German football championship 1929/30

German football championship 1929/30
master	Hertha BSC
Teams	16
Games	16
Gates	102  (ø 6.38 per game)
Top scorer	Josef Schmitt (7 goals)
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The twenty-third German football championship , played in the 1929/30 season , brought the Hertha BSC team the long-awaited championship title in the fifth consecutive finals . It was the first title in 19 years that went back to the capital. After ten minutes of play in the final, it looked like the Herthaners lost their fifth game, because after this time the team was already 2-0 down against the surprise finalists Holstein Kiel . In the end it was one of the most exciting and goal-rich finals in German football history 5: 4 for the Berliners.

There was a surprise in the north: For the first time since 1921, Hamburger SV failed to qualify for the finals. In the regional finals it was only enough for 4th place.

TSV Nürnberg-Ost celebrated its first title win at the ATSB this year . The last own soccer championship was played at the German Gymnastics Federation , from the coming season the clubs of the DT joined the German Football Association . The last champion of the German Gymnastics Association was the Kruppsche TG Essen . The German youth force played again no master.

Participants in the final round

society	Qualified as
VfB Koenigsberg	Northeast German master
FC Titania Szczecin	Northeast German runner-up
Beuthener SuSV	Southeast German master
United Wroclaw Spfr.	Southeast German runner-up
Hertha BSC	Master Berlin-Brandenburg
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Vice champion Berlin-Brandenburg
Dresdner SC	Central German master
VfB Leipzig	Central German cup winner
Holstein Kiel	North German master
SV Arminia Hanover	North German runner-up
FC Schalke 04	West German master
VfL Benrath	West German runner-up
SpVgg Sülz 07	Winner of the West German qualification for the 3rd participant
Eintracht Frankfurt	South German master
SpVgg Fürth	South German runner-up
1. FC Nuremberg	Winner of the South German qualification for the 3rd participant

Round of 16

date		Result		Stadion
May 18, 1930	Vgt. Breslauer Spfr.	0: 7 (0: 3)	1. FC Nuremberg	Wroclaw , Greeniche Sports Park
May 18, 1930	FC Schalke 04	6: 2 (3: 1)	SV Arminia Hanover	Bochum , stadium on Castroper Strasse
May 18, 1930	Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 0 (0: 0)	VfL Benrath	Frankfurt am Main , Waldstadion
May 18, 1930	Hertha BSC	3: 2 (2: 2)	Beuthener SuSV	Berlin , Poststadion
May 18, 1930	SpVgg Fürth	4: 1 (3: 0)	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Nuremberg , Zabo
May 18, 1930	Holstein Kiel	4: 3 (3: 0)	VfB Leipzig	Hamburg , Hoheluft sports ground
May 18, 1930	Dresdner SC	8: 1 (5: 0)	VfB Koenigsberg	Halle (Saale) , stadium at the zoo
May 18, 1930	FC Titania Szczecin	2: 4 (2: 2)	SpVgg Sülz 07	Stettin , Richard Lindemann Sports Ground

Quarter finals

date		Result		Stadion
June 1, 1930	1. FC Nuremberg	6: 2 (3: 1)	FC Schalke 04	Fürth , Ronhof
June 1, 1930	Holstein Kiel	4: 2 (2: 0)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin , Prussia Stadium
June 1, 1930	Dresdner SC	5: 4 n.V. (4: 4, 3: 1)	SpVgg Fürth	Dresden , Dresden arena
June 1, 1930	SpVgg Sülz 07	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)	Hertha BSC	Cologne , Müngersdorfer Stadium

Replay

date		Result		Stadion
June 9, 1930	Hertha BSC	8: 1 (4: 0)	SpVgg Sülz 07	Berlin , Poststadion

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
June 15, 1930	Hertha BSC	6: 3 (3: 3)	1. FC Nuremberg	Leipzig , Probstheidaer Stadium
June 15, 1930	Holstein Kiel	2: 0 (0: 0)	Dresdner SC	Duisburg , Wedaustadion

final

pairing	Hertha BSC - Holstein Kiel
Result	5: 4 (3: 3)
date	June 22, 1930
Stadion	Rheinstadion , Düsseldorf
spectator	40,000
referee	Willi Guyenz ( food )
Gates	0: 1 Widmayer (4th) 0: 2 Ritter (8th) 1: 2 Sobeck (22nd) 2: 2 Sobeck (26th) 2: 3 Ludwig (29th) 3: 3 Lehmann (36th) 4: 3 Lehmann (68.) 4: 4 Ritter (82.) 5: 4 Ruch (87.)
Hertha BSC	Paul Gehlhaar - Willi Völker , Rudolf Wilhelm - Otto Leuschner , Ernst Müller , Herbert Radecke - Hans Ruch , Johannes Sobek , Bruno Lehmann , Willi Kirsei , Hermann Hahn
Holstein Kiel	Alfred Kramer - Theodor Lagerquist , Josef Zimmermann - Christian Baasch , Oskar Ohm , Waldemar Lübke - Kurt Voß , Oskar Ritter , Johannes Ludwig , Werner Widmayer , Franz Esser
References	none - Johannes Ludwig (80.)

List of goalscorers

player		society	Games	Gates
1.	Josef Schmitt	1. FC Nuremberg	3	7th
2.	Willi Kirsei	Hertha BSC	5	6th
3.	Werner Widmayer	Holstein Kiel	4th	5
4th	Andreas Franz	1. FC Nuremberg	2	4th
	Josef Hornauer	1. FC Nuremberg	2	4th