4 1 2 1 11 11 1.000 4 2–2 — 4–2
3 NSTG Graslitz 4 0 1 3 7 22 0.318 1 1–7 4–4 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 1 final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid Wien 6–3 Union Oberschöneweide 3–1 3–2

Group 2

Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mitte, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Sachsen:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification DRE ETV OSN SVJ
1 Dresdner SC 6 4 2 0 9 0 — 10 Advance to semi-finals — 0–0 3–0 1–0
2 Eimsbütteler TV 6 3 1 2 10 10 1.000 7 0–3 — 3–1 0–1
3 VfL Osnabrück 6 1 2 3 11 14 0.786 4 0–0 3–4 — 5–2
4 1. SV Jena 6 1 1 4 7 13 0.538 3 0–2 2–3 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 3

Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Westfalen:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification S04 F95 MUS CSC
1 Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 35 5 7.000 10 Advance to semi-finals — 0–0 5–0 16–0
2 Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 3 2 1 21 4 5.250 8 1–1 — 7–1 7–0
3 Mülheimer SV 6 2 0 4 14 29 0.483 4 2–8 2–1 — 4–5
4 CSC Kassel 6 1 0 5 10 42 0.238 2 2–5 0–5 3–5 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 4

Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Südwest and Württemberg:[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification WMA FCN SKI KOF
1 Waldhof Mannheim 6 3 2 1 14 5 2.800 8 Advance to semi-finals — 1–1 7–2 4–0
2 1. FC Nürnberg 6 2 2 2 10 4 2.500 6 0–0 — 1–0 8–0
3 Stuttgarter Kickers 6 3 0 3 9 9 1.000 6 1–0 2–0 — 4–0
4 Kickers Offenbach 6 2 0 4 3 18 0.167 4 1–2 1–0 1–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Semi-finals

Two of the four clubs in the 1940 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Dresdner SC and FC Schalke 04, while Rapid Wien replaced Admira Wien and SV Waldhof Mannheim Hamburger SV in comparison to 1939:[8]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
14 July 1940[9]
Schalke 04 3–1 SV Waldhof Mannheim
SK Rapid Wien 1–2 aet Dresdner SC

Third place play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 July 1940[10]
SK Rapid Wien 4–4 aet SV Waldhof Mannheim

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
28 July 1940
SK Rapid Wien 5–2 SV Waldhof Mannheim

Final
Schalke 041 – 0Dresdner SC
Kalwitzki  27' Report
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Gustav Stark (München)
FC GELSENKIRCHEN-SCHALKE 04:
GK Hans Klodt
DF Hans Bornemann
DF Heinz Hinz
MF Bernhard Füller
MF Otto Tibulski
MF Herbert Burdenski
FW Hermann Eppenhoff
FW Fritz Szepan
FW Ernst Kalwitzki
FW Ernst Kuzorra
FW Willi Schuh
Manager:
Otto Faist
DRESDNER SC 1898:
GK Willibald Kreß
DF Herbert Pohl
DF Heinz Hempel
MF Strauch
MF Walter Dzur
MF Helmut Schubert
FW Emanuel Boczek
FW Heinrich Schaffer
FW Helmut Schön
FW Heinz Köpping
FW Richard Hofmann
Manager:
Georg Köhler

References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 27 December 2015
  2. FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015
  3. Dresdner SC » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Dresdner SC honours, accessed: 27 December 2015
  4. Deutsche Meisterschaft » Statistik » Die höchsten Siege (in German) Weltfussball.de, highest wins, accessed: 1 January 2016
  5. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
  7. German championship 1940 rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
  8. German championship 1939 rsssf.com, accessed: 27 December 2015
  9. German championship 1940 – Semifinals (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 December 2015
  10. German championship 1940 – Third place (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 December 2015

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