1948 German football championship

1948 German championship final

Event

1. FC Nuremberg	1. FC Kaiserslautern

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Date

8 August 1948

Venue

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Referee

Burmester, Hamburg

Attendance

75,000

The 1948 German football championship, the 38th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1947–48 football season in occupied Germany. 1. FC Nuremberg were crowned champions for the seventh time after one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the first time the championship had been played since 1944. It was Nuremberg's tenth appearance in the final. For the losing finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern, it was the first appearance in the final since the establishment of a national championship in 1903.^[1]^[2]

Eight teams were to take part in the final stage which was played in a one-leg knock-out tournament, the vice-champions and champions of the British, American and French occupation zones, the champion of the Soviet occupation zone and the Berlin champion. In the end, SG Planitz were not allowed to travel to Stuttgart to play their quarter final against eventual champions Nuremberg.

The 1948 championship is unique as it is the only one of the German championships where no trophy was awarded. The pre-Second World War trophy, the Viktoria had disappeared during the final stages of the war and would not resurface until after the German reunification, while the new trophy, the Meisterschale, would only be ready for the following season.^[3]^[4]

Qualified teams

The qualified teams through the 1947–48 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	1948 British occupation zone champions
FC St. Pauli	1948 British occupation zone runners-up
SG Planitz	1948 Soviet occupation zone champions
SG Oberschöneweide	1948 Berlin champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern	1948 French occupation zone champions
TuS Neuendorf	1948 French occupation zone runners-up
1. FC Nuremberg	1948 American occupation zone champions
TSV 1860 München	1948 American occupation zone runners-up

Competition

Quarter finals

TuS Neuendorf v Hamburger SV

1948-07-18

TuS Neuendorf	2 – 1	Hamburger SV
Miltz 67', 74'		Adamkiewicz 53'

Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Schmetzer (Mannheim)

1948-07-18

1. FC Kaiserslautern	5 – 1 (1 – 0)	TSV 1860 München
Christmann 32', 70' O. Walter 64' Baßler 83', 85' (pen.)		Thanner 62'

Wormatia-Stadion, Worms
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Raspel (Düsseldorf)

SG Oberschöneweide v FC St. Pauli

1948-07-18

SG Oberschöneweide	0 – 7 (0 – 4)	FC St. Pauli
		Michael 3' Machate 8', 61' Schaffer 33', 43', 86' Lehmann 59'

Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Huhn (Schwaan)

1. FC Nuremberg v SG Planitz

1948-07-18

1. FC Nuremberg	not played	SG Planitz

Kampfbahn, Stuttgart

Semi finals

1. FC Nuremberg v FC St. Pauli

1948-07-25

1. FC Nuremberg	3 – 2 (2 – 0, 2 – 2) (a.e.t.)	FC St. Pauli
Hagen 31' Winterstein 33' Pöschl 94'		Lehmann 56' Machate 82'

Rhein-Neckar-Stadion, Mannheim
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Glöckner (Pirmasens)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v TuS Neuendorf

1948-07-25

1. FC Kaiserslautern	5 – 1 (2 – 0)	TuS Neuendorf
F. Walter 22' Grewenig 44' Baßler 53' O. Walter 83', 85'		Warth 86'

Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Strobel (Schwabach)

Final

1. FC Nuremberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1948-08-08

1. FC Nuremberg	2 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Winterstein 10' Pöschl 25'		Übelein 62' (o.g.)

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)


1. FC NUREMBERG
	'	Eduard Schaffer
	'	Hans Übelein
	'	Adolf Knoll
	'	Gerhard Bergner
	'	Georg Kennemann
	'	Robert Gebhardt
	'	Helmut Herbolsheimer
	'	Max Morlock
	'	Hans Pöschl
	'	Konrad Winterstein
	'	Georg Hagen
Manager:
Alwin Riemke


1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN
	'	Willi Hölz
	'	Rudolf Huppert
	'	Werner Kohlmeyer
	'	Ernst Liebrich
	'	Werner Liebrich
	'	Heinz Klee
	'	Günther Grewenig
	'	Fritz Walter
	'	Ottmar Walter
	'	Werner Baßler
	'	Hans Christmann
Manager:

References

↑ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015
↑ 1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief (German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Nürnberg honours, accessed: 22 December 2015
↑ Die "Viktoria" (German) DFB website – The "Viktoria", accessed: 30 December 2015
↑ Meisterschale (German) DFB website, accessed: 30 December 2015

Sources

kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship

External links

German Championship 1947-48 at Weltfussball.de
Germany - Championship 1948 at RSSSF.com
German championship 1948 at Fussballdaten.de

German football championships

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Related articles: List of football clubs in the German national championship

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