1953–54 in German football

Football in Germany

Season

1953–54

Champion

Hannover 96

DFB-Pokal

VfB Stuttgart

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The 1953–54 season was the 44th season of competitive football in Germany.

National teams

West Germany national football team

1954 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	West Germany	Opponent	Ref.
19 August 1953 (1953-08-19)	Ullevaal Stadion	Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–1	32,266	F. Walter 44'	Hennum 40'	^[1]
11 October 1953 (1953-10-11)	Neckarstadion	Stuttgart, West Germany	Saar	3–0	50,000	Morlock 13', 51' Schade 71'	—	^[2]
22 November 1953 (1953-11-22)	Volksparkstadion	Hamburg, West Germany	Norway	5–1	78,000	Morlock 31', 63' O. Walter 69' F. Walter 80' Rahn 82'	Nordhal 27'	^[3]
28 March 1954 (1954-03-28)	Ludwigsparkstadion	Saarbrücken, Saarland	Saar	3–1	53,000	Morlock 39', 49' Schäfer 83'	Martin 67' (pen.)	^[4]

1954 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup

Stamp representing 1954 FIFA World Cup final Hungary in red vs. West Germany in white.

Win Draw Loss

Round	Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
Round	Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	West Germany	Opponent	Ref.
Group 2	17 June 1954 (1954-06-17)	Wankdorf Stadium	Bern, Switzerland	Turkey	4–1	39,000	Schäfer 14' Klodt 52' O. Walter 60' Morlock 84'	Suat 2'	^[5]
Group 2	20 June 1954 (1954-06-20)	St. Jakob Stadium	Basel, Switzerland	Hungary	3–8	65,000	Pfaff 25' Rahn 77' Herrmann 81'	Kocsis 3', 21', 67', 78' Puskás 17' Hidegkuti 50', 54' Tóth 73'	^[6]
Group 2 Play-off	23 June 1954 (1954-06-23)	Hardturm	Zürich, Switzerland	Turkey	7–2	18,000	O. Walter 7' Schäfer 12', 79' Morlock 30', 60', 77' F. Walter 62'	Mustafa 21' Lefter 82'	^[7]
Quarter-finals	27 June 1954 (1954-06-27)	Charmilles Stadium	Geneva, Switzerland	Yugoslavia	2–0	20,000	Horvat 9' (o.g.) Rahn 85'	—	^[8]
Semi-finals	30 June 1954 (1954-06-30)	St. Jakob Stadium	Basel, Switzerland	Austria	6–1	58,000	Schäfer 31' Morlock 47' F. Walter 54' (pen.), 64' (pen.) O. Walter 61', 89'	Probst 51'	^[9]
Final	4 July 1954 (1954-07-04)	Wankdorf Stadium	Bern, Switzerland	Hungary	3–2	62,471	Morlock 10' Rahn 18', 84'	Puskás 6' Czibor 8'	^[10]

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	West Germany	Opponent	Ref.
25 April 1954 (1954-04-25)	St. Jakob Stadium	Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	5–3	51,864	Schäfer 6', 31' F. Walter 16', 85' Morlock 30'	Fatton 57' Ballaman 71' Kernen 86'	^[11]

League season

Oberliga Nord

Place	Team	Games Played	Points	Goals	Qualification or relegation
1	Hannover 96	30	46:14	64:26	Qualification to 1954 German football championship
2	FC St. Pauli	30	39:21	65:37
3	Altona 93	30	32:28	68:59
4	Eintracht Braunschweig	30	32:28	57:58
5	SV Werder Bremen	30	31:29	53:43
6	SV Arminia Hannover	30	29:31	78:77
7	Bremerhaven 93	30	29:31	53:55
8	Eimsbütteler TV	30	29:31	51:55
9	Holstein Kiel	30	29:31	50:66
10	1. SC Göttingen 05	30	28:32	43:48
11	Hamburger SV	30	27:33	77:58
12	VfL Osnabrück	30	27:33	48:46
13	Bremer SV	30	27:33	44:56
14	Harburger TB 1865	30	26:34	43:60
15	VfB Lübeck	30	23:37	53:59	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
16	SC Victoria Hamburg	30	22:38	28:50	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
Ref:^[12]

Oberliga Süd

Place	Team	Games Played	Goals	Points	Qualification or relegation
1.	VfB Stuttgart	30	64:39	43:17	Qualification to 1954 German football championship
2.	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	70:31	42:18	Qualification to 1954 German football championship
3.	Kickers Offenbach	30	70:38	41:19
4.	1. FC Nürnberg	30	71:44	38:22
5.	Karlsruher SC	30	61:53	35:25
6.	SSV Jahn Regensburg	30	42:48	33:27
7.	FSV Frankfurt	30	60:56	30:30
8.	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	30	53:50	28:32
9.	FC Bayern Munich	30	42:46	28:33
10.	VfR Mannheim	30	62:71	27:33
11.	SpVgg Fürth	30	42:54	26:34
12.	BC Augsburg	30	52:66	25:35
13.	KSV Hessen Kassel	30	54:74	23:37
14.	Stuttgarter Kickers	30	63:79	21:39
15.	SV 07 Waldhof	30	47:66	20:40	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
16.	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	30	44:82	20:40	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
Ref: ^[13]

Oberliga Südwest

Place	Team	Games Played	Points	Goals	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	52:8	139:33	Qualified to 1954 German football championship
2	FK Pirmasens	30	51:9	73:30
3	TuS Neuendorf	30	39:21	85:51
4	SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken	30	35:23	80:62
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	30	34:26	80:53
6	Phönix Ludwigshafen	30	34:26	49:55
7	1. FSV Mainz 05	30	31:29	61:55
8	Borussia Neunkirchen	30	28:32	58:54
9	VfR Frankenthal	30	27:33	38:45
10	Eintracht Trier	30	26:34	57:66
11	Wormatia Worms	30	26:34	53:68
12	TuRa Ludwigshafen	30	24:36	52:65
13	FV Speyer	30	22:38	35:80
14	VfR Kaiserslautern	30	21:39	41:69
15	ASV Landau	30	17:43	27:93	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
16	VfR Kirn	30	13:47	34:83	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
Ref:^[14]

Oberliga West

Place	Team	Games Played	Points	Goals	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln	30	41:19	83:43	Qualification to 1954 German football championship
2	Rot-Weiss Essen	30	40:20	75:49
3	FC Schalke 04	30	39:21	76:51
4	SC Preußen Münster	30	33:27	60:54
5	Borussia Dortmund	30	32:28	69:58
6	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	30	31:29	72:53
7	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	30	31:29	58:67
8	VfL Bochum	30	31:29	50:58
9	Alemannia Aachen	30	28:32	59:59
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	30	27:33	53:49
11	Meidricher SV	30	27:33	46:55
12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	30	27:33	56:73
13	Preußen Dellbrück	30	27:33	41:55
14	SV Sodingen	30	26:34	46:56
15	Rheydter SV	30	20:40	45:76	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
16	STV Horst-Emscher	30	20:40	43:76	Relegation to 2. Oberliga
Ref: ^[15]

Stadtliga Berlin

Place	Team	Games Played	Points	Goal Difference	Qualification or relegation
1	Berliner SV 1892	22	34:10	58:29	Qualification to 1954 German football championship
2	Minerva Berlin	22	31:13	59:40
3	SC Union 06 Berlin	22	30:14	45:30
4	Spandauer SV	22	27:17	45:35
5	BFC Alemannia 1890	22	26:18	44:36
6	Tennis Borussia Berlin	22	24:20	38:30
7	BFC Viktoria 1889	22	21:23	51:42
8	BFC Nordstern	22	19:25	34:40
9	Wacker 04 Berlin	22	17:27	29:36
10	Blau-Weiß 90	22	16:28	39:47
11	Hertha Zehlendorf	22	14:30	23:50	Relegation to 1. Amateurliga
12	BSC Kickers 1900	22	5:39	19:69	Relegation to 1. Amateurliga
Ref: ^[16]

Championship

Main article: 1954 German football championship

Hannover 96 won Group 1 of the competition and 1. FC Kaiserslautern won Group 2. These two teams advanced to the Final. Hannover won the championship by defeating Kaiserslautern 5–1.^[17]

DFB–Pokal

Main article: 1953–54 DFB-Pokal

The 1953–54 DFB-Pokal consisted eight teams competing in three rounds of a knockout tournament.^[18] VfB Stuttgart became champions by defeating 1. FC Köln 1–0 in the final.^[19]

Sources

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↑ "Stadtliga Berlin 1953/54". asc-neuenheim.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ Winkler, Pierre. "Germany - Championship 1953/54". rsssf.com. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ "DFB-Pokal 1953/54". fussballdaten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
↑ "Die Spielstatistik VfB Stuttgart - 1. FC Köln". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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