The 1940 German football championship, the 33rd edition of the competition, was won by FC Schalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeating Dresdner SC 1–0 in the final. Both clubs would continue to be strong sides during the Second World War editions of the German championship with Schalke making a losing appearance in the 1941 final before winning again in 1942 while Dresden was crowned German champions in 1943 and 1944.[1][2][3]
Schalke's 16–0 win over SC Kassel 03 in the group stages was the highest win in the history of the German championship as well as the most goals scored in a game.[4]
Rapid Wien's Franz Binder became the 1940 championships top scorer with 14 goals, a new record that would be broken the following year by Schalke's Hermann Eppenhoff when he scored 15 goals.[5]
The eighteen 1939–40 Gauliga champions, the same number as in 1939,[6] competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1940 championship final. The groups were divided into three with four clubs and one with six clubs with the latter, in turn, subdivided into two groups of three teams each and a final of these group winners to determine the overall group champions.
In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty clubs. From there it gradually expanded further through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years, reaching a strength of thirty-one in its last completed season, 1943–44.[6]
Qualified teams
The teams qualified through the 1939–40 Gauliga season:
Group 1
Group 1 A
Group 1 A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen and Pommern:
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Group 1 B
Group 1 B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Ostmark, Schlesien and Sudetenland:
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|
| 1 |
SK Rapid Wien (Q) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
4 |
+15 |
7 |
Qualified to group final |
| 2 |
Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
|
| 3 |
NSTG Graslitz |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
−15 |
1 |
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Group 1 final
Group 2
Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mitte, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Sachsen:
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|
| 1 |
Dresdner SC (Q) |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
+9 |
10 |
Qualified to semi-finals |
| 2 |
Eimsbütteler TV |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
|
| 3 |
VfL Osnabrück |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
14 |
−3 |
4 |
| 4 |
SV Jena |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
−6 |
3 |
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Group 3
Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Westfalen:
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|
| 1 |
FC Schalke 04 (Q) |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
35 |
5 |
+30 |
10 |
Qualified to semi-finals |
| 2 |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
21 |
4 |
+17 |
8 |
|
| 3 |
Mülheimer SV |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
29 |
−15 |
4 |
| 4 |
SC Kassel 03 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
42 |
−32 |
2 |
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Group 4
Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Südwest and Württemberg:
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Semi-finals
Two of the four clubs in the 1940 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Dresdner SC and FC Schalke 04, while Rapid Wien replaced Admira Wien and SV Waldhof Mannheim Hamburger SV in comparison to 1939:[8]
Third Place
- Replay
Final
References
Sources
- kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship
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