German football championship 1930/31

German football championship 1930/31
master	Hertha BSC
Teams	16
Games	15th
Gates	69  (ø 4.6 per game)
Top scorer	Willi Kirsei (7 goals)
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The twenty-fourth German football championship in 1931 was dominated by the global economic crisis . Mass unemployment and poverty ruled Germany. Football was also affected by this; the number of viewers fell significantly.

In this difficult time it was not surprising that some players one of their clubs signing bonus conceded that after the pure amateur ideal of the DFB was actually banned. At the big clubs like Hertha BSC , Eintracht Frankfurt or 1. FC Nürnberg , however, this had long since become common practice, and the regional associations usually turned a generous eye on the game. The West German Spielverband saw it differently this season. The association took massive action against those players who took cash and were therefore professionals in the eyes of the officials. FC Schalke 04 , whose first team was almost completely banned by the WSV, was hit particularly hard . In terms of sport, the Schalke team crashed in the Ruhr district league and would have been relegated to the second division if the ban had not been lifted after six months due to violent protests from all football fans in West Germany. Thus Schalke could still ensure relegation, but participation in the finals was no longer an option.

In north-eastern Germany there were changes in the layout of the regions. Most of the clubs in Pomerania joined the VBB and now played with the Berlin - Brandenburg teams for the regional championship. The region of the Baltic Association thus only comprised eastern Pomerania, Danzig and East Prussia .

Hertha BSC was again the title holder and successfully defended its title, something that had previously only been achieved by 1. FC Nürnberg. With their sixth finals in a row, the Berliners set a record that was set only once by the end of the championship finals in 1963 (FC Schalke 04 1937 to 1942), but could never be exceeded. The Herthaners had the luck at this final that they had not been able to do in the four winless finals from 1926 to 1929. They were clearly inferior in the duel with the Munich Lions and were deservedly 1: 2 behind until the Berliners were able to turn the tide with two clear offside hits (the referee ignored the linesman's flag in both cases). After all, the lions remained the consolation of being the first Munich team to have reached the final.

At the ATSB , the team from Lorbeer Hamburg won the German championship for the second time this year , while the German gymnastics league no longer played a title holder. By contrast, had the ATSB the communist struggle Community Red Sport unit split off and established their first national champion. The title was won by the four-time ATSB champion Dresdner SV 1910 . The German youth force played again no master.

Participants in the final round

society	Qualified as
SV Prussia-Samland Koenigsberg	Northeast German master
VfB Koenigsberg	Northeast German runner-up
Beuthener SuSV	Southeast German master
VfB Liegnitz	Southeast German runner-up
Hertha BSC	Master Berlin-Brandenburg
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Vice champion Berlin-Brandenburg
Dresdner SC	Central German master
SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau	Central German cup winner
Hamburger SV	North German master
Holstein Kiel	North German runner-up
Fortuna Dusseldorf	West German master
VfB 03 Bielefeld	West German runner-up
Meidericher SV	Winner of the West German qualification for the 3rd participant
SpVgg Fürth	South German master
Eintracht Frankfurt	South German runner-up
SV 1860 Munich	Winner of the South German qualification for the 3rd participant

Round of 16

date		Result		Stadion
May 10, 1931	Beuthener SuSV	0: 2 (0: 0)	Hamburger SV	Beuthen , Heinitzgrube sports field
May 10, 1931	VfB 03 Bielefeld	2: 5 (1: 1)	Hertha BSC	Dortmund , Red Earth arena
May 10, 1931	Tennis Borussia Berlin	6: 1 (5: 0)	VfB Liegnitz	Berlin , stadium at Gesundbrunnen
May 10, 1931	VfB Koenigsberg	1: 8 (0: 2)	Dresdner SC	Königsberg , VfB-Platz Maraunenhof
May 10, 1931	Holstein Kiel	3: 2 (0: 2)	SV Prussia-Samland Koenigsberg	Kiel , Holstein Stadium
May 10, 1931	SpVgg 1899 Leipzig-Lindenau	0: 3 (0: 1)	SpVgg Fürth	Leipzig , Probstheidaer Stadium
May 14, 1931	Fortuna Dusseldorf	2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf , Rheinstadion
May 17, 1931	SV 1860 Munich	4: 1 (1: 1)	Meidericher SV	Munich , Heinrich Zisch Stadium

Quarter finals

date		Result		Stadion
May 17, 1931	Hamburger SV	2: 0 (1: 0)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Altona , Altona Stadium
May 17, 1931	Hertha BSC	3: 1 (2: 1)	SpVgg Fürth	Berlin , Poststadion
May 17, 1931	Dresdner SC	3: 4 (3: 1)	Holstein Kiel	Dresden , stadium in the Ostragehege
May 24, 1931	SV 1860 Munich	1: 0 (1: 0)	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Frankfurt am Main , Waldstadion

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
May 31, 1931	Hertha BSC	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 2: 0)	Hamburger SV	Leipzig , Wacker Stadium
May 31, 1931	SV 1860 Munich	2: 0 (0: 0)	Holstein Kiel	Duisburg , Wedaustadion

final

pairing	Hertha BSC - SV 1860 Munich
Result	3: 2 (1: 2)
date	June 14, 1931
Stadion	Müngersdorfer Stadion , Cologne
spectator	50,000
referee	Fissenewerth ( Munich Gladbach )
Gates	0: 1 Oeldenberger (24th) 1: 1 Sobek (44th) 1: 2 Lachner (45th) 2: 2 Sobek (75th) 3: 2 Kirsei (89th)
Hertha BSC	Paul Gehlhaar - Willi Völker , Rudolf Wilhelm - Hans Appel , Ernst Müller , Alfred Stahr - Hans Ruch , Hanne Sobek , Bruno Lehmann , Willi Kirsei , Hermann Hahn
SV 1860 Munich	Alfred Riemke - Max Schäfer , Josef Wendl - Ludwig Stock , Alois Pledl , Fritz Eiberle - Ludwig Stiglbauer , Ludwig Lachner , Anton Huber , Otto Oeldenberger , Gustav Thalmeier

List of goalscorers

player		society	Games	Gates
1.	Willi Kirsei	Hertha BSC	4th	7th
2.	Otto Oeldenberger	SV 1860 Munich	4th	4th
	Johannes Sobek	Hertha BSC	4th	4th
4th	Karl Ehmer	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	3
	Andreas Franz	SpVgg Fürth	2	3
	Richard Hofmann	Dresdner SC	2	3