1951 German football championship

1951 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	6 May – 30 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	1. FC Kaiserslautern; 1st German title
Runner-up	Preußen Münster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	99 (3.96 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Werner Baßler; Horst Eckel; Adolf Kallenborn; Konrad Winterstein; (6 goals each)
	← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the West Germany in 1950–51. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final.^[1]^[2]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1950–51 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli	Oberliga Nord runners-up
Schalke 04	Oberliga West champions
Preußen Münster	Oberliga West runners-up
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
1. FC Nürnberg	Oberliga Süd champions
SpVgg Fürth	Oberliga Süd runners-up
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Oberliga Berlin champions

Competition

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	FCK	S04	FUE	STP
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	4	1	1	14	8	1.750	9	Advance to final	—	1–0	2–2	2–0
2	Schalke 04	6	3	1	2	7	6	1.167	7		3–2	—	2–1	1–2
3	SpVgg Fürth	6	1	2	3	8	9	0.889	4		1–3	0–0	—	4–1
4	FC St. Pauli	6	2	0	4	6	12	0.500	4		2–4	0–1	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

6 May 1951	SpVgg Fürth	Ludwigshafen
	Eckel 13', 71'		Helbig 47' Nöth 65'	Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kormannshaus (Gohfeld)

6 May 1951	Schalke 04	1 – 2	FC St. Pauli	Gelsenkirchen
	Kleina 36'		Haß 53' Kruppa 80'	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Zacher (Berlin)

13 May 1951	FC St. Pauli	2 – 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
	Boller 30' (pen.) Kruppa 81'		Baßler 10', 17' Wanger 80' F. Walter 88'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 30,000

13 May 1951	SpVgg Fürth	0 – 0	Schalke 04	Fürth
				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 22,000

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Schalke 04

20 May 1951	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Schalke 04	Ludwigshafen
	Baßler 5'			Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 70,000

20 May 1951	SpVgg Fürth	4 – 1	FC St. Pauli	Fürth
	Appis 30' Schade 45', 46', 82'		Haß 66'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 23,000

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC St. Pauli

27 May 1951	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 0	FC St. Pauli	Ludwigshafen
	Eckel 15', 30'			Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 30,000

27 May 1951	SpVgg Fürth	Gelsenkirchen
	Matzkowski 43' (pen.) Kleina 83'		Appis 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

3 June 1951	SpVgg Fürth	1 – 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
	Appis 39'		Baßler 18', 63' Eckel 20'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Nettekoven (Bonn )

FC St. Pauli v Schalke 04

3 June 1951	FC St. Pauli	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Hamburg
			Dargaschewski 13'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 12,000

10 June 1951	Schalke 04	3 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gelsenkirchen
	Malinowski 16', 75' Eppenhoff 88'		Baßler 3' Eckel 8'	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Skuballa (Hamburg)

10 June 1951	SpVgg Fürth	Hamburg
	Beck 13'			Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 4,000

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	PRM	FCN	HSV	TBB
1	Preußen Münster	6	4	2	22	16	1.375	8	Advance to final	—	6–4	3–1	2–3
2	1. FC Nürnberg	6	4	2	17	13	1.308	8		1–2	—	4–1	3–1
3	Hamburger SV	6	3	3	12	12	1.000	6		5–1	1–2	—	3–2
4	Tennis Borussia Berlin	6	1	5	10	20	0.500	2		2–8	2–3	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

6 May 1951	TeBe Berlin	Hamburg
	Woitkowiak 49' Spundflasche 71' Adamkiewicz 79'		Schmutzler 16' Graf 84'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Pennig (Mannheim )

6 May 1951	Preußen Münster	Nuremberg
	Brenzke 56' (pen.)		Lammers 18' Preißler 40'	Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

13 May 1951	TeBe Berlin	2 – 3	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin
	Berndt 41' Wilde 60' (pen.)		Brenzke 42' Winterstein 45' Kallenborn 69'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Skuballa (Hamburg)

Preußen Münster v Hamburger SV

13 May 1951	Preußen Münster	3 – 1	Hamburger SV	Münster
	Preißler 29' Lammers 59' Weghorst 87'		Rohrberg 78'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Dusch (Kaiserslautern)

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Nürnberg

20 May 1951	Hamburger SV	1 – 2	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
	Adamkiewicz 65'		Winterstein 9' Herbolsheimer 32'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Nettekoven (Bonn )

20 May 1951	TeBe Berlin	Münster
	Weghorst 50' Preißler 71'		Schulz 35' (o.g.) Schmutzler 85' Berndt 88'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

27 May 1951	Preußen Münster	Hamburg
	Woitkowiak 39', 81' Harden 60', 79' Ebeling 89'		Gerritzen 48'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Schmetzer (Mannheim )

27 May 1951	TeBe Berlin	Nuremberg
	Kallenborn 30' Winterstein 55' Brenzke 89' (pen.)		Graf 33'	Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Kormannshaus (Gohfeld)

3 June 1951	TeBe Berlin	0 – 1	Hamburger SV	Berlin
			Adamkiewicz 84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Reinhardt (Stuttgart)

Preußen Münster v 1. FC Nürnberg

3 June 1951	Preußen Münster	6 – 4	1. FC Nürnberg	Münster
	Preißler 14' Rachuba 25', 63' Gerritzen 32', 51' Lammers 50'		Winterstein 10', 81' Morlock 15' Kallenborn 83'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Zimmermann (Göttingen)

10 June 1951	Preußen Münster	Berlin
	Schmutzler 4' Pohnke 25' (o.g.)		Schulz 30' Lammers 57', 77' Preißler 72' Rachuba 79', 88' Warstat 81' (o.g.) Gerritzen 87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Bernbeck (Frankfurt)

1. FC Nürnberg v Hamburger SV

10 June 1951	1. FC Nürnberg	4 – 1	Hamburger SV	Nuremberg
	Kallenborn 12', 25', 27' Winterstein 34'		Harden 51'	Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Wershoven (Euskirchen)

Final

30 June 1951

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1	Preußen Münster
O.Walter 61', 74'		Gerritzen 47'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: A.Reinhardt


1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN:
GK		Karl Adam
DF		Werner Liebrich
DF		Werner Kohlmeyer
DF		Helmut Rasch
MF		Ernst Liebrich
MF		Heinz Jergens
MF		Horst Eckel
MF		Fritz Walter
FW		Bernhard Fuchs
FW		Werner Baßler
FW		Ottmar Walter
Manager:
Richard Schneider


PREUSSEN MUNSTER:
GK		Otto Mierzowski
DF		Kurt Pohnke
DF		Rolf Lezgus
DF		Walter Lesch
DF		Alois Schulte
MF		Rudolf Schulz
MF		Josef Rickmann
FW		Alfred Preißler
FW		Josef Lammers
FW		Felix Gerritzen
FW		Sigi Rachuba
Manager:
Willi Multhaup

References

^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 21 December 2015
^ 1. FC Kaiserslautern » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Kaiserslautern honours, accessed: 21 December 2015

External links

1950-51 at Weltfussball.de
Germany - Championship 1951 at RSSSF.com
German championship 1951 at Fussballdaten.de

[1] (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 21 December 2015

[2] 1. FC Kaiserslautern » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Kaiserslautern honours, accessed: 21 December 2015

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Champions Clubs

v t e 1950–51 in European football
Domestic leagues	Albania '50 '51 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '50 '51 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '50 '51 Denmark England Faroe Islands '50 '51 Finland '50 '51 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '50 '51 Iceland '50 '51 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '50 '51 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '50 '51 Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '50, Football Championship '50 '51) Yugoslavia '50 '51
Domestic cups	Albania '50 '51 Bulgaria Cyprus England France Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '50 '51 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden '50 '51 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '50 '51
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '50
International competitions	Zentropa Cup