German football championship 1928/29

German football championship 1928/29
master	SpVgg Fürth
Teams	16
Games	16
Gates	79  (ø 4.94 per game)
Top scorer	Johannes Sobek (6 goals)
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As in the previous year, the twenty-second German soccer championship ended very late. The new German champion was only determined at the end of July. This time, however, the reason was not the participation of the national team in a big football tournament, but the extremely cold winter, which mixed up the fixtures in the regions. As a result, most of the regional representatives were only confirmed at the end of May and the final round could only begin on June 9th.

Another delay resulted from the semi-finals. In the duel between Hertha BSC and 1. FC Nürnberg there was no winner after 150 minutes of playing time and the game had to be repeated, which postponed the final by two weeks.

The title fights brought a new, albeit tragic, record. Hertha BSC was the first German team to reach the final for the fourth time in a row; however, the team left the field as a loser for the fourth time. But the result was almost irrelevant in this final. The DFB had awarded the final duel to Nuremberg . The supporters of the 1. FCN believed that the semi-final defeat against Hertha (it was the first real defeat for Nuremberg at a championship finals and the first time that they did not reach the final) was due to wrong decisions by the referee and gave the Berliners a hostile and hateful reception. The game was close to being canceled several times. So it was not surprising that the Herthaners drew the short straw against the Fürth for the second time. It was the third title win for SpVgg and the eighth championship for the Nuremberg / Fürth region.

When ATSB celebrated laurel Hamburg his first title victory in the German Turnerschaft the championship went to TV in 1846 in Mannheim . The German youth force played again no champions this year.

Participants in the final round

society	Qualified as
VfB Koenigsberg	Northeast German master
FC Titania Szczecin	Northeast German runner-up
Prussia Hindenburg	Southeast German master
Breslauer SC 08	Southeast German runner-up
Hertha BSC	Master Berlin-Brandenburg
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Vice champion Berlin-Brandenburg
Dresdner SC	Central German master
SC Wacker Leipzig	Central German cup winner
Hamburger SV	North German master
Holstein Kiel	North German runner-up
FC Schalke 04	West German master
Meidericher SV	West German runner-up
Fortuna Dusseldorf	Winner of the West German qualification for the 3rd participant
1. FC Nuremberg	South German master
FC Bayern Munich	South German runner-up
SpVgg Fürth	Winner of the South German qualification for the 3rd participant

Round of 16

date		Result		Stadion
June 9, 1929	Prussia Hindenburg	1: 8 (0: 7)	Hertha BSC	Gleiwitz , Jahnstadion
June 9, 1929	VfB Koenigsberg	1: 2 (0: 1)	Breslauer SC 08	Koenigsberg , Steffeckstrasse sports field
June 16, 1929	Holstein Kiel	1: 6 (1: 5)	1. FC Nuremberg	Hamburg , Hoheluft sports ground
June 16, 1929	Meidericher SV	2: 3 (0: 2)	Hamburger SV	Duisburg , Wedaustadion
June 16, 1929	FC Bayern Munich	3: 0 (1: 0)	Dresdner SC	Munich , Heinrich Zisch Stadium
June 16, 1929	SC Wacker Leipzig	1: 5 (0: 4)	FC Schalke 04	Leipzig , Fortuna Stadium
June 16, 1929	Tennis Borussia Berlin	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0)	FC Titania Szczecin	Berlin , Preussen-Platz
June 16, 1929	SpVgg Fürth	5: 1 (1: 1)	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Nuremberg , Zabo

Quarter finals

date		Result		Stadion
June 30, 1929	1. FC Nuremberg	3: 1 (1: 1)	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Fürth , Ronhof
June 30, 1929	FC Schalke 04	1: 4 (1: 0)	Hertha BSC	Dortmund , Red Earth arena
June 30, 1929	Hamburger SV	0: 2 (0: 1)	SpVgg Fürth	Altona , Bahrenfeld Stadium
June 30, 1929	Breslauer SC 08	4: 3 n.V. (3: 3, 1: 1)	FC Bayern Munich	Wroclaw , Greeniche Sports Park

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
July 7, 1929	SpVgg Fürth	6: 1 (2: 1)	Breslauer SC 08	Frankfurt am Main , Waldstadion
July 7, 1929	Hertha BSC	0: 0 a.d.	1. FC Nuremberg	Berlin , Poststadion

Replay

date		Result		Stadion
July 21, 1929	Hertha BSC	3: 2 (1: 1)	1. FC Nuremberg	Düsseldorf , Rheinstadion

final

pairing	SpVgg Fürth - Hertha BSC
Result	3: 2 (1: 1)
date	July 28, 1929
Stadion	Municipal Stadium, Nuremberg
spectator	50,000
referee	Peco Bauwens ( Cologne )
Gates	1: 0 Auer (14th) 1: 1 Sobek (43rd) 2: 1 Frank (66th) 2: 2 Sobek (76th) 3: 2 Rupprecht (85th)
SpVgg Fürth	Hans Neger - Hans Hagen , Hans Krauss - Paul Röschke , Ludwig Leinberger , Konrad Krauss - Heinrich Auer , Karl Rupprecht , Andreas Franz , Georg Frank , Georg Kießling
Hertha BSC	Paul Gehlhaar - Emil Domscheidt , Gerhard Schulz - Otto Leuschner , Ernst Müller , Willi Völker - Hans Ruch , Johannes Sobek , Otto Fritze , Bruno Lehmann , Willi Kirsei
Retired injured	none - Gerhard Schulz (63.)

List of goalscorers

player		society	Games	Gates
1.	Johannes Sobek	Hertha BSC	5	6th
2.	Karl Rupprecht	SpVgg Fürth	4th	5
3.	Fritz Blaschke	Breslauer SC 08	3	4th
4th	Georg Frank	SpVgg Fürth	4th	4th
	Andreas Franz	SpVgg Fürth	4th	4th
	Josef Hornauer	1. FC Nuremberg	4th	4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to Rupprecht's seasonal statistics on kleeblatt-chronik.de