1937 German football championship

June 2017 German championship 1937 Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg 100px Replica of the Viktoria trophy Germany 4 April – 20 June 16 Schalke 043rd German title 1. FC Nürnberg VfB Stuttgart Hamburger SV 52 213 Ernst KalwitzkiKarl Mayer(10 goals each) 1936 1938 The 1937 German football championship, the 30th edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's third German championship, by defeating 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 in the final. For Schalke it was the half-way point of the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 final before the 1937 title and going on to win the 1939, 1940 and 1942 ones as well, winning six national championships all up during this time. 1. FC Nürnberg, the defending champions who had eliminated Schalke in the semi-finals in the previous season, already had six titles to their name at the time and would go on to win three more between 1948 and 1968 for a total of nine. The two clubs, Germany's most successful teams in the pre-Bundesliga era, had previously met in the 1934 final which Schalke had won 2–1 but would never encounter each other again in a championship final after 1937.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 29 December 2015FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief de Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 29 December 2015http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-nuernberg/1/ 1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief Weltfussball.de 31 December 2015 de 1. FC Nürnberg honours Karl Mayer of SV Werder Bremen and Ernst Kalwitzki of FC Schalke 04 were the joint top scorers of the 1937 championship with ten goals each. Kalwitzki would finish as the competition's top scorer twice more, in 1939 and 1943.http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/deutsche-meisterschaft/ Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige Weltfussball.de 2 January 2016 de German championship: Top goal scorer It was the first-ever German championship final to be played in the Olympiastadion in Berlin, built for the 1936 Summer Olympics.http://www.weltfussball.de/spielorte/olympiastadion-berlin/3/ Olympiastadion, Berlin (Deutschland) » Historische Spiele Weltfussball.de 31 December 2015 de Olympic Stadium Berlin, historic games FC Schalke 04 completed the 1936–37 season unbeaten, finishing the Gauliga Westfalen with 17 wins and one draw. The club than went on to win seven out of eight games in the championship and draw one, against SV Werder Bremen, to complete the league season with a record of 24 wins and two draws.Das Deutsche Fussball-Archiv de Historic German league tables, accessed: 29 December 2015Germany 1936–37 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134026/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1936-37/ 4 March 2016 www.claudionicoletti.eu, accessed: 29 December 2015 After the German championship win Schalke went on to win the 1937 Tschammerpokal, the German Cup as well, by defeating Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 in the final.DFB-Pokal 1937 » Spielplan de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015 The sixteen 1936–37 Gauliga champions competed in a group stage of four groups of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1937 championship final.German championship 1937 rsssf.org, accessed: 29 December 2015 Qualified teams The teams qualified through the 1936–37 Gauliga season: Club Qualified from SV Waldhof Mannheim Gauliga Baden 1. FC Nürnberg Gauliga Bayern Hertha BSC Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg SV 06 Kassel Gauliga Hessen SV Dessau 05 Gauliga Mitte VfR Köln Gauliga MittelrheinFortuna Düsseldorf Gauliga NiederrheinSV Werder Bremen Gauliga Niedersachsen Hamburger SV Gauliga Nordmark Hindenburg Allenstein Gauliga Ostpreußen Viktoria Stolp Gauliga Pommern BC Hartha Gauliga SachsenBeuthener SuSV 09 Gauliga SchlesienWormatia Worms Gauliga SüdwestSchalke 04 Gauliga WestfalenVfB Stuttgart Gauliga Württemberg Competition Group 1 Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Nordmark, Ostpreußen, Sachsen and Schlesien: main WDL Group 1 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF HSV BCH HIA BEU 6 0 0 27 4 2 1 3 13 17 1 2 3 10 21 1 1 4 12 20 Hamburger SV BC Hartha Hindenburg Allenstein Beuthener SuSV HSV BCH HIA BEU Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 3–0 6–1 6–0 0–3 6–2 2–6 2–5 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–4 2–2 Group 2 Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Pommern and Westfalen: main WDL Group 2 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF S04 SVW BSC STO 5 1 0 31 5 4 1 1 20 10 2 0 4 12 13 0 0 6 1 36 Schalke 04 Werder Bremen Hertha BSC Viktoria Stolp S04 SVW BSC STO Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 5–1 2–1 12–0 2–2 5–2 5–0 1–2 1–3 3–1 0–8 0–4 0–4 Group 3 Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mitte, Südwest and Württemberg: main WDL Group 3 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF VFB W08 SVD SVK 4 1 1 12 3 4 1 1 11 3 2 0 4 6 12 1 0 5 7 18 VfB Stuttgart Wormatia Worms SV Dessau 05 SV 06 Kassel VFB W08 SVD SVK Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–4 4–2 1–5 1–3 2–0 Group 4 Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Mittelrhein and Niederrhein: main WDL Group 4 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF FCN F95 WMA VRK 5 1 0 18 4 2 2 2 9 8 2 1 3 6 14 1 0 5 4 11 1. FC Nürnberg Fortuna Düsseldorf Waldhof Mannheim VfR Köln FCN F95 WMA VRK Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 0–0 7–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–5 0–1 Semi-finals |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|6 June 1937German championship 1938 – Semifinals de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015 Schalke 04 4–2 VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 Hamburger SV |} Third place play-off |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|20 June 1937German championship 1937 – Third place de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Hamburger SV |} Final |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|20 June 1937German championship 1937 – Final de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015 Schalke 04 2–0 1. FC Nürnberg |} References Sources kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship External links German Championship 1936–37 at weltfussball.de de German Championship 1937 at RSSSF 1 German Category:German football championship seasons