1958 German football championship

1958 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	19 April – 18 May
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Schalke 04; 7th German title
Runner-up	Hamburger SV
European Cup	Schalke 04
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	68 (4.53 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bernhard Klodt (5 goals)
	← 1957 1959 →

The 1958 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957–58. Schalke 04 were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.^[1]

It was the club's first title since 1942 and also its last, as of present. It was won in impressive fashion, Schalke winning all its four finals games, scoring 19 goals and conceding only one; a reminder of how the club dominated German football in the 1930s and early 1940s. On the strength of this title, Schalke participated in the 1958–59 European Cup, where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Atlético Madrid.

For Hamburg, it was the second lost final in a row, having lost 4–1 in 1957 to Borussia Dortmund and having to wait another two seasons for its first title since 1928.

The format used to determine the German champion was the same as in the 1957 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and Southwest having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1957–58 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
Eintracht Braunschweig	Oberliga Nord runners-up
Schalke 04	Oberliga West champions
1. FC Köln	Oberliga West runners-up
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Oberliga Berlin champions
FK Pirmasens	Oberliga Südwest champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
Karlsruher SC	Oberliga Süd champions
1. FC Nürnberg	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

19 April 1958	1. FC Köln	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt
	Schäfer 10' Pfeiffer 35' Fendel 48'		O.Walter 31' Wodarzik 80' Wenzel 84'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Asmussen (Flensburg)

Replay

20 April 1958	1. FC Köln	3 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt
	Sturm 17' Schäfer 57' Fendel 80'			Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Skuballa (Hamburg)

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	HSV	FCN	FKP	KOE
1	Hamburger SV	3	3	0	0	8	3	2.667	6	Advance to final	—	3–1	2–1	3–1
2	1. FC Nürnberg	3	1	1	1	7	8	0.875	3		—	—	4–3	—
3	FK Pirmasens	3	0	2	1	4	5	0.800	2		—	2–2	—	1–1
4	1. FC Köln	3	0	1	2	5	8	0.625	1		—	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
26 April 1958	Hamburger SV	–	1. FC Köln	3–1 (1–1)	Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion	75,000
26 April 1958	FK Pirmasens	–	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2 (1–0)	Stuttgart, Neckarstadion	70,000
4 May 1958	Hamburger SV	–	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1 (0–1)	Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion	70,000
4 May 1958	FK Pirmasens	–	1. FC Köln	1–1 (1–0)	Augsburg, Rosenaustadion	50,000
10 May 1958	1. FC Nürnberg	–	1. FC Köln	4–3 (1–3)	Berlin, Olympiastadion	25,000
10 May 1958	Hamburger SV	–	FK Pirmasens	2–1 (1–1)	Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde	40,000

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	S04	KSC	EBS	TBB
1	Schalke 04	3	3	0	16	1	16.000	6	Advance to final	—	3–0	4–1	9–0
2	Karlsruher SC	3	2	1	3	4	0.750	4		—	—	2–1	1–0
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	3	1	2	10	9	1.111	2		—	—	—	8–3
4	Tennis Borussia Berlin	3	0	3	3	18	0.167	0		—	—	—	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
26 April 1958	Karlsruher SC	–	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–0 (0–0)	Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion	8,000
26 April 1958	FC Schalke 04	–	Eintracht Braunschweig	4–1 (1–1)	Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion	20,000
4 May 1958	Karlsruher SC	–	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1 (0–0)	Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion	25,000
4 May 1958	FC Schalke 04	–	Tennis Borussia Berlin	9–0 (2–0)	Kassel, Auestadion	35,000
10 May 1958	FC Schalke 04	–	Karlsruher SC	3–0 (1–0)	Hamburg, Volksparkstadion	75,000
10 May 1958	Eintracht Braunschweig	–	Tennis Borussia Berlin	8–3 (3–1)	Oberhausen, Niederrheinstadion	2,000

Final

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
20 April 1958	FC Schalke 04	–	Hamburger SV	3–0 (2–0)	Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion	85,000


FC Schalke 04:
	1	Manfred Orzessek
	2	Helmut Sadlowski
	3	Günter Brocker
	4	Karl Borutta
	5	Otto Laszig
	6	Willi Koslowski
	7	Heinz Kördell
	8	Günter Karnhof
	9	Günter Siebert
	10	Manfred Kreuz 80'
	11	Bernhard Klodt 5' 29'
Manager:
Edi Frühwirth


Hamburger SV:
	1	Horst Schnoor
	2	Jürgen Werner
	3	Günter Schlegel
	4	Jupp Posipal
	5	Erwin Piechowiak
	6	Jochen Meinke
	7	Gerhard Krug
	8	Franz Klepacz
	9	Uwe Reuter
	10	Klaus Stürmer
	11	Uwe Seeler
Manager:
Günter Mahlmann