List of the top scorer in the football league

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Uwe Seeler (here in 1968) was the top scorer in the Oberliga Nord seven times

The list of top scorer in the league includes all top scorer in the German leagues between 1945 and 1963. In the further part the most successful players and most successful clubs are named. The top scorer was the player who scored the most goals in the course of a league season. Between 1945 and 1963, the league was the top division in German football and was played in five groups (North, West, Southwest, South and Berlin).

A total of 67 players were able to claim the title of top scorer for themselves during this time. The most successful player was Uwe Seeler , who was top scorer in the Oberliga Nord seven times. The second most successful player was Ernst-Otto Meyer , who won the title four times. Meyer and Horst Schmutzler are the only players who were top scorers in a season in two league seasons. This is followed by five players, each with three titles. The highest number of goals in a season was reached by Werner Basler , who scored 54 goals for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the Oberliga Südwest in the 1948/49 season. The second most successful player was Hans Berndt , who scored 53 times for SG Charlottenburg in the 1946/47 season .

38 times, a top scorer and his team also became champions of the respective league season. A top scorer and his team have also been German champions six times . Uwe Seeler is the only player from the Oberliga era who was both top scorer and footballer of the year in one season (the latter award was first given in 1960). Furthermore, Rudolf Brunnenmeier and Uwe Seeler are the only players who were top scorer in both the Oberliga and the Bundesliga .

Record goal scorers

The top scorers in the history of the league are:

According to his own statistics, Werner Baßler scored up to 40 league goals - and Ottmar and Fritz Walter a few fewer - making him the top scorer of the league era.

Ottmar Walter scored eight goals in the 13-0 victory of 1. FC Kaiserslautern against SpVgg Andernach in 1947/48. Werner Baßler , also Kaiserslautern, scored seven goals each in the 14-0 and 16-1 wins against Eintracht Trier and SpVgg Weisenau in 1948/49 .

List of top scorers

  • Players : Players marked in yellow have been voted Footballer of the Year in Germany.
  • Club : Clubs marked in green won the German championship in the respective season. Clubs marked in blue became champions of the respective league season.
  • Goals : The pink number indicates the highest number of goals that has ever been scored in the respective season, the dark red number the highest number of goals in the entire league.
  • Section : Reports the average number of goals per game. The pink number indicates the highest average of goals ever achieved in the respective season, the dark red number the highest average of goals in the entire league. The average is not based on the games actually played, but on the theoretically highest possible number of games in the respective season.

Oberliga Nord

season player society Gates cut
1947/48 Adolf Vetter VfL Osnabrück 26th 1.18
1948/49 Adolf Vetter VfL Osnabrück 24 1.09
1949/50 Adolf Vetter VfL Osnabrück 28 0.93
1950/51 Herbert Wojtkowiak Hamburger SV 40 1.25
1951/52 Ernst-Otto Meyer VfL Osnabrück 29 0.97
1952/53 Günter Schlegel Goettingen 05 26th 0.87
1953/54 Fritz Apel Arminia Hanover 21st 0.70
Werner Heitkamp FC St. Pauli 21st 0.70
1954/55 Günter Schlegel Hamburger SV 28 0.93
Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 28 0.93
1955/56 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 32 1.07
1956/57 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 31 1.03
1957/58 Werner Thamm Eintracht Braunschweig 23 0.77
1958/59 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 29 0.97
1959/60 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 36 1.20
1960/61 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 29 0.97
1961/62 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 28 0.93
Gerd Koll Holstein Kiel 28 0.93
1962/63 Dieter Meyer Werder Bremen 37 1.23

Note: As a rule, the Oberliga Nord consisted of 16 clubs (30 games). From 1947 to 1949 there were 12 clubs (22 games). In the 1950/51 season, 17 clubs (32 games) belonged to the Oberliga Nord.

Oberliga West

season player society Gates cut
1947/48 August Lenz Borussia Dortmund 22nd 0.92
1948/49 Alfred Preissler Borussia Dortmund 25th 1.04
1949/50 Alfred Preissler Borussia Dortmund 24 0.80
1950/51 Hans Kleina FC Schalke 04 25th 0.83
1951/52 Karl Hetzel Meidericher SV 25th 0.83
1952/53 Hans Schäfer 1. FC Cologne 26th 0.87
1953/54 Hans Schäfer 1. FC Cologne 26th 0.87
1954/55 Felix Gerritzen Prussia Munster 23 0.77
Heinz Lorenz Prussia Dellbrück 23 0.77
1955/56 Alfred Niepieklo Borussia Dortmund 24 0.80
1956/57 Alfred Kelbassa Borussia Dortmund 30th 1.00
1957/58 Alfred Kelbassa Borussia Dortmund 24 0.80
1958/59 Gerhard Clement Westfalia Herne 28 0.93
1959/60 Jürgen Schütz Borussia Dortmund 31 1.03
1960/61 Jürgen Schütz Borussia Dortmund 27 0.90
1961/62 Manfred Rummel Black and white food 26th 0.87
1962/63 Jürgen Schütz Borussia Dortmund 25th 0.83

Note: As a rule, the Oberliga West consisted of 16 clubs (30 games). From 1947 to 1949 there were 13 clubs (24 games).

Oberliga Südwest

Ottmar Walter was three times top scorer in the Oberliga Südwest
season player society Gates cut
1945/46 Werner Bassler 1. FC Kaiserslautern 33 1.83
1946/47 Fritz Walter 1. FC Kaiserslautern 24 1.71
1947/48 Ottmar Walter 1. FC Kaiserslautern 51 1.96
1948/49 Werner Bassler 1. FC Kaiserslautern 54 2.25
1949/50 Werner Bassler 1. FC Kaiserslautern 45 1.50
Ottmar Walter 1. FC Kaiserslautern 45 1.50
1950/51 Ottmar Walter 1. FC Kaiserslautern 29 1.12
1951/52 Gerhard Siedl Borussia Neunkirchen 27 0.90
1952/53 Fritz Walter 1. FC Kaiserslautern 38 1.27
1953/54 Herbert Martin 1. FC Saarbrücken 35 1.17
1954/55 Herbert Martin 1. FC Saarbrücken 26th 0.87
1955/56 Horst Schmutzler TuS Neuendorf 30th 1.00
1956/57 Otto Hölzemann TuS Neuendorf 28 0.93
1957/58 Friedel Trapp TuRa Ludwigshafen 28 0.93
1958/59 Rudolf Bast FV Speyer 25th 0.83
Helmut Kapitulski FK Pirmasens 25th 0.83
1959/60 Helmut Kapitulski FK Pirmasens 27 0.90
1960/61 Joseph Christ Sportfreunde 05 Saarbrücken 25th 0.83
1961/62 Rudi Dörrenbächer Borussia Neunkirchen 37 1.23
1962/63 Dieter Krafczyk 1. FC Saarbrücken 29 0.97

Note: As a rule, the Oberliga Südwest consisted of 16 clubs (30 games). The league was composed as follows: 1945/46 (North: 10 clubs - 18 games), 1946/47 (8 clubs - 14 games), 1947/48 and 1950/51 (14 clubs - 26 games) and 1948 / 49 (13 clubs - 24 games). Until the 1949/50 season there was also a southern relay with clubs from southern Baden, southern Württemberg and Hohenzollern. No data is available on the goal scorers of this season.

Oberliga Süd

season player society Gates cut
1945/46 Robert Schlienz VfB Stuttgart 42 1.40
1946/47 Hans Pöschl 1. FC Nuremberg 38 1.00
1947/48 Robert Schlienz VfB Stuttgart 31 0.82
1948/49 Georg Herbold SV Waldhof 19th 0.63
Emil Maier Kickers Offenbach 19th 0.63
Otto Thanner TSV 1860 Munich 19th 0.63
1949/50 Horst pity SpVgg Fürth 21st 0.70
1950/51 Max Morlock 1. FC Nuremberg 28 0.82
1951/52 Max Morlock 1. FC Nuremberg 26th 0.87
Helmut Preisendörfer Kickers Offenbach 26th 0.87
1952/53 Horst pity SpVgg Fürth 22nd 0.73
1953/54 Helmut Preisendörfer Kickers Offenbach 22nd 0.73
Horst pity 1. FC Nuremberg 22nd 0.73
1954/55 Ernst-Otto Meyer VfR Mannheim 36 1.20
1955/56 Ernst-Otto Meyer VfR Mannheim 30th 1.00
1956/57 Heinz Beck Karlsruher SC 34 1.13
1957/58 Siegfried Gast Kickers Offenbach 20th 0.67
1958/59 Ernst-Otto Meyer VfR Mannheim 27 0.90
1959/60 Heinz Strehl 1. FC Nuremberg 30th 1.00
1960/61 Rudolf Brunnenmeier TSV 1860 Munich 23 0.77
Erwin Stein Eintracht Frankfurt 23 0.77
1961/62 Lothar Schämer Eintracht Frankfurt 26th 0.87
1962/63 Rudolf Brunnenmeier TSV 1860 Munich 24 0.80
Kurt Haseneder 1. FC Nuremberg 24 0.80

Remarks:

  • As a rule, the Oberliga Süd consisted of 16 clubs (30 games). From 1946 to 1948 the league consisted of 20 clubs (38 games), while 18 clubs (34 games) took part in the Oberliga Süd in the 1950/51 season.
  • 1960/61: various statistics also see Erwin Stein as the sole top scorer with 24 goals.
  • 1961/62: Various statistics also see Lothar Schämer and Rudolf Brunnenmeier as joint top scorer with 26 goals each.
  • 1962/63: Various statistics also see Kurt Haseneder as the sole top scorer with 25 goals.

City League Berlin

season player society Gates cut
1946/47 Hans Berndt SG Charlottenburg 53 2.41
1947/48 Gerhard Graf SG Charlottenburg 20th 0.91
1948/49 Hermann Paul Berliner SV 1892 20th 0.91
1949/50 Heinz Rogge Union Oberschöneweide 29 1.32
1950/51 Paul Salisch SC Union 06 Berlin 29 1.12
1951/52 Horst Schmutzler Tennis Borussia Berlin 25th 0.96
1952/53 Alfred Herrmann Minerva 93 Berlin 17th 0.65
1953/54 Hermann Paul Berliner SV 1892 19th 0.86
1954/55 Werner Nocht BFC Victoria 1889 18th 0.82
1955/56 Manfred Dommasch Hertha Zehlendorf 18th 0.82
1956/57 Helmut Faeder Hertha BSC 18th 0.82
1957/58 Dieter Blümchen BFC Victoria 1889 19th 0.86
1958/59 Reinhard Knöfel Spandauer SV 23 0.70
1959/60 Klaus Heuer Berliner SV 1892 21st 0.70
1960/61 Helmut Faeder Hertha BSC 17th 0.63
1961/62 Wolfgang Seeger Tennis Borussia Berlin 18th 0.67
Lutz Steinert Hertha BSC 18th 0.67
1962/63 Hans-Joachim Altendorff Hertha BSC 41 1.52

Note: 1946–50, 1953–1958: 12 clubs (22 games), 1950–52: 14 clubs (26 games), 1952–53: 13 clubs (24 games), 1958–59: 12 clubs (33 games), 1959–60: 11 clubs (30 games), 1961–63: 10 clubs (27 games)

Leaderboards

according to players
rank player title Year (s)
1 Uwe Seeler 7th 1955 N, 1956 N, 1957 N, 1959 N, 1960 N, 1961 N, 1962 N
2 Ernst-Otto Meyer 4th 1952 N, 1955 S, 1956 S, 1959 S
3 Werner Bassler 3 1946 SW, 1949 SW, 1950 SW
Horst pity 3 1950 S, 1953 S, 1954 S
Jürgen Schütz 3 1960 W, 1961 W, 1963 W.
Adolf Vetter 3 1948 N, 1949 N, 1950 N
Ottmar Walter 3 1948 SW, 1950 SW, 1951 SW
8th Rudolf Brunnenmeier 2 1961 S, 1963 S
Helmut Faeder 2 1957 B, 1961 B
Helmut Kapitulski 2 1959 SW, 1960 SW
Alfred Kelbassa 2 1957 W, 1958 W
Herbert Martin 2 1954 SW, 1955 SW
Max Morlock 2 1951 S, 1952 S
Hermann Paul 2 1949 B, 1954 B
Helmut Preisendörfer 2 1952 S, 1954 S
Alfred Preissler 2 1949 W, 1950 W
Hans Schäfer 2 1953 W, 1954 W
Günter Schlegel 2 1953 N, 1955 N
Robert Schlienz 2 1946 S, 1948 S
Horst Schmutzler 2 1952 B, 1956 SW
Fritz Walter 2 1947 SW, 1953 SW
after clubs
rank society title
1 Borussia Dortmund 9
Hamburger SV 9
3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 8th
4th 1. FC Nuremberg 6th
5 Hertha BSC 4th
Tennis Borussia Berlin 4th
Kickers Offenbach 4th
VfL Osnabrück 4th
9 Berliner SV 1892 3
VfR Mannheim 3
TSV 1860 Munich 3
1. FC Saarbrücken 3
13 BFC Victoria 1889 2
Eintracht Frankfurt 2
SpVgg Fürth 2
1. FC Cologne 2
TuS Neuendorf 2
Borussia Neunkirchen 2
FK Pirmasens 2
VfB Stuttgart 2

See also

literature

  • Walter Grüber: Football scorer statistics Germany , BoD - Books on Demand, 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hardy Greens : From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga 1890 to 1963. Encyclopedia of German League Football - Volume 1 . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 .
  2. ↑ dfb.de: top scorer
  3. ↑ Record goal scorers in the history of the league according to RSSSF
  4. ↑ rsssf.com: (West) Germany - Footballer of the Year
  5. ↑ dfb.de: German men's champions
  6. ↑ Wojtkowiak's actual personal goal rate was 1.29 , as he only played 31 games (Oberliga Nord 1951/52).
  7. ↑ After evaluating the match reports in Sport Hamburg , Kicker and (partially) Hamburger Abendblatt, 28 goals appear plausible . Two other sources even name 29 goals, the authors Grüne and Prüß only 27 goals. There is no absolute certainty, because z. For example, the question of "own goal or striker goal" was subject to the reporter's subjective assessment at the time (also applies to numerous other cases).
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