| Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft | |
|---|---|
 Replica of theViktoria trophy | |
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Germany |
| Dates | 21 April – 28 July |
| Teams | 18 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Schalke 04 5thGerman title |
| Runners-up | Dresdner SC |
| Third place | Rapid Wien |
| Fourth place | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 253 (4.6 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Franz Binder(14 goals) |
The 1940German football championship, the 33rd edition of the competition, was won bySchalke 04, the club's fifth German championship, by defeatingDresdner SC 1–0 in the final. Both clubs would continue to be strong sides during theSecond 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 overCSC 03 Kassel 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'sFranz Binder became the 1940 championships top scorer with 14 goals, a new record that would be broken the following year by Schalke'sHermann Eppenhoff when he scored 15 goals.[5]
The eighteen1939–40Gauliga champions, the same number as in1939,[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.[7]
In the following season, the German championship was played with twenty clubs. From there it gradually expanded further 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.[6]
The teams qualified through the1939–40 Gauliga season:[7]
Group 1A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Ostpreußen and Pommern:[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | OBE | KON | STE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Oberschöneweide | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | 6 | Advance togroup final | — | 6–3 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | VfB Königsberg | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1.300 | 6 | 3–1 | — | 5–2 | ||
| 3 | VfL Stettin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0.385 | 0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — |
Group 1B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Ostmark, Schlesien and Sudetenland:[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | RWI | VRG | GRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid Wien | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.750 | 7 | Advance togroup final | — | 3–1 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 | 4 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 3 | NSTG Graslitz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 0.318 | 1 | 1–7 | 4–4 | — |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Wien | 6–3 | Union Oberschöneweide | 3–1 | 3–2 |
Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mitte, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Sachsen:[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | DRE | ETV | OSN | SVJ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dresdner SC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 10 | Advance tosemi-finals | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Eimsbütteler TV | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 7 | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | ||
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.786 | 4 | 0–0 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | ||
| 4 | 1. SV Jena | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — |
Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Westfalen:[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | S04 | F95 | MUS | CSC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 7.000 | 10 | Advance tosemi-finals | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | 16–0 | |
| 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5.250 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 7–1 | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | Mülheimer SV | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 0.483 | 4 | 2–8 | 2–1 | — | 4–5 | ||
| 4 | CSC Kassel | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 0.238 | 2 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | — |
Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Baden, Südwest and Württemberg:[7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | WMA | FCN | SKI | KOF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waldhof Mannheim | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2.800 | 8 | Advance tosemi-finals | — | 1–1 | 7–2 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2.500 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 8–0 | ||
| 3 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 6 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0.167 | 4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |
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 replacedAdmira Wien and SV Waldhof MannheimHamburger SV in comparison to 1939:[8]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 July 1940[9] | ||
| Schalke 04 | 3–1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| SK Rapid Wien | 1–2 aet | Dresdner SC |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 21 July 1940[10] | ||
| SK Rapid Wien | 4–4 aet | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 July 1940 | ||
| SK Rapid Wien | 5–2 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| Schalke 04 | 1 – 0 | Dresdner SC |
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