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)

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]

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

The teams qualified through the 1957–58 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
Eintracht BraunschweigOberliga Nord runners-up
Schalke 04Oberliga West champions
1. FC KölnOberliga West runners-up
Tennis Borussia BerlinOberliga Berlin champions
FK PirmasensOberliga Südwest champions
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest runners-up
Karlsruher SCOberliga Süd champions
1. FC NürnbergOberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

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

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

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.
DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
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

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.
DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
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

DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
20 April 1958 FC Schalke 04 Hamburger SV 3-0 (2–0) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 85,000
FC Schalke 04:
1Germany Manfred Orzessek
2Germany Helmut Sadlowski
3Germany Günter Brocker
4Germany Karl Borutta
5Germany Otto Laszig
6Germany Willi Koslowski
7Germany Heinz Kördell
8Germany Günter Karnhof
9Germany Günter Siebert
10Germany Manfred Kreuz 80'
11Germany Bernhard Klodt 5' 29'
Manager:
Austria Edi Frühwirth
Hamburger SV:
1Germany Horst Schnoor
2Germany Jürgen Werner
3Germany Günter Schlegel
4Germany Jupp Posipal
5Germany Erwin Piechowiak
6Germany Jochen Meinke
7Germany Gerhard Krug
8Germany Franz Klepacz
9Germany Uwe Reuter
10Germany Klaus Stürmer
11Germany Uwe Seeler
Manager:
Germany Günter Mahlmann

References

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

Sources

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