1956 German football championship

The 1956 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in West Germany in 1955-56. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the first time in their second final appearance, having previously lost the 1949 German football championship final to VfR Mannheim.[1][2]

1956 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
CountryWest Germany
Dates5 May – 24 June
Teams9
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund
1st German title
Runners-upKarlsruher SC
European CupBorussia Dortmund
Matches played29
Goals scored124 (4.28 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Alfred Niepieklo (10 goals)
← 1955
1957 →

On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1956–57 European Cup, where it went out to Manchester United 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1955–56 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
Hannover 96Oberliga Nord runners-up
Borussia DortmundOberliga West champions
Schalke 04Oberliga West runners-up
Viktoria 89 BerlinOberliga Berlin champions
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
TuS NeuendorfOberliga Südwest runners-up
Karlsruher SCOberliga Süd champions
VfB StuttgartOberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

First qualifying round

The four qualified runners-up played two qualifying rounds to determine the three clubs which advanced to the group stage. The deciding game for the third qualified team had to be replayed after a three-all draw after extra time in the first match.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Schalke 04 2–1 aet Hannover 96
VfB Stuttgart 8–0 TuS Neuendorf

Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hannover 96 3–3 aet TuS Neuendorf

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hannover 96 3–2 TuS Neuendorf

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification KSC S04 FCK H96
1 Karlsruher SC 6 3 1 2 7 5 1.400 7 Advance to final — 3–2 0–1 0–0
2 Schalke 04 6 3 1 2 16 12 1.333 7 0–3 — 3–1 3–1
3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 3 1 2 16 13 1.231 7 0–1 4–4 — 5–3
4 Hannover 96 6 1 1 4 8 17 0.471 3 2–0 0–4 2–5 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification BVB HSV VFB V89
1 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 19 4 4.750 9 Advance to final — 5–0 4–1 1–1
2 Hamburger SV 6 4 1 1 14 10 1.400 9 2–1 — 0–0 5–1
3 VfB Stuttgart 6 1 2 3 9 14 0.643 4 0–2 2–4 — 3–1
4 Viktoria Berlin 6 0 2 4 7 21 0.333 2 0–6 1–3 3–3 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Final
Borussia Dortmund4 – 2Karlsruher SC
Nieplieko  15'
Kelbassa  26'
Preißler  53'
Peters  57'		 Kunkel  10'
Burgsmüller  66' (o.g.)
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Dusch (Kaiserslautern
BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
GK Heinz Kwiatkowski
DF Herbert Sandmann
DF Max Michallek
DF Wilhelm Burgsmüller
DF Helmut Bracht
MF Elwin Schlebrowski
MW Alfred Niepieklo
MF Alfred Kelbassa
FW Alfred Preißler
FW Wolfgang Peters
FW Helmut Kapitulski
Manager:
Helmut Schneider
KARLSRUHE:
GK Rudi Fischer
DF Siegfried Geesmann
DF Max Fischer
DF Walter Baureis
MF Kurt Sommerlatt
MF Heinz Ruppenstein
MF Herbert Dannenmeier
FW Oswald Traub
FW Ernst Kunkel
FW Heinz Beck
FW Bernhard Termath
Manager:
Adolf Patek

References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 19 December 2015
  2. Borussia Dortmund » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Borussia Dortmund honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
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