German A-Juniors Football Championship 1977/78

The German soccer championship of the A-Juniors 1978 was the 10th edition of this competition. MSV Duisburg was able to successfully defend its title from the previous year by defeating Hertha Zehlendorf 5-2 in the final .

Participating teams

The 16 national association champions took part in the A youth championship.

Regional Association North	Regional Association West	Regional Association Southwest	Regional Association South	Berlin
Schleswig-Holstein : VfB Lübeck Hamburg : Hamburger SV Bremen : OSC Bremerhaven Lower Saxony : SV Arminia Hannover	Westphalia : Borussia Dortmund Middle Rhine : 1. FC Cologne Lower Rhine : MSV Duisburg	Rhineland : SpVgg EGC Wirges Southwest : 1. FSV Mainz 05 Saarland : 1. FC Saarbrücken	Hessen : Eintracht Frankfurt Baden : SV Waldhof Mannheim South Baden : Freiburg FC Württemberg : Stuttgarter Kickers Bayern : FC Augsburg	Berlin : FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf

Round of 16

1st leg: Sun 04.06. Second leg: Sun 11.06.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hamburger SV	3: 7	FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf	1: 7	2-0
SV Arminia Hanover	3: 4	1. FC Cologne	2: 2	1: 2
Freiburg FC	8: 3	1. FC Saarbrücken	6-0	2: 3
SV Stuttgarter Kickers	1: 2	OSC Bremerhaven	0: 2	1-0
FC Augsburg	4: 5	MSV Duisburg	1: 2	3: 3
1. FSV Mainz 05	3: 3; (4: 5 i. E. )	SpVgg EGC Wirges	2: 2	1: 1
Borussia Dortmund	2: 3	SV Waldhof Mannheim	2: 2	0: 1
Eintracht Frankfurt	6: 2	VfB Lübeck	2-0	4: 2

Quarter finals

1st leg: Sun 18.06. 2nd leg: Sun 25.06.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf	7: 2	1. FC Cologne	3-0	4: 2
Freiburg FC	7: 3	OSC Bremerhaven	4: 2	3: 1
MSV Duisburg	3: 2	SpVgg EGC Wirges	2: 1	1: 1
SV Waldhof Mannheim	2: 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	2: 3	0: 5

Semifinals

1st leg: Sun 02.07. 2nd leg: Sun 09.07.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf	4: 4; (3: 2 i.E. )	Freiburg FC	3: 2	1: 2
MSV Duisburg	3: 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 1	2: 1

final

MSV Duisburg		FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf
	Sunday, July 16, 1978 at 10:30 a.m. in Essen ( Uhlenkrugstadion ) Result: 5: 2 (2: 2) Spectators: 11,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann ( Nordstemmen )
	Ulrich Fuchs - Wolfgang Blum - Frank Jasinek, Claus Gebauer , Franz-Wilhelm Brings - Rainer Piepenburg, Klaus Wuschka , Franz-Josef Steininger (77th Andreas Schmidt) - Hannes Weecks, Jürgen Ulitzka , Peter Kowalzik (77th Horst Meyer) Trainers: Friedhelm Wenzlaff	André Wendt - Frank Loder - Wolfgang Stemme, Karl-Heinz Peter , Thomas Ortmanns (55th Frank Hannemann ) - Detlef Beese, Robert Jüttner , Peyami Yayla - Lutz Rosenberg, Andreas John (64th Robert Jaspert ), Pierre Littbarski Trainer: Werner Redlich
	1: 0 Jürgen Ulitzka (3rd) 2: 2 Peter Kowalzik (39th) 3: 2 Jürgen Ulitzka (54th) 4: 2 Hannes Weecks (63rd) 5: 2 Klaus Wuschka (72nd)	1: 1 Pierre Littbarski (21st) 1: 2 Pierre Littbarski (37th)

Individual evidence

• Foosball sports magazine . Olympia-Verlag GmbH, 1978, ISSN  0023-1290 .