| Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft | |
|---|---|
 Replica of theViktoria trophy | |
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Germany |
| Dates | 2 April – 18 June |
| Teams | 18 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Schalke 04 4thGerman title |
| Runners-up | Admira Wien |
| Third place | Dresdner SC |
| Fourth place | Hamburger SV |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 224 (4.07 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Ernst Kalwitzki(11 goals) |
The1939German football championship, the 32nd edition of the competition, was won bySchalke 04, the club's fourth German championship by defeatingAdmira Wien 9–0 in the final, withErnst Kalwitzki scoring five goals. For Admira it was the club's only appearance in the German championship while the 9–0 result was the highest winning margin for any of the finals held between 1903 and 1963, surpassingVfB Leipzig's 7–2 victory overDFC Prag in the inaugural 1903 final. For Schalke, it continued the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 and 1937 final and going on to win the 1940 and 1942 ones as well.[1][2]
Schalke'sErnst Kalwitzki was the 1939 championships top scorer with eleven goals, having previously finished as the top scorer in 1937.[3]
The eighteen1938–39Gauliga champions, two more than in1938 because of the addition of theGauliga Ostmark after theAnschluss and theGauliga Sudetenland after theMunich Agreement,[4] competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1939 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 over all group champions.[5]
While, in the following season, the German championship was still played with eighteen clubs as well but it gradually expanded through a combination of territorial expansion ofNazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years, reaching a strength of thirty one in its last completed season, 1943–44.[4]
The teams qualified through the1938–39 Gauliga season:[5]
Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Ostpreußen:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | HSV | OSN | HIA | BWB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2.000 | 9 | Advance tosemi-finals | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 6 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Hindenburg Allenstein | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 5 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0.500 | 4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |
Group 2A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Pommern:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | F95 | S07 | STO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 6 | Advance togroup final | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | SpVgg Sülz | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1.667 | 4 | 1–3 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Viktoria Stolp | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |
Group 2B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Sachsen and Sudetenland:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | DRE | S05 | WFK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dresdner SC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 6 | Advance togroup final | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Schweinfurt 05 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 6 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 3 | Warnsdorfer FK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0.313 | 0 | 1–5 | 1–4 | — |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dresdner SC | 7–4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4–1 | 3–3 |
Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Baden, Mitte, Ostmark and Württemberg:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | AWI | SKI | MAN | SVD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admira Wien | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1.818 | 7 | Advance tosemi-finals | — | 6–2 | 8–3 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1.000 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | VfR Mannheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 0.750 | 5 | 3–0 | 1–4 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | SV Dessau 05 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — |
Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Schlesien, Südwest and Westfalen:[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | S04 | VRG | W08 | CSC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3.400 | 10 | Advance tosemi-finals | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | |
| 2 | Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1.091 | 8 | 1–2 | — | 5–3 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Wormatia Worms | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | CSC Kassel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 0.211 | 0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |
Two of the four clubs in the 1939 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04, while Admira Wien and Dresdner SC replacedFortuna Düsseldorf and previous season's championsHannover 96 in comparison to 1938:[6]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 June 1939[7] | ||
| Schalke 04 | 3–3 aet | Dresdner SC |
| Admira Wien | 4–1 | Hamburger SV |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1939 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 2–0 | Dresdner SC |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 17 June 1939[8] | ||
| Dresdner SC | 3–2 | Hamburger SV |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 June 1939[9] | ||
| Schalke 04 | 9–0 | Admira Wien |