1952–53 Oberliga
German champions | 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2nd German title |
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Top goalscorer | Fritz Walter(38 goals)[1] |
← 1951–52 → |
The 1952–53 Oberliga was the eighth season of the
1. FC Köln set a new Oberliga start record in 1952–53, winning its first eleven games, a mark later equaled by Hannover 96 in 1953–54 and Hamburger SV in 1961–62 but never surpassed.[4]
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1952–53 DDR-Oberliga was won by Dynamo Dresden.[5]
Oberliga Nord
The 1952–53 season saw three new clubs in the league,
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hamburger SV | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 78 | 57 | +21 | 43 | Qualification to German championship |
2 | Holstein Kiel | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 39 | |
3 | Werder Bremen
|
30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 55 | +16 | 37 | |
4 | VfL Osnabrück | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 35 | |
5 | Göttingen 05
|
30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 73 | 57 | +16 | 32 | |
6 | FC Altona 93
|
30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 73 | 69 | +4 | 32 | |
7 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 30 | |
8 | TuS Bremerhaven 93
|
30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 29 | |
9 | FC St. Pauli | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 28 | |
10 | Eimsbütteler TV | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 28 | |
11 | VfB Lübeck | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 28 | |
12 | Arminia Hannover
|
30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 27 | |
13 | Bremer SV | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 65 | 71 | −6 | 26 | |
14 | Harburger TB | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 24 | |
15 | Concordia Hamburg (R)
|
30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
16 | Eintracht Osnabrück (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 19 |
Oberliga Berlin
The 1952–53 season saw two new clubs in the league,
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Union 06 Berlin
|
24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 40 | Qualification to German championship |
2 | Spandauer SV | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 31 | |
3 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 31 | |
4 | Viktoria 89 Berlin
|
24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 28 | |
5 | Berliner SV 92
|
24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 28 | |
6 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin
|
24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 26 | |
7 | Alemannia 90 Berlin
|
24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 25 | |
8 | Minerva 93 Berlin
|
24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 23 | |
9 | Wacker 04 Berlin | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 21 | |
10 | BFC Nordstern | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 19 | |
11 | BFC Südring (R) | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 16 | Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
|
12 | SC Südwest Berlin (R) | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 12 | |
13 | Hertha BSC Berlin (R)
|
24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 79 | −47 | 12 |
Oberliga West
The 1952–53 season saw two new clubs in the league,
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 87 | 36 | +51 | 46 | Qualification to German championship |
2 | 1. FC Köln | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 42 | +44 | 43 | |
3 | Rot-Weiß Essen
|
30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 40 | |
4 | Meidericher SV
|
30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 36 | |
5 | Alemannia Aachen | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 34 | |
6 | FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 33 | |
7 | Preußen Münster
|
30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 60 | +14 | 32 | |
8 | Preußen Dellbrück
|
30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 31 | |
9 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 30 | |
10 | Bayer Leverkusen
|
30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 29 | |
11 | SV Sodingen | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 25 | |
12 | STV Horst-Emscher | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 23 | |
13 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 22 | |
14 | Borussia München-Gladbach
|
30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 80 | −49 | 21 | |
15 | Sportfreunde Katernberg (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 91 | −34 | 19 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga West |
16 | SpVgg Erkenschwick (R) | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 90 | −49 | 16 |
Oberliga Südwest
The 1952–53 season saw four new clubs in the league,
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 127 | 31 | +96 | 51 | Qualification to German championship |
2 | TuS Neuendorf
|
30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 97 | 28 | +69 | 46 | |
3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 89 | 39 | +50 | 46 | |
4 | Wormatia Worms | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 58 | +27 | 37 | |
5 | TuRa Ludwigshafen
|
30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 34 | |
6 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 31 | |
7 | FK Pirmasens | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 30 | |
8 | FSV Mainz 05
|
30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 30 | |
9 | Saar 05 Saarbrücken
|
30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 28 | |
10 | FV Speyer | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 28 | |
11 | VfR Kaiserslautern | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 27 | |
12 | Phönix Ludwigshafen
|
30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 24 | |
13 | Eintracht Trier
|
30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 23 | |
14 | VfR Kirn | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 73 | −32 | 22 | |
15 | FV Engers (R)
|
30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 20 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest |
16 | BFV Hassia Bingen[a] (R) | 30 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 32 | 141 | −109 | 3 |
- ^ BFV Hassia Bingen was promoted to the Oberliga because VfR Frankenthal was retrospectivly relegated from the league after the first round of the 1952–53 season for attempting to bribe 1. FC Saarbrücken to lose their game against Frankenthal during the 1951–52 season.[6]
Oberliga Süd
The 1952–53 season saw two new clubs in the league,
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 39 | Qualification to German championship |
2 | VfB Stuttgart | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 38 | |
3 | SpVgg Fürth
|
30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 35 | |
4 | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 34 | |
5 | FC Schweinfurt 05
|
30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 32 | |
6 | Kickers Offenbach | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 30 | |
7 | FC Bayern Munich | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 30 | |
8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 29 | |
9 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 29 | |
10 | BC Augsburg | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 28 | |
11 | FSV Frankfurt | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 28 | |
12 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 74 | −15 | 28 | |
13 | VfR Mannheim | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 27 | |
14 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 65 | 69 | −4 | 26 | |
15 | TSV 1860 München (R)
|
30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 24 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd |
16 | TSG Ulm 1846 (R)
|
30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 21 |
German championship
The 1953 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, defeating VfB Stuttgart in the final. The eight clubs played a home-and-away round of matches in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.[7]
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | KAI | EF | KOL | HK | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 11 | Qualified to final | — | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | ||
4 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | VFB | BD | HSV | UB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VfB Stuttgart (Q) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Qualified to final | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | SC Union 06 Berlin | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — |
Final
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–1 | VfB Stuttgart |
References
- ^ a b c d e f Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (in German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
- ^ (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
- ^ kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 245
- ^ East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.org, accessed: 15 December 2015
- ^ VfR Frankenthal (in German) suedwest-fussball.de, Club profile, accessed: 22 December 2015
- ^ Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1952/1953 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 21 December 2015
Sources
- 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
- kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
- DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
- 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (in German) 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997
External links
- The Oberligas on Fussballdaten.de (in German)