1950 German football championship

The 1950 German football championship, the 40th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1949–50 football season in Germany. VfB Stuttgart won their first championship in a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the third championship after the end of World War II.^[1][2][3]

1950 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	21 May – 25 June
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	VfB Stuttgart 1st German title
Runners-up	Kickers Offenbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	66 (3.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Herbert Wojtkowiak (5 goals)
← 1949 1951 →

VfB Stuttgart appeared in their second final, having lost to Schalke 04 in 1935. Losing finalists Kickers Offenbach appeared in a championship final for the first time.

For the first time 16 teams competed for the title, including the runners-up of the Berlin championship. However, East German side Union Oberschöneweide did not receive a travel permit, like SG Planitz two years earlier. Their players nevertheless traveled to Kiel to play Hamburger SV and eventually founded SC Union 06 Berlin. Originally, the first three teams from the DDR-Oberliga had been slated to appear in the championship, but the two football associations eventually could not agree on a mode of play and their places were given to West German Oberliga sides.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
FC St. Pauli	Oberliga Nord runners-up
VfL Osnabrück	Oberliga Nord 3rd place
Borussia Dortmund	Oberliga West champions
Preußen Dellbrück	Oberliga West runners-up
Rot-Weiss Essen	Oberliga West 3rd place
STV Horst-Emscher	Oberliga West 4th place
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest champions
SSV Reutlingen 05	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
TuS Koblenz	Oberliga Südwest 3rd place
SpVgg Fürth	Oberliga Süd champions
VfB Stuttgart	Oberliga Süd runners-up
Kickers Offenbach	Oberliga Süd 3rd place
VfR Mannheim	Oberliga Süd 4th place
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Stadtliga Berlin champions
Union Oberschöneweide	Stadtliga Berlin runners-up

Competition

Round of 16

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiss Essen

21 May 1950	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 2 a.e.t.	Rot-Weiss Essen	Karlsruhe
	F.Walter 43', 70'		Abromeit 20' Termath 87'	Stadium: Mühlburger Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

SpVgg Fürth v STV Horst-Emscher

21 May 1950	SpVgg Fürth	3 – 2	STV Horst-Emscher	Worms
	Schade 43' Hoffmann 62', 85'		Klodt 17' Zielinski 29'	Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rannersmann (Bremen)

Preußen Dellbrück v SSV Reutlingen

21 May 1950	Preußen Dellbrück	1 – 0 a.e.t.	SSV Reutlingen	Koblenz
	Severin 113'			Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Szymalek (Berlin)

Borussia Dortmund v VfR Mannheim

21 May 1950	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 3	VfR Mannheim	Gladbeck
	Kasperski 32'		de la Vigne 41', 70' Löttke 64'	Stadium: Stadion Gladbeck Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Osnabrück

21 May 1950	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	VfL Osnabrück	Cologne
	Guhre 35' (o.g.) Baitinger 83'		Vetter 5'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rosenkranz (Gelsenkirchen)

Kickers Offenbach v TeBe Berlin

21 May 1950	Kickers Offenbach	3 – 1	TeBe Berlin	Munich
	Kaufhold 19', 51' Buhtz 63'		Berndt 83'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Berndt (Düsseldorf)

FC St. Pauli v TuS Neuendorf

21 May 1950	FC St. Pauli	4 – 0	TuS Neuendorf	Hanover
	Kruppa 22', 85' Sump 54' Beck 80'			Stadium: Stadion der Hauptstadt Hannover Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ruhmann (Regensburg)

Hamburger SV v Union 06 Berlin

28 May 1950	Hamburger SV	7 – 0	Union 06 Berlin	Kiel
	Woitkowiak 1', 47', 60', 72' Rohrberg 18' Adamkiewicz 29', 31'			Stadium: VfB-Platz Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fink (Frankfurt)

Replay

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiss Essen

29 May 1950	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Rot-Weiss Essen	Cologne
	Baßler 55' F.Walter 70' O.Walter 116'		Kleina 31' Termath 36'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gabriel (Hanover)

Quarter-finals

4 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart	5 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schlienz 14' Bühler 42' Läpple 52' Blessing 75' Baitinger 78'		O.Walter 50', 83'

Club-Stadion im Zabo, Nuremberg

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Hamm (Eschweiler)

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4 June 1950

SpVgg Fürth	2 – 1	FC St. Pauli
Brenzke 36' (pen.) Nöth 45'		Zimmermann 48'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hoppe (Berlin)

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4 June 1950

Kickers Offenbach	3 – 2	Hamburger SV
Buhtz 61' Wirsching 81' Weber 88'		Adamkiewicz 4' Woitkowiak 6'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Witthaus (Duisburg)

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4 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück	2 – 1	VfR Mannheim
Severin 49' Drost 75'		de la Vigne 63'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Liebig (Berlin)

Semi-finals

11 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart	4 – 1	SpVgg Fürth
Bühler 34', 57' Blessing 39' Läpple 75'		Schade 11'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Schmetzer

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11 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück	0 – 0	Kickers Offenbach

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Burmeister (Hamburg)

Replay

18 June 1950

Preußen Dellbrück	0 – 3	Kickers Offenbach
		Kaufhold 1' Baas 73' Weber 74'

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Heuck (Kiel)

Final

25 June 1950

VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	Kickers Offenbach
Läpple 17' Bühler 27'		Buhtz 47'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 95,051

Referee: Hunting

VFB STUTTGART   Otto Schmid   Josef Ledl   Richard Steimle   Erich Retter   Erwin Läpple   Robert Schlienz   Ernst Otterbach   Karl Barufka   Otto Baitinger   Walter Bühler   Rolf Blessing Manager: Georg Wurzer

KICKERS OFFENBACH   Josef Schepper   Willi Magel   Ferdinand Emberger   Heinrich Baas   Kurt Schreiner   Gerhard Kaufhold   Horst Buhtz   Albert Wirsching   Wilhelm Weber   Anton Picard   Willi Keim Manager: Paul Oßwald