German football championship 1956/57

Final round of the German soccer championship 1957
master	Borussia Dortmund
European Cup of National Champions	Borussia Dortmund
Cup winners	FC Bayern Munich
Teams	8 (9 with qualifying rounds)
Games	13
Gates	60  (ø 4.62 per game)
Top scorer	Alfred Niepieklo Willi Wenzel each (5 goals)
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The German football championship in 1956/57 was as usual in two groups followed by final but in abbreviated form instead: as a simple round, where all matches were played on neutral courts.

Attendees

Participants in the qualifying round

Holstein Kiel	→ Second in the Oberliga Nord 1956/57
Kickers Offenbach	→ Second in the Oberliga Süd 1956/57

Participants in the final round

Hamburger SV	→ Champion of the Oberliga Nord 1956/57
Borussia Dortmund	→ Champion of the Oberliga West 1956/57
Duisburg SpV	→ Second in the Oberliga West 1956/57
1. FC Kaiserslautern	→ Champion of the Oberliga Südwest 1956/57
1. FC Saarbrücken	→ Second in the Oberliga Südwest 1956/57
1. FC Nuremberg	→ Champion of the Oberliga Süd 1956/57
Hertha BSC	→ Champion of the contract league Berlin 1956/57
Kickers Offenbach	→ Winner of the qualifying round

Qualifying round

date		Result
Sat, May 25	Kickers Offenbach	3: 2 a.d.	Holstein Kiel ( in Düsseldorf )
Kickers Offenbach qualified as the eighth team for the finals

Preliminary round

Group 1

date		Result
Sun, June 2nd	Hamburger SV	1: 1 (0: 0)	Duisburg SpV ( in Berlin )
Sun, June 2nd	1. FC Saarbrücken	2: 2 (0: 0)	1. FC Nürnberg ( in Stuttgart )
Sun, June 9th	Hamburger SV	2: 1 (1: 0)	1. FC Nürnberg ( in Cologne )
Sun, June 9th	Duisburg SpV	3: 1 (2: 0)	1. FC Saarbrücken ( in Frankfurt a. M. )
Sun, June 16	Hamburger SV	2: 1 (2: 1)	1. FC Saarbrücken ( in Düsseldorf )
Sun, June 16	1. FC Nuremberg	2: 2 (1: 0)	Duisburger SpV ( in Ludwigshafen )

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Hamburger SV	3	2	1	0	005: 300	1.67	05: 10
2.	Duisburg SpV	3	1	2	0	006: 400	1.50	04: 20
3.	1. FC Nuremberg	3	0	2	1	005: 600	0.83	02: 40
4th	1. FC Saarbrücken	3	0	1	2	004: 700	0.57	01: 50

Qualification for the final of the German championship 1956/57

Group 2

date		Result
Sun, June 2nd	1. FC Kaiserslautern	14: 1 (5: 1)	Hertha BSC ( in Wuppertal )
Sun, June 2nd	Borussia Dortmund	2: 1 (1: 1)	Kickers Offenbach ( in Ludwigshafen )
Sun, June 9th	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 3 (1: 1)	Borussia Dortmund ( in Hanover )
Sun, June 9th	Hertha BSC	1: 3 (1: 2)	Kickers Offenbach ( in Essen )
Sun, June 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1: 4 (0: 3)	Kickers Offenbach ( in Augsburg )
Sun, June 16	Borussia Dortmund	2: 1 (1: 1)	Hertha BSC ( in Braunschweig )

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Borussia Dortmund	3	3	0	0	007: 400	1.75	06-00
2.	Kickers Offenbach	3	2	0	1	008: 400	2.00	04: 20
3.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3	1	0	2	017: 800	2.13	02: 40
4th	Hertha BSC	3	0	0	3	003:190	0.16	00: 60

Qualification for the final of the German championship 1956/57

Endgame

pairing	Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV
Result	4: 1 (3: 1)
date	June 23, 1957
Stadion	Lower Saxony Stadium , Hanover
spectator	76,000
referee	Albert Dusch ( Kaiserslautern )
Gates	1: 0 Alfred Kelbassa (16th) 1: 1 Gerhard Krug (24th) 2: 1 Alfred Kelbassa (25th) 3: 1 Alfred Niepieklo (26th) 4: 1 Alfred Niepieklo (78th)
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
Hamburger SV	Horst Schnoor ; Rolf Börner , Josef Posipal ; Jürgen Werner , Jochenfritz Meinke , Karl-Heinz Liese ; Walter Schemel , Uwe Reuter , Uwe Seeler , Gerhard Krug , Franz Klepacz Trainer: Günter Mahlmann

Most successful goal scorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Alfred Niepieklo	Dortmund	5
	Willi Wenzel	Kaiserslautern	5
3	Engelbert Kraus	Offenbach	4th
	Fritz Walter	Kaiserslautern	4th
	Ernst Wechselberger	Duisburg	4th

Web links

• Results on fussballdaten.de