1950 German football championship

Football tournament season

1950 German championshipDeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft

Country| West Germany
Dates| 21 May – 25 June
Teams| 16
Champions| VfB Stuttgart
1st German title
Runners-up| Kickers Offenbach
Matches played| 17
Goals scored| 66 (3.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)| Herbert Wojtkowiak (5 goals)

← 1949

1951 →

The 1950 German football championship, the 40th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1949–50 football season in Germany. VfB Stuttgart won their first championship in a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the third championship after the end of World War II.[1][2][3]

VfB Stuttgart appeared in their second final, having lost to Schalke 04 in 1935. Losing finalists Kickers Offenbach appeared in a championship final for the first time.

For the first time 16 teams competed for the title, including the runners-up of the Berlin championship. However, East German side Union Oberschöneweide did not receive a travel permit, like SG Planitz two years earlier. Their players nevertheless traveled to Kiel to play Hamburger SV and eventually founded SC Union 06 Berlin. Originally, the first three teams from the DDR-Oberliga had been slated to appear in the championship, but the two football associations eventually could not agree on a mode of play and their places were given to West German Oberliga sides.

## Qualified teams[edit]

The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

Club | Qualified from

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Hamburger SV | Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli | Oberliga Nord runners-up
VfL Osnabrück | Oberliga Nord 3rd place
Borussia Dortmund | Oberliga West champions
Preußen Dellbrück | Oberliga West runners-up
Rot-Weiss Essen | Oberliga West 3rd place
STV Horst-Emscher | Oberliga West 4th place
1\. FC Kaiserslautern | Oberliga Südwest champions
SSV Reutlingen 05 | Oberliga Südwest runners-up
TuS Koblenz | Oberliga Südwest 3rd place
SpVgg Fürth | Oberliga Süd champions
VfB Stuttgart | Oberliga Süd runners-up
Kickers Offenbach | Oberliga Süd 3rd place
VfR Mannheim | Oberliga Süd 4th place
Tennis Borussia Berlin | Stadtliga Berlin champions
Union Oberschöneweide | Stadtliga Berlin runners-up

## Competition[edit]

### Round of 16[edit]

1\. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiss Essen 21 May 1950 |  1\. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 – 2
a.e.t.|  Rot-Weiss Essen | Karlsruhe

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| F.Walter 43', 70' |  | Abromeit 20'
Termath 87' | Stadium: Mühlburger Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

SpVgg Fürth v STV Horst-Emscher 21 May 1950 |  SpVgg Fürth | 3 – 2|  STV Horst-Emscher | Worms

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| Schade 43'
Hoffmann  62', 85' |  | Klodt 17'
Zielinski  29' | Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rannersmann (Bremen)

Preußen Dellbrück v SSV Reutlingen 21 May 1950 |  Preußen Dellbrück | 1 – 0
a.e.t.|  SSV Reutlingen | Koblenz

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| Severin  113' |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Szymalek (Berlin)

Borussia Dortmund v VfR Mannheim 21 May 1950 |  Borussia Dortmund | 1 – 3|  VfR Mannheim | Gladbeck

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| Kasperski  32' |  | de la Vigne 41', 70'
Löttke  64' | Stadium: Stadion Gladbeck
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Osnabrück 21 May 1950 |  VfB Stuttgart | 2 – 1|  VfL Osnabrück | Cologne

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| Guhre  35' (o.g.)
Baitinger  83' |  | Vetter  5' | Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rosenkranz (Gelsenkirchen)

Kickers Offenbach v TeBe Berlin 21 May 1950 |  Kickers Offenbach | 3 – 1|  TeBe Berlin | Munich

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| Kaufhold 19', 51'
Buhtz 63' |  | Berndt 83' | Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Berndt (Düsseldorf)

FC St. Pauli v TuS Neuendorf 21 May 1950 |  FC St. Pauli | 4 – 0|  TuS Neuendorf | Hanover

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| Kruppa  22', 85'
Sump  54'
Beck 80' |  |  | Stadium: Stadion der Hauptstadt Hannover
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ruhmann (Regensburg)

Hamburger SV v Union 06 Berlin 28 May 1950 |  Hamburger SV | 7 – 0|  Union 06 Berlin | Kiel

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| Woitkowiak  1', 47', 60', 72'
Rohrberg  18'
Adamkiewicz 29', 31' |  |  | Stadium: VfB-Platz
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

#### Replay[edit]

1\. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiss Essen 29 May 1950 |  1\. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 – 2
a.e.t.|  Rot-Weiss Essen | Cologne

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| Baßler  55'
F.Walter 70'
O.Walter 116' |  | Kleina  31'
Termath 36' | Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gabriel (Hanover)

### Quarter-finals[edit]

4 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart| 5 - 2| 1\. FC Kaiserslautern

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Schlienz 14'
Bühler  42'
Läpple  52'
Blessing  75'
Baitinger  78' |  | O.Walter 50', 83'

Club-Stadion im Zabo, Nuremberg

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Hamm (Eschweiler)

* * *

4 June 1950

SpVgg Fürth| 2 - 1| FC St. Pauli

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Brenzke  36' (pen.)
Nöth  45' |  | Zimmermann  48'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hoppe (Berlin)

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4 June 1950

Kickers Offenbach| 3 - 2| Hamburger SV

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Buhtz 61'
Wirsching  81'
Weber  88' |  | Adamkiewicz 4'
Woitkowiak  6'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)

* * *

4 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück| 2 - 1| VfR Mannheim

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Severin  49'
Drost  75' |  | de la Vigne 63'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Liebig (Berlin)

### Semi-finals[edit]

11 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart| 4 - 1| SpVgg Fürth

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Bühler  34', 57'
Blessing  39'
Läpple  75' |  | Schade 11'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Schmetzer

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11 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück| 0 - 0| Kickers Offenbach

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Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

#### Replay[edit]

18 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück| 0 - 3| Kickers Offenbach

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|  | Kaufhold 1'
Baas 73'
Weber  74'

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

### Final[edit]

25 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart| 2 - 1| Kickers Offenbach

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Läpple 17'
Bühler 27' |  | Buhtz 47'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 95,051

Referee: Hunting

| VFB STUTTGART

|  |  Otto Schmid
|  |  Josef Ledl
|  |  Richard Steimle
|  |  Erich Retter
|  |  Erwin Läpple
|  |  Robert Schlienz
|  |  Ernst Otterbach
|  |  Karl Barufka
|  |  Otto Baitinger
|  |  Walter Bühler
|  |  Rolf Blessing
Manager:
Georg Wurzer
|  | KICKERS OFFENBACH

|  |  Josef Schepper
|  |  Willi Magel
|  |  Ferdinand Emberger
|  |  Heinrich Baas
|  |  Kurt Schreiner
|  |  Gerhard Kaufhold
|  |  Horst Buhtz
|  |  Albert Wirsching
|  |  Wilhelm Weber
|  |  Anton Picard
|  |  Willi Keim
Manager:
Paul Oßwald

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## References[edit]

1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015
2. ^ Winkler, Pierre (9 September 2002). "Germany - Championships 1947-1963". RSSSF. rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
3. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1949/1950 .:. Finale". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2011.

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