1907 German football championship

Football tournament season

1907 German championshipDeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft

Replica of the Viktoria trophy

Country| Germany
Dates| 21 April – 19 May
Teams| 6
Champions| Freiburger FC
1st German title
Runners-up| Viktoria 89 Berlin
Matches played| 5
Goals scored| 26 (5.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)| Philipp Burkart
Helmut Röpnack
(4 goals each)

← 1906

1908 →

The 1907 German football championship was the fifth season in which teams competed for the national championship title. Six teams qualified to reach the final stages of the competition, and the winners were Freiburger FC, defeating Viktoria 89 Berlin 3–1 in the final.[1]

For Freiburger FC it was the sole appearance in the German championship final. Viktoria 89 Berlin made its first of four final appearances in 1907, going on to win the 1908 and 1911 championships as well as losing the 1909 final in between.[2][3][4]

Viktoria's Helmut Röpnack and Freiburg's Phillip Burkart were the top scorers of the 1907 championship with four goals each.[5]

Six clubs qualified for the competition played in knock-out format, the champions of each of the six regional football championships.[1]

## Qualified teams[edit]

The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

Qualified team | Qualified from

|

Schlesien Breslau | South Eastern German champions
Viktoria 89 Berlin | VBB champions
VfB Leipzig | Central German champions
FC Victoria Hamburg | Northern German champions
Düsseldorfer FC 99 | Western German champions
Freiburger FC | Southern German champions

## Competition[edit]

### Quarter-finals[edit]

The preliminary round, played on 21 April 1907:[6]

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

|
|

Viktoria 89 Berlin | 2–1  | Schlesien Breslau
SC Victoria Hamburg | 8–1  | Düsseldorfer FC 99

### Semi-finals[edit]

9 May 1907

SC Victoria Hamburg| 1 - 4| Viktoria 89 Berlin

|
|

Klinkrad  40' |  | Dumke 10'
Röpnack 19', 65'
Reinke  90'

HFC 1888-Platz, Hamburg

Referee: Hinze

* * *

12 May 1907

Freiburger FC| 3 - 2| VfB Leipzig

|
|

Burkart
Mayer  |  | Steinbeck
Richter

Club-Stadion an der Ziegelgasse, Nuremberg

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Müller

### Final[edit]

19 May 1907

Freiburger FC| 3 - 1| Viktoria 89 Berlin

|
|

Glaser 30' (pen.)
Burkart  57', 80' | Report | Röpnack 43' (pen.)

Stadion am Kanal, Frankenthal

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Eikhof

| FREIBURGER FC

|  |  Paul Gilly-Goldberger
|  |  August Falschlunger
|  |  L. C. de Villiers
|  |  Max Mayer
|  |  Felix Hunn
|  |  Josef Glaser
|  |  Fritz Bodenweber
|  |  Henri Sydler
|  |  Hofherr
|  |  Max Haase
|  |  Philipp Burkart
Manager:
|  | VIKTORIA BERLIN

|  |  Paul Scranowitz
|  |  Helmut Röpnack
|  |  Willi Hahn
|  |  Paul Fischer
|  |  Willi Knesebeck
|  |  Paul Hunder
|  |  Adolf Deni
|  |  Emil Reinke
|  |  Paul Kralle
|  |  Otto Dumke
|  |  Reinhold Bock
Manager:

|

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "German championship 1907". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
2. ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
3. ^ "Freiburger FC Steckbrief" [Freiburger FC honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
4. ^ "FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin » Steckbrief" [FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
5. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
6. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1906/1907 » Spielplan" [German championship 1906–07]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

### Sources[edit]

* 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

## External links[edit]

* German Championship 1906–07 at weltfussball.de (in German)
* German Championship 1907 at RSSSF

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