1951 German football championship

1951 German championship final

Event	German football championship
1. FC Kaiserslautern Preußen Münster 2 1
Date	30 June 1951
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Reinhardt, Stuttgart
Attendance	85,000

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.

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 Nuremberg	Oberliga Süd champions
SpVgg Fürth	Oberliga Süd runners-up
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Oberliga Berlin champions

Group 1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern (Q)	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6	9	Qualified to German championship
2	FC Schalke 04	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	7
3	SpVgg Fürth	6	1	2	3	8	9	−1	4
4	FC St. Pauli	6	2	0	4	6	12	−6	4

Matches

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SpVgg Fürth

6 May 1951	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 2	SpVgg Fürth	Ludwigshafen
	Eckel  13', 71'		Helbig  47' Nöth  65'	Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kormannshaus (Gohfeld)

FC Schalke 04 v FC St. Pauli

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

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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

SpVgg Fürth v FC Schalke 04

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

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Schalke 04

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

SpVgg Fürth v FC St. Pauli

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

FC Schalke 04 v SpVgg Fürth

27 May 1951	FC Schalke 04	2 – 1	SpVgg Fürth	Gelsenkirchen
	Matzkowski  43' (pen.) Kleina  83'		Appis  72' (pen.)	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

SpVgg Fürth v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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 FC Schalke 04

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

FC Schalke 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 June 1951	FC 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)

FC St. Pauli v SpVgg Fürth

10 June 1951	FC St. Pauli	1 – 0	SpVgg Fürth	Hamburg
	Beck  13'			Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 4,000

Group 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Preußen Münster (Q)	6	4	0	2	22	16	+6	8	Qualified to German championship
2	1. FC Nuremberg	6	4	0	2	17	13	+4	8
3	Hamburger SV	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	6
4	Tennis Borussia Berlin	6	1	0	5	10	20	−10	2

Matches

Hamburger SV v TeBe Berlin

6 May 1951	Hamburger SV	3 – 2	TeBe Berlin	Hamburg
	Woitkowiak  49' Spundflasche  71' Adamkiewicz  79'		Schmutzler  16' Graf  84'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Pennig (Mannheim)

1. FC Nuremberg v Preußen Münster

6 May 1951	1. FC Nuremberg	1 – 2	Preußen Münster	Nuremberg
	Brenzke  56' (pen.)		Lammers  18' Preißler  40'	Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

TeBe Berlin v 1. FC Nuremberg

13 May 1951	TeBe Berlin	2 – 3	1. FC Nuremberg	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 Nuremberg

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

Preußen Münster v TeBe Berlin

20 May 1951	Preußen Münster	2 – 3	TeBe Berlin	Münster
	Weghorst  50' Preißler  71'		Schulz  35' (o.g.) Schmutzler  85' Berndt  88'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

Hamburger SV v Preußen Münster

27 May 1951	Hamburger SV	5 – 1	Preußen Münster	Hamburg
	Woitkowiak  39', 81' Harden  60', 79' Ebeling  89'		Gerritzen  48'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Schmetzer (Mannheim)

1. FC Nuremberg v TeBe Berlin

27 May 1951	1. FC Nuremberg	3 – 1	TeBe Berlin	Nuremberg
	Kallenborn  30' Winterstein  55' Brenzke  89' (pen.)		Graf  33'	Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Kormannshaus (Gohfeld)

TeBe Berlin v Hamburger SV

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 Nuremberg

3 June 1951	Preußen Münster	6 – 4	1. FC Nuremberg	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)

TeBe Berlin v Preußen Münster

10 June 1951	TeBe Berlin	2 – 8	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 Nuremberg v Hamburger SV

10 June 1951	1. FC Nuremberg	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

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Preußen Münster

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

External links

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