FDGB Cup 1952/54
With the FDGB soccer cup competition 1952/54 a cup winner was determined for the fourth time in the GDR .
The fourth cup competition followed on from the 1952/53 cup season, which was canceled after two qualifying rounds and the first main round in June 1953 because of the popular uprising of June 17, 1953 . The competition began with 84 teams from the district leagues and district classes of the 15 GDR districts . After two qualifying rounds, the 1st main round was held on June 7, 1953 with 64 teams. Among them were the remaining 21 district representatives, plus the 26 teams from the second-rate GDR league and the 17 teams from the GDR upper league . In the spring of 1954, the 2nd main round, which had already been drawn in 1953, was drawn again and held on April 25, 1954.
In the round of 16, 13 of the league teams had already been eliminated, with Chemie Apolda and activist Welzow two district league teams were still represented, but this was the end of the line. Surprisingly, with Empor Wurzen-West , Chemie Zeitz and Vorwärts Berlin, three second division teams were among the last four. The Berlin army footballers, who had already been promoted, and the upper division Motor Zwickau finally reached the final.
1st main round
The games took place on June 7, 1953.
*) Weißenfels disqualified
Make-up and repetition games
The games took place six months after the 1st main round on December 20, 1953.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSG unit Schwerin | 3: 1 nV | BSG Stahl Thale |
| BSG unit Spremberg | 2: 1 | BSG Wismut Aue |
| SG Dynamo Dresden | 1: 2 | BSG turbine hall |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen West | 7: 3 | BSG Motor Schkeuditz |
| ZSK Forward Berlin | *) | BSG Chemie Lauscha |
*) Lauscha did not compete
2nd main round
The Games took place on April 25, 1954.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Wismar | 5: 1 | BSG Motor Oberschöneweide |
| BSG Turbine Erfurt | 1: 4 | BSG Rotation Plauen |
| BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4: 1 | BSG unit Spremberg |
| BSG Up Louder | 4: 1 | BSG Rotation Nordost Leipzig |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | 5: 1 | BSG activist Laubusch |
| BSG turbine hall | 1: 0 a.d. | BSG Motor Jena |
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 6: 2 | BSG unit Wismar |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 4: 2 | BSG unit Nauen |
| BSG activist Welzow | 2-0 | BSG Empor Tobacco Dresden |
| BSG activist Kaiseroda-Tiefenort | 3: 5 a.d. | BSG Empor Wurzen-West |
| BSG Unit East Leipzig | 1: 0 a.d. | BSG activist Karl-Marx Zwickau |
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | 10-0 | BSG Wismut Bärenstein |
| BSG unit Greifswald | 2: 1 | BSG unit Schwerin |
| BSG Motor Altenburg | 8: 1 | BSG Progress Guben |
| ZSK Forward Berlin | 4: 1 | BSG turbine Weimar |
| BSG Chemie Apolda | 3: 2 | BSG Wismut Gera |
Round of 16
The games took place on May 16 and 19, 1954.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSG Rotation Plauen | 3: 2 a.d. | BSG Chemie Apolda |
| BSG Empor Wurzen-West | 3-0 | BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| BSG Up Louder | 3: 1 | BSG activist Welzow |
| BSG turbine hall | 0: 1 | BSG Chemie Zeitz |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 4: 1 | BSG Rotation Babelsberg |
| BSG Motor Altenburg | 4: 6 a.d. | BSG Motor Wismar |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | 1-0 | BSG unit Greifswald |
| BSG Unit East Leipzig | 1: 4 | ZSK Forward Berlin |
Quarter finals
The Games took place from May 23-30, 1954.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | 4: 1 | BSG Motor Nordhausen-West |
| BSG Motor Wismar | 1: 3 | BSG Motor Zwickau |
| ZSK Forward Berlin | 5-0 | BSG Rotation Plauen |
| BSG Empor Wurzen-West | 3: 1 | BSG Up Louder |
Semifinals
The games took place on June 2nd (Berlin) and 20th (Zwickau) June 1954.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| ZSK Forward Berlin | 1-0 | BSG Chemie Zeitz |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | 2-0 | BSG Empor Wurzen-West |
final
statistics
| pairing | ZSK Forward Berlin - BSG Motor Zwickau |
| Result | 2: 1 (0: 0) |
| date | 3rd July 1954 |
| Stadion | Heinz Steyer Stadium , Dresden |
| spectator | 15,000 |
| referee | Lothar Green ( Limbach ) |
| Gates | 1: 0 Rudolf Mitzschke (18th) 1: 1 Werner Baumann (27th) 2: 1 Heinz Fröhlich (79th, penalty) |
| ZSK Forward Berlin |
Horst Jaschke - Werner Eilitz , Gerhard Marotzke , Gerhard Händler - Horst Scherbaum , Rainer Baumann - Gerhard Ebert (63rd Gerhard Reichelt ), Rudolf Mitzschke , Heinz Fröhlich , Werner Wolf , Roland Weigel Trainer: Kurt Vorkauf |
| BSG Motor Zwickau |
Rolf Baumann - Günter Witzger , Helmut Schubert , Walter Schmidt - Günter Schneider , Lothar Kunack - Erhard Meinhold , Herbert Heinze , Siegfried Kaiser , Werner Baumann , Siegfried Meier Trainer: Erich Dietel |
Course of the game
In the duel between the upper division Motor Zwickau and the second division ZSK Vorwärts Berlin, the army footballers surprisingly prevailed. However, the Berliners with their three national players Eilitz, Scherbaum and Fröhlich had already proven their qualities with a sovereign rise in the league in the past season of the GDR league, so the Zwickauers should have been warned. However, they got into the hindquarters through an early goal by the Berlin veteran Rudolf Mitzschke, while the quick leadership of the forward team gave security within their own ranks. This was not shaken by the Zwickau equalizer ten minutes later by 20-year-old Werner Baumann. Even in the second half, the Zwickau could not live up to their role as favorites. Against the attentive Berlin defense, in which Eilitz was another future national player with Marotzke, the West Saxons failed to score another goal. The goal to win the cup was again achieved by a Berlin veteran. The 28-year-old Heinz Fröhlich converted a foul penalty eleven minutes before the end.
See also
literature
- New football week . (fuwo), born 1954, Sportverlag Berlin, ISSN 0323-8407