1952 German football championship (original) (raw)

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Football tournament season

1952 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country West Germany
Dates 27 April – 22 June
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions VfB Stuttgart2nd German title
Runner-up 1. FC Saarbrücken
Tournament statistics
Matches played 25
Goals scored 113 (4.52 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Konrad Winterstein (7 goals)
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The 1952 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the West Germany in 1951–52. VfB Stuttgart were crowned champions for the second time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the championship in 1950.[1][2]

The teams qualified through the 1951–52 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
VfL Osnabrück Oberliga Nord runners-up
Rot-Weiss Essen Oberliga West champions
Schalke 04 Oberliga West runners-up
Tennis Borussia Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions
1. FC Saarbrücken Oberliga Südwest champions
VfB Stuttgart Oberliga Süd champions
1. FC Nürnberg Oberliga Süd runners-up
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification FCS FCN HSV S04
1 1. FC Saarbrücken 6 4 0 2 17 13 1.308 8 Advance to final 3–1 3–0 4–1
2 1. FC Nürnberg 6 3 1 2 18 13 1.385 7 5–2 4–0 4–2
3 Hamburger SV 6 3 0 3 16 15 1.067 6 4–1 4–2 8–2
4 Schalke 04 6 1 1 4 12 22 0.545 3 2–4 2–2 3–0

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification VFB RWE OSN TBB
1 VfB Stuttgart 6 3 2 1 14 8 1.750 8 Advance to final 5–3 3–1 3–0
2 Rot-Weiss Essen 6 3 0 3 14 15 0.933 6 3–2 2–0 2–4
3 VfL Osnabrück 6 2 1 3 9 9 1.000 5 0–0 3–2 4–0
4 Tennis Borussia Berlin 6 2 1 3 8 13 0.615 5 1–1 1–2 2–1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

STUTTGART: Germany Karl Bögelein Germany Rolf Krauß Germany Richard Steimle Germany Erich Retter Germany Robert Schlienz Germany Leo Kronenbitter Germany Karl Barufka Germany Roland Wehrle Germany Konrad Schreiner Germany Rolf Blessing Germany Otto Baitinger Manager: Germany Georg Wurzer SAARBRÜCKEN: Saar Protectorate Erwin Strempel Saar Protectorate Theodor Puff Saar Protectorate Waldemar Philippi Saar Protectorate Nikolaus Biewer Saar Protectorate Karl Berg Saar Protectorate Werner Otto Saar Protectorate Peter Momber Saar Protectorate Peter Krieger Saar Protectorate Herbert Martin Saar Protectorate Herbert Binkert Saar Protectorate Jakob Balzert Manager:
  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 21 December 2015
  2. ^ VfB Stuttgart » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – VfB Stuttgart honours, accessed: 21 December 2015