German football championship 1907/08

German football championship 1907/08
master	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89
Teams	8th
Games	7th
Gates	33  (ø 4.71 per game)
Top scorer	Willi Worpitzky (6 goals)
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The sixth German football championship was held from May 3 to June 7, 1908. Viktoria 89 Berlin secured the championship in the final in Tempelhof near Berlin with a 3-1 win against the Stuttgarter Kickers .

As the penultimate of the German regional associations , the Baltic Lawn Sports Association was founded in 1907 and in this season VfB Königsberg was determined as champions . The entire area of ​​the Reich was now divided into eight regions; a division that was to last until 1911.

Attendees

Scene from the final between Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89 and FC Stuttgarter Cickers , which Viktoria finally won 3-1.

Eight teams were eligible to participate, and for the first time a Northeast German representative also took part in the final round. As in the previous year, the Berlin-Brandenburg region was again represented by only one team. In a playoff between the champions of the two rival regional associations, Viktoria 89 Berlin ( Association of Berliner Ballspielvereine ) won 4: 3 against Berlin FC Norden-Nordwest ( Märkischer Fußball-Bund ). The newly founded third Berlin football association, the “ Berliner Ballspiel-Bund ”, was not given the opportunity to send a representative to the final round.

society	Qualified as
VfB Koenigsberg	Champion of the Baltic Lawn Sports Association
VfR 1897 Breslau	Champion of the Southeast German Football Association
Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	Master of the Association of Berlin Ball Game Clubs
Wacker Leipzig	Master of the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs
FC Eintracht from 1895	Champion of the North German Football Association
Duisburg SpV	Master of the West German Game Association
Freiburg FC	Defending champion
Stuttgart Cickers	Master of the Association of South German Football Associations

Quarter finals

date		Result		Stadion
May 3, 1908	Freiburg FC	canceled	FC Stuttgarter Cickers	Pforzheim , 1st FCP place on the Weiherwiesen
May 3, 1908	VfR 1897 Breslau	1: 3 (1: 0)	FC Wacker Leipzig	Breslau , VfR-Platz on Kürassierstrasse
May 3, 1908	VfB Koenigsberg	0: 7 (0: 5)	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	Koenigsberg , Walter-Simon-Platz
May 3, 1908	FC Eintracht 95 Braunschweig	0: 1 (0: 0)	Duisburg SpV	Hamburg , Hoheluft sports ground

The game between Freiburg and Stuttgart was canceled and rescheduled by the DFB because the Freiburg players wanted to leave the field early. They also received a public reprimand for this behavior with the threat of being disqualified immediately if repeated; the FFC also had to pay a fine of 100 marks . The Cickers had protested because of incorrect referee decisions. From a sporting point of view, Freiburg had won the game 1-0 with a goal scored by Stöhrmann in the 64th minute.

Breslau led 1-0 at halftime with a penalty that was converted by Fritz Langner in the 38th minute . Alexander Palm equalized in the 62nd minute , after which Leipzig turned the game around with more goals from Kurt Graefner in the 72nd minute and Otto Reislant five minutes later.

The Königsbergers, who were taking part in the national finals for the first time, had no chance. Already at halftime the Berliners were leading 5-0, the first four goals were scored twice by Willi Worpitzky, Helmut Röpnack and Otto Dumke. The other goalscorers are not known.

Duisburg won the game with a goal from Willi van der Weppen in the second half. The Braunschweiger's greatest chance was thwarted by Gottfried Hinze (DFB President since 1905) in the Duisburg goal when he saved a penalty from W. Mues.

Replay

date		Result		Stadion
May 17, 1908	Freiburg FC	2: 5 (1: 4)	FC Stuttgarter Cickers	Karlsruhe , KFV-Platz at the telegraph barracks

The Freiburg team relied on the same eleven players and took the lead in the 24th minute through August Falschlunger , but three minutes later the Stuttgart equalizer and scored four goals within ten minutes - twice Ingo Hanselmann and once each Menger and Rudolf Ahorn. Karl Reich even missed a penalty in the 43rd minute. After half-time, Gibbs from Freiburg reduced the score to 2: 4 in the 53rd minute, before Eugen Merkle scored the 2: 5 three minutes before the end.

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
May 17, 1908	FC Wacker Leipzig	0: 4 (0: 2)	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	Magdeburg , Viktoria-Platz
May 24, 1908	FC Stuttgarter Cickers	5: 1 (2: 0)	Duisburg SpV	Frankfurt am Main , Hermannia-Platz in the Ostpark

In the semi-finals, the Leipzig clearly lost 4-0. The Berliners scored two goals in the first half by their striker Willi Worpitzky in the 10th and 35th minute. In the last quarter of an hour Otto Dumke increased in the 75th minute and Helmut Röpnack three minutes later to the final score.

It was pouring rain in Frankfurt and the square was under water. The Duisburgers could only withstand the attacks of the Swabians for half an hour. Then the Stuttgart Ingo Hanselmann and Karl Reich scored the 2-0 break lead. From the 62nd minute, Schmitt and twice Rudolf Ahorn increased to 5-0, before the DSV scored an own goal by Gustav Unfried in the 85th minute.

final

pairing	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89 - FC Stuttgarter Cickers
Result	3: 1 (1: 0)
date	June 7, 1908
Stadion	Germania-Platz , Tempelhof near Berlin
spectator	4,000
referee	Otto Götzel (Hamburg)
Gates	1: 0 Worpitzky (6th) 2: 0 Worpitzky (84th) 2: 1 Ahorn (86th) 3: 1 Röpnack (89th)
Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	Paul Scranowitz - Willi Hahn , Paul Fischer - Willi Moeck , Willi Knesebeck , Paul Hunder  - Otto Pauke , Otto Dumke , Willi Worpitzky , Helmut Röpnack , Reinhold Bock
FC Stuttgarter Cickers	Hermann Bürkle - Paul Kühnle  , Carl Breitmeyer - Hans Krebs , Gustav Unfried , Richard Rüdinger - Eugen Merkle , Schmitt, Rudolf Ahorn , Ingo Hanselmann , Julius Megner

Match report

While the Berlin Viktoria was able to compete with the best line-up, the Stuttgarters lacked the players Otto Löble (no exemption from the military) and Karl Reich (injured). The Swabians could not make up for this weakness, especially since their goalkeeper Hermann Bürkle allowed himself some mistakes. In addition, the Berlin runner series with Willi Knesebeck and Paul Hunder proved to be more experienced. Although Willi Worpitzky made it 1-0 in the 6th minute, the game was only decided in the final phase. After the second Berlin goal again by Willi Worpitzky after 84 minutes, the Stuttgart two minutes later were able to reduce it to 2: 1. The final decision was made by Helmut Röpnack in the 89th minute. The Berlin Viktoria won the German championship for the first time.

The master team of the Berlin TuFC Viktoria 1889

Below is the championship team with the players' stakes and goals.

Berlin TuFC Viktoria 1889
	Goal : Paul Scranowitz (3 / -) Defense : Paul Fischer (3 / -), Willi Hahn (3 / -) Midfield : Paul Hunder  (3 / -), Willi Knesebeck (3 / -), Willi Moeck (3 / -) Sturm : Reinhold Bock (3 / -), Otto Dumke (3/2), Otto Pauke (3 / -), Helmut Röpnack (3/3), Willi Worpitzky (3/6) Trainer : -

List of goalscorers

There are also three unknown goalscorers from Viktoria Berlin.

player		society	Games	Gates
1.	Willi Worpitzky	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	3	6th
2.	Rudolf Ahorn	FC Stuttgarter Kickers	4th	4th
3.	Ingo Hanselmann	FC Stuttgarter Kickers	3	3
	Helmut Röpnack	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	3	3
5.	Otto Dumke	Berlin TuFC Viktoria 89	3	2
6th	Fritz Langner	VfR Breslau	1	1
7th	August Falschlunger	Freiburg FC	2	1
	Gibbs	Freiburg FC	2	1
	Kurt Graefner	FC Wacker Leipzig	2	1
	Alexander Palm	FC Wacker Leipzig	2	1
	Otto Reisland	FC Wacker Leipzig	2	1
	Stöhrmann	Freiburg FC	2	1
	Willi van der Weppen	Duisburg SpV	2	1
14th	Karl Reich	FC Stuttgarter Kickers	3	1
15th	Julius Megner	FC Stuttgarter Kickers	4th	1
	Eugene Merkle	FC Stuttgarter Kickers	4th	1
	Schmitt	FC Stuttgarter Kickers	4th	1

literature

• History of German football. Volume III of the series of publications of the German Football Association. Carl Koppehel, Verlag Wilhelm Limpert, Frankfurt 1954, 4th expanded edition without a year.
• German Championship (1903-1923) , IFFHS magazine Libero No. 36. International Federation of Football History & Statistics , Wiesbaden, 2nd quarter 2002.
• The Golden Book of German Football. Hardy Grüne , Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling, Die Werkstatt publishing house, Göttingen 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brötzinger Tal - One of the oldest stadiums in Germany
2. ^ History of the Duisburger Spielverein