The1949–50 Oberliga was the fifth season of theOberliga, the first tier of thefootball league system inWest Germany. The league operated in six regional divisions,Berlin,North,South,Southwest (north and south) andWest. The five league champions and runners-up as well as the third and fourth placed teams in the West and South and the third placed team in the Southwest and North entered the1950 German football championship which was won byVfB Stuttgart. It was VfB Stuttgart's first-evernational championship.[2][3]
The 1949–50 season was the last with clubs fromEast Berlin in the Oberliga, withVfB Pankow andUnion Oberschöneweide leaving the league at the end of the season, therebyending unified German league football for the next four decades. Union Oberschöneweide was replaced by theWest Berlin clubUnion 06 Berlin, formed by former Oberschöneweide players who had moved to the West.[4]
For the Oberliga Südwest, covering the whole of theFrench occupation zone in Germany, it was the last season of the league being divided into two regional divisions, north and south. The clubs from the southern division re-joined the Southern German Football Association at the end of seasons with two clubs entering theOberliga Süd for the following season, three clubs the2. Oberliga Süd and the rest being relegated to the Amateurligas.[5]
A similar-named league, theDDR-Oberliga, existed inEast Germany, set at the first tier of theEast German football league system. The1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, the inaugural season of the league, was won byZSG Horch Zwickau.[6]
The 1949–50 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league,Hannover 96,Harburger TB andVfB Oldenburg, whileHolstein Kiel was re-admitted after initially having been forcibly relegated during the previous season. The league's top scorer wasAdolf Vetter of VfL Osnabrück with 28 goals, the third consecutive time he finished as top scorer.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hamburger SV | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 101 | 39 | +62 | 48 | Qualification toGerman championship |
2 | FC St. Pauli | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 39 | |
3 | VfL Osnabrück | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 38 | |
4 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 36 | |
5 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 36 | |
6 | Concordia Hamburg | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 65 | +7 | 36 | |
7 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 31 | |
8 | Eimsbütteler TV | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 30 | |
9 | VfB Oldenburg | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 30 | |
10 | TuS Bremerhaven 93 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 30 | |
11 | Holstein Kiel | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 28 | |
12 | Arminia Hannover | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 27 | |
13 | Göttingen 05 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 22 | |
14 | Bremer SV | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 21 | |
15 | VfB Lübeck(R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 20 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
16 | Harburger TB(R) | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 37 | 103 | −66 | 8 |
The 1949–50 season saw three new clubs promoted to the league,Hertha BSC Berlin,VfB Britz andTasmania 1900 Berlin. The league's top scorer wasHeinz Rogge of Union Oberschöneweide with 29 goals.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 35 | Qualification toGerman championship |
2 | Union Oberschöneweide | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 32 | Qualification toGerman championship & Withdrawn toDDR-Oberliga |
3 | Berliner SV 92 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 32 | |
4 | Alemannia 90 Berlin | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 30 | |
5 | Wacker 04 Berlin | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 22 | |
6 | BFC Südring | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 21 | |
7 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 20 | |
8 | VfB Pankow | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 18 | Withdrawn toDDR-Oberliga |
9 | Viktoria 89 Berlin | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 17 | |
10 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 16 | |
11 | VfB Britz | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 14 | |
12 | VfL Nord Berlin(R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 82 | −56 | 7 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
The 1949–50 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league,1. FC Köln,Arminia Bielefeld,FV Duisburg 08 andDuisburger SV. The league's top scorer wasAlfred Preißler of Borussia Dortmund with 24 goals.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 36 | +40 | 43 | Qualification toGerman championship |
2 | Preußen Dellbrück | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 39 | |
3 | Rot-Weiß Essen | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 38 | |
4 | STV Horst-Emscher | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 37 | |
5 | 1. FC Köln | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 37 | |
6 | FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 37 | |
7 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 34 | |
8 | Preußen Münster | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 28 | |
9 | Sportfreunde Hamborn | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 28 | |
10 | Duisburger SV | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 27 | |
11 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 27 | |
12 | Alemannia Aachen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 27 | |
13 | Rhenania Würselen(R) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 26 | Relegation to the2. Oberliga West |
14 | TSG Vohwinkel(R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 21 | |
15 | Arminia Bielefeld(R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 17 | |
16 | FV Duisburg 08(R) | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 66 | −37 | 14 |
The 1949–50 season saw four new clubs promoted to the league,VfR Kaiserslautern,ASV Landau,VfR Kirn andFV Engers. The league's top scorers wereWerner Baßler andOttmar Walter of 1. FC Kaiserslautern with 45 goals each, the highest total for the Oberliga's in 1949–50.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 157 | 24 | +133 | 54 | Qualification toGerman championship |
2 | Wormatia Worms | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 104 | 21 | +83 | 51 | |
3 | TuS Neuendorf | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 96 | 36 | +60 | 46 | Qualification to German championship play-offs |
4 | FK Pirmasens | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 45 | |
5 | Phönix Ludwigshafen | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 35 | |
6 | ASV Landau | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 31 | |
7 | VfL Neustadt | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 29 | |
8 | SpVgg Andernach | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 29 | |
9 | VfR Kaiserslautern | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 28 | |
10 | FV Engers | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 84 | −22 | 27 | |
11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 26 | |
12 | Eintracht Trier | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 22 | |
13 | SpVgg Weisenau(R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 97 | −47 | 16 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
14 | BSC Oppau(R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 83 | −51 | 15 | |
15 | FSV Kürenz(R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 108 | −65 | 13 | |
16 | VfR Kirn(R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 42 | 120 | −78 | 13 |
The 1949–50 season saw five new clubs promoted to the league,FV Kuppenheim,FV Lahr,SV TrossingenSV Hechingen andTV Ebingen. The division was disbanded at the end of the season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | SSV Reutlingen | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 46 | Qualification toGerman championship &Oberliga Süd |
2 | SV Tübingen(R) | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 41 | Relegation to2. Oberliga Süd & Qualification German championship play-offs |
3 | Freiburger FC(R) | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 41 | |
4 | FC Singen 04 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 40 | Qualification toOberliga Süd |
5 | VfL Konstanz(R) | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 36 | Relegation to2. Oberliga Süd |
6 | FV Kuppenheim(R) | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 62 | +4 | 36 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
7 | TV Ebingen(R) | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 34 | |
8 | FC Rastatt 04(R) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 33 | |
9 | FC 08 Villingen(R) | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 29 | |
10 | FV Lahr(R) | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 27 | |
11 | FV Offenburg(R) | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 27 | |
12 | SC Freiburg(R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 24 | |
13 | VfL Schwenningen(R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 21 | |
14 | VfB Friedrichshafen(R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 21 | |
15 | SV Trossingen(R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 18 | |
16 | SV Hechingen(R) | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 27 | 113 | −86 | 6 |
The winners of the two regional divisions of the Oberliga Südwest played a final to determine the league champion who was also directly qualified for the German championship:[7]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6–1 aet | SSV Reutlingen |
The runners-up of the two divisions determined the club who would face the loser of the championship final for the second place in the German championship:
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Wormatia Worms | 6–0 | SV Tübingen |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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SSV Reutlingen | 4–3 aet | Wormatia Worms |
The third-placed teams of the two divisions determined the club who would face the loser of the second-place final for the third place in the German championship:
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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TuS Neuendorf | 4–1 | Freiburger FC |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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TuS Neuendorf | 1–0 | Wormatia Worms |
The 1949–50 season saw two new clubs promoted to the league,SpVgg Fürth andJahn Regensburg. The league's top scorer wasHorst Schade of SpVgg Fürth with 21 goals.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | SpVgg Fürth | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 39 | +38 | 43 | Qualification toGerman championship |
2 | VfB Stuttgart(C) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 38 | |
3 | Kickers Offenbach | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 37 | |
4 | VfR Mannheim | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 34 | |
5 | FSV Frankfurt | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 34 | |
6 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 33 | |
7 | VfB Mühlburg | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 32 | |
8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 31 | |
9 | TSV 1860 München | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 31 | |
10 | BC Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 74 | −24 | 26 | |
11 | Schwaben Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 26 | |
12 | FC Schweinfurt 05 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 25 | |
13 | Bayern Munich | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 25 | |
14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 24 | |
15 | Jahn Regensburg(R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 22 | Relegation to the2. Oberliga Süd |
16 | Stuttgarter Kickers(R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 19 |
The 1950 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won byVfB Stuttgart, defeatingKickers Offenbach in the final. It was the last edition with sixteen clubs in the championship playing a knock-out format. From 1951 onwards the finals were played with eight clubs and in group stages.[8]