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1933 German football championship
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German championship 1933 Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg 100px Replica of the Viktoria trophy Germany 7 May – 11 June 16 Fortuna Düsseldorf1st German title Schalke 04 15 76 Karl Ehmer (6 goals) 1932 1934
The 1933 German football championship, the 26th edition of the competition, ended with the first national title for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The title was won with a 3–0 win over Schalke 04. It was a replay of the Western German championship final, in which Schalke had defeated Fortuna 1–0 on 30 April 1933.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions Rsssf.com 5 January 2016http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-schalke-04/1/ FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief Weltfussball.de 5 January 2016 German FC Schalke 04 honourshttp://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fortuna-duesseldorf/1/ Fortuna Düsseldorf » Steckbrief Weltfussball.de 5 January 2016 German Fortuna Düsseldorf honours
For both clubs it was their first appearance in the German final. While Fortuna only played one more after this, in 1936, for Schalke it was the first in its golden era, playing in every final until 1942, except the 1936 one. FC Schalke 04 website – History https://web.archive.org/web/20110718203129/http://www.schalke04.de/verein.html 18 July 2011 de, accessed: 21 April 2009 Fortuna became the first Champion from the industrial western part of Germany.
The 1933 final was played after the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany. After this season, the German league system was overhauled and instead of the regional championships as qualifying competitions, the 16 Gauligas were introduced.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German championship 1934 Rsssf.com 5 January 2016
To qualify for the national championship, a team needed to win or finish runners-up in one of the seven regional championships. On top of those 14 clubs, the two strongest regions, West and South were allowed to send a third team each. In the West, this was the local cup winner while in the South, the third placed team of the championship received this place.
Qualified teams
The teams qualified through the regional football championships:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German championship 1933 Rsssf.com 5 January 2016
Club Qualified from SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg Baltic champions SV Hindenburg Allenstein Baltic runners-up Beuthener SuSV South Eastern German champions Vorwärts RaSpo Gleiwitz South Eastern German runners-up Hertha BSC Brandenburg champions BFC Viktoria 89 Brandenburg runners-up Dresdner SC Central German champions PSV Chemnitz Central German runners-up Hamburger SV Northern German champions SV Arminia Hannover Northern German runners-up Schalke 04 Western German champions Fortuna Düsseldorf Western German runners-up VfL Benrath Western German Cup winner FSV Frankfurt Southern German champions TSV 1860 München Southern German runners-up SG Eintracht Frankfurt Southern German 3rd placed team
Competition
Round of 16
Date Match Result Stadium 7 May 1933 Hamburger SV – Eintracht Frankfurt 1–4 (0–2) Hamburg, Stadion Hoheluft 7 May 1933 VfL Benrath – TSV 1860 München 0–2 (0–2) Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion 7 May 1933 Fortuna Düsseldorf – Vorwärts RaSpo Gleiwitz 9–0 (3–0) Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion 7 May 1933 Dresdner SC – SV Arminia Hannover 1–2 aet (0–1, 1–1) Dresden, Stadion am Ostragehege 7 May 1933 Beuthener SuSV – SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg 7–1 (3–1) Beuthen, Hindenburg-Stadion 7 May 1933 FSV Frankfurt – PSV Chemnitz 6–1 (1–1) Frankfurt am Main, Riederwaldstadion 7 May 1933 Hindenburg Allenstein – Hertha BSC 4–1 (2–0) Allenstein, Waldstadion 14 May 1933 FC Schalke 04 – BFC Viktoria 1889 4–1 (1–0) Dortmund, Kampfbahn Rothe Erde
Quarter-finals
Date Match Result Stadium 21 May 1933 SV Arminia Hannover – Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–3 (0–2) Hanover, Hindenburg-Kampfbahn 21 May 1933 Eintracht Frankfurt – Hindenburg Allenstein 12–2 (7–0) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 21 May 1933 FC Schalke 04 – FSV Frankfurt 1–0 (0–0) Essen, Stadion Uhlenkrug 21 May 1933 TSV 1860 München – Beuthener SuSV 3–0 (2–0) Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion
Semi-finals
Date Match Result Stadium 28 May 1933 Fortuna Düsseldorf – Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 (1–0) Berlin, Platz des BFC Preussen 28 May 1933 FC Schalke 04 – TSV 1860 München 4–0 (1–0) Leipzig, Stadion Probstheida
Final
The 1933 final saw Schalke as the favorite for the title, having already beaten Fortuna in the Western German championship in late April. In front of 60,000, 20,000 of those Fortuna supporters, the club, who had not conceded a goal in the previous three rounds and scored 16, scored the first goal in the tenth minute. Schalke never got into their rhythm and when Fortuna scored the third goal five minutes from the end, the game was decided.Die deutsche Meisterschaft 1933 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719021411/http://www2.fortuna-duesseldorf.de/pages/historie/sternstunden/meisterschaft-1933/index.htm 19 July 2011 de Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1933 final, accessed: 21 April 2009
It was the third time that the final was held in Cologne, after 1912 and 1931 and had the second-best attendance until then, only surpassed by the 1923 final, held in Hamburg in front of 64,000.
Date Match Result Stadium Attendance 11 June 1933 Fortuna Düsseldorf – FC Schalke 04 3-0 (1–0) Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion 60,000
Fortuna Düsseldorf: 1 Willi Pesch 2 Kurt Trautwein 3 Paul Janes 4 Paul Bornefeld 5 Jakob Bender 6 Paul Mehl 70 7 Georg Hochgesang 85 8 Theo Breuer 9 Felix Zwolanowski 10 10 Willi Wigold 11 Stanislaus KobierskiManager: Heinz KörnerFC Schalke 04: 1 Hermann Mellage 2 Ferdinand Zajons 3 Fritz Wohlgemuth 4 Ötte Tibulsky 5 Hermann Nattkämper 6 Hans Bornemann 7 Valentin Przybylski 8 Emil Rothardt 9 Fritz Szepan 10 Hans Rosen 11 Ernst KuzorraManager: Kurt Otto
Top scorers
The top scorer of the competition:http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/deutsche-meisterschaft-1932-1933/ Deutsche Meisterschaft 1932/1933 » Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de 5 January 2016 German German championship 1933: Top scorers
Name Club Goals 1st Karl Ehmer Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2nd Georg Hochgesang Fortuna Düsseldorf 5 Paul Mehl Fortuna Düsseldorf 5 Felix Zwolanowski Fortuna Düsseldorf 5 5th August Möbs Eintracht Frankfurt 4
References
Sources
Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897–1988, by Ludolf Hyll, page 98 – German championship 1933
kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 – German championship
External links
German Championship 1932–33 at weltfussball.de de
German Championship 1933 at RSSSF
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