1958 German football championship

1958 German championship final
Event German football championship
Date 18 May 1958
Venue Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Referee Albert Dusch
Attendance 85,000
1957
1959

The 54th German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957-58. FC Schalke 04 were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.

It was the clubs first title since 1942 and also its last, as of 2010. It was won in impressive fashion, Schalke winning all its four finals games, scoring 19 goals and conceding only one; a reminder of how the club dominated German football in the 1930s and early 40's. On the strength of this title, Schalke participated in the 1958–59 European Cup, where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by Atlético Madrid.

For Hamburg, it was the second lost final in a row, having lost 4-1 in 1957 to Borussia Dortmund and having to wait another two seasons for its first title since 1928.

The format used to determine the German champion was the same as in the 1957 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and Southwest having to play a qualification match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final.

Contents

Qualified teams

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
Eintracht Braunschweig Oberliga Nord runners-up
FC Schalke 04 Oberliga West champions
1. FC Köln Oberliga West runners-up
Tennis Borussia Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions
FK Pirmasens Oberliga Südwest champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest runners-up
Karlsruher SC Oberliga Süd champions
1. FC Nuremberg Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
19 April 1958 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–3 aet (2–1, 3–3) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 70,000
20 April 1958 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3-1 (1–0) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 35,000

Group 1

Matches

Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
26 April 1958 Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln 3–1 (1–1) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 75,000
26 April 1958 FK Pirmasens 1. FC Nuremberg 2–2 (1–0) Stuttgart, Neckarstadion 70,000
4 May 1958 Hamburger SV 1. FC Nuremberg 3–1 (0–1) Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion 70,000
4 May 1958 FK Pirmasens 1. FC Köln 1–1 (1–0) Augsburg, Rosenaustadion 50,000
10 May 1958 1. FC Nuremberg 1. FC Köln 4–3 (1–3) Berlin, Olympiastadion 25,000
10 May 1958 Hamburger SV FK Pirmasens 2-1 (1–1) Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde 40,000

Table

Team GP W D L GF GA DIF PTS
Hamburger SV 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 6
1. FC Nuremberg 3 1 1 1 7 8 -1 3
FK Pirmasens 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2
1. FC Köln 3 0 1 2 5 8 -3 1

Group 2

Matches

Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
26 April 1958 Karlsruher SC Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 (0–0) Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion 8,000
26 April 1958 FC Schalke 04 Eintracht Braunschweig 4–1 (1–1) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 20,000
4 May 1958 Karlsruher SC Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 (0–0) Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion 25,000
4 May 1958 FC Schalke 04 Tennis Borussia Berlin 9–0 (2–0) Kassel, Auestadion 35,000
10 May 1958 FC Schalke 04 Karlsruher SC 3–0 (1–0) Hamburg, Volksparkstadion 75,000
10 May 1958 Eintracht Braunschweig Tennis Borussia Berlin 8-3 (3–1) Oberhausen, Niederrheinstadion 2,000

Table

Team GP W D L GF GA DIF PTS
FC Schalke 04 3 3 0 0 16 1 15 6
Karlsruher SC 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 4
Eintracht Braunschweig 3 1 0 2 10 9 1 2
Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 0 0 3 3 18 -15 0

Final

Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
20 April 1958 FC Schalke 04 Hamburger SV 3-0 (2–0) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 85,000

Teams

FC Schalke 04:
1 Manfred Orzessek
2 Helmut Sadlowski
3 Günter Brocker
4 Karl Borutta
5 Otto Laszig
6 Willi Koslowski
7 Heinz Kördell
8 Günter Karnhof
9 Günter Siebert
10 Manfred Kreuz  80'
11 Bernhard Klodt  5'  29'
Manager:
Edi Frühwirth
Hamburger SV:
1 Horst Schnoor
2 Jürgen Werner
3 Günter Schlegel
4 Jupp Posipal
5 Erwin Piechowiak
6 Jochen Meinke
7 Gerhard Krug
8 Franz Klepacz
9 Uwe Reuter
10 Klaus Stürmer
11 Uwe Seeler
Manager:
Günter Mahlmann

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