1949 German football championship

The 1949 German football championship, the 39th edition of the German football championship, was the culmination of the 1948–49 football season in Germany. VfR Mannheim were crowned champions for the first time after a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was both sides' first appearance in the final.

1949 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	29 May – 10 July
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	VfR Mannheim 1st German title
Runner-up	Borussia Dortmund
Third place	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Fourth place	Kickers Offenbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	48 (3.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alfred Boller Ernst Löttke (4 goals each)

The tournament was expanded so that ten teams were to take part in the final stage which was played as a one-leg knock-out tournament, with the matches played on neutral ground. The five regional Oberliga winners, along with VfR Mannheim and Wormatia Worms, automatically qualified for the quarter finals, while the remaining three teams played qualifying rounds to clinch the eighth place.

The 1949 championship was the first to see a new trophy for the champions 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. The new trophy, the Meisterschale, was not ready for the 1948 season but was finished in time to be awarded to the 1949 champions.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1948–49 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli	Oberliga Nord runners-up
Borussia Dortmund	Oberliga West champions
Rot-Weiss Essen	Oberliga West runners-up
Berliner SV 92	Oberliga Berlin champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
VfR Wormatia Worms	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
Kickers Offenbach	Oberliga Süd champions
VfR Mannheim	Oberliga Süd runners-up
FC Bayern Munich	Oberliga Süd third place

Competition

First qualifying round

FC St. Pauli v Rot-Weiss Essen

29 May 1949	FC St. Pauli	4 – 1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Braunschweig
	Boller 14', 54' Stender 20' Michael 87'		Cornelissen 83'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Boullion (Königsberg)

Second qualifying round

FC St. Pauli v Bayern Munich

5 June 1949	FC St. Pauli	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich	Hanover
	Boller 49'		Resch 88'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Schumann (Berlin)

Replay

FC St. Pauli v Bayern Munich

6 June 1949	FC St. Pauli	2 – 0	Bayern Munich	Hanover
	Woitas 8' Boller 66'			Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Schumann (Berlin)

Quarter-finals

12 June 1949

Berliner SV 92	0 – 5	Borussia Dortmund
		Michallek 3', 77' Erdmann 17' Preißler 44' Kasperski 83'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Schulz (Dresden)

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12 June 1949

1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	FC St. Pauli
O.Walter 10'		Woitas 43'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Bernbeck (Frankfurt)

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12 June 1949

Kickers Offenbach	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Wormatia Worms
Maier 71', 73'		Müller 35' Vogt 90'

Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

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12 June 1949

VfR Mannheim	5 – 0	Hamburger SV
de la Vigne 20' Bolleyer 30' Langlotz 79' (pen.), 90' Löttke 84'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Trompetter (Cologne)

Replays

19 June 1949

1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 1	FC St. Pauli
O.Walter 8' Baßler 15' Grewenig 86', 90'		Appel 4'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Strobel (Schwabach)

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19 June 1949

Kickers Offenbach	2 – 0	Wormatia Worms
Maier 12' Selbert 70' (o.g.)

Telegrafenkaserne, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Imbeck (Hamburg)

Semi-finals

26 June 1949

Borussia Dortmund	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Kaiserslautern

Grünwalder Stadion, Munich

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Eberle (Stuttgart)

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26 June 1949

VfR Mannheim	2 – 1	Kickers Offenbach
Löttke 1' de la Vigne 8'		Schreiner 3'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Kormannshaus (Bad Oeynhausen)

Replay

3 July 1949

Borussia Dortmund	4 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Preißler 22', 60' Michallek 35' Erdmann 85'		Baßler 50'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

Third place play-off

9 July 1949

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Kickers Offenbach
Grewenig 97' O.Walter 109'		Schreiner 120'

Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)

Final

10 July 1949

VfR Mannheim	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Borussia Dortmund
Löttke 74' 108' Langlotz 85'		Erdmann 5' 82'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 92,000

Referee: Zacher (Berlin)

VFR MANNHEIM: GK Hermann Jöckel DF Kurt Keuerleber DF Philip Henninger DF Eugen Rößling MF Fritz Bolleyer MF Jakob Müller MF Rudi Maier FW Ernst Löttke FW Ernst Langlotz FW Rudolf de la Vigne FW Kurt Stiefvater Manager: Hans Schmidt

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: GK Günther Rau DF Max Michallek DF Paul Koschmieder DF Erwin Halfen DF Heinrich Ruhmhofer MF Friedel Ibel MF Wilhelm Buddenberg FW Edmund Kasperski FW Werner Erdmann FW Erich Schanko FW Alfred Preißler Manager: Eduard Havlicek

External links

• 1948-49 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1949 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1949 at Fussballdaten.de