The twentieth German soccer championship was again a demonstration of the strength of the southern German teams. All three southern representatives were in the semi-finals, only Hertha BSC could break into this phalanx and prevent a possible purely southern German final. The 1. FC Nuremberg won his fifth title and built its position as champions further. The championship was won in 32 games with 57: 7 points and 105: 34 goals with only two defeats (including a bitter 0: 5 at local rivals SpVgg Fürth ).
For the first time, two teams from the West appeared that were to be among the greats in the 1930s: FC Schalke 04 and Fortuna Düsseldorf . This time it was only enough for the 1st round. Again, all three West German representatives failed in the round of 16.