1951 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates6 May – 30 June
Teams8
Final positions
Champions1. FC Kaiserslautern
1st German title
Runner-upPreußen Münster
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored99 (3.96 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Werner Baßler
Horst Eckel
Adolf Kallenborn
Konrad Winterstein
(6 goals each)

The 1951 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the West Germany in 1950–51. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final.[1][2]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1950–51 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
FC St. PauliOberliga Nord runners-up
Schalke 04Oberliga West champions
Preußen MünsterOberliga West runners-up
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
1. FC NürnbergOberliga Süd champions
SpVgg FürthOberliga Süd runners-up
Tennis Borussia BerlinOberliga Berlin champions

Competition

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification FCK S04 FUE STP
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 4 1 1 14 8 1.750 9 Advance to final 1–0 2–2 2–0
2 Schalke 04 6 3 1 2 7 6 1.167 7 3–2 2–1 1–2
3 SpVgg Fürth 6 1 2 3 8 9 0.889 4 1–3 0–0 4–1
4 FC St. Pauli 6 2 0 4 6 12 0.500 4 2–4 0–1 1–0
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
6 May 1951 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 – 2 SpVgg Fürth Ludwigshafen
Eckel 13', 71' Helbig 47'
Nöth 65'
Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kormannshaus (Gohfeld)
6 May 1951 Schalke 04 1 – 2 FC St. Pauli Gelsenkirchen
Kleina 36' Haß 53'
Kruppa 80'
Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zacher (Berlin)
13 May 1951 FC St. Pauli 2 – 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hamburg
Boller 30' (pen.)
Kruppa 81'
Baßler 10', 17'
Wanger 80'
F. Walter 88'
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 30,000
13 May 1951 SpVgg Fürth 0 – 0 Schalke 04 Fürth
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 22,000
20 May 1951 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 – 0 Schalke 04 Ludwigshafen
Baßler 5' Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 70,000
20 May 1951 SpVgg Fürth 4 – 1 FC St. Pauli Fürth
Appis 30'
Schade 45', 46', 82'
Haß 66' Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 23,000
27 May 1951 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 – 0 FC St. Pauli Ludwigshafen
Eckel 15', 30' Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 30,000
27 May 1951 Schalke 04 2 – 1 SpVgg Fürth Gelsenkirchen
Matzkowski 43' (pen.)
Kleina 83'
Appis 72' (pen.) Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)
3 June 1951 SpVgg Fürth 1 – 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Fürth
Appis 39' Baßler 18', 63'
Eckel 20'
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Nettekoven (Bonn)
3 June 1951 FC St. Pauli 0 – 1 Schalke 04 Hamburg
Dargaschewski 13' Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
10 June 1951 Schalke 04 3 – 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gelsenkirchen
Malinowski 16', 75'
Eppenhoff 88'
Baßler 3'
Eckel 8'
Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Skuballa (Hamburg)
10 June 1951 FC St. Pauli 1 – 0 SpVgg Fürth Hamburg
Beck 13' Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 4,000

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification PRM FCN HSV TBB
1 Preußen Münster 6 4 0 2 22 16 1.375 8 Advance to final 6–4 3–1 2–3
2 1. FC Nürnberg 6 4 0 2 17 13 1.308 8 1–2 4–1 3–1
3 Hamburger SV 6 3 0 3 12 12 1.000 6 5–1 1–2 3–2
4 Tennis Borussia Berlin 6 1 0 5 10 20 0.500 2 2–8 2–3 0–1
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
6 May 1951 Hamburger SV 3 – 2 TeBe Berlin Hamburg
Woitkowiak 49'
Spundflasche 71'
Adamkiewicz 79'
Schmutzler 16'
Graf 84'
Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Pennig (Mannheim)
6 May 1951 1. FC Nürnberg 1 – 2 Preußen Münster Nuremberg
Brenzke 56' (pen.) Lammers 18'
Preißler 40'
Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)
13 May 1951 TeBe Berlin 2 – 3 1. FC Nürnberg Berlin
Berndt 41'
Wilde 60' (pen.)
Brenzke 42'
Winterstein 45'
Kallenborn 69'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Skuballa (Hamburg)
13 May 1951 Preußen Münster 3 – 1 Hamburger SV Münster
Preißler 29'
Lammers 59'
Weghorst 87'
Rohrberg 78' Stadium: Preußenstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Dusch (Kaiserslautern)
20 May 1951 Hamburger SV 1 – 2 1. FC Nürnberg Hamburg
Adamkiewicz 65' Winterstein 9'
Herbolsheimer 32'
Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Nettekoven (Bonn)
20 May 1951 Preußen Münster 2 – 3 TeBe Berlin Münster
Weghorst 50'
Preißler 71'
Schulz 35' (o.g.)
Schmutzler 85'
Berndt 88'
Stadium: Preußenstadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)
27 May 1951 Hamburger SV 5 – 1 Preußen Münster Hamburg
Woitkowiak 39', 81'
Harden 60', 79'
Ebeling 89'
Gerritzen 48' Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Schmetzer (Mannheim)
27 May 1951 1. FC Nürnberg 3 – 1 TeBe Berlin Nuremberg
Kallenborn 30'
Winterstein 55'
Brenzke 89' (pen.)
Graf 33' Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Kormannshaus (Gohfeld)
3 June 1951 TeBe Berlin 0 – 1 Hamburger SV Berlin
Adamkiewicz 84' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Reinhardt (Stuttgart)
3 June 1951 Preußen Münster 6 – 4 1. FC Nürnberg Münster
Preißler 14'
Rachuba 25', 63'
Gerritzen 32', 51'
Lammers 50'
Winterstein 10', 81'
Morlock 15'
Kallenborn 83'
Stadium: Preußenstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Zimmermann (Göttingen)
10 June 1951 TeBe Berlin 2 – 8 Preußen Münster Berlin
Schmutzler 4'
Pohnke 25' (o.g.)
Schulz 30'
Lammers 57', 77'
Preißler 72'
Rachuba 79', 88'
Warstat 81' (o.g.)
Gerritzen 87'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bernbeck (Frankfurt)
10 June 1951 1. FC Nürnberg 4 – 1 Hamburger SV Nuremberg
Kallenborn 12', 25', 27'
Winterstein 34'
Harden 51' Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Wershoven (Euskirchen)

Final

1. FC Kaiserslautern2 – 1Preußen Münster
O.Walter 61', 74' Gerritzen 47'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: A.Reinhardt
1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN:
GKGermany Karl Adam
DFGermany Werner Liebrich
DFGermany Werner Kohlmeyer
DFGermany Helmut Rasch
MFGermany Ernst Liebrich
MFGermany Heinz Jergens
MFGermany Horst Eckel
MFGermany Fritz Walter
FWGermany Bernhard Fuchs
FWGermany Werner Baßler
FWGermany Ottmar Walter
Manager:
Germany Richard Schneider
PREUSSEN MUNSTER:
GKGermany Otto Mierzowski
DFGermany Kurt Pohnke
DFGermany Rolf Lezgus
DFGermany Walter Lesch
DFGermany Alois Schulte
MFGermany Rudolf Schulz
MFGermany Josef Rickmann
FWGermany Alfred Preißler
FWGermany Josef Lammers
FWGermany Felix Gerritzen
FWGermany Sigi Rachuba
Manager:
Germany Willi Multhaup

References

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