1933 German football championship
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = German championship
| year = 1933
| other_titles = Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
| image = Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg
| image_size = 100px
| caption = Replica of the Viktoria trophy
| country = Germany
| dates = 7 May – 11 June
| num_teams = 16
| winners = Fortuna Düsseldorf
1st German title
| second = Schalke 04
| matches = 15
| goals = 76
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = Karl Ehmer {{nowrap|(6 goals)}}
| prev_season = 1932
| next_season = 1934
}}
The 1933 German football championship, the 26th edition of the competition, ended with the first national title for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The title was won with a 3–0 win over Schalke 04. It was a replay of the Western German championship final, in which Schalke had defeated Fortuna 1–0 on 30 April 1933.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html |title=(West) Germany -List of champions |date= |website= Rsssf.com |publisher= |access-date= 5 January 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-schalke-04/1/ |title= FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief |date= |website= Weltfussball.de |publisher= |access-date= 5 January 2016|language=German|trans-title=FC Schalke 04 honours}}{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fortuna-duesseldorf/1/ |title= Fortuna Düsseldorf » Steckbrief |date= |website= Weltfussball.de |publisher= |access-date= 5 January 2016|language=German|trans-title=Fortuna Düsseldorf honours}}
For both clubs it was their first appearance in the German final. While Fortuna only played one more after this, in 1936, for Schalke it was the first in its golden era, playing in every final until 1942, except the 1936 one.[http://www.schalke04.de/verein.html FC Schalke 04 website – History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718203129/http://www.schalke04.de/verein.html |date=18 July 2011 }} {{in lang|de}}, accessed: 21 April 2009 Fortuna became the first Champion from the industrial western part of Germany.
The 1933 final was played after the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany. After this season, the German league system was overhauled and instead of the regional championships as qualifying competitions, the 16 Gauligas were introduced.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html |title=German championship 1934 |date= |website= Rsssf.com |publisher= |access-date= 5 January 2016}}
To qualify for the national championship, a team needed to win or finish runners-up in one of the seven regional championships. On top of those 14 clubs, the two strongest regions, West and South were allowed to send a third team each. In the West, this was the local cup winner while in the South, the third placed team of the championship received this place.
Qualified teams
The teams qualified through the regional football championships:{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html |title=German championship 1933 |date= |website= Rsssf.com |publisher= |access-date= 5 January 2016}}
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|Club | Qualified from |
| SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg | Baltic champions |
| style="background:#ddd" | Baltic runners-up |
| Beuthener SuSV | South Eastern German champions |
| style="background:#ddd" | South Eastern German runners-up |
| Hertha BSC | Brandenburg champions |
| style="background:#ddd" | Brandenburg runners-up |
| Dresdner SC | Central German champions |
| style="background:#ddd" | Central German runners-up |
| Hamburger SV | Northern German champions |
| style="background:#ddd" | Northern German runners-up |
| Schalke 04 | Western German champions |
| style="background:#ddd" | Western German runners-up |
| VfL Benrath | Western German Cup winner |
| style="background:#ddd" | Southern German champions |
| TSV 1860 München | Southern German runners-up |
| style="background:#ddd" | Southern German 3rd placed team |
Competition
=Round of 16=
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|Date | colspan="3"|Match | Result | Stadium |
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Hamburger SV |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Eintracht Frankfurt |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 1–4 (0–2) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Hamburg, Stadion Hoheluft | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| VfL Benrath |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| TSV 1860 München |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 0–2 (0–2) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Fortuna Düsseldorf |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Vorwärts RaSpo Gleiwitz |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 9–0 (3–0) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Dresdner SC |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| SV Arminia Hannover |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 1–2 aet (0–1, 1–1) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Dresden, Stadion am Ostragehege | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Beuthener SuSV |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7–1 (3–1) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Beuthen, Hindenburg-Stadion | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| FSV Frankfurt |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| PSV Chemnitz |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 6–1 (1–1) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Frankfurt am Main, Riederwaldstadion | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 7 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Hindenburg Allenstein |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Hertha BSC |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 4–1 (2–0) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Allenstein, Waldstadion | |||
| 14 May 1933
| FC Schalke 04 | – | BFC Viktoria 1889 | 4–1 (1–0) |
=Quarter-finals=
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|Date | colspan="3"|Match | Result | Stadium |
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 21 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| SV Arminia Hannover |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Fortuna Düsseldorf |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 0–3 (0–2) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Hanover, Hindenburg-Kampfbahn | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 21 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Eintracht Frankfurt |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Hindenburg Allenstein |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 12–2 (7–0) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion | |||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 21 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| FC Schalke 04 |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| FSV Frankfurt |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 1–0 (0–0) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Essen, Stadion Uhlenkrug | |||
| 21 May 1933
| TSV 1860 München | – | Beuthener SuSV | 3–0 (2–0) |
=Semi-finals=
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|Date | colspan="3"|Match | Result | Stadium |
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 28 May 1933
|style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Fortuna Düsseldorf |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| – |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Eintracht Frankfurt |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| 4–0 (1–0) |style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc"| Berlin, Platz des BFC Preussen | |||
| 28 May 1933
| FC Schalke 04 | – | TSV 1860 München | 4–0 (1–0) |
=Final=
The 1933 final saw Schalke as the favorite for the title, having already beaten Fortuna in the Western German championship in late April. In front of 60,000, 20,000 of those Fortuna supporters, the club, who had not conceded a goal in the previous three rounds and scored 16, scored the first goal in the tenth minute. Schalke never got into their rhythm and when Fortuna scored the third goal five minutes from the end, the game was decided.[http://www2.fortuna-duesseldorf.de/pages/historie/sternstunden/meisterschaft-1933/index.htm Die deutsche Meisterschaft 1933] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719021411/http://www2.fortuna-duesseldorf.de/pages/historie/sternstunden/meisterschaft-1933/index.htm |date=19 July 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1933 final, accessed: 21 April 2009
It was the third time that the final was held in Cologne, after 1912 and 1931 and had the second-best attendance until then, only surpassed by the 1923 final, held in Hamburg in front of 64,000.
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|Date | colspan="3"|Match | Result | Stadium | Attendance |
| 11 June 1933
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | – | FC Schalke 04 | 3-0 (1–0) | Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion | 60,000 |
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|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"|Fortuna Düsseldorf: | ||
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willi Pesch | |
| 2 | Kurt Trautwein | |
| 3 | Paul Janes | |
| 4 | Paul Bornefeld | |
| 5 | Jakob Bender | |
| 6 | Paul Mehl {{goal|70}} | |
| 7 | Georg Hochgesang {{goal|85}} | |
| 8 | Theo Breuer | |
| 9 | Felix Zwolanowski {{goal|10}} | |
| 10 | Willi Wigold | |
| 11 | Stanislaus Kobierski | |
| colspan=4|Manager: | ||
| colspan="4"| Heinz Körner |
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|colspan="4"|FC Schalke 04: | ||
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Mellage | |
| 2 | Ferdinand Zajons | |
| 3 | Fritz Wohlgemuth | |
| 4 | Ötte Tibulsky | |
| 5 | Hermann Nattkämper | |
| 6 | Hans Bornemann | |
| 7 | Valentin Przybylski | |
| 8 | Emil Rothardt | |
| 9 | Fritz Szepan | |
| 10 | Hans Rosen | |
| 11 | Ernst Kuzorra | |
| colspan=4|Manager: | ||
| colspan="4"| Kurt Otto |
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Top scorers
The top scorer of the competition:{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/deutsche-meisterschaft-1932-1933/ |title= Deutsche Meisterschaft 1932/1933 » Torschützenliste |date= |website= Weltfussball.de |publisher= |access-date= 5 January 2016|language=German|trans-title=German championship 1933: Top scorers}}
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| ! Name
! Club ! Goals |
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 1st
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Karl Ehmer | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Eintracht Frankfurt | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 6 |
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 2nd
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Georg Hochgesang | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Fortuna Düsseldorf | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 5 |
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Paul Mehl
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Fortuna Düsseldorf | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 5 |
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Felix Zwolanowski
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Fortuna Düsseldorf | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 5 |
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 5th
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | August Möbs | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Eintracht Frankfurt | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" | 4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897–1988, by Ludolf Hyll, page 98 – German championship 1933
- kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 – German championship
External links
- [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1932-1933/ German Championship 1932–33] at weltfussball.de {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German Championship 1933] at RSSSF
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