1953–54 in German football

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The 1953–54 season was the 44th season of competitive football in Germany.

National teams

West Germany national football team

Main article: West Germany national football team

1954 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
Group 1
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 1)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany (Q) 4 3 1 0 12 3 +9 7 Qualification to World Cup — 3–0 5–1
2  Saar 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 3 1–3 — 0–0
3  Norway 4 0 2 2 4 9 −5 2 1–1 2–3 —
Source: [citation needed]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 August 1953 1954 World Cup Q Norway  1–1  West Germany Oslo, Norway
Hennum 41' Report F. Walter 44' Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 32,266
Referee: Netherlands W. B. Aussum
11 October 1953 1954 World Cup Q West Germany  3–0  Saar Stuttgart, Germany
 Report Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Netherlands Karel van der Meer
22 November 1953 1954 World Cup Q West Germany  5–1  Norway Hamburg, Germany
 Report Nordahl 26' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: England Archer Luty
28 March 1954 1954 World Cup Q Saar  1–3  West Germany Saarbrücken, Saarland
Martin 67' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Netherlands Jan Bronkhorst

1954 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 2 2 0 0 17 3 +14 4 Advance to the knockout stage
2  West Germany 2 1 0 1 7 9 −2 2[a]
3  Turkey 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 2[a]
4  South Korea 2 0 0 2 0 16 −16 0
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second place decided over through play-off: West Germany 7–2 Turkey.

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 June 1954 Group 2 West Germany  4–1  Turkey Bern, Switzerland
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Mamat 2' Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Portugal José da Costa Vieira
20 June 1954 Group 2 Hungary  8–3  West Germany Basel, Switzerland
16:50 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: England William Ling
23 June 1954 Group 2 play-off West Germany  7–2  Turkey Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Hardturm Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: France Raymond Vincenti
27 June 1954 Quarter-final West Germany  2–0  Yugoslavia Geneva, Switzerland
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Hungary István Zsolt
30 June 1954 Semi-final West Germany  6–1  Austria Basel
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Probst 51' Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Italy Vincenzo Orlandini
Final
West Germany 3–2 Hungary
 Report
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland
Attendance: 62,500
Referee: England William Ling
West Germany[1]
Hungary[1]
GK 1 Toni Turek
RB 7 Josef Posipal
CB 10 Werner Liebrich
LB 3 Werner Kohlmeyer
HB 6 Horst Eckel
HB 8 Karl Mai
IR 13 Max Morlock
IL 16 Fritz Walter (c)
OR 12 Helmut Rahn
CF 15 Ottmar Walter
OL 20 Hans Schäfer
Manager:
Sepp Herberger
GK 1 Gyula Grosics
RB 2 Jenő Buzánszky
CB 3 Gyula Lóránt
LB 4 Mihály Lantos
HB 5 József Bozsik
HB 6 József Zakariás
RW 11 Zoltán Czibor
AM 9 Nándor Hidegkuti
LW 20 Mihály Tóth
CF 8 Sándor Kocsis
CF 10 Ferenc Puskás (c)
Manager:
Gusztáv Sebes

Assistant referees:
Italy Vincenzo Orlandini
Wales Sandy Griffiths

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 April 1954 Friendly Switzerland  3–5  West Germany Basel, Switzerland
 Report
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 51,864
Referee: Wales Benjamin Griffith

League season

Main article: 1953–54 Oberliga

Oberliga Nord

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Eintracht Braunschweig and Victoria Hamburg, both promoted from the Amateurliga.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hannover 96 (C) 30 20 6 4 64 26 +38 46 Qualification to German championship
2 FC St. Pauli 30 16 7 7 65 37 +28 39
3 FC Altona 93 30 13 6 11 68 59 +9 32
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 12 8 10 57 58 −1 32
5 Werder Bremen 30 13 5 12 53 43 +10 31
6 Arminia Hannover 30 12 5 13 78 77 +1 29
7 TuS Bremerhaven 93 30 11 7 12 53 55 −2 29
8 Eimsbütteler TV 30 11 7 12 51 55 −4 29
9 Holstein Kiel 30 10 9 11 50 68 −18 29
10 Göttingen 05 30 10 8 12 43 48 −5 28
11 Hamburger SV 30 12 8 10 77 58 +19 28[a]
12 VfL Osnabrück 30 11 5 14 48 46 +2 27
13 Bremer SV 30 11 5 14 44 56 −12 27
14 Harburger TB 30 10 6 14 43 60 −17 26
15 VfB Lübeck (R) 30 7 9 14 33 59 −26 23 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 Victoria Hamburg (R) 30 7 8 15 28 50 −22 22
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hamburger SV deducted four points for illegal payments to player Willi Schröder.[2]

Oberliga Berlin

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Kickers 1900 Berlin and Hertha Zehlendorf, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Berliner SV 92 22 15 4 3 58 29 +29 34 Qualification to German championship
2 Minerva 93 Berlin 22 14 3 5 59 40 +19 31
3 Union 06 Berlin 22 12 6 4 45 30 +15 30
4 Spandauer SV 22 12 3 7 45 35 +10 27
5 Alemannia 90 Berlin 22 11 4 7 44 36 +8 26
6 Tennis Borussia Berlin 22 8 8 6 38 30 +8 24
7 Viktoria 89 Berlin 22 9 3 10 51 42 +9 21
8 BFC Nordstern 22 7 5 10 34 40 −6 19
9 Wacker 04 Berlin 22 6 5 11 29 36 −7 17
10 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 22 5 6 11 39 47 −8 16
11 Hertha Zehlendorf (R) 22 4 6 12 23 50 −27 14 Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
12 Kickers 1900 Berlin (R) 22 0 5 17 19 69 −50 5
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga West

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Rheydter SV and VfL Bochum, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln 30 17 7 6 83 43 +40 41 Qualification to German championship
2 Rot-Weiss Essen 30 19 2 9 75 49 +26 40
3 FC Schalke 04 30 16 7 7 76 51 +25 39
4 Preußen Münster 30 11 11 8 60 54 +6 33
5 Borussia Dortmund 30 14 4 12 69 58 +11 32
6 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 30 13 5 12 72 53 +19 31
7 Bayer Leverkusen 30 13 5 12 58 67 −9 31
8 VfL Bochum 30 13 5 12 50 58 −8 31
9 Alemannia Aachen 30 12 4 14 59 59 0 28
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 12 3 15 53 49 +4 27
11 Meidericher SV 30 9 9 12 46 55 −9 27
12 Borussia München-Gladbach 30 10 7 13 56 73 −17 27
13 Preußen Dellbrück 30 10 7 13 41 55 −14 27
14 SV Sodingen 30 11 4 15 46 56 −10 26
15 Rheydter SV (R) 30 9 2 19 45 76 −31 20 Relegation to 2. Oberliga West
16 STV Horst-Emscher (R) 30 7 6 17 43 76 −33 20
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Südwest

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, ASV Landau and VfR Frankenthal, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 26 0 4 139 33 +106 52 Qualification to German championship
2 FK Pirmasens 30 24 3 3 73 30 +43 51
3 TuS Neuendorf 30 18 3 9 85 51 +34 39
4 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 16 3 11 80 62 +18 35
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 14 6 10 80 53 +27 34
6 Phönix Ludwigshafen 30 14 6 10 49 55 −6 34
7 FSV Mainz 05 30 13 5 12 61 50 +11 31
8 Borussia Neunkirchen 30 12 4 14 58 54 +4 28
9 VfR Frankenthal 30 9 9 12 38 45 −7 27
10 Eintracht Trier 30 12 2 16 57 66 −9 26
11 Wormatia Worms 30 10 6 14 53 68 −15 26
12 TuRa Ludwigshafen 30 10 4 16 52 65 −13 24
13 FV Speyer 30 10 2 18 35 80 −45 22
14 VfR Kaiserslautern 30 9 3 18 41 69 −28 21
15 ASV Landau (R) 30 6 5 19 27 93 −66 17 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest
16 VfR Kirn (R) 30 4 5 21 34 83 −49 13
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Süd

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg and KSV Hessen Kassel, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart 30 18 7 5 64 39 +25 43 Qualification to German championship
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 17 8 5 70 31 +39 42
3 Kickers Offenbach 30 16 9 5 70 38 +32 41
4 1. FC Nürnberg 30 15 8 7 71 44 +27 38
5 Karlsruher SC 30 14 7 9 61 53 +8 35
6 Jahn Regensburg 30 14 5 11 42 48 −6 33
7 FSV Frankfurt 30 11 8 11 60 56 +4 30
8 FC Schweinfurt 05 30 12 4 14 53 50 +3 28
9 FC Bayern Munich 30 9 10 11 42 46 −4 28
10 VfR Mannheim 30 9 9 12 62 71 −9 27
11 SpVgg Fürth 30 9 8 13 42 54 −12 26
12 BC Augsburg 30 11 3 16 52 66 −14 25
13 KSV Hessen Kassel 30 9 5 16 54 74 −20 23
14 Stuttgarter Kickers 30 8 5 17 63 79 −16 21
15 SV Waldhof Mannheim (R) 30 5 10 15 47 66 −19 20 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd
16 Viktoria Aschaffenburg (R) 30 8 4 18 44 82 −38 20
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

German championship

Main article: 1954 German football championship

The 1954 German football championship was contested by the six qualified Oberliga teams and won by Hannover 96, defeating 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the final. The six clubs played single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of three. The two group winners then advanced to the final.[3]

Group 1

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification H96 VFB BSV
1 Hannover 96 2 2 0 0 5 2 2.500 4 Advance to final — 3–1 —
2 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 4 3 1.333 2 — — 3–0
3 Berliner SV 2 0 0 2 1 5 0.200 0 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification FCK KOE SGE
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 2 0 0 5 3 1.667 4 Advance to final — 4–3 1–0
2 1. FC Köln 2 1 0 1 6 6 1.000 2 — — 3–2
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 0 2 2 4 0.500 0 — — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Final

Hannover 965–11. FC Kaiserslautern
 Report Eckel 13'
Attendance: 76,000
HANNOVER:
GK Germany Hans Krämer
DF Germany Hannes Kirk
DF Germany Helmut Geruschke
DF Germany Heinz Bothe
MF Germany Werner Müller
MF Germany Rolf Gehrcke
FW Germany Klemens Zielinski
FW Germany Heinz Wewetzer
FW Germany Hannes Tkotz
FW Germany Rolf Paetz
FW Germany Helmut Kruhl
Manager:
Germany Helmut Kronsbein
KAISERSLAUTERN:
GK Germany Willi Hölz
DF Germany Werner Liebrich
DF Germany Werner Kohlmeyer
DF Germany Werner Baßler
MF Germany Fritz Walter
MF Germany Otto Render
MF Germany Horst Eckel
FW Germany Willi Wenzel
FW Germany Karl Wanger
FW Germany Ottmar Walter
FW Germany Erwin Scheffler
Manager:
Germany Richard Schneider

DFB–Pokal

Main article: 1953–54 DFB-Pokal

The 1953–54 DFB-Pokal consisted eight teams competing in three rounds of a knockout tournament.[4] VfB Stuttgart became champions by defeating 1. FC Köln 1–0 in the final.[5]

Sources

  1. ^ a b Sebes, Gusztáv (1955). "A döntőmérkőzés taktikája" [The final match tactics]. A magyar labdarúgás [The Hungarian Football] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Sport Lap- és Könyvkiadó. pp. 361–363 ([1], [2]). ASIN B0018CL3XW.
  2. ^ Oberliga Nord 1953/54 (in German) hsv-history.de, accessed: 21 December 2015
  3. ^ Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1953/1954 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 21 December 2015
  4. ^ "DFB-Pokal 1953/54". fussballdaten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Die Spielstatistik VfB Stuttgart - 1. FC Köln". fussballdaten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.