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1933 German football championship

Field	Value
title	German championship
year	1933
other_titles	Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
image	Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg
image_size	100px
caption	Replica of the Viktoria trophy
country	Germany
dates	7 May – 11 June
num_teams	16
winners	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1st German title
second	Schalke 04
matches	15
goals	76
scoring_leader	Karl Ehmer (6 goals)
prev_season	1932
next_season	1934

1st German title The 1933 German football championship, the 26th edition of the competition, ended with the first national title for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The title was won with a 3–0 win over Schalke 04. It was a replay of the Western German championship final, in which Schalke had defeated Fortuna 1–0 on 30 April 1933.

For both clubs it was their first appearance in the German final. While Fortuna only played one more after this, in 1936, for Schalke it was the first in its golden era, playing in every final until 1942, except the 1936 one. Fortuna became the first Champion from the industrial western part of Germany.

The 1933 final was played after the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany. After this season, the German league system was overhauled and instead of the regional championships as qualifying competitions, the 16 Gauligas were introduced.

To qualify for the national championship, a team needed to win or finish runners-up in one of the seven regional championships. On top of those 14 clubs, the two strongest regions, West and South were allowed to send a third team each. In the West, this was the local cup winner while in the South, the third placed team of the championship received this place.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional football championships:

SG Eintracht Frankfurt	Southern German 3rd placed team

Competition

Round of 16

14 May 1933	FC Schalke 04	–	BFC Viktoria 1889	4–1 (1–0)	Dortmund, Kampfbahn Rothe Erde

Quarter-finals

21 May 1933	TSV 1860 München	–	Beuthener SuSV	3–0 (2–0)	Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion

Semi-finals

28 May 1933	FC Schalke 04	–	TSV 1860 München	4–0 (1–0)	Leipzig, Stadion Probstheida

Final

The 1933 final saw Schalke as the favorite for the title, having already beaten Fortuna in the Western German championship in late April. In front of 60,000, 20,000 of those Fortuna supporters, the club, who had not conceded a goal in the previous three rounds and scored 16, scored the first goal in the tenth minute. Schalke never got into their rhythm and when Fortuna scored the third goal five minutes from the end, the game was decided.

It was the third time that the final was held in Cologne, after 1912 and 1931 and had the second-best attendance until then, only surpassed by the 1923 final, held in Hamburg in front of 64,000.

11 June 1933	Fortuna Düsseldorf	–	FC Schalke 04	3-0 (1–0)	Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion	60,000

Heinz Körner

Kurt Otto

Top scorers

The top scorer of the competition:

Name	Club	Goals
Karl Ehmer	Eintracht Frankfurt	6
Georg Hochgesang	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5
Paul Mehl	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5
Felix Zwolanowski	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5
August Möbs	Eintracht Frankfurt	4

References

Sources

Süddeutschlands Fussball in Tabellenform 1897–1988, by Ludolf Hyll, page 98 – German championship 1933
kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 – German championship

References

"(West) Germany -List of champions".
"FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief".
"Fortuna Düsseldorf » Steckbrief".
[http://www.schalke04.de/verein.html FC Schalke 04 website – History] {{Webarchive. link. (18 July 2011 {{in lang). de, accessed: 21 April 2009
"German championship 1934".
"German championship 1933".
[http://www2.fortuna-duesseldorf.de/pages/historie/sternstunden/meisterschaft-1933/index.htm Die deutsche Meisterschaft 1933] {{Webarchive. link. (19 July 2011 {{in lang). de Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1933 final, accessed: 21 April 2009
"Deutsche Meisterschaft 1932/1933 » Torschützenliste".

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