Soccer World Cup 1938 / German Reich
This article covers the German national team at the 1938 World Cup in France .
qualification
The German team prevailed in group 1 qualification together with Sweden against Finland and Estonia .
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
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|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11: 1 | +10 | 6-0 |
| 2. |
 Sweden
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11: 7 | +4 | 4: 2 |
| 3. |
 Estonia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4:11 | −7 | 2: 4 |
| 3. |
 Finland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0: 7 | −7 | 0: 6 |
| 06/29/1937 | Helsinki | Finland | - | German Empire | 0: 2 (0: 1) | 0: 1 Ernst Lehner (6th), 0: 2 Adolf Urban (60th) |
| 08/29/1937 | Koenigsberg | German Empire | - | Estonia | 4: 1 (0: 1) | 0: 1 Georg Siimenson (32nd), 1: 1 Ernst Lehner (50th), 2: 1 Josef Gauchel (53rd), 3: 1 Ernst Lehner (65th), 4: 1 Josef Gauchel (86th) |
| 11/21/1937 | Hamburg | German Empire | - | Sweden | 5: 0 (2: 0) | 1-0 Otto Siffling (2nd), 2-0 Fritz Szepan (8th), 3-0 Helmut Schön (48th), 4-0 Otto Siffling (57th), 5-0 Helmut Schön (63rd) |
Austria qualified in Group 8 with a 2-1 victory (0: 1 Ilja Vestermans (6th), 1: 1 Camillo Jerusalem (15th), 2: 1 Franz Binder (34th)) on October 5, 1937 in Vienna against Latvia , which had previously defeated Lithuania in two games .
Greater German team
After the " Anschluss of Austria " had occurred on March 12, 1938 when the German Wehrmacht marched in , the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) disbanded on March 28, de facto , and resigned from FIFA . The now unofficial international match ("connection game" or "reconciliation game") carried out for the merger took place on April 3rd in the Prater Stadium in Vienna under the direction of referee Alfred Birlem in front of 60,000 spectators. Austria's captain Matthias Sindelar ordered not to play in the traditional black and white dress, but to wear red, white and red, the Austrians' away dress; the Germans were allowed to play in their white and black home kits. The team from the " Ostmark " won the match 2-0 against the " Altreich "; the goals were scored by Matthias Sindelar (62nd minute) and Karl Sesta (70th minute).
At that time the Austrian football was among the world leaders and already had since 1924 on professional football ; By resolution of May 31, 1938, all professional football contracts were terminated with immediate effect. The high quality of Austrian football was also evident after the merger in domestic German competitions. Immediately in the "follow-up" year of 1938 , SK Rapid Wien won the German Cup and 1941 German champions , and First Vienna FC won the 1943 Cup .
After the merger of the German Reich with Austria , Otto Nerz , head of the national team until his resignation shortly before the World Cup, and his Reich coach Sepp Herberger had to quickly form a team made up of players from the two national teams under political pressure from Berlin Play systems represented. In the 3-6 defeat in the last test match before the World Cup against England on May 14, 1938 in Berlin, Johann Pesser was the first player who had previously played for Austria to take part in a game of the DFB selection. Due to the short preparation time (the “ referendum on the reunification of Austria with the German Reich ” took place on April 10th, the world championship started on June 4th) the innkeeper, who was last solely responsible, was no longer able to move out of the two old teams belonged to the best in the world ( World Cup third and fourth in 1934 ) to form a powerful team together. The large German team, made up of 13 players from the “Altreich” and nine from the “Ostmark”, was to compete at the World Cup with six German players and five Austrian players. The team were eliminated later in the first round (round of 16) - against their common neighbor Switzerland . Matthias Sindelar, who was appointed by Herberger for the contingent, was not there; he refused to play in the great German team.
With the loss of the Austrian team, a starting place at the World Cup finals became available. FIFA offered the place to the team from England , but they declined. Only 15 teams took part in the final round.
Contingent
Note: The shirt numbers were not introduced in international football until 1939 .
Games of the German team
Round of 16
Venue |
| June 4, 1938 in Paris | |||
 Switzerland
|
- |
German Empire |
1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1) |
Switzerland and Germany played the opening game of the tournament, which was to take place in Strasbourg in the Meinau Stadium ( Stade de la Meinau ; capacity 31,600). But because of the great demand, the meeting was moved to the Prinzenpark ( Parc des Princes ; capacity 35,700) in Paris . In front of the 27,152 spectators and under the direction of the Belgian John Langenus , there was not a nice, but an exciting argument. After the Swiss determined the game at the beginning, the German team took the lead through Gauchel (29th). Abegglen (43rd) equalized shortly before the break. The second half of the game was alternately determined by the Germans and the Swiss, but remained, as well as the final overtime , without a hit. The condition of the Swiss took off in extra time but Germany lost its left wing Pesser by sending-off (96). After the game, the team traveled to the quarters in Aachen "to be away from all the hustle and bustle of the World Cup".
Replay
| June 9, 1938 in Paris | |||
| Switzerland |
- |
German Empire |
4: 2 (1: 2) |
Five days later there was the playoff at the same place in front of 20,025 spectators; The referee was the Swede Ivan Eklind . In the first half, the heavily redeployed German team dominated. Hahnemann (8th) scored the 1-0, an own goal by Lörtscher ensured the 2-0 lead (22nd). But the connecting gate through Walaschek (42nd) unsettled the team. After the break, Switzerland was able to play their game and Bickel (64th) and Abegglen twice (75th and 78th) ensured the final score.
Web links
- dfb.de: "The 1938 World Cup in France - Six Germans and five Austrians: Fire meets water" ( Memento from August 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legally ( de jure ) the association existed until June 7, 1938.
- ↑ The game does not appear in the official internationals of Germany and Austria .
- ↑ 80 years of "Connection Game": One last dance of the old Viennese . Der Standard, April 3, 2018
- ^ Reconciliation game in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ↑ In the DFB area there were only contract players from 1949 and licensed players in 1963 with the introduction of the Bundesliga ; most of the actors were semi-professionals. From 1972 onwards, payments to professional players were completely released.
- ↑ Football Week of May 31, 1938, pages 12 f .: "Farewell to a controversial man: Prof. Dr. Mink resigned "
- ↑ Kicker Edition : 100 Years of German International Games , Olympia-Verlag , Nuremberg 2008, p. 33
- ↑ Kicker special issue : 100 years of German football , Olympia-Verlag , Nuremberg 1999, p. 71
- ↑ FIFA World Cup - The History of the Final Draw from 1930 to 2006. (PDF; 123.76 kB) FIFA , 2006, p. 5 , accessed on June 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Joseph Kelnberger, Ludger Schulze: Sueddeutsche Zeitung : WM Library 1930-1950 , p 92, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-86615-165-9
