1944 German football championship

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1944 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Dates16 April – 18 June
Teams31
Final positions
Champions Dresdner SC
2nd German title
Runner-up LSV Hamburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored185 (5.78 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Helmut Schön (14 goals)
  1943
1948  

The 1944 German football championship , the 37th edition of the competition, was won by Dresdner SC, the club defending its 1943 title by defeating Luftwaffe team LSV Hamburg in the final. [1] [2]

Contents

The final years of the German Championship during the war saw many military teams compete in the championship, Luftwaffe teams, Luftwaffensportvereine, short LSV, and, Wehrmacht teams, Wehrmachtssportvereine, short WSV, became very competitive. [3]

Dresden's Helmut Schön, who would later coach Germany to the 1974 FIFA World Cup, became the top scorer of the 1944 championship with 14 goals, the second-highest individual amount of any player in the history of the competition from 1903 to 1963. [4]

It was the last edition of the tournament during the Second World War, with the competition not being held again until 1948. The thirty-one 1943–44 Gauliga champions, two more than in the previous season, [5] competed in a single-leg knock out competition to determine the national champion. [6]

Dresdner SC became the last club to be awarded the Viktoria , the annual trophy for the German champions from 1903 to 1944. The trophy disappeared during the final stages of the war, did not resurface until after the German reunification and was put on display at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt until 2015, when it was moved to the new Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund. [7]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1943–44 Gauliga season: [6]

ClubQualified from
VfR Mannheim Gauliga Baden
MSV Brünn Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren
Hertha BSC Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
LSV Danzig Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen
FC Mühlhausen 93 Gauliga Elsaß
LSV Mölders Krakau Gauliga Generalgouvernement
LSV Hamburg Gauliga Hamburg
Kickers Offenbach Gauliga Hessen-Nassau
KSG VfL 99 Köln/SpVgg Sülz 07 Gauliga Köln-Aachen
Borussia Fulda Gauliga Kurhessen
LSV Rerick Gauliga Mecklenburg
SV Dessau 05 Gauliga Mitte
TuS Neuendorf Gauliga Moselland
KSG Duisburg Gauliga Niederrhein
STC Hirschberg Gauliga Niederschlesien
1. FC Nürnberg Gauliga Nordbayern
Germania Königshütte Gauliga Oberschlesien
WSV Celle Gauliga Osthannover
First Vienna Gauliga Ostmark
VfB Königsberg Gauliga Ostpreußen
HSV Groß-Born Gauliga Pommern
Dresdner SC Gauliga Sachsen
Holstein Kiel Gauliga Schleswig-Holstein
FC Bayern Munich Gauliga Südbayern
NSTG Brux Gauliga Sudetenland
Eintracht Braunschweig Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig
SDW Posen Gauliga Wartheland
SpVgg Wilhelmshaven Gauliga Weser-Ems
Schalke 04 Gauliga Westfalen
KSG Saarbrücken Gauliga Westmark
SV Göppingen Gauliga Württemberg

Competition

First round

Borussia Fulda received a bye for the first round.

Team 1 Score Team 2
16 April 1944 [8]
LSV Danzig 0–0 Hertha BSC
HSV Groß Born 6–4 LSV Rerick
STC Hirschberg 7–0 SDW Posen
Dresdner SC 9–2 Germania Königshütte
LSV Hamburg 4–0 WSV Celle
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 SpVgg Wilhelmshaven
Schalke 04 5–0 TuS Neuendorf
KSG Köln-Sülz 0–2 KSG Duisburg
FC Mühlhausen 93 4–2 Kickers Offenbach
SV Göppingen 3–5 KSG Saarbrücken
VfR Mannheim 2–1 FC Bayern Munich
NSTG Brüx 0–8 1. FC Nürnberg
MSV Brno 3–6 First Vienna
SV Dessau 05 2–3 Holstein Kiel
LSV Mölders Krakau 1–4 VfB Königsberg

Replay

Team 1 Score Team 2
23 April 1944
Hertha BSC 7–1 LSV Danzig

Round of 16

Team 1 Score Team 2
7 May 1944 [9]
VfB Königsberg 3–10 HSV Groß Born
First Vienna 5–0 STC Hirschberg
Hertha BSC 4–2 Holstein Kiel
Borussia Fulda 2–9 Dresdner SC
SpVgg Wilhelmshaven 1–1 LSV Hamburg
KSG Duisburg 2–1 Schalke 04
KSG Saarbrücken 5–3 FC Mühlhausen 93
1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 VfR Mannheim

Replay

Team 1 Score Team 2
14 May 1944
LSV Hamburg 4–2 SpVgg Wilhelmshaven

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
21 May 1944 [10]
Dresdner SC 3–2 First Vienna
KSG Saarbrücken 1–5 1. FC Nürnberg
HSV Groß Born 3–2 Hertha BSC
LSV Hamburg 3–0 KSG Duisburg

Semi-finals

LSV Hamburg 3 – 2 HSV Groß Born
Mühle Soccerball shade.svg7', 30'
Gornick Soccerball shade.svg19'
Report Plener Soccerball shade.svg59'
Sold Soccerball shade.svg63' (pen.)
Hindenburg-Kampfbahn, Hannover
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Raspel

Dresdner SC 3 – 1 1. FC Nürnberg
Voigtmann Soccerball shade.svg4'
Machate Soccerball shade.svg26'
Schön Soccerball shade.svg73' (pen.)
Report Hettner Soccerball shade.svg44' (pen.)
Mitteldeutsche Landeskampfbahn, Erfurt
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Multer

Third place play-off

1. FC Nürnberg not played HSV Groß Born

Final

Dresdner SC 4 0 LSV Hamburg
Voigtmann Soccerball shade.svg20'
Schaffer Soccerball shade.svg50', 85'
Schön Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Trompetter
DRESDNER SC
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Willibald Kreß
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Heinz Hempel
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Fritz Belger
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Helmut Schubert
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Walter Dzur
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Rudi Voigtmann
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Helmut Schön
  Flag of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.svg Heinrich Schaffer
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Herbert Pohl
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Fritz Machate
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Richard Hofmann
Manager:
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Georg Köhler
LSV HAMBURG
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Willy Jürissen
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Reinhold Münzenberg
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Karl Miller
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Heinrich Gärtner
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Walter Ochs
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Heinz Mühle
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Robert Gebhardt
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Fritz Zahn
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Jakob Lotz
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Ludwig Janda
  Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Willi Gornick
Manager:
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Karl Höger

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