German football championship 1937/38

German football championship 1937/38
master	Hannover 96
Teams	16
Games	54
Gates	226  (ø 4.19 per game)
Top scorer	Gustav Carstens (9 goals)
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The 31st German championship season 1937/38 ended with a big surprise. The outsider Hannoverscher Sportverein from 1896 won the German championship title in 2 finals against FC Schalke 04 . Hannover 96 won the Lower Saxony championship only because of the better goal difference in front of VfL Osnabrück . Hannover 96 remained undefeated in the final round of the German championship.

Participants in the final round

society	Qualified as
Yorck Boyen Insterburg	Master of the Gauliga East Prussia
Stettiner SC	Master of the Gauliga Pomerania
Berliner SV 92	Master of the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg
Forward lawn sport Gleiwitz	Master of the Gauliga Silesia
BC Hartha	Master of the Gauliga Sachsen
SV Dessau 05	Master of the Gauliga middle
Hamburger SV	Master of the Gauliga Nordmark
Hannover 96	Master of the Lower Saxony Gauliga
FC Schalke 04	Champion of the Gauliga Westphalia
Fortuna Dusseldorf	Master of the Gauliga Niederrhein
Alemannia Aachen	Champion of the Gauliga Mittelrhein
FC Hanau 93	Champion of the Gauliga Hessen
Eintracht Frankfurt	Master of the Gauliga Southwest
VfR Mannheim	Master of the Gauliga Baden
VfB Stuttgart	Champion of the Gauliga Württemberg
1. FC Nuremberg	Champion of the Gauliga Bayern

At the beginning of the finals, Alemannia Aachen was considered the Middle Rhine champions and took part in the finals. As a result, however, SV Beuel 06 was able to successfully enforce a protest and was awarded two points from a lost game at the green table, so that the Beuelers were now Middle Rhine champions. However, it was already too late to participate in the final round.

Group games

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Hamburger SV	6th	5	0	1	021: 500	4.20	10: 20
2.	Eintracht Frankfurt	6th	5	0	1	024:130	1.85	10: 20
3.	Stettiner SC	6th	2	0	4th	012:180	0.67	04: 80
4th	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	6th	0	0	6th	004:250	0.16	00:12

date		Result		Stadion
March 27, 1938	Stettiner SC	1: 0 (0: 0)	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	Stettin , Richard Lindemann Sports Ground
0April 3, 1938	Hamburger SV	2: 0 (1: 0)	Stettiner SC	Hamburg , Rothenbaum Stadium
0April 3, 1938	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	1: 5 (1: 2)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Insterburg , barracks yard
April 15, 1938	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	0: 6 (0: 2)	Hamburger SV	Insterburg, barracks yard
April 15, 1938	Stettiner SC	5: 6 (1: 2)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stettin, Richard Lindemann Sports Ground
April 18, 1938	Stettiner SC	1: 3 (1: 2)	Hamburger SV	Stettin, Richard Lindemann Sports Ground
April 24, 1938	Hamburger SV	5: 0 (3: 0)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, Hoheluft Stadium
April 24, 1938	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	2: 5 (1: 1)	Stettiner SC	Insterburg, barracks yard
April 30, 1938	Eintracht Frankfurt	5: 0 (1: 0)	Stettiner SC	Frankfurt am Main , Waldstadion
April 30, 1938	Hamburger SV	3: 1 (3: 0)	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	Hamburg, Rothenbaum Stadium
0May 8, 1938	Eintracht Frankfurt	5: 0 (3: 0)	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion
May 22, 1938	Eintracht Frankfurt	3: 2 (1: 1)	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	FC Schalke 04	6th	3	2	1	019: 600	3.17	08: 40
2.	VfR Mannheim	6th	3	2	1	015:100	1.50	08: 40
3.	Berliner SV 92	6th	1	2	3	008:110	0.73	04: 80
4th	SV Dessau 05	6th	1	2	3	006:210	0.29	04: 80

date		Result		Stadion
March 20, 1938	SV Dessau 05	0-0	Berliner SV 92	Dessau , Schillerpark
March 27, 1938	VfR Mannheim	6: 1 (2: 0)	SV Dessau 05	Mannheim , stadium
March 27, 1938	Berliner SV 92	1: 1 (1: 1)	FC Schalke 04	Berlin , Olympic Stadium
0April 3, 1938	Berliner SV 92	3: 1 (1: 0)	VfR Mannheim	Berlin, Poststadion
April 15, 1938	SV Dessau 05	0: 6 (0: 2)	FC Schalke 04	Halle (Saale) , Central German arena
April 18, 1938	FC Schalke 04	1: 2 (0: 0)	VfR Mannheim	Gelsenkirchen , Glückauf-Kampfbahn
April 24, 1938	VfR Mannheim	3: 2 (2: 0)	Berliner SV 92	Mannheim, stadium
April 30, 1938	Berliner SV 92	2: 3 (0: 1)	SV Dessau 05	Berlin, Poststadion
April 30, 1938	VfR Mannheim	2: 2 (1: 2)	FC Schalke 04	Mannheim, stadium
0May 8, 1938	FC Schalke 04	3: 0 (2: 0)	Berliner SV 92	Gelsenkirchen, Glückauf-Kampfbahn
0May 8, 1938	SV Dessau 05	1: 1 (0: 1)	VfR Mannheim	Dessau, Schillerpark
May 22, 1938	FC Schalke 04	6: 1 (4: 0)	SV Dessau 05	Munster , Prussia Stadium

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Fortuna Dusseldorf	6th	4th	2	0	014: 400	3.50	10: 20
2.	BC Hartha	6th	1	4th	1	008:120	0.67	06: 60
3.	VfB Stuttgart	6th	2	1	3	014: 900	1.56	05: 70
4th	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	6th	1	1	4th	009:200	0.45	03: 90

date		Result		Stadion
March 13, 1938	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	0: 3 (0: 1)	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Gleiwitz , Jahnstadion
March 20, 1938	VfB Stuttgart	1: 1 (1: 1)	BC Hartha	Stuttgart , Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
March 27, 1938	Fortuna Dusseldorf	3: 0 (3: 0)	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf , Rheinstadion
March 27, 1938	BC Hartha	2: 2 (1: 1)	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	Hartha , industrial stadium
0April 3, 1938	VfB Stuttgart	7: 1 (2: 1)	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	Stuttgart, Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
April 15, 1938	BC Hartha	1: 1 (0: 1)	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Chemnitz , stadium on Gellertstrasse
April 15, 1938	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	0: 5 (0: 2)	VfB Stuttgart	Gleiwitz , Jahnstadion
April 24, 1938	BC Hartha	2: 1 (0: 1)	VfB Stuttgart	Plauen , Vogtland Stadium
April 30, 1938	Fortuna Dusseldorf	2: 2 (1: 2)	BC Hartha	Oberhausen , Niederrhein Stadium
0May 8, 1938	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	5: 0 (1: 0)	BC Hartha	Gleiwitz , Jahnstadion
0May 8, 1938	VfB Stuttgart	0: 2 (0: 0)	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Stuttgart, Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
May 22, 1938	Fortuna Dusseldorf	3: 1 (0: 1)	Forward RaSpo Gleiwitz	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Hannover 96	6th	6th	0	0	016: 500	3.20	12: 00
2.	1. FC Nuremberg	6th	4th	0	2	015: 900	1.67	08: 40
3.	Alemannia Aachen	6th	2	0	4th	011:170	0.65	04: 80
4th	FC Hanau 93	6th	0	0	6th	005:160	0.31	00:12

date		Result		Stadion
March 27, 1938	1. FC Nuremberg	4: 2 (2: 0)	Alemannia Aachen	Nuremberg , Zabo
March 27, 1938	Hannover 96	1: 0 (0: 0)	FC Hanau 93	Hanover , cycling track at the horse tower
0April 3, 1938	Hannover 96	2: 1 (0: 0)	1. FC Nuremberg	Hanover, Hindenburg-Kampfbahn
April 15, 1938	FC Hanau 93	2: 4 (2: 2)	Alemannia Aachen	Hanau , stadium on Aschaffenburger Strasse
April 18, 1938	FC Hanau 93	1: 3 (1: 1)	Hannover 96	Kassel , Hessenkampfbahn
April 18, 1938	Alemannia Aachen	1: 3 (0: 2)	1. FC Nuremberg	Aachen , Tivoli
April 24, 1938	1. FC Nuremberg	2: 1 (2: 1)	FC Hanau 93	Nuremberg, Zabo
April 30, 1938	Alemannia Aachen	1: 2 (1: 2)	Hannover 96	Aachen, Tivoli
0May 8, 1938	FC Hanau 93	1: 4 (1: 3)	1. FC Nuremberg	Hanau, stadium on Aschaffenburger Strasse
0May 8, 1938	Hannover 96	6: 1 (2: 0)	Alemannia Aachen	Hanover, Hindenburg-Kampfbahn
May 22, 1938	1. FC Nuremberg	1: 2 (1: 1)	Hannover 96	Nuremberg, municipal stadium
May 22, 1938	Alemannia Aachen	2: 0 (2: 0)	FC Hanau 93	Aachen, Tivoli

Semifinals

date		Result		Stadion
May 29, 1938	FC Schalke 04	1: 0 (1: 0)	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Cologne , Müngersdorfer Stadium
May 29, 1938	Hannover 96	3: 2 n.V. (0: 2, 2: 2)	Hamburger SV	Dresden , stadium at the Ostragehege

3rd place match

date		Result		Stadion
June 26, 1938	Fortuna Dusseldorf	0: 0 a.d.	Hamburger SV	Bremen , Weserstadion

Replay

date		Result		Stadion
0July 3, 1938	Fortuna Dusseldorf	4: 2 (2: 0)	Hamburger SV	Berlin, Olympic Stadium

final

pairing	Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04
Result	3: 3 n.V. (0: 2, 3: 3)
date	June 26, 1938
Stadion	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator	92,289
referee	Wilhelm Peters (Berlin)
Gates	0: 1 Poertgen (hand penalty, 29th), 0: 2 Kalwitzki (35th), 1: 2 R. Meng (47th), 1: 3 Poertgen (67th), 2: 3 Gellesch (own goal, 76th) , 3: 3 E. Meng (87.)
Hannover 96	Ludwig Pritzer - Helmut Sievert , Willi Petzold - Johannes Jakobs , Ernst Deike , Ludwig Männer - Edmund Malecki , Ludwig Pöhler , Erich Meng , Peter Lay , Richard Meng Trainer: Robert Fuchs
FC Schalke 04	Hans Klodt - Ernst Sontow , Hans Bornemann - Rudolf Gellesch , Otto Tibulsky , Walter Berg - Ernst Kalwitzki , Fritz Szepan , Ernst Poertgen , Ernst Kuzorra , Willi Mecke Trainer: Hans "Bumbes" Schmidt

Replay

pairing	Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04
Result	4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 3: 3)
date	July 3, 1938
Stadion	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator	94,812
referee	Dr. Hans Grabler (Regensburg)
Gates	1: 0 R. Meng (9th), 1: 1 Kuzorra (23rd), 1: 2 Kuzorra (69th), 2: 2 R. Meng (70th), 2: 3 Szepan (71th), 3rd : 3 Jacobs (hand penalty, 88.), 4: 3 E. Meng (117.)
Hannover 96	Ludwig Pritzer - Helmut Sievert , Willi Petzold - Johannes Jakobs , Ernst Deike , Ludwig Männer - Edmund Malecki , Ludwig Pöhler , Erich Meng , Peter Lay , Richard Meng Trainer: Robert Fuchs
FC Schalke 04	Hans Klodt - Ernst Sontow , Hans Bornemann - Rudolf Gellesch , Otto Tibulsky , Walter Berg - Ernst Kalwitzki , Fritz Szepan , Ernst Poertgen , Ernst Kuzorra , Willi Mecke Trainer: Hans "Bumbes" Schmidt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lorenz Pfeiffer / Günter A. Pilz, Hanover 96, 100 years of power on the Leine, page 87, the spelling Petzhold also appears, for example in Hardy Grüne (ed.), Der Ball, Der Rasen, Die Roten, 100 Jahre Hannover 96 and From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga.
2. ↑ according to Hannover 96 ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; "100 Schalke years" says Lay as a shooter. 
3. ↑ according to "100 Schalke Years" ; other sources, such as the football archive ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. state Szepan as a shooter.