1950 German football championship

1950 German championship final

Event	German football championship
VfB Stuttgart Kickers Offenbach 2 1
Date	25 June 1950
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance	95,051

The 1950 German football championship, the 40th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1949–50 football season in Germany. VfB Stuttgart won their first championship in a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the third championship after the end of World War II.

VfB Stuttgart appeared in their second final, having lost to FC Schalke 04 in 1935. Losing finalists Kickers Offenbach appeared in a championship final for the first time.

For the first time 16 teams competed for the title, including the runners-up of the Berlin championship. However, East German side Union Oberschöneweide did not receive a travel permit, like SG Planitz two years earlier. Their players nevertheless traveled to Kiel to play Hamburger SV and eventually founded SC Union 06 Berlin. Originally, the first three teams from the DDR-Oberliga had been slated to appear in the championship, but the two football associations eventually could not agree on a mode of play and their places were given to West German Oberliga sides.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli, VfL Osnabrück	2nd and 3rd place, Oberliga Nord
Borussia Dortmund	Oberliga West champions
Preußen Dellbrück, Rot-Weiss Essen, STV Horst-Emscher	2nd to 4th place, Oberliga West
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
SSV Reutlingen 05, TuS Koblenz	2nd and 3rd place, Oberliga Südwest
SpVgg Fürth	Oberliga Süd champions
VfB Stuttgart, Kickers Offenbach, VfR Mannheim	2nd to 4th place, Oberliga Süd
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Stadtliga Berlin champions
Union Oberschöneweide	2nd place, Stadtliga Berlin

First Round

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiss Essen

21 May 1950	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 2 a.e.t.	Rot-Weiss Essen	Karlsruhe
	F.Walter  43', 70'		Abromeit  20' Termath  87'	Stadium: Mühlburger Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

SpVgg Fürth v STV Horst-Emscher

21 May 1950	SpVgg Fürth	3 – 2	STV Horst-Emscher	Worms
	Schade  43' Hoffmann  62', 85'		Klodt  17' Zielinski  29'	Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rannersmann (Bremen)

Preußen Dellbrück v SSV Reutlingen

21 May 1950	Preußen Dellbrück	1 – 0 a.e.t.	SSV Reutlingen	Koblenz
	Severin  113'			Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Szymalek (Berlin)

Borussia Dortmund v VfR Mannheim

21 May 1950	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 3	VfR Mannheim	Gladbeck
	Kasperski  32'		de la Vigne  41', 70' Löttke  64'	Stadium: Stadion Gladbeck Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Osnabrück

21 May 1950	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	VfL Osnabrück	Cologne
	Guhre  35' (o.g.) Baitinger  83'		Vetter  5'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rosenkranz (Gelsenkirchen)

Kickers Offenbach v TeBe Berlin

21 May 1950	Kickers Offenbach	3 – 1	TeBe Berlin	Munich
	Kaufhold  19', 51' Buhtz  63'		Berndt  83'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Berndt (Düsseldorf)

FC St. Pauli v TuS Neuendorf

21 May 1950	FC St. Pauli	4 – 0	TuS Neuendorf	Hanover
	Kruppa  22', 85' Sump  54' Beck  80'			Stadium: Stadion der Hauptstadt Hannover Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ruhmann (Regensburg)

Hamburger SV v Union 06 Berlin

28 May 1950	Hamburger SV	7 – 0	Union 06 Berlin	Kiel
	Woitkowiak  1', 47', 60', 72' Rohrberg  18' Adamkiewicz  29', 31'			Stadium: VfB-Platz Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

Replay First Round

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiss Essen

29 May 1950	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Rot-Weiss Essen	Cologne
	Baßler  55' F.Walter  70' O.Walter  116'		Kleina  31' Termath  36'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gabriel (Hanover)

Second Round

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart	5 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schlienz  14' Bühler  42' Läpple  52' Blessing  75' Baitinger  78'		O.Walter  50', 83'

Club-Stadion im Zabo, Nuremberg Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Hamm (Eschweiler)

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SpVgg Fürth v FC St. Pauli

4 June 1950

SpVgg Fürth	2 – 1	FC St. Pauli
Brenzke  36' (pen.) Nöth  45'		Zimmermann  48'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hoppe (Berlin)

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Kickers Offenbach v Hamburger SV

4 June 1950

Kickers Offenbach	3 – 2	Hamburger SV
Buhtz  61' Wirsching  81' Weber  88'		Adamkiewicz  4' Woitkowiak  6'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)

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Preußen Dellbrück v VfR Mannheim

4 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück	2 – 1	VfR Mannheim
Severin  49' Drost  75'		de la Vigne  63'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Liebig (Berlin)

Semifinals

VfB Stuttgart v SpVgg Fürth

11 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart	4 – 1	SpVgg Fürth
Bühler  34', 57' Blessing  39' Läpple  75'		Schade  11'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Schmetzer

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Preußen Dellbrück v Kickers Offenbach

11 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück	0 – 0	Kickers Offenbach

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

Replay Semifinals

Preußen Dellbrück v Kickers Offenbach

18 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück	0 – 3	Kickers Offenbach
		Kaufhold  1' Baas  73' Weber  74'

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

Final

VfB Stuttgart v Kickers Offenbach

25 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	Kickers Offenbach
Läpple  17' Bühler  27'		Buhtz  47'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 95,051 Referee: Hunting

VFB STUTTGART ' Otto Schmid ' Josef Ledl ' Richard Steimle ' Erich Retter ' Erwin Läpple ' Robert Schlienz ' Ernst Otterbach ' Karl Barufka ' Otto Baitinger ' Walter Bühler ' Rolf Blessing Manager: Georg Wurzer

KICKERS OFFENBACH ' Josef Schepper ' Willi Magel ' Ferdinand Emberger ' Heinrich Baas ' Kurt Schreiner ' Gerhard Kaufhold ' Horst Buhtz ' Albert Wirsching ' Wilhelm Weber ' Anton Picard ' Willi Keim Manager: Paul Oßwald

External links

• 1949-50 at Weltfussball.de
• German championship 1950 at Fussballdaten.de