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1938 German football championship

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{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = German championship

| year = 1938

| other_titles = Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft

| image = Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg

| image_size = 100px

| caption = Replica of the Viktoria trophy

| country = Germany

| dates = 13 March – 3 July

| num_teams = 16

| winners = Hannover 96
1st German title

| second = Schalke 04

| third = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| fourth = Hamburger SV

| matches = 54

| goals = 226

| attendance =

| scoring_leader = Gustav Carstens {{nowrap|(9 goals)}}

| prev_season = 1937

| next_season = 1939

}}

The 1938 German football championship, the 31st edition of the competition, was won by Hannover 96, the club's first-ever German championship, by defeating Schalke 04 4–3 after extra time in the final. The 1938 final had to be replayed because the first game had ended in a three-all draw after extra time. For Hannover 96 it marked the first of two national championships, the second coming in 1954, while, for Schalke, it was a short setback in the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 and 1937 final and going on to win the 1939, 1940 and 1942 ones as well.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions] rsssf.org, accessed: 27 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: 27 December 2015[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/hannover-96/1/ Hannover 96 » Steckbrief] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de – Hannover 96 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015

The 1938 edition was only the second, after 1922, when a replay of the final was required. FC Schalke 04 entered the final as heavy favourites, having won the national championship in the previous season.[http://t.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Uebersicht/Vor-75-Jahren-wurde-Hannover-96-Fussballmeister Fuffzig Mark für die „Deutsche“] {{in lang|de}} Hannoversche Allgemeine, published: 26 June 2013, accessed: 28 December 2015 In the first game Schalke twice took the lead, 2–0 and 3–1 before Erich Meng equalised in the 87th minute. No goals were scored in extra time, making a replay necessary.[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/deutsche-meisterschaft-1938-finale-hannover-96-fc-schalke-04/ Deutsche Meisterschaft 1937/1938 » Finale » Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04 3:3] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015 The second game, one week later, saw Hannover take the lead before Schalke went ahead twice again only for Hannover to equalise once again in the 87th minute. In the following extra time Erich Meng scored the decisive goal in the 117th minute, giving Hannover its first national title.[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/deutsche-meisterschaft-1938-finale-hannover-96-fc-schalke-04_2/ Deutsche Meisterschaft 1937/1938 » Finale » Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04 4:3] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015 Erich Meng, who, together with his brother Richard, played a big part in the title win for Hannover, was killed in action less than two years later in the Second World War.

Hamburger SV's Gustav Carstens was the 1938 championships top scorer, with nine goals.{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/deutsche-meisterschaft/ |title=Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige |date= |website= Weltfussball.de |publisher= |access-date= 2 January 2016|language=German|trans-title=German championship: Top goal scorer}}

The sixteen 1937–38 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 1938 championship final.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German championship 1938] rsssf.org, accessed: 28 December 2015

From the following season, the German championship expanded to eighteen clubs and continued to increase in numbers through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas. In later years, the number of Gauligas reached a strength of thirty one in its last completed season, 1943–44.kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1937–38 Gauliga season:

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|Club

Qualified from
VfR MannheimGauliga Baden
style="background:#ddd"

| 1. FC Nürnberg

Gauliga Bayern
Berliner SV 92Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
style="background:#ddd"

| FC Hanau 93

Gauliga Hessen
SV Dessau 05Gauliga Mitte
style="background:#ddd"

| Alemannia Aachen

Gauliga Mittelrhein
Fortuna DüsseldorfGauliga Niederrhein
style="background:#ddd"

|Hannover 96

Gauliga Niedersachsen
Hamburger SVGauliga Nordmark
style="background:#ddd"

| Yorck Boyen Insterburg

Gauliga Ostpreußen
Stettiner SCGauliga Pommern
style="background:#ddd"

| BC Hartha

Gauliga Sachsen
Vorwärts-Rasensport GleiwitzGauliga Schlesien
style="background:#ddd"

|Eintracht Frankfurt

Gauliga Südwest
Schalke 04Gauliga Westfalen
style="background:#ddd"

|VfB Stuttgart

Gauliga Württemberg

  • SV Beuel 06 was retrospectively awarded the championship in the Gauliga Mittelrhein but this decision was made too late to replace Alemannia Aachen in the German championship.

Competition

=Group 1=

Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Nordmark, Pommern, Südwest and Ostpreußen:

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|team1=HSV |team2=SGE |team3=SSC |team4=YBI

|win_HSV=5 |draw_HSV=0 |loss_HSV=1 |gf_HSV=21|ga_HSV=5

|win_SGE=5 |draw_SGE=0 |loss_SGE=1 |gf_SGE=24|ga_SGE=13

|win_SSC=2 |draw_SSC=0 |loss_SSC=4 |gf_SSC=12|ga_SSC=18

|win_YBI=0 |draw_YBI=0 |loss_YBI=6 |gf_YBI=4 |ga_YBI=25

|name_HSV=Hamburger SV

|name_SGE=Eintracht Frankfurt

|name_SSC=Stettiner SC

|name_YBI=Yorck Boyen Insterburg

|short_HSV=HSV

|short_SGE=SGE

|short_SSC=SSC

|short_YBI=YBI

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SF

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to semi-finals

|match_HSV_SGE=5–0

|match_HSV_SSC=2–0

|match_HSV_YBI=3–1

|match_SGE_HSV=3–2

|match_SGE_SSC=5–0

|match_SGE_YBI=5–0

|match_SSC_HSV=1–3

|match_SSC_SGE=5–6

|match_SSC_YBI=1–0

|match_YBI_HSV=0–6

|match_YBI_SGE=1–5

|match_YBI_SSC=2–5

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=Group 2=

Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Baden, Brandenburg, Mitte and Westfalen:

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|team1=S04 |team2=MAN |team3=BSV |team4=SVD

|win_S04=3 |draw_S04=2 |loss_S04=1 |gf_S04=19|ga_S04=6

|win_MAN=3 |draw_MAN=2 |loss_MAN=1 |gf_MAN=15|ga_MAN=10

|win_BSV=1 |draw_BSV=2 |loss_BSV=3 |gf_BSV=8 |ga_BSV=11

|win_SVD=1 |draw_SVD=2 |loss_SVD=3 |gf_SVD=6 |ga_SVD=21

|name_S04=Schalke 04

|name_MAN=VfR Mannheim

|name_BSV=Berliner SV

|name_SVD=SV Dessau 05

|short_S04=S04

|short_MAN=MAN

|short_BSV=BSV

|short_SVD=SVD

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|match_S04_MAN=1–2

|match_S04_BSV=3–0

|match_S04_SVD=6–1

|match_MAN_S04=2–2

|match_MAN_BSV=3–2

|match_MAN_SVD=6–1

|match_BSV_S04=1–1

|match_BSV_MAN=3–1

|match_BSV_SVD=2–3

|match_SVD_S04=0–6

|match_SVD_MAN=1–1

|match_SVD_BSV=0–0

}}

=Group 3=

Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Niederrhein, Schlesien, Sachsen and Württemberg:

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|team1=F95 |team2=BCH |team3=VFB |team4=VRG

|win_F95=4 |draw_F95=2 |loss_F95=0 |gf_F95=14|ga_F95=4

|win_BCH=1 |draw_BCH=4 |loss_BCH=1 |gf_BCH=8 |ga_BCH=12

|win_VFB=2 |draw_VFB=1 |loss_VFB=3 |gf_VFB=14|ga_VFB=9

|win_VRG=1 |draw_VRG=1 |loss_VRG=4 |gf_VRG=9 |ga_VRG=20

|name_F95=Fortuna Düsseldorf

|name_BCH=BC Hartha

|name_VFB=VfB Stuttgart

|name_VRG=Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz

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|short_BCH=BCH

|short_VFB=VFB

|short_VRG=VRG

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SF

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|match_F95_BCH=2–2

|match_F95_VFB=3–0

|match_F95_VRG=3–1

|match_BCH_F95=1–1

|match_BCH_VFB=2–1

|match_BCH_VRG=2–2

|match_VFB_F95=0–2

|match_VFB_BCH=1–1

|match_VFB_VRG=7–1

|match_VRG_F95=0–3

|match_VRG_BCH=5–0

|match_VRG_VFB=0–5

}}

=Group 4=

Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Hessen, Mittelrhein and Niedersachsen:

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|team1=H96 |team2=FCN |team3=AAC |team4=H93

|win_H96=6 |draw_H96=0 |loss_H96=0 |gf_H96=16|ga_H96=5

|win_FCN=4 |draw_FCN=0 |loss_FCN=2 |gf_FCN=15|ga_FCN=9

|win_AAC=2 |draw_AAC=0 |loss_AAC=4 |gf_AAC=11|ga_AAC=17

|win_H93=0 |draw_H93=0 |loss_H93=6 |gf_H93=5 |ga_H93=16

|name_H96=Hannover 96

|name_FCN=1. FC Nürnberg

|name_AAC=Alemannia Aachen

|name_H93=FC Hanau 93

|short_H96=H96

|short_FCN=FCN

|short_AAC=AAC

|short_H93=H93

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|result1=SF

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to semi-finals

|match_H96_FCN=2–1

|match_H96_AAC=6–1

|match_H96_H93=1–0

|match_FCN_H96=1–2

|match_FCN_AAC=4–2

|match_FCN_H93=2–1

|match_AAC_H96=1–2

|match_AAC_FCN=1–3

|match_AAC_H93=2–0

|match_H93_H96=1–3

|match_H93_FCN=1–4

|match_H93_AAC=2–4

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{OneLegStart}}

|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|29 May 1938[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1938-halbfinale/0/ German championship 1938 – Semifinals] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015

{{OneLegResult|Schalke 04||1–0|Fortuna Düsseldorf|}}

{{OneLegResult|Hannover 96||3–2 aet|Hamburger SV|}}

|}

=Third place play-off=

{{OneLegStart}}

|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|26 June 1938

{{OneLegResult|Fortuna Düsseldorf||0–0 aet|Hamburger SV|}}

|}

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|3 July 1938[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1938-3-platz/0/ German championship 1938 – Third place] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015

{{OneLegResult|Fortuna Düsseldorf||4–2|Hamburger SV|}}

|}

=Final=

{{OneLegStart}}

|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|26 June 1938[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1937-1938/ German championship 1938 – Final] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015

{{OneLegResult|Hannover 96|| 3–3 aet|Schalke 04|}}

|}

==Replay==

{{OneLegStart}}

|align="center" style="background:#ddffdd" colspan=3|3 July 1938

{{OneLegResult|Hannover 96|| 4–3 aet|Schalke 04|}}

|}

References

{{Reflist}}

=Sources=

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

External links

  • [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/deutsche-meisterschaft-1937-1938/ German Championship 1937–38] at weltfussball.de {{in lang|de}}
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithistpre45.html German Championship 1938] at RSSSF

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