1921 German football championship

The 1921 German football championship, the 14th edition of the competition, was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating BFC Vorwärts 90 5–0 in the final.^[1]

1921 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Dates	22 May – 12 June
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	1. FC Nürnberg 2nd German title
Runner-up	BFC Vorwärts 90
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Luitpold Popp (5 goals)
← 1920 1922 →

For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the second national championship, having won the competition in the previous season as well. Nuremberg thereby became the first team to successfully defend their title. It was part of Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons from 1920 to 1927, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship. For Vorwärts Berlin it marked the club's sole German championship final. The club, being unrelated to the East German club ASK Vorwärts Berlin, later merged with 1905 champions Union 92 Berlin to form SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin.^[2][3]

Nuremberg's Luitpold Popp was the top scorer of the 1921 championship with five goals.^[4]

Seven clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, nominally the champions of each of the seven regional football championships. However, the Baltic championship was later awarded to a different club, the VfB Königsberg.^[1]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional championships:^[1]

Club	Qualified as
Stettiner SC	Baltic championship representative
Sportfreunde Breslau	South Eastern German champions
BFC Vorwärts 90	Brandenburg champion
Wacker Halle	Central German champions
Hamburger SV	Northern German champions
Duisburger SpV	Western German champions
1. FC Nürnberg	Southern German champions

Competition

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 22 May 1921:^[5]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Duisburger SpV	2–1	Hamburger SV
Sportfreunde Breslau	1–2	Wacker Halle
SC Stettin	1–2	BFC Vorwärts 90

• 1. FC Nürnberg received a bye for the quarter-finals

Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 29 May 1921:^[5]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Wacker Halle	1–5	1. FC Nürnberg
BFC Vorwärts 90	2–1	Duisburger SpV

Final

1. FC Nürnberg	5 – 0	BFC Vorwärts 90
Popp 13', 76', 87' Träg 14', 35'	Report

12 June 1921

Sport-Club 1899-Platz, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Bauwens

1. FC Nürnberg   Heinrich Stuhlfauth   Anton Kugler   Michael Grünerwald   Gustav Bark   Carl Riegel   Hans Kalb   Heinrich Träg   Hans Sutor   Wolfgang Strobel   Luitpold Popp   Willy Böß Manager: Izidor Kürschner

BFC VORWÄRTS 90   Albert Weber   Walter Probst   Walter Fritzsche   A. Rotkehl   Willy Puls   Karl Hüttig   Karl Wolter   Georg Schumann   Hermann Paul   Erich Kretschmann   Wilhelm Hoffmann Manager: