1955 German football championship

January 2018 German championship 1955 Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft West Germany 4 May – 26 June 9 Rot-Weiss Essen1st German title 1. FC Kaiserslautern European Cup Rot-Weiss Essen 29 107 Franz Islacker (10 goals) 1954 1956 The 1955 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in West Germany in 1954-55. Rot-Weiss Essen were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final. It was Rot-Weiss Essen's first (and only) appearance in the German final, while Kaiserslautern were making their fifth appearance. It was also the fourth time Kaiserlautern had reached the final in five years, following their championship wins in 1951 and 1953, and their defeat in 1954. The format used to determine the German champions was different from that which was used in the 1954 season. Nine teams qualified for the tournament, with those who qualified as a runner-up having to play qualifying matches. The remaining eight teams were split into two groups of four, and played two rounds of matches with games played home and away. The two group winners then played the national final. Qualified teams The teams qualified through the 1954–55 Oberliga season: Club Qualified from Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions Bremerhaven 93 Oberliga Nord runners-up Rot-Weiss Essen Oberliga West champions SV Sodingen Oberliga West runners-up Viktoria 89 Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest champions VfR Wormatia Worms Oberliga Südwest runners-up Kickers Offenbach Oberliga Süd champions SSV Reutlingen 05 Oberliga Süd runners-up Competition First qualifying round 4 May 1955 SV Sodingen 3 – 0 SSV Reutlingen 05 Wächter 27Demski 34Linka 71 Südweststadion Ludwigshafen 15,000 Tretter (Ammer) 4 May 1955 Bremerhaven 93 3 – 3a.e.t. VfR Wormatia Worms Lang 38Mokroß 40Kapteina 46 Rupprecht 17Mechnig 47Lill 65 o.g. Rheinstadion Düsseldorf 12,000 Ternieden (Oberhausen) Replay 5 May 1955 Bremerhaven 93 3 – 2 VfR Wormatia Worms Kapteina 53 68Machniki 83 Müller 57Sehrt 85 Rheinstadion Düsseldorf 8,000 Ternieden (Oberhausen) Second qualifying round 8 May 1955 VfR Wormatia Worms 2 – 1 SSV Reutlingen 05 Weiß 38Schroer 60 Grziwok 62 Stadion Oberwerth Koblenz 7,000 Treichel (Berlin) Group 1 main WDL Group 1 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF FCK HSV SOD V89 3 3 0 20 8 3 2 1 8 5 2 3 1 13 9 0 0 6 4 23 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hamburger SV SV Sodingen Viktoria Berlin FCK HSV SOD V89 Q FI green1 Advance to final 2–2 2–2 10–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 15 May 1955 Hamburger SV 1 – 0 SV Sodingen 15 May 1955 Viktoria 89 Berlin 1 – 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 19 May 1955 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 – 2 Hamburger SV 19 May 1955 SV Sodingen 5 – 1 Viktoria 89 Berlin Adamik 21 Harpers 53 Wächter 65 82 Wenker 80 Nocht 70 Glückauf-Kampfbahn Gelsenkirchen 20,000 Asmussen (Flensburg) 22 May 1955 SV Sodingen 2 – 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 22 May 1955 Hamburger SV 1 – 0 Viktoria 89 Berlin 30 May 1955 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 – 2 SV Sodingen 30 May 1955 Viktoria 89 Berlin 0 – 2 Hamburger SV 5 June 1955 Hamburger SV 1 – 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5 June 1955 Viktoria 89 Berlin 2 – 3 SV Sodingen 11 June 1955 SV Sodingen 1 – 1 Hamburger SV 11 June 1955 1. FC Kaiserslautern 10 – 0 Viktoria 89 Berlin Group 2 main WDL Group 2 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF RWE B93 KOF W08 4 2 0 16 5 2 2 2 5 10 2 0 4 11 12 1 2 3 6 11 Rot-Weiss Essen Bremerhaven 93 Kickers Offenbach Wormatia Worms RWE B93 KOF W08 Q FI green1 Advance to final 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 4–0 5–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 15 May 1955 VfR Wormatia Worms 1 – 0 Kickers Offenbach 15 May 1955 Rot-Weiss Essen 4 – 0 Bremerhaven 93 19 May 1955 Kickers Offenbach 1 – 3 Rot-Weiss Essen 19 May 1955 Bremerhaven 93 1 – 0 VfR Wormatia Worms 22 May 1955 Bremerhaven 93 2 – 0 Kickers Offenbach 22 May 1955 Rot-Weiss Essen 1 – 1 VfR Wormatia Worms 30 May 1955 Kickers Offenbach 4 – 0 Bremerhaven 93 30 May 1955 VfR Wormatia Worms 1 – 3 Rot-Weiss Essen 5 June 1955 Rot-Weiss Essen 4 – 1 Kickers Offenbach 5 June 1955 VfR Wormatia Worms 1 – 1 Bremerhaven 93 11 June 1955 Bremerhaven 93 1 – 1 Rot-Weiss Essen 11 June 1955 Kickers Offenbach 5 – 2 VfR Wormatia Worms Final 26 June 1955 Rot-Weiss Essen 4 – 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Islacker 18 43 85 Röhrig 27 Wenzel 11 56 Baßler 72 Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover 76,000 A. Meißner ROT-WEISS ESSEN: GK DEU Fritz HerkenrathDF DEU Heinz Wewers DF DEU Willi KöchlingDF DEU Joachim JänischMF DEU Paul JahnelMF DEU Willi GrewerFW DEU August GottschalkFW DEU Bernhard Termath FW NED Johannes RöhrigFW DEU Helmut RahnFW DEU Franz IslackerManager:DEU Fritz SzepanKAISERSLAUTERN: GK DEU Willi HölzDF DEU Werner BaßlerDF DEU Werner MangoldDF DEU Werner Liebrich DF DEU Werner KohlmeyerMF DEU Otto RenderMF DEU Fritz WalterMF DEU Horst EckelFW DEU Willi Wenzel FW DEU Karl WangerFW DEU Erwin SchefflerManager:DEU Richard Schneider Sources 1954-55 at Weltfussball.de Germany - Championship 1955 at RSSSF.com German championship 1955 at Fussballdaten.de 1955 1