1955 German football championship (original) (raw)

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Football tournament season

1955 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country West Germany
Dates 4 May – 26 June
Teams 9
Final positions
Champions Rot-Weiss Essen1st German title
Runner-up 1. FC Kaiserslautern
European Cup Rot-Weiss Essen
Tournament statistics
Matches played 29
Goals scored 107 (3.69 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Franz Islacker (10 goals)
19541956

The 1955 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in West Germany in 1954-55. Rot-Weiss Essen were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final.

It was Rot-Weiss Essen's first (and only) appearance in the German final, while Kaiserslautern were making their fifth appearance. It was also the fourth time Kaiserlautern had reached the final in five years, following their championship wins in 1951 and 1953, and their defeat in 1954.

The format used to determine the German champions was different from that which was used in the 1954 season. Nine teams qualified for the tournament, with those who qualified as a runner-up having to play qualifying matches. The remaining eight teams were split into two groups of four, and played two rounds of matches with games played home and away. The two group winners then played the national final.

The teams qualified through the 1954–55 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
Bremerhaven 93 Oberliga Nord runners-up
Rot-Weiss Essen Oberliga West champions
SV Sodingen Oberliga West runners-up
Viktoria 89 Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest champions
VfR Wormatia Worms Oberliga Südwest runners-up
Kickers Offenbach Oberliga Süd champions
SSV Reutlingen 05 Oberliga Süd runners-up

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification FCK HSV SOD V89
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 3 3 0 20 8 2.500 9 Advance to final 2–2 2–2 10–0
2 Hamburger SV 6 3 2 1 8 5 1.600 8 1–2 1–0 1–0
3 SV Sodingen 6 2 3 1 13 9 1.444 7 2–2 1–1 5–1
4 Viktoria Berlin 6 0 0 6 4 23 0.174 0 1–2 0–2 2–3

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification RWE B93 KOF W08
1 Rot-Weiss Essen 6 4 2 0 16 5 3.200 10 Advance to final 4–0 4–1 1–1
2 Bremerhaven 93 6 2 2 2 5 10 0.500 6 1–1 2–0 1–0
3 Kickers Offenbach 6 2 0 4 11 12 0.917 4 1–3 4–0 5–2
4 Wormatia Worms 6 1 2 3 6 11 0.545 4 1–3 1–1 1–0

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

ROT-WEISS ESSEN: GK Germany Fritz Herkenrath DF Germany Heinz Wewers DF Germany Willi Köchling DF Germany Joachim Jänisch MF Germany Paul Jahnel MF Germany Willi Grewer FW Germany August Gottschalk FW Germany Bernhard Termath FW Netherlands Johannes Röhrig FW Germany Helmut Rahn FW Germany Franz Islacker Manager: Germany Fritz Szepan KAISERSLAUTERN: GK Germany Willi Hölz DF Germany Werner Baßler DF Germany Werner Mangold DF Germany Werner Liebrich DF Germany Werner Kohlmeyer MF Germany Otto Render MF Germany Fritz Walter MF Germany Horst Eckel FW Germany Willi Wenzel FW Germany Karl Wanger FW Germany Erwin Scheffler Manager: Germany Richard Schneider