German football championship 1955/56

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Borussia Dortmund became German soccer champions in 1956. Borussia won the title with a 4-2 win over Karlsruher SC . However, he won the cup and was able to defend his title.

Final round of the German soccer championship 1956
master Borussia Dortmund
European Cup of
National Champions		 Borussia Dortmund
Cup winners Karlsruher SC
Teams 8 (12 with qualifying rounds)
Games 25th
Gates 102  (ø 4.08 per game)
Top scorer Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Alfred Niepieklo (10 goals)
← German football championship 1954/55

Attendees

Participants in the 1st qualifying round

Hannover 96 → Second Oberliga Nord 1955/56
FC Schalke 04 → Second in the Oberliga West 1955/56
TuS Neuendorf → Second in the Oberliga Südwest 1955/56
VfB Stuttgart → Second in the Oberliga Süd 1955/56

Participants in the 2nd qualifying round

Hannover 96 → Loser in the 1st qualifying round
TuS Neuendorf → Loser in the 1st qualifying round

Participants in the final round

Hamburger SV → Champion of the Oberliga Nord 1955/56
Borussia Dortmund → Champion of the Oberliga West 1955/56
1. FC Kaiserslautern → Champion of the Oberliga Südwest 1955/56
Karlsruher SC → Champion of the Oberliga Süd 1955/56
Viktoria 89 Berlin → Champion of the contract league Berlin 1955/56
FC Schalke 04 → Winner of the 1st qualifying round
VfB Stuttgart → Winner of the 1st qualifying round
Hannover 96 → Winner of the 2nd qualifying round

Qualifying round

1st qualifying round

date Result
Sat, May 5th FC Schalke 04 2: 1 a.d. Hannover 96
Sat, May 5th VfB Stuttgart 8: 0 (1: 0) TuS Neuendorf
thus FC Schalke 04 and VfB Stuttgart qualified for the finals

2nd qualifying round

date Result
Sat, May 12 Hannover 96 3: 3 a.d. TuS Neuendorf

Replay

date Result
Sun, May 13th Hannover 96 3: 2 (0: 0) TuS Neuendorf
thus Hannover 96 qualified for the finals

Preliminary round

Group 1

date Result
Sun, May 13th Schalke 04 3: 1 (1: 0) 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun, May 20 Hannover 96 2: 5 (0: 2) 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun, May 20 Schalke 04 0: 3 (0: 1) Karlsruher SC
Sun, May 27th Karlsruher SC 0-0 Hannover 96
Thursday, May 31 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0: 1 (0: 1) Karlsruher SC
Sun 03.06. Hannover 96 2: 0 (1: 0) Karlsruher SC
Sun 03.06. 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4: 4 (0: 2) Schalke 04
Wed, 06.06. Hannover 96 0: 4 (0: 1) Schalke 04
Sun 10.06. Schalke 04 3: 1 (2: 0) Hannover 96
Sun 10.06. Karlsruher SC 0: 1 (0: 1) 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun, June 17th 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5: 3 (3: 1) Hannover 96
Sun, June 17th Karlsruher SC 3: 2 (2: 2) Schalke 04

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Karlsruher SC  6th  3  1  2 007: 500 1.40 07: 50
 2. FC Schalke 04  6th  3  1  2 016:120 1.33 07: 50
 3. 1. FC Kaiserslautern  6th  3  1  2 016:130 1.23 07: 50
 4th Hannover 96  6th  1  1  4th 008:170 0.47 03: 90
Qualification for the final of the German championship 1955/56

Group 2

date Result
Sun, May 13th Hamburger SV 0-0 VfB Stuttgart
Sun, May 20 Hamburger SV 5: 1 (1: 1) BFC Victoria 1889
Sun, May 20 VfB Stuttgart 0: 2 (0: 1) Borussia Dortmund
Sun, May 27th Borussia Dortmund 1: 1 (0: 1) BFC Victoria 1889
Wed, May 30 Borussia Dortmund 5: 0 (2: 0) Hamburger SV
Wed, May 30 BFC Victoria 1889 3: 3 (0: 0) VfB Stuttgart
Sun 03.06. VfB Stuttgart 2: 4 (0: 2) Hamburger SV
Sun 03.06. BFC Victoria 1889 0: 6 (0: 4) Borussia Dortmund
Sun 10.06. Hamburger SV 2: 1 (2: 1) Borussia Dortmund
Sun 10.06. VfB Stuttgart 3: 1 (2: 0) BFC Victoria 1889
Sun, June 17th Borussia Dortmund 4: 1 (2: 0) VfB Stuttgart
Sun, June 17th BFC Victoria 1889 1: 3 (1: 1) Hamburger SV

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Borussia Dortmund  6th  4th  1  1 019: 400 4.75 09: 30
 2. Hamburger SV  6th  4th  1  1 014:100 1.40 09: 30
 3. VfB Stuttgart  6th  1  2  3 009:140 0.64 04: 80
 4th BFC Victoria 1889  6th  0  2  4th 007:210 0.33 02:10
Qualification for the final of the German championship 1955/56

Endgame

pairing Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund - Karlsruher SCKarlsruher SC
Result 4: 2 (2: 1)
date June 24, 1956
Stadion Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator 75,000
referee Albert Dusch ( Kaiserslautern )
Gates 0: 1 Ernst Kunkel (10th)
1: 1 Alfred Niepieklo (15th)
2: 1 Alfred Kelbassa (26th)
3: 1 Alfred Preißler (53rd)
4: 1 Wolfgang Peters (57th)
4: 2 Wilhelm Burgsmüller (66th, own goal)
Borussia Dortmund Heinrich Kwiatkowski ; Wilhelm Burgsmüller , Herbert Sandmann ; Elwin Schlebrowski , Max Michallek , Helmut Bracht ; Wolfgang Peters , Alfred Preißler , Alfred Kelbassa , Alfred Niepieklo , Helmut Kapitulski
Trainer: Helmut Schneider
Karlsruher SC Rudi Fischer ; Max Fischer , Walter Construction ; Heinz Ruppenstein , Siegfried Geesmann , Herbert Dannenmeier ; Oswald Traub , Kurt Sommerlatt , Heinz Beck , Ernst Kunkel , Bernhard Termath
Trainer: Adolf Patek