1941 German Supercup

The 1941 German Supercup, known as the Herausforderungskampf (English: Challenge Match), was an unofficial edition of the German Supercup, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's German football championship and Tschammerpokal competitions.

1941 Herausforderungskampf

Deutscher Supercup
Match programme cover
Event	German Supercup
Dresdner SC Schalke 04 4 2
Date	16 March 1941 (1941-03-16)
Venue	DSC-Stadion, Dresden
Attendance	40,000

The match was played at the DSC-Stadion in Dresden, and contested by 1940 German football champions Schalke 04 and cup winners Dresdner SC. Dresden won the match 4–2 to claim the unofficial title.^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification
Dresdner SC	1940 Tschammerpokal winners
Schalke 04	1940 German champions

Match

Details

16 March 1941 (1941-03-16)

Dresdner SC	4–2	Schalke 04
5'	Report	Kuzorra 7' Burdenski 64'

DSC-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 40,000

Dresdner SC

Schalke 04

GK Willibald Kreß RB Karl Miller LB Heinz Hempel RH Herbert Pohl CH Walter Dzur LH Helmut Schubert OR Emanuel Boczek IR Heinz Schaffer CF Helmut Schön IL Fritz Machate OL Gustav Carstens Manager: Georg Köhler

GK Hans Klodt RB Heinz Hinz LB Otto Schweisfurth RH Rudolf Gellesch CH Otto Tibulski LH Bernhard Füller OR Herbert Burdenski IR Fritz Szepan CF Hermann Eppenhoff IL Ernst Kuzorra OL Willi Schuh Manager: Otto Faist

See also

• 1941 German football championship
• 1941 Tschammerpokal