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The 1943 German football championship, the 36th edition of the competition, was won by Dresdner SC, the club's first-ever championship, won by defeating FV Saarbrücken in the final.[1][2]
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft | |
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![]() Replica of the Viktoria trophy | |
Tournament details | |
Country | Germany |
Dates | 11 April – 27 June |
Teams | 29 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Dresdner SC 1st German title |
Runner-up | FV Saarbrücken |
Third place | Holstein Kiel |
Fourth place | First Vienna |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 139 (4.48 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Herbert Binkert Ernst Kalwitzki (5 goals each) |
The twenty-nine 1942–43 Gauliga champions, four more than in the previous season,[3] competed in a single-leg knock out competition to determine the national champion.[4] In the following season, the last completed one during the war, the German championship was played with thirty one clubs, expanded through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years.[3]
The 1943 championship marked the end of the golden era of Schalke 04 which had reached the semi-finals of each edition of the national championship from 1932 to 1942 and won the competition in 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1942 while losing the final in 1933, 1938 and 1941. In 1943 defending champions Schalke was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Holstein Kiel, thereby ending the clubs quest for a twelfth consecutive semi-finals appearance.[1][5]
Ernst Kalwitzki of FC Schalke 04 and Herbert Binkert of 1. FC Saarbrücken were the joint top scorers for the 1943 championship with five goals each, the lowest for any top scorer since 1925. For Kalwitzki it was the third and last time, after 1937 and 1939, to finish as top scorer.[6]
Dresdner SC became the last club to be awarded the Viktoria, the annual trophy for the German champions from 1903 to 1944. The trophy disappeared during the final stages of the war, did not resurface until after the German reunification and was put on display at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt until 2015, when it was moved to the new Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund.[7]
Dresdner SC completed the 1942–43 season unbeaten, finishing the Gauliga Sachsen with 18 wins out of 18 games, and winning all five games in the championship to claim the title.[4][8]
The teams qualified through the 1942–43 Gauliga season:[4]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Holstein Kiel | 5–1 | TSG Rostock | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Holstein Kiel, SpVgg Wilhelmshaven, Kickers Offenbach and Westende Hamborn received a bye for the first round.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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2 May 1943[9] | ||
Berliner SV 92 | 2–2 | LSV Pütnitz |
Dresdner SC | 2–1 | SV Dessau 05 |
Eintracht Braunschweig | 5–1 | Victoria Hamburg |
FV Saarbrücken | 5–1 | FC Mühlhausen 93 |
LSV Reinecke Brieg | 4–3 | Germania Königshütte |
Schalke 04 | 8–1 | SV 06 Kassel |
SG Warschau | 3–1 | DWM Posen |
TSV 1860 München | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart |
VfB Königsberg | 3–1 | SV Neufahrwasser |
VfR Mannheim | 3–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
First Vienna | 5–2 | MSV Brünn |
SV Victoria Köln | 2–0 | TuS Neuendorf |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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9 May 1943 | ||
Berliner SV 92 | 2–0 | LSV Pütnitz |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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16 May 1943[10] | ||
Dresdner SC | 4–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
FV Saarbrücken | 5–0 | SV Victoria Köln |
Holstein Kiel | 2–0 | Berliner SV 92 |
Schalke 04 | 4–1 | SpVgg Wilhelmshaven |
TSV 1860 München | 2–0 | Kickers Offenbach |
VfB Königsberg | 5–1 | SG Warschau |
VfR Mannheim | 8–1 | Westende Hamborn |
First Vienna | 8–0 | LSV Reinecke Brieg |
SV Neufahrwasser | 0 – 4 | Dresdner SC |
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Kugler ![]() Hofmann ![]() Schaffer ![]() |
Holstein Kiel | 4 – 1 | Schalke 04 |
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Linken ![]() Möschel ![]() Hain ![]() |
Tibulski ![]() |
First Vienna | 2 – 0 | TSV 1860 München |
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Noack ![]() Decker ![]() |
FV Saarbrücken | 3 – 2 | VfR Mannheim |
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Balzert ![]() Dorn ![]() Baier ![]() |
Striebinger ![]() |
Dresdner SC | 3 – 1 | Holstein Kiel |
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Schön ![]() Kugler ![]() Erdl ![]() |
Boller ![]() |
FV Saarbrücken | 2 – 1 | First Vienna |
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Binkert ![]() Sold ![]() |
Strittich ![]() |
Holstein Kiel | 4 – 1 | First Vienna |
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Boller ![]() Walter ![]() Möschel ![]() |
Strittich ![]() |
Dresdner SC | 3 – 0 | FV Saarbrücken |
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Erdl ![]() Schubert ![]() Kugler ![]() |
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