1948 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
The Müngersdorfer Stadion in Cologne hosted the final
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Dates	18 July – 8 August
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	1. FC Nürnberg 7th German title
Runner-up	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	30 (5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Werner Baßler Fritz Machate Heinrich Schaffer Ottmar Walter (3 goals each)
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The 1948 German football championship, the 38th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1947–48 football season in Allied-occupied Germany. 1. FC Nürnberg were crowned champions for the seventh time after one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the first time the championship had been played since 1944. It was Nürnberg's tenth appearance in the final. For the losing finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern, it was the first appearance in the final since the establishment of a national championship in 1903. ^{[1] [2]}

Eight teams were to take part in the final stage which was played in a one-leg knock-out tournament, the vice-champions and champions of the British, American and French occupation zones, the champion of the Soviet occupation zone and the Berlin champion. In the end, SG Planitz were not allowed to travel to Stuttgart to play their quarter final against eventual champions Nürnberg.

The 1948 championship is unique as it is the only one of the German championships where no trophy was awarded. The pre- Second World War trophy, the Viktoria had disappeared during the final stages of the war and would not resurface until after the German reunification, while the new trophy, the Meisterschale, would only be ready for the following season. ^{[3] [4]}

Qualified teams

The qualified teams through the 1947–48 Oberliga and Ostzonenmeisterschaft seasons:

Competition

Quarter-finals

18 July 1948

TuS Neuendorf	2 – 1	Hamburger SV
Miltz 67', 74'		Adamkiewicz 53'

Rote Erde, Dortmund

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Schmetzer ( Mannheim)

18 July 1948

1. FC Kaiserslautern	5 – 1 (1 – 0)	TSV 1860 Munich
Christmann 32', 70' O. Walter 64' Baßler 83', 85' ( pen.)		Thanner 62'

Wormatia-Stadion, Worms

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Raspel ( Düsseldorf)

18 July 1948

SG Oberschöneweide	0 – 7 (0 – 4)	FC St. Pauli
		Michael 3' Machate 8', 61' Schaffer 33', 43', 86' Lehmann 59'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Huhn (Schwaan)

Semi-finals

25 July 1948

1. FC Nürnberg	3 – 2 ( a.e.t.)	FC St. Pauli
Hagen 31' Winterstein 33' Pöschl 94'		Lehmann 56' Machate 82'

Rhein-Neckar-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Glöckner ( Pirmasens)

25 July 1948

1. FC Kaiserslautern	5 – 1 (2 – 0)	TuS Neuendorf
F. Walter 22' Grewenig 44' Baßler 53' O. Walter 83', 85'		Warth 86'

Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Strobel ( Schwabach)

Final

8 August 1948

1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Winterstein 10' Pöschl 25'		Übelein 62' ( o.g.)

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Burmeister ( Hamburg)

1. FC Nürnberg   Eduard Schaffer   Hans Übelein   Adolf Knoll   Gerhard Bergner   Georg Kennemann   Robert Gebhardt   Helmut Herbolsheimer   Max Morlock   Hans Pöschl   Konrad Winterstein   Georg Hagen Manager: Alwin Riemke

1. FC Kaiserslautern   Willi Hölz   Rudolf Huppert   Werner Kohlmeyer   Ernst Liebrich   Werner Liebrich   Heinz Klee   Günther Grewenig   Fritz Walter   Ottmar Walter   Werner Baßler   Hans Christmann Manager:

References

Sources

• kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship

External links

• German Championship 1947-48 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1948 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1948 at Fussballdaten.de