1951 German football championship

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]

1951 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	6 May – 30 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	1. FC Kaiserslautern 1st German title
Runner-up	Preußen Münster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	99 (3.96 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Werner Baßler Horst Eckel Adolf Kallenborn Konrad Winterstein (6 goals each)
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Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1950–51 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli	Oberliga Nord runners-up
Schalke 04	Oberliga West champions
Preußen Münster	Oberliga West runners-up
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
1. FC Nürnberg	Oberliga Süd champions
SpVgg Fürth	Oberliga Süd runners-up
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Oberliga 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.

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SpVgg Fürth

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)

Schalke 04 v FC St. Pauli

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)

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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

SpVgg Fürth v Schalke 04

13 May 1951	SpVgg Fürth	0 – 0	Schalke 04	Fürth
				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 22,000

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Schalke 04

20 May 1951	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Schalke 04	Ludwigshafen
	Baßler   5'			Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 70,000

SpVgg Fürth v FC St. Pauli

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

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC St. Pauli

27 May 1951	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 0	FC St. Pauli	Ludwigshafen
	Eckel   15', 30'			Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 30,000

Schalke 04 v SpVgg Fürth

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)

SpVgg Fürth v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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)

FC St. Pauli v Schalke 04

3 June 1951	FC St. Pauli	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Hamburg
			Dargaschewski   13'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 12,000

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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)

FC St. Pauli v SpVgg Fürth

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.

Hamburger SV v TeBe Berlin

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)

1. FC Nürnberg v Preußen Münster

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)

TeBe Berlin v 1. FC Nürnberg

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)

Preußen Münster v Hamburger SV

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)

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Nürnberg

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)

Preußen Münster v TeBe Berlin

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)

Hamburger SV v Preußen Münster

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)

1. FC Nürnberg v TeBe Berlin

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)

TeBe Berlin v Hamburger SV

3 June 1951	TeBe Berlin	0 – 1	Hamburger SV	Berlin
			Adamkiewicz   84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Reinhardt (Stuttgart)

Preußen Münster v 1. FC Nürnberg

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)

TeBe Berlin v Preußen Münster

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)

1. FC Nürnberg v Hamburger SV

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

30 June 1951

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1	Preußen Münster
O.Walter   61', 74'		Gerritzen   47'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: A.Reinhardt

1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN: GK   Karl Adam DF   Werner Liebrich DF   Werner Kohlmeyer DF   Helmut Rasch MF   Ernst Liebrich MF   Heinz Jergens MF   Horst Eckel MF   Fritz Walter FW   Bernhard Fuchs FW   Werner Baßler FW   Ottmar Walter Manager:   Richard Schneider

PREUSSEN MUNSTER: GK   Otto Mierzowski DF   Kurt Pohnke DF   Rolf Lezgus DF   Walter Lesch DF   Alois Schulte MF   Rudolf Schulz MF   Josef Rickmann FW   Alfred Preißler FW   Josef Lammers FW   Felix Gerritzen FW   Sigi Rachuba Manager:   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

External links

• 1950-51 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1951 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1951 at Fussballdaten.de