1958 German football championship

The 1958 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957–58. Schalke 04 were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.[1]

1958 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates19 April – 18 May
Teams9
Final positions
ChampionsSchalke 04
7th German title
Runner-upHamburger SV
European CupSchalke 04
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored68 (4.53 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Bernhard Klodt (5 goals)
← 1957
1959 →

It was the club's first title since 1942 and also its last, as of present. 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 1940s. 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 qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final.

Qualified teams

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The teams qualified through the 1957–58 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
Eintracht Braunschweig Oberliga Nord runners-up
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 Nürnberg Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

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Qualifying round

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19 April 1958 1. FC Köln 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt
Schäfer   10'
Pfeiffer   35'
Fendel   48'
O.Walter   31'
Wodarzik   80'
Wenzel   84'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Asmussen (Flensburg)

Replay

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20 April 1958 1. FC Köln 3 – 0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt
Sturm   17'
Schäfer   57'
Fendel   80'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Skuballa (Hamburg)

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification HSV FCN FKP KOE
1 Hamburger SV 3 3 0 0 8 3 2.667 6 Advance to final 3–1 2–1 3–1
2 1. FC Nürnberg 3 1 1 1 7 8 0.875 3 4–3
3 FK Pirmasens 3 0 2 1 4 5 0.800 2 2–2 1–1
4 1. FC Köln 3 0 1 2 5 8 0.625 1
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
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 Nürnberg 2–2 (1–0) Stuttgart, Neckarstadion 70,000
4 May 1958 Hamburger SV 1. FC Nürnberg 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 Nürnberg 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

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification S04 KSC EBS TBB
1 Schalke 04 3 3 0 0 16 1 16.000 6 Advance to final 3–0 4–1 9–0
2 Karlsruher SC 3 2 0 1 3 4 0.750 4 2–1 1–0
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 3 1 0 2 10 9 1.111 2 8–3
4 Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 0 0 3 3 18 0.167 0
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
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

Final

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

References

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  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015

Sources

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  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship 1958
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