1939 German football championship

June 2017 German championship 1939 Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg 100px Replica of the Viktoria trophy Germany 2 April – 18 June 18 Schalke 044th German title Admira Wien Dresdner SC Hamburger SV 55 224 Ernst Kalwitzki (11 goals) 1938 1940 The 1939 German football championship, the 32nd edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fourth German championship by defeating Admira Wien 9–0 in the final, with Ernst Kalwitzki scoring five goals. For Admira it was the club's only appearance in the German championship while the 9–0 result was the highest winning margin for any of the finals held between 1903 and 1963, surpassing VfB Leipzig's 7–2 victory over DFC Prag in the inaugural 1903 final. For Schalke, it continued the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 and 1937 final and going on to win the 1940 and 1942 ones as well.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief de Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015 Schalke's Ernst Kalwitzki was the 1939 championships top scorer with eleven goals, having previously finished as the top scorer in 1937.http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/deutsche-meisterschaft/ Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige Weltfussball.de 2 January 2016 German German championship: Top goal scorer The eighteen 1938–39 Gauliga champions, two more than in 1938 because of the addition of the Gauliga Ostmark after the Anschluss and the Gauliga Sudetenland after the Munich Agreement,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 1939 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 over all group champions.German championship 1939 rsssf.org, accessed: 26 December 2015 While, in the following season, the German championship was still played with eighteen clubs as well but it gradually expanded 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 1938–39 Gauliga season: Club Qualified from VfR Mannheim Gauliga Baden FC Schweinfurt 05 Gauliga Bayern Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg CSC 03 Kassel Gauliga Hessen SV Dessau 05 Gauliga Mitte SpVgg Sülz 07 Gauliga MittelrheinFortuna Düsseldorf Gauliga NiederrheinVfL Osnabrück Gauliga Niedersachsen Hamburger SV Gauliga Nordmark Admira Wien Gauliga Ostmark Hindenburg Allenstein Gauliga Ostpreußen Viktoria Stolp Gauliga Pommern Dresdner SC Gauliga Sachsen Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz Gauliga Schlesien Warnsdorfer FK Gauliga SudetenlandWormatia Worms Gauliga SüdwestSchalke 04 Gauliga WestfalenStuttgarter Kickers Gauliga Württemberg Competition Group 1 Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Ostpreußen: main WDL Group 1 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF HSV OSN HIA BWB 4 1 1 22 11 2 2 2 10 12 2 1 3 10 12 1 2 3 7 14 Hamburger SV VfL Osnabrück Hindenburg Allenstein Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin HSV OSN HIA BWB Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 5–1 5–2 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 3–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 0–3 Group 2 Group 2A Group 2A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Pommern: main WDL Group 2A 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF F95 S07 STO 3 0 1 7 4 2 0 2 10 6 1 0 3 1 8 Fortuna Düsseldorf SpVgg Sülz Viktoria Stolp F95 S07 STO Q GF green1 Advance to group final 3–2 1–0 1–3 5–0 1–0 0–2 Group 2B Group 2B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Sachsen and Sudetenland: main WDL Group 2B 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF DRE S05 WFK 3 0 1 9 3 3 0 1 9 4 0 0 4 5 16 Dresdner SC Schweinfurt 05 Warnsdorfer FK DRE S05 WFK Q GF green1 Advance to group final 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–5 1–4 Group 2 final Dresdner SC 7–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–1 3–3 |} Group 3 Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Baden, Mitte, Ostmark and Württemberg: main WDL Group 3 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF AWI SKI MAN SVD 3 1 2 20 11 3 1 2 13 13 2 1 3 12 16 2 1 3 6 11 Admira Wien Stuttgarter Kickers VfR Mannheim SV Dessau 05 AWI SKI MAN SVD Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 6–2 8–3 5–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 3–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 Group 4 Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Schlesien, Südwest and Westfalen: main WDL Group 4 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF S04 VRG W08 CSC 5 0 1 17 5 4 0 2 12 11 3 0 3 12 10 0 0 6 4 19 Schalke 04 Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz Wormatia Worms CSC Kassel S04 VRG W08 CSC Q SF green1 Advance to semi-finals 4–0 1–2 6–1 1–2 5–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 Semi-finals Two of the four clubs in the 1939 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04, while Admira Wien and Dresdner SC replaced Fortuna Düsseldorf and previous season's champions Hannover 96 in comparison to 1938:German championship 1938 rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015 |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|4 June 1939German championship 1939 – Semifinals de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015 Schalke 04 3–3 aet Dresdner SC Admira Wien 4–1 Hamburger SV |} Replay |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|11 June 1939 Schalke 04 2–0 Dresdner SC |} Third place play-off |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|17 June 1939German championship 1939 – Third place de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015 Dresdner SC 3–2 Hamburger SV |} Final |align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|18 June 1939German championship 1939 – Final de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015 Schalke 04 9–0 Admira Wien |} References Sources kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship External links German Championship 1938–39 at weltfussball.de de German Championship 1939 at RSSSF 1 German Category:German football championship seasons