1920 German football championship

The 1920 German football championship, the 13th edition of the competition, was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating SpVgg Fürth 2–0 in the final. It was the first edition of the championship after the First World War and was staged six years after the previous championship in 1914.[1]

1920 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Dates16 May – 13 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions1. FC Nürnberg
1st German title
Runner-upSpVgg Fürth
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored26 (3.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Viktor Hierländer
Leonhard Seiderer
Heinrich Träg
(4 goals each)
← 1914
1921 →

For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the first national championship and was the start of Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons from 1920 to 1927, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship. Fürth, the defending champions, would go on to win the 1926 and 1929 championship. It was the only encounter of the two Middle Franconian rivals in the final.[2][3][4]

Nuremberg's Heinrich Träg and Fürth's Lony Seiderer and Viktor Hierländer were the top scorer of the 1920 championship with four goals each.[5]

Eight clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, the champions of each of the seven regional football championships and the defending German champions.[1]

Qualified teams

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The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

Club Qualified as
Titania Stettin Baltic champions
Sportfreunde Breslau South Eastern German champions
Union Oberschoneweide Brandenburg champion
VfB Leipzig Central German champions
SV Arminia Hannover Northern German champions
VfTuR Mönchengladbach Western German champions
1. FC Nürnberg Southern German champions
SpVgg Fürth Holders

Competition

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Quarter-finals

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The quarter-finals, played on 16 May 1920:[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 VfB Leipzig
Sportfreunde Breslau 3–2 Union Oberschoneweide
SpVgg Fürth 7–0 VfTuR Mönchengladbach
Titania Stettin 2–1 aet SV Arminia Hannover

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals, played on 30 May 1920:[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg 3–0 Titania Stettin
SpVgg Fürth 4–0 Sportfreunde Breslau

Final

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1. FC Nürnberg2 – 0SpVgg Fürth
Popp   12'
Szabo   73'
Report
Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen, Frankfurt
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bauwens
1. FC Nürnberg
    Heinrich Stuhlfauth
    Jean Steinlein
    Anton Kugler
    Gustav Bark
    Peter Szabo
    Carl Riegel
    Hans Kalb
    Heinrich Träg
    Wolfgang Strobel
    Luitpold Popp
    Willy Böß
Manager:
SPVGG FÜRTH
    Ludwig Gebhardt
    Hans Ammerbacher
    Hans Hagen
    Heinrich Schuster
    Georg Löblein
    Georg Wellhöfer
    Viktor Hierländer
    Hans Sutor
    Lony Seiderer
    Andreas Franz
    Leo Fiederer
Manager:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "German championship 1920". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief" [1. FC Nürnberg honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth » Steckbrief" [SpVgg Greuther Fürth honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1919/1920 » Spielplan" [German championship 1919–20]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Sources

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  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 160 to 178 – German championship
  • Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
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