German football championship 1938/39 
 
 
 
 
master  
FC Schalke 04 
 
 
Teams  
18th
 
 
Games  
55
 
 
Gates  
213  (ø 3.87 per game) 
 
 
Top scorer  
German Empire   Ernst Kalwitzki  (11 goals)
 
 
← German championship 1937/38    
 
 
 
The 32nd German championship season in  1938/39  was the last soccer championship of National Socialist Germany before the Second World War  .
However, the expansion phase of the “millennial empire” had already started. Austria was annexed  in March 1938 and on September 29, 1938 the Sudetenland  , which was separated from  Czechoslovakia  , was also annexed according to the Munich Agreement  . Both areas were each set up as a new football district (Austria under the name "Ostmark"), so that there were now 18 Gauligen and thus 18 finalists. Propagandistically, one spoke in Germany of the first "Greater German Championship". The competition mode had to be slightly modified due to the changed number of participants: The preliminary round was now played in three groups with four teams and one group with six teams, with the group of six teams initially playing in two subgroups of three teams and then their winners in the group finals Group winners played.
 
The newly added teams from Austria (and that meant: from Vienna  ) were extremely strong. So who had SK Rapid Wien  already the 1938 tschammerpokal  won and with the SK Admira Vienna  an Austrian team also reached the final straightaway for the German championship. There, however, the Viennese experienced a fiasco. They were defeated by their opponent FC Schalke 04  with 0: 9. It was the highest defeat in the final of all time and the 4th German championship title for the Gelsenkirchen team  .
Organizationally, something changed in German football again this year. On December 21, 1938, the German Reich Association for Physical Exercise was incorporated  into the NSDAP  and henceforth called itself the "National Socialist Reich Association for Physical Exercise" (NSRL). This removed any independence of the sports clubs. All possessions were transferred to the NSDAP. However, the incorporation of the DRL was sought in order to be able to counteract the increasing pressure from competing organizations such as Hitler Youth  , Kraft durch Freude  and SS  .
Participants in the final round  
Group games  
Group 1  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
0 April 2, 1939
 
Blue-white 90
 
3: 3 (2: 2)
 
Hamburger SV
 
Berlin  , Olympic Stadium 
 
 
0 April 2, 1939
 
VfL Osnabrück
 
0-0
 
Hindenburg Allenstein
 
Hanover  , stadium at Bischofsholer Damm 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
Hamburger SV 
 
5: 1 (2: 1)
 
VfL Osnabrück
 
Hamburg  , Rothenbaum Stadium 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
Hindenburg Allenstein
 
1: 2 (1: 1)
 
Blue-white 90 
 
Allenstein  , cavalry barracks
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
Blue-white 90
 
1: 3 (0: 2)
 
VfL Osnabrück 
 
Berlin, Olympic Stadium
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
Hindenburg Allenstein
 
1: 4 (0: 2)
 
Hamburger SV 
 
Königsberg  , VfB-Platz Maraunenhof 
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
VfL Osnabrück
 
1: 1 (0: 1)
 
Blue-white 90
 
Bremen  , Weserstadion 
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
Hamburger SV 
 
5: 2 (2: 1)
 
Hindenburg Allenstein
 
Hamburg, Rothenbaum Stadium
 
 
May 14, 1939
 
Hindenburg Allenstein 
 
3: 1 (1: 0)
 
VfL Osnabrück
 
Allenstein, cavalry barracks
 
 
May 14, 1939
 
Hamburger SV 
 
3: 0 (1: 0)
 
Blue-white 90
 
Hamburg, Hoheluft Stadium 
 
 
May 21, 1939
 
VfL Osnabrück 
 
4: 2 (4: 2)
 
Hamburger SV
 
Osnabrück  , Bremen Bridge 
 
 
May 21, 1939
 
Blue-white 90
 
0: 3 (0: 2)
 
Hindenburg Allenstein 
 
Berlin, Mommsenstadion 
 
 
 
Group 2  
Group 2a  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
0 April 2, 1939
 
SpVgg Sülz 07
 
1: 3 (0: 2)
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf 
 
Cologne  , Müngersdorfer Stadium 
 
 
0 April 7, 1939
 
Viktoria Stolp
 
0: 2 (0: 0)
 
SpVgg Sülz 07 
 
Stolp  , Germania-Platz
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf 
 
1: 0 (0: 0)
 
Viktoria Stolp
 
Düsseldorf  , Flinger Broich 
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
SpVgg Sülz 07 
 
5: 0 (3: 0)
 
Viktoria Stolp
 
Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadium
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf 
 
3: 2 (2: 1)
 
SpVgg Sülz 07
 
Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion 
 
 
0 May 7, 1939
 
Viktoria Stolp 
 
1: 0 (1: 0)
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf
 
Stolp, Germania-Platz
 
 
 
Group 2b  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
0 April 7, 1939
 
Dresdner SC 
 
3: 1 (3: 0)
 
Warnsdorfer FK
 
Dresden  , stadium at the Ostragehege 
 
 
April 10, 1939
 
Warnsdorfer FK
 
1: 4 (0: 2)
 
FC Schweinfurt 05 
 
Aussig  , Kampfbahn Kleische 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
FC Schweinfurt 05 
 
1: 0 (1: 0)
 
Dresdner SC
 
Bamberg  , Volksparkstadion 
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
Warnsdorfer FK
 
1: 5 (0: 1)
 
Dresdner SC 
 
Warnsdorf  , stadium at the main train station 
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
FC Schweinfurt 05 
 
4: 2 (3: 1)
 
Warnsdorfer FK
 
Schweinfurt  , Willy Sachs Stadium 
 
 
0 May 7, 1939
 
Dresdner SC 
 
1: 0 (0: 0)
 
FC Schweinfurt 05
 
Chemnitz  , stadium on Gellertstrasse 
 
 
 
Group finals  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
May 14, 1939
 
Dresdner SC 
 
4: 1 (2: 0)
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf
 
Dresden, stadium at the Ostragehege
 
 
May 21, 1939
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf
 
3: 3 (1: 2)
 
Dresdner SC
 
Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion
 
 
Total: 
 
Dresdner SC 
 
7: 4
 
Fortuna Dusseldorf
 
 
 
Group 3  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
0 April 2, 1939
 
SK Admira Vienna 
 
6: 2 (3: 1)
 
Stuttgart Kickers
 
Vienna  , Prater Stadium 
 
 
0 April 7, 1939
 
SV Dessau 05
 
1: 3 (1: 2)
 
VfR Mannheim 
 
Dessau  , Schillerpark 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
Stuttgart Kickers 
 
3: 2 (2: 2)
 
VfR Mannheim
 
Stuttgart  , Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
SV Dessau 05 
 
1: 0 (1: 0)
 
SK Admira Vienna
 
Halle (Saale)  , stadium at the zoo 
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
VfR Mannheim 
 
3: 0 (1: 0)
 
SK Admira Vienna
 
Mannheim  , stadium 
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
Stuttgart Kickers 
 
3: 2 (1: 0)
 
SV Dessau 05
 
Stuttgart, Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
VfR Mannheim
 
1: 4 (0: 1)
 
Stuttgart Kickers 
 
Mannheim, stadium
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
SK Admira Vienna 
 
5: 1 (3: 0)
 
SV Dessau 05
 
Vienna, Prater Stadium
 
 
0 May 7, 1939
 
VfR Mannheim
 
0-0
 
SV Dessau 05
 
Mannheim, place at the breweries 
 
 
0 May 7, 1939
 
Stuttgart Kickers
 
1: 1 (1: 0)
 
SK Admira Vienna
 
Stuttgart, Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
 
 
May 14, 1939
 
SK Admira Vienna 
 
8: 3 (3: 2)
 
VfR Mannheim
 
Vienna, Prater Stadium
 
 
May 21, 1939
 
SV Dessau 05 
 
1: 0 (0: 0)
 
Stuttgart Kickers
 
Halle (Saale), stadium at the zoo
 
 
 
Group 4  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
0 April 2, 1939
 
Forward Gliwice 
 
5: 3 (2: 1)
 
Wormatia worms
 
Gleiwitz  , Jahnstadion 
 
 
0 April 2, 1939
 
FC Schalke 04 
 
6: 1 (2: 0)
 
CSC 03 Kassel
 
Gelsenkirchen  , Union Stadium at Südpark 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
Wormatia worms
 
0: 1 (0: 1)
 
FC Schalke 04 
 
Frankfurt  , Waldstadion 
 
 
April 16, 1939
 
CSC 03 Kassel
 
1: 2 (1: 0)
 
Forward Gliwice 
 
Kassel  , stadium on Nürnberger Strasse 
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
CSC 03 Kassel
 
1: 3 (1: 2)
 
FC Schalke 04 
 
Kassel, stadium on Nürnberger Strasse
 
 
April 23, 1939
 
Wormatia worms
 
1: 2 (1: 1)
 
Forward Gliwice 
 
Frankfurt, Waldstadion
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
Forward Gliwice
 
1: 2 (1: 0)
 
FC Schalke 04 
 
Wroclaw  , Greeniche Sports Park 
 
 
April 30, 1939
 
Wormatia worms 
 
3: 1 (0: 0)
 
CSC 03 Kassel
 
Worms  , Alemannia Square 
 
 
0 May 7, 1939
 
FC Schalke 04
 
1: 2 (1: 2)
 
Wormatia worms 
 
Dortmund  , Red Earth Stadium 
 
 
0 May 7, 1939
 
Forward Gliwice 
 
2: 0 (1: 0)
 
CSC 03 Kassel
 
Gleiwitz  , Jahnstadion 
 
 
May 14, 1939
 
FC Schalke 04 
 
4: 0 (1: 0)
 
Forward Gliwice
 
Gelsenkirchen, Glückauf-Kampfbahn
 
 
May 21, 1939
 
CSC 03 Kassel
 
0: 3 (0: 0)
 
Wormatia worms 
 
Hanau  , stadium on Aschaffenburger Strasse 
 
 
 
Semifinals  
Replay  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
June 11, 1939
 
FC Schalke 04 
 
2: 0 (0: 0)
 
Dresdner SC
 
Berlin, Olympic Stadium
 
 
 
3rd place match  
date
 
 
Result
 
 
Stadion
 
 
June 17, 1939
 
Dresdner SC 
 
3: 2 (1: 2)
 
Hamburger SV
 
Dresden, stadium at the Ostragehege
 
 
 
final  
pairing 
 
  FC Schalke 04   - SK Admira Vienna    
 
 
Result 
 
9: 0 (4: 0)
 
 
date 
 
June 18, 1939
 
 
Stadion 
 
Olympic Stadium  , Berlin 
 
 
spectator 
 
100,000
 
 
referee 
 
Gerhard Schulz (Dresden)
 
 
Gates 
 
1: 0 Kalwitzki (7th), 2: 0 Urban (12th), 3: 0 Kalwitzki (25th), 4: 0 Kalwitzki (30th), 5: 0 Tibulski (53rd), 6: 0 Kalwitzki ( 61st), 7: 0 Kalwitzki (80th), 8: 0 Kuzorra (84th), 9: 0 Szepan (89th)
 
 
FC Schalke 04  
 
Hans Klodt  - Hans Bornemann  , Otto Schweisfurth  - Rudolf Gellesch  , Otto Tibulsky  , Walter Berg  - Hermann Eppenhoff  , Fritz Szepan  , Ernst Kalwitzki  , Ernst Kuzorra  , Adolf Urban   Trainers:   Otto Faist 
 
 
SK Admira Vienna  
 
Emil Buchberger  - Josef Mirschitzka  , Otto Marischka  - Fritz Klacl  , Hans Urbanek  , Franz Hanreiter  - Leopold Vogl  , Franz Schilling  , Karl Stoiber  , Willy Hahnemann  , Karl Durspekt    Trainer:   Hans Skolaut 
 
 
References 
 
none  - Fritz Klacl (52.)
 
 
 
Web links  
 
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