1948–49 Oberliga

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TSG Ulm 1846
1. Rödelheimer FC 02
German championsVfR Mannheim
1st German title
Top goalscorerWerner Baßler
(54 goals)[1]
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The 1948–49 Oberliga was the fourth season of the

West. The five league champions, the runners-up from the North, South, Southwest and West and the third-placed team from the South entered the 1949 German football championship which was won by VfR Mannheim. It was VfR Mannheim's only national championship.[2][3]

The Oberliga Südwest, covering the French occupation zone in Germany, operated in two regional divisions, north and south, with a championship final at the end of season.[4]

In

ZSG Union Halle, but its winner did not advance to the German championship.[5]

In post-

Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.[6]

During the course of the 1948–49 league season the political landscape in Germany changed with the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly referred to as

German Democratic Republic, commonly referred to as East Germany
, on 7 October 1949. I t was the first tier of the football league system in the three western zones of Allied-occupied Germany.

Oberliga Nord

The 1948–49 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league,

SC Göttingen 05
. No team was relegated from the league at the end of season as the league was expanded to 16 teams in 1949–50.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hamburger SV[a] 22 15 2 5 61 31 +30 32 Qualification to German championship
2 FC St. Pauli 22 14 4 4 47 22 +25 32
3 VfL Osnabrück 22 14 3 5 61 23 +38 31
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 22 12 1 9 48 48 0 25
5 Bremer SV 22 9 4 9 45 53 −8 22
6 Eimsbütteler TV 22 9 3 10 35 40 −5 21
7 VfB Lübeck 22 8 4 10 35 44 −9 20
8
Werder Bremen
 22 8 3 11 49 50 −1 19
9
Concordia Hamburg
 22 6 6 10 44 49 −5 18
10
Arminia Hannover
 22 6 4 12 33 50 −17 16
11
Göttingen 05
 22 5 4 13 35 57 −22 14
12
TuS Bremerhaven 93
 22 7 0 15 28 54 −26 14
13 Holstein Kiel[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
Notes:
  1. ^ Like in the previous season Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli, on equal points, had to play a championship decider which Hamburger SV won 2–1.[7]
  2. ^ Holstein Kiel removed from league for irregularities in the 1947–48 season and initially relegated but then pardoned.[7]

Oberliga Berlin

The 1948–49 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league,

Minerva 93 Berlin
.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1
Berliner SV 92
 22 17 3 2 54 23 +31 37 Qualification to German championship
2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 22 14 5 3 52 17 +35 33
3
Union Oberschöneweide
 22 14 4 4 52 38 +14 32
4
Alemannia 90 Berlin
 22 12 5 5 59 48 +11 29
5
Viktoria 89 Berlin
 22 11 5 6 51 47 +4 27
6 Wacker 04 Berlin 22 9 2 11 49 40 +9 20
7
VfB Pankow
 22 5 8 9 34 47 −13 18
8 BFC Südring 22 6 6 10 32 50 −18 18
9
Minerva 93 Berlin
(R) 		22 7 3 12 25 43 −18 17 Relegation to Amateurliga
10 SC Köpenick (R) 22 5 5 12 32 41 −9 15
11 Spandauer SV (R) 22 4 1 17 28 46 −18 9
12 SV Lichtenberg 47 (R) 22 4 1 17 17 55 −38 9
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga West

The 1948–49 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league,

Preußen Münster
.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Dortmund 24 17 4 3 79 30 +49 38 Qualification to German championship
2
Rot-Weiß Essen
 24 10 10 4 39 22 +17 30
3 STV Horst-Emscher 24 11 5 8 51 40 +11 27
4
Preußen Münster
 24 9 7 8 33 35 −2 25
5 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 24 9 6 9 36 25 +11 24
6
Sportfreunde Hamborn
 24 10 4 10 40 44 −4 24
7
TSG Vohwinkel
 24 10 3 11 41 45 −4 23
8 Alemannia Aachen 24 8 7 9 33 39 −6 23
9 SpVgg Erkenschwick 24 9 3 12 42 53 −11 21
10 Rhenania Würselen 24 8 5 11 33 48 −15 21
11 Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) 24 8 4 12 31 45 −14 20 Relegation to Amateurliga
12 FC Schalke 04 24 6 6 12 33 43 −10 18
13 Sportfreunde Katernberg (R) 24 7 4 13 29 51 −22 18 Relegation to Amateurliga
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Preußen Dellbrück 2 2 0 0 4 2 4
2 SpVgg Herten 2 0 1 1 4 5 1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 1 1 4 5 1

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 FC Schalke 04 2 2 0 0 10 0 4
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 1 0 1 1 1 2
3 VfL 06 Benrath 2 0 0 2 0 10 0

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Duisburger FV 08 2 2 0 0 5 0 4
2 VfL Witten 2 0 1 1 2 3 1
3 Sportfreunde Katernberg 2 0 1 1 2 6 1

Oberliga Südwest

Northern group

The 1948–49 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league,

Eintracht Trier, SpVgg Weisenau and BSC Oppau
.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 24 21 1 2 142 22 +120 43 Qualification to German championship
2 Wormatia Worms 24 15 6 3 75 24 +51 36
3
TuS Neuendorf
 24 16 2 6 75 21 +54 34
4 FK Pirmasens 24 14 5 5 58 41 +17 33
5 VfL Neustadt 24 15 2 7 44 42 +2 32
6
Phönix Ludwigshafen
 24 8 7 9 49 44 +5 23
7
Eintracht Trier
 24 8 4 12 46 62 −16 20
8
FSV Mainz 05
 24 7 6 11 39 67 −28 20
9 SpVgg Weisenau 24 7 4 13 44 86 −42 18
10 BSC Oppau 24 4 8 12 39 60 −21 16
11
SpVgg Andernach
 24 6 4 14 38 61 −23 16
12 FSV Kürenz 24 6 3 15 23 55 −32 15
13
SG Gonsenheim
(R) 		24 2 2 20 19 106 −87 6 Relegation to Amateurliga
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Southern group

The 1948–49 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league, SV Tübingen and FC 08 Villingen.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fortuna Freiburg 22 13 5 4 49 28 +21 31 Qualification to French occupation zone championship
2 SV Tübigen 22 12 7 3 48 25 +23 31 Qualification to runners-up play-offs
3 ASV Villingen 22 10 6 6 37 28 +9 26
4 Eintracht Singen 22 10 4 8 34 22 +12 24
5 Fortuna Rastatt 22 10 3 9 53 54 −1 23
6
SSV Reutlingen
 22 7 8 7 34 26 +8 22
7
VfL Schwenningen
 22 7 7 8 31 40 −9 21
8 VfL Konstanz 23 8 4 11 40 37 +3 20
9 VfL Freiburg 23 8 4 11 31 39 −8 20
10 SG Friedrichshafen 22 8 4 10 40 51 −11 20
11 SV Biberach (R) 22 5 6 11 32 52 −20 16 Relegation to Amateurliga
12 SpVgg Offenburg 22 2 6 14 26 53 −27 10
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Finals

The winners of the two regional divisions of the Oberliga Südwest played a final to determine the league champion who was also directly qualified for the German championship:[6]

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Kaiserslautern 10–3 Fortuna Freiburg 4–0 6–3

The runners-up of the two divisions determined the club who would face the loser of the championship final for the second place in the German championship:

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wormatia Worms 8–0 SV Tübingen 5–0 3–0
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Wormatia Worms 3–0 Fortuna Freiburg

Oberliga Süd

The 1948–49 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league, BC Augsburg and 1. Rödelheimer FC 02.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kickers Offenbach 30 21 7 2 79 29 +50 49 Qualification to German championship
2 VfR Mannheim (C) 30 15 8 7 51 42 +9 38
3 FC Bayern Munich 30 14 7 9 61 42 +19 35
4
TSV 1860 München
 30 13 8 9 61 41 +20 34
5 SV Waldhof Mannheim 30 12 10 8 54 45 +9 34
6 VfB Stuttgart 30 13 5 12 56 51 +5 31
7
Schwaben Augsburg
 30 12 6 12 49 50 −1 30
8 Stuttgarter Kickers 30 11 8 11 53 65 −12 30
9
VfB Mühlburg
 30 10 9 11 51 45 +6 29
10
FC Schweinfurt 05
 30 12 5 13 46 56 −10 29
11 1. FC Nürnberg 30 11 5 14 49 55 −6 27
12 FSV Frankfurt 30 11 5 14 40 53 −13 27
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 9 8 13 28 41 −13 26
14 BC Augsburg[a] 30 9 4 17 46 66 −20 22
15
TSG Ulm 1846
(R) 		30 9 4 17 43 53 −10 22 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 1. Rödelheimer FC 02 (R) 30 7 3 20 40 73 −33 17
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. TSG Ulm 1846
    had to play a relegation decider which Augsburg won 1–0.

German championship

Main article: 1949 German football championship

The 1949 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won by VfR Mannheim, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final. It was played in a knock-out format and consisted of ten clubs.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 9783844862485
    . Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via google book review.
  2. ^ "VfR Mannheim » Steckbrief" [VfR Mannheim honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. ^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Oberliga Südwest". f-archiv.dee (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  6. ^
    DSFS
    . Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^
    DSFS
    . Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1948/1949" [Final of the German championship 1948–49]. Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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