1937 German football championship#Viktoria Stolp v Schalke 04
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = German championship
| year = 1937
| other_titles = Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
| image = Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg
| image_size = 100px
| caption = Replica of the Viktoria trophy
| country = Germany
| dates = 4 April – 20 June
| num_teams = 16
| winners = Schalke 04
3rd German title
| second = 1. FC Nürnberg
| third = VfB Stuttgart
| fourth = Hamburger SV
| matches = 52
| goals = 213
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = Ernst Kalwitzki
Karl Mayer
(10 goals each)
| prev_season = 1936
| next_season = 1938
}}
The 1937 German football championship, the 30th edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's third German championship, by defeating 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 in the final. For Schalke it was the half-way point of the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 final before the 1937 title and going on to win the 1939, 1940 and 1942 ones as well, winning six national championships all up during this time. 1. FC Nürnberg, the defending champions who had eliminated Schalke in the semi-finals in the previous season, already had six titles to their name at the time and would go on to win three more between 1948 and 1968 for a total of nine. The two clubs, Germany's most successful teams in the pre-Bundesliga era, had previously met in the 1934 final which Schalke had won 2–1 but would never encounter each other again in a championship final after 1937.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions] rsssf.org, accessed: 29 December 2015[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-schalke-04/1/ FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 29 December 2015{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-nuernberg/1/ |title= 1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief |website= Weltfussball.de |access-date= 31 December 2015|language=de|trans-title=1. FC Nürnberg honours}}
Karl Mayer of SV Werder Bremen and Ernst Kalwitzki of FC Schalke 04 were the joint top scorers of the 1937 championship with ten goals each. Kalwitzki would finish as the competition's top scorer twice more, in 1939 and 1943.{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/deutsche-meisterschaft/ |title=Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige |website= Weltfussball.de |access-date= 2 January 2016|language=de|trans-title=German championship: Top goal scorer}}
It was the first-ever German championship final to be played in the Olympiastadion in Berlin, built for the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spielorte/olympiastadion-berlin/3/ |title=Olympiastadion, Berlin (Deutschland) » Historische Spiele|website= Weltfussball.de |access-date= 31 December 2015|language=de|trans-title=Olympic Stadium Berlin, historic games}}
FC Schalke 04 completed the 1936–37 season unbeaten, finishing the Gauliga Westfalen with 17 wins and one draw. The club than went on to win seven out of eight games in the championship and draw one, against SV Werder Bremen, to complete the league season with a record of 24 wins and two draws.[http://www.f-archiv.de Das Deutsche Fussball-Archiv] {{in lang|de}} Historic German league tables, accessed: 29 December 2015[http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1936-37/ Germany 1936–37] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134026/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1930-31/frg-1936-37/ |date=4 March 2016 }} www.claudionicoletti.eu, accessed: 29 December 2015 After the German championship win Schalke went on to win the 1937 Tschammerpokal, the German Cup as well, by defeating Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 in the final.[http://www.weltfussball.de/alle_spiele/dfb-pokal-1937/ DFB-Pokal 1937 » Spielplan] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015
The sixteen 1936–37 Gauliga champions competed in a group stage of four groups of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1937 championship final.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German championship 1937] rsssf.org, accessed: 29 December 2015
Qualified teams
The teams qualified through the 1936–37 Gauliga season:
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|Club | Qualified from |
SV Waldhof Mannheim | Gauliga Baden |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Bayern |
Hertha BSC | Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Hessen |
SV Dessau 05 | Gauliga Mitte |
style="background:#ddd"
| VfR Köln | Gauliga Mittelrhein |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Gauliga Niederrhein |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Niedersachsen |
Hamburger SV | Gauliga Nordmark |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Ostpreußen |
Viktoria Stolp | Gauliga Pommern |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Sachsen |
Beuthener SuSV 09 | Gauliga Schlesien |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Südwest |
Schalke 04 | Gauliga Westfalen |
style="background:#ddd" | Gauliga Württemberg |
Competition
=Group 1=
Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Nordmark, Ostpreußen, Sachsen and Schlesien:
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|team1=HSV |team2=BCH |team3=HIA |team4=BEU
|win_HSV=6 |draw_HSV=0 |loss_HSV=0 |gf_HSV=27|ga_HSV=4
|win_BCH=2 |draw_BCH=1 |loss_BCH=3 |gf_BCH=13|ga_BCH=17
|win_HIA=1 |draw_HIA=2 |loss_HIA=3 |gf_HIA=10|ga_HIA=21
|win_BEU=1 |draw_BEU=1 |loss_BEU=4 |gf_BEU=12|ga_BEU=20
|name_HSV=Hamburger SV
|name_BCH=BC Hartha
|name_HIA=Hindenburg Allenstein
|name_BEU=Beuthener SuSV
|short_HSV=HSV
|short_BCH=BCH
|short_HIA=HIA
|short_BEU=BEU
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to semi-finals
|match_HSV_BCH=3–0
|match_HSV_HIA=6–1
|match_HSV_BEU=6–0
|match_BCH_HSV=0–3
|match_BCH_HIA=6–2
|match_BCH_BEU=2–6
|match_HIA_HSV=2–5
|match_HIA_BCH=1–1
|match_HIA_BEU=2–1
|match_BEU_HSV=1–4
|match_BEU_BCH=2–4
|match_BEU_HIA=2–2
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=Group 2=
Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Pommern and Westfalen:
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|team1=S04 |team2=SVW |team3=BSC |team4=STO
|win_S04=5 |draw_S04=1 |loss_S04=0 |gf_S04=31|ga_S04=5
|win_SVW=4 |draw_SVW=1 |loss_SVW=1 |gf_SVW=20|ga_SVW=10
|win_BSC=2 |draw_BSC=0 |loss_BSC=4 |gf_BSC=12|ga_BSC=13
|win_STO=0 |draw_STO=0 |loss_STO=6 |gf_STO=1 |ga_STO=36
|name_S04=Schalke 04
|name_SVW=Werder Bremen
|name_BSC=Hertha BSC
|name_STO=Viktoria Stolp
|short_S04=S04
|short_SVW=SVW
|short_BSC=BSC
|short_STO=STO
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to semi-finals
|match_S04_SVW=5–1
|match_S04_BSC=2–1
|match_S04_STO=12–0
|match_SVW_S04=2–2
|match_SVW_BSC=5–2
|match_SVW_STO=5–0
|match_BSC_S04=1–2
|match_BSC_SVW=1–3
|match_BSC_STO=3–1
|match_STO_S04=0–8
|match_STO_SVW=0–4
|match_STO_BSC=0–4
}}
=Group 3=
Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mitte, Südwest and Württemberg:
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|winpoints=2
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|class_rules=1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html RSSSF]
|team1=VFB |team2=W08 |team3=SVD |team4=SVK
|win_VFB=4 |draw_VFB=1 |loss_VFB=1 |gf_VFB=12|ga_VFB=3
|win_W08=4 |draw_W08=1 |loss_W08=1 |gf_W08=11|ga_W08=3
|win_SVD=2 |draw_SVD=0 |loss_SVD=4 |gf_SVD=6 |ga_SVD=12
|win_SVK=1 |draw_SVK=0 |loss_SVK=5 |gf_SVK=7 |ga_SVK=18
|name_VFB=VfB Stuttgart
|name_W08=Wormatia Worms
|name_SVD=SV Dessau 05
|name_SVK=SV 06 Kassel
|short_VFB=VFB
|short_W08=W08
|short_SVD=SVD
|short_SVK=SVK
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to semi-finals
|match_VFB_W08=0–0
|match_VFB_SVD=2–0
|match_VFB_SVK=3–0
|match_W08_VFB=0–1
|match_W08_SVD=1–0
|match_W08_SVK=3–1
|match_SVD_VFB=2–1
|match_SVD_W08=0–4
|match_SVD_SVK=4–2
|match_SVK_VFB=1–5
|match_SVK_W08=1–3
|match_SVK_SVD=2–0
}}
=Group 4=
Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Mittelrhein and Niederrhein:
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|match_col_width=35
|winpoints=2
|use_goal_ratio=yes
|show_matches=yes
|class_rules=1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
|update=complete
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|team1=FCN |team2=F95 |team3=WMA |team4=VRK
|win_FCN=5 |draw_FCN=1 |loss_FCN=0 |gf_FCN=18|ga_FCN=4
|win_F95=2 |draw_F95=2 |loss_F95=2 |gf_F95=9 |ga_F95=8
|win_WMA=2 |draw_WMA=1 |loss_WMA=3 |gf_WMA=6 |ga_WMA=14
|win_VRK=1 |draw_VRK=0 |loss_VRK=5 |gf_VRK=4 |ga_VRK=11
|name_FCN=1. FC Nürnberg
|name_F95=Fortuna Düsseldorf
|name_WMA=Waldhof Mannheim
|name_VRK=VfR Köln
|short_FCN=FCN
|short_F95=F95
|short_WMA=WMA
|short_VRK=VRK
|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to semi-finals
|match_FCN_F95=0–0
|match_FCN_WMA=7–1
|match_FCN_VRK=3–1
|match_F95_FCN=1–3
|match_F95_WMA=2–1
|match_F95_VRK=0–2
|match_WMA_FCN=1–4
|match_WMA_F95=1–1
|match_WMA_VRK=1–0
|match_VRK_FCN=0–1
|match_VRK_F95=1–5
|match_VRK_WMA=0–1
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{OneLegStart}}
|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|6 June 1937[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1938-halbfinale/0/ German championship 1938 – Semifinals] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015
{{OneLegResult|Schalke 04||4–2|VfB Stuttgart|}}
{{OneLegResult|1. FC Nürnberg||3–2|Hamburger SV|}}
|}
=Third place play-off=
{{OneLegStart}}
|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|20 June 1937[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1937-3-platz/0/ German championship 1937 – Third place] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015
{{OneLegResult|VfB Stuttgart||1–0|Hamburger SV|}}
|}
=Final=
{{OneLegStart}}
|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|20 June 1937[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/deutsche-meisterschaft-1937-finale-fc-schalke-04-1-fc-nuernberg/ German championship 1937 – Final] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 December 2015
{{OneLegResult|Schalke 04|| 2–0|1. FC Nürnberg|}}
|}
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship
External links
- [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1936-1937/ German Championship 1936–37] at weltfussball.de {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German Championship 1937] at RSSSF
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