1953 German football championship

1953 German championship final

Event	German football championship
1. FC Kaiserslautern VfB Stuttgart 4 1
Date	21 June 1953
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Gunther Ternieden
Attendance	80,000

The 1953 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the West Germany in 1952–53. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were crowned champions for the second time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the championship in 1951.^[1][2]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1952–53 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
Holstein Kiel	Oberliga Nord runners-up
Borussia Dortmund	Oberliga West champions
1. FC Köln	Oberliga West runners-up
SC Union 06 Berlin	Oberliga Berlin champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberliga Süd champions
VfB Stuttgart	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation		KAI	EF	KOL	HK
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	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	—

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation		VFB	BD	HSV	UB
1	VfB Stuttgart	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	—

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Final

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Stuttgart

21 June 1953

1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 1	VfB Stuttgart
F.Walter  37' Wanger  57', 83' Scheffler  78'		Kronenbitter  72'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ternieden (Oberhausen)

KAISERSLAUTERN: GK Willi Hölz DF Werner Liebrich DF Werner Kohlmeyer MF Fritz Walter MF Otto Render MF Ernst Liebrich MF Horst Eckel FW Ottmar Walter FW Erwin Scheffler FW Willi Wenzel FW Karl Wanger Manager: Richard Schneider

STUTTGART: GK Karl Bögelein DF Richard Steimle DF Erich Retter DF Werner Liebschwager MF Robert Schlienz MF Leo Kronenbitter FW Roland Wehrle FW Erwin Waldner FW Pit Krieger FW Rolf Blessing FW Otto Baitinger Manager: Georg Wurzer

References

1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 21 December 2015
2. 1. FC Kaiserslautern » Steckbrief (German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Kaiserslautern honours, accessed: 21 December 2015

External links

• 1952-53 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1953 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1953 at Fussballdaten.de