1950 German football championship

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]

1950 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
CountryWest Germany
Dates21 May – 25 June
Teams16
ChampionsVfB Stuttgart
1st German title
Runners-upKickers Offenbach
Matches played17
Goals scored66 (3.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Herbert Wojtkowiak (5 goals)
← 1949
1951 →

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

The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
FC St. PauliOberliga Nord runners-up
VfL OsnabrückOberliga Nord 3rd place
Borussia DortmundOberliga West champions
Preußen DellbrückOberliga West runners-up
Rot-Weiss EssenOberliga West 3rd place
STV Horst-EmscherOberliga West 4th place
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
SSV Reutlingen 05Oberliga Südwest runners-up
TuS KoblenzOberliga Südwest 3rd place
SpVgg FürthOberliga Süd champions
VfB StuttgartOberliga Süd runners-up
Kickers OffenbachOberliga Süd 3rd place
VfR MannheimOberliga Süd 4th place
Tennis Borussia BerlinStadtliga Berlin champions
Union OberschöneweideStadtliga Berlin runners-up

Competition

Round of 16
21 May 1950 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 – 2
a.e.t.		 Rot-Weiss Essen Karlsruhe
F.Walter  43', 70' Abromeit  20'
Termath  87'		 Stadium: Mühlburger Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Heuck (Kiel)
21 May 1950 SpVgg Fürth 3 – 2 STV Horst-Emscher Worms
Schade  43'
Hoffmann  62', 85'		 Klodt  17'
Zielinski  29'		 Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rannersmann (Bremen)
21 May 1950 Preußen Dellbrück 1 – 0
a.e.t.		 SSV Reutlingen Koblenz
Severin  113' Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Szymalek (Berlin)
21 May 1950 Borussia Dortmund 1 – 3 VfR Mannheim Gladbeck
Kasperski  32' de la Vigne  41', 70'
Löttke  64'		 Stadium: Stadion Gladbeck
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)
21 May 1950 VfB Stuttgart 2 – 1 VfL Osnabrück Cologne
Guhre  35' (o.g.)
Baitinger  83'		 Vetter  5' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rosenkranz (Gelsenkirchen)
21 May 1950 Kickers Offenbach 3 – 1 TeBe Berlin Munich
Kaufhold  19', 51'
Buhtz  63'		 Berndt  83' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Berndt (Düsseldorf)
21 May 1950 FC St. Pauli 4 – 0 TuS Neuendorf Hanover
Kruppa  22', 85'
Sump  54'
Beck  80'		 Stadium: Stadion der Hauptstadt Hannover
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ruhmann (Regensburg)
28 May 1950 Hamburger SV 7 – 0 Union 06 Berlin Kiel
Woitkowiak  1', 47', 60', 72'
Rohrberg  18'
Adamkiewicz  29', 31'		 Stadium: VfB-Platz
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

Replay
29 May 1950 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 – 2
a.e.t.		 Rot-Weiss Essen Cologne
Baßler  55'
F.Walter  70'
O.Walter  116'		 Kleina  31'
Termath  36'		 Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gabriel (Hanover)

Quarter-finals
VfB Stuttgart5 – 21. FC Kaiserslautern
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)
SpVgg Fürth2 – 1FC St. Pauli
Brenzke  36' (pen.)
Nöth  45'		 Zimmermann  48'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hoppe (Berlin)
Kickers Offenbach3 – 2Hamburger SV
Buhtz  61'
Wirsching  81'
Weber  88'		 Adamkiewicz  4'
Woitkowiak  6'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)
Preußen Dellbrück2 – 1VfR Mannheim
Severin  49'
Drost  75'		 de la Vigne  63'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Liebig (Berlin)

Semi-finals
VfB Stuttgart4 – 1SpVgg Fürth
Bühler  34', 57'
Blessing  39'
Läpple  75'		 Schade  11'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Schmetzer
Preußen Dellbrück0 – 0Kickers Offenbach
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

Replay
Preußen Dellbrück0 – 3Kickers Offenbach
Kaufhold  1'
Baas  73'
Weber  74'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

Final
VfB Stuttgart2 – 1Kickers Offenbach
Läpple  17'
Bühler  27'		 Buhtz  47'
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

References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015
  2. Winkler, Pierre (9 September 2002). "Germany - Championships 1947-1963". rsssf.com. 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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