1957 German football championship

1957 German championship final

Event	German football championship
Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV 4 1
Date	23 June 1957
Venue	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Referee	Albert Dusch
Attendance	82,000

The 1957 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1956-57. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the second time after a group stage and a final. Borussia became the first club since Dresdner SC in 1944 to defend their title won the previous year.

It was Borussia's third appearance in the German final, having lost 3-2 to VfR Mannheim in 1949 and won the championship in 1956, beating Karlsruher SC 4-2. On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1957–58 European Cup, where it went out to AC Milan in the quarter finals.

For the losing finalist, Hamburger SV, it was its first appearance in the final since winning the title in 1928.

The format used to determine the German champion was different from the 1956 season. Only two clubs took part in the qualification round, instead of four. The group stage, eight teams split into two groups of four, was conducted as a single round with games on neutral grounds; previously it had been home-and-away games. As in the past seasons, the two group winners then played the national final.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1956–57 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
Holstein Kiel	Oberliga Nord runners-up
Borussia Dortmund	Oberliga West champions
Duisburger SV	Oberliga West runners-up
Hertha BSC Berlin	Oberliga Berlin champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
1. FC Saarbrücken	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
1. FC Nuremberg	Oberliga Süd champions
Kickers Offenbach	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
25 May 1957	Kickers Offenbach	–	Holstein Kiel	3-2 aet (0–2, 2–2)	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion	35,000

Group 1

Matches

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
2 June 1957	Hamburger SV	–	Duisburger SV	1–1 (0–0)	Berlin, Olympiastadion	40,000
2 June 1957	1. FC Saarbrücken	–	1. FC Nuremberg	2–2 (0–0)	Stuttgart, Neckarstadion	70,000
9 June 1957	Hamburger SV	–	1. FC Nuremberg	2–1 (1–0)	Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion	50,000
9 June 1957	Duisburger SV	–	1. FC Saarbrücken	3–1 (2–0)	Frankfurt, Waldstadion	40,000
16 June 1957	Hamburger SV	–	1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1 (2–1)	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion	32,000
16 June 1957	1. FC Nuremberg	–	Duisburger SV	2-2 (1–0)	Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion	33,000

Table

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Hamburger SV	3	2	1	0	5	3	2	5
Duisburger SV	3	1	2	0	6	4	2	4
1. FC Nuremberg	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1	2
1. FC Saarbrücken	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3	1

Group 2

Matches

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
2 June 1957	1. FC Kaiserslautern	–	Hertha BSC Berlin	14–1 (5–1)	Wuppertal, Stadion am Zoo	42,000
2 June 1957	Borussia Dortmund	–	Kickers Offenbach	2–1 (1–1)	Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion	55,000
9 June 1957	1. FC Kaiserslautern	–	Borussia Dortmund	2–3 (0–1)	Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion	75,000
9 June 1957	Hertha BSC Berlin	–	Kickers Offenbach	1–3 (1–2)	Essen, Georg-Melches-Stadion	6,000
16 June 1957	1. FC Kaiserslautern	–	Kickers Offenbach	1–4 (0–3)	Augsburg, Rosenaustadion	40,000
16 June 1957	Borussia Dortmund	–	Hertha BSC	2-1 (1–1)	Braunschweig, Eintracht-Stadion	15,000

Table

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Borussia Dortmund	3	3	0	0	7	4	3	6
Kickers Offenbach	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	4
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3	1	0	2	17	8	9	2
Hertha BSC Berlin	3	0	0	3	3	19	-16	0

Final

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
23 June 1957	Borussia Dortmund	–	Hamburger SV	4-1 (3–1)	Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion	82,000

Teams

Borussia Dortmund: 1 Heinz Kwiatkowski 2 Herbert Sandmann 3 Max Michallek 4 Wilhelm Burgsmüller 5 Helmut Bracht 6 Elwin Schlebrowski 7 Alfred Niepieklo 26' 78' 8 Alfred Kelbassa 16' 25' 9 Alfred Preißler 10 Wolfgang Peters 11 Helmut Kapitulski Manager: Helmut Schneider

Hamburger SV: 1 Horst Schnoor 2 Jürgen Werner 3 Jupp Posipal 4 Jochen Meinke 5 Gerhard Krug 24' 6 Franz Klepacz 7 Karl-Heinz Liese 8 Walter Schemel 9 Rolf Börner 10 Uwe Seeler 11 Uwe Reuter Manager: Günter Mahlmann

References

Sources

• kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship 1957

External links

• German Championship 1956-57 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1957 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1957 at Fussballdaten.de