1940 German football championship

January 2018 German championship 1940 Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg 100px Replica of the Viktoria trophy Germany 21 April – 28 July 18 Schalke 045th German title Dresdner SC Rapid Wien Waldhof Mannheim 55 253 Franz Binder (14 goals) 1939 1941 The 1940 German football championship, the 33rd edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating Dresdner SC 1–0 in the final. Both clubs would continue to be strong sides during the Second World War editions of the German championship with Schalke making a losing appearance in the 1941 final before winning again in 1942 while Dresden was crowned German champions in 1943 and 1944.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief de Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015Dresdner SC » Steckbrief de Weltfussball.de – Dresdner SC honours, accessed: 27 December 2015 Schalke's 16–0 win over CSC 03 Kassel in the group stages was the highest win in the history of the German championship as well as the most goals scored in a game.Deutsche Meisterschaft » Statistik » Die höchsten Siege (in German) Weltfussball.de, highest wins, accessed: 1 January 2016 Rapid Wien's Franz Binder became the 1940 championships top scorer with 14 goals, a new record that would be broken the following year by Schalke's Hermann Eppenhoff when he scored 15 goals.http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/deutsche-meisterschaft/ Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige Weltfussball.de 2 January 2016 de German championship: Top goal scorer The eighteen 1939–40 Gauliga champions, the same number as in 1939,kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245 competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1940 championship final. The groups were divided into three with four clubs and one with six clubs with the latter, in turn, subdivided into two groups of three teams each and a final of these group winners to determine the overall group champions.German championship 1940 rsssf.org, accessed: 26 December 2015 In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty clubs. From there it gradually expanded further through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years, reaching a strength of thirty-one in its last completed season, 1943–44. Qualified teams The teams qualified through the 1939–40 Gauliga season: Club Qualified from SV Waldhof Mannheim Gauliga Baden 1. FC Nürnberg Gauliga Bayern Union Oberschöneweide Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg CSC 03 Kassel Gauliga Hessen SV Jena Gauliga Mitte Mülheimer SV Gauliga MittelrheinFortuna Düsseldorf Gauliga NiederrheinVfL Osnabrück Gauliga Niedersachsen Eimsbütteler TV Gauliga Nordmark SK Rapid Wien Gauliga Ostmark VfB Königsberg Gauliga Ostpreußen VfL Stettin Gauliga Pommern Dresdner SC Gauliga Sachsen Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz Gauliga Schlesien NSTG Graslitz Gauliga SudetenlandKickers Offenbach Gauliga SüdwestSchalke 04 Gauliga WestfalenStuttgarter Kickers Gauliga Württemberg Competition Group 1 Group 1A Group 1A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen and Pommern: main WDL Group 1A 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF OBE KON STE 3 0 1 13 8 3 0 1 13 10 0 0 4 5 13 Union Oberschöneweide VfB Königsberg VfL Stettin OBE KON STE Q GF green1 Advance to group final 6–3 3–1 3–1 5–2 1–3 1–2 Group 1B Group 1B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Ostmark, Schlesien and Sudetenland: main WDL Group 1B 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF RWI VRG GRA 3 1 0 19 4 1 2 1 11 11 0 1 3 7 22 Rapid Wien Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz NSTG Graslitz RWI VRG GRA Q GF green1 Advance to group final 3–1 7–0 2–2 4–2 1–7 4–4 Group 1 final Rapid Wien 6–3 Union Oberschöneweide 3–1 3–2 |} Group 2 Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mitte, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Sachsen: main WDL Group 2 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF DRE ETV OSN SVJ 4 2 0 9 0 3 1 2 10 10 1 2 3 11 14 1 1 4 7 13 Dresdner SC Eimsbütteler TV VfL Osnabrück 1. SV Jena DRE ETV OSN SVJ Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–4 5–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 Group 3 Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Westfalen: main WDL Group 3 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF S04 F95 MUS CSC 4 2 0 35 5 3 2 1 21 4 2 0 4 14 29 1 0 5 10 42 Schalke 04 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mülheimer SV CSC Kassel S04 F95 MUS CSC Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 0–0 5–0 16–0 1–1 7–1 7–0 2–8 2–1 4–5 2–5 0–5 3–5 Group 4 Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Südwest and Württemberg: main WDL Group 4 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF WMA FCN SKI KOF 3 2 1 14 5 2 2 2 10 4 3 0 3 9 9 2 0 4 3 18 Waldhof Mannheim 1. FC Nürnberg Stuttgarter Kickers Kickers Offenbach WMA FCN SKI KOF Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 1–1 7–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 8–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 Semi-finals Two of the four clubs in the 1940 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Dresdner SC and FC Schalke 04, while Rapid Wien replaced Admira Wien and SV Waldhof Mannheim Hamburger SV in comparison to 1939:German championship 1939 rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015 |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|14 July 1940German championship 1940 – Semifinals de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 December 2015 Schalke 04 3–1 SV Waldhof Mannheim SK Rapid Wien 1–2 aet Dresdner SC |} Third place play-off |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|21 July 1940German championship 1940 – Third place de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 December 2015 SK Rapid Wien 4–4 aet SV Waldhof Mannheim |} Replay |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|28 July 1940 SK Rapid Wien 5–2 SV Waldhof Mannheim |} Final 21 July 1940 Schalke 04 1 – 0 Dresdner SC Report Kalwitzki 27 Olympic Stadium (Berlin) 95,000 Gustav Stark (München) FC GELSENKIRCHEN-SCHALKE 04: GK GER Nazi Hans Klodt DF GER Nazi Hans Bornemann DF GER Nazi Heinz Hinz MF GER Nazi Bernhard Füller MF GER Nazi Otto Tibulski MF GER Nazi Herbert Burdenski FW GER Nazi Hermann Eppenhoff FW GER Nazi Fritz Szepan FW GER Nazi Ernst Kalwitzki FW GER Nazi Ernst Kuzorra FW GER Nazi Willi SchuhManager:Otto FaistDRESDNER SC 1898: GK GER Nazi Willibald Kreß DF GER Nazi Herbert Pohl DF GER Nazi Heinz Hempel MF GER Nazi Strauch MF GER Nazi Walter Dzur MF GER Nazi Helmut Schubert FW GER Nazi Emanuel Boczek FW GER Nazi Heinrich Schaffer FW GER Nazi Helmut Schön FW GER Nazi Heinz Köpping FW GER Nazi Richard HofmannManager:Georg Köhler References Sources kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship External links German Championship 1939–40 at weltfussball.de de German Championship 1940 at RSSSF 1 German Category:German football championship seasons