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]
| Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft | |
 Replica of the Viktoria trophy | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 April – 27 June |
| Teams | 29 |
| Champions | Dresdner SC 1st German title |
| Runners-up | FV Saarbrücken |
| Third place | Holstein Kiel |
| Fourth place | First Vienna |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 139 (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]
- 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
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 |
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 Neufahrwasser | 0 – 4 | Dresdner SC |
|---|---|---|
Kugler  25', 26' Hofmann 63' Schaffer 70' |
| Holstein Kiel | 4 – 1 | Schalke 04 |
|---|---|---|
| Linken 9', 45' Möschel 31' Hain 89' |
Tibulski 45' (pen.) |
| First Vienna | 2 – 0 | TSV 1860 München |
|---|---|---|
| Noack 38' Decker 60' (pen.) |
| FV Saarbrücken | 3 – 2 | VfR Mannheim |
|---|---|---|
| Balzert 6' Dorn 62' Baier 76' |
Striebinger 25', 27' (pen.) |
Semi-finals
| Dresdner SC | 3 – 1 | Holstein Kiel |
|---|---|---|
| Schön 10' Kugler 46' Erdl 88' |
Boller 76' (pen.) |
| FV Saarbrücken | 2 – 1 | First Vienna |
|---|---|---|
| Binkert 20' Sold 75' |
Strittich 81' |
Third place play-off
| Holstein Kiel | 4 – 1 | First Vienna |
|---|---|---|
| Boller 26', 48' Walter 73' Möschel 74' |
Strittich 27' |
Final
| Dresdner SC | 3 – 0 | FV Saarbrücken |
|---|---|---|
| Erdl 55' Schubert 62'Kugler 84' |
Report |
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References
- (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
- Dresdner SC » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Dresdner SC honours, accessed: 26 December 2015
- kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
- German championship 1943 rsssf.com, accessed: 26 December 2015
- FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 26 December 2015
- "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- POKALE AUF REISEN: VIKTORIA UND CO. WANDERN INS FUSSBALLMUSEUM (in German) DFB website, accessed: 27 December 2015
- Das Deutsche Fussball-Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables, accessed: 29 December 2015
- German championship 1943 – First round (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 December 2015
- 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
External links
- German Championship 1942–43 at weltfussball.de (in German)
- German Championship 1943 at RSSSF