1952–53 Oberliga

For other uses, see 1952–53 Oberliga (disambiguation).

The 1952–53 Oberliga was the eighth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany and the Saar Protectorate. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the south, north and west then entered the 1953 German football championship which was won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern. It was 1. FC Kaiserslautern's second national championship, having previously won it in 1951.^[2][3]

Oberliga

Season	1952–53
Champions	Hamburger SV Union 06 Berlin Borussia Dortmund 1. FC Kaiserslautern Eintracht Frankfurt
Relegated	Concordia Hamburg Eintracht Osnabrück BFC Südring SC Südwest Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin Sportfreunde Katernberg SpVgg Erkenschwick FV Engers BFV Hassia Bingen VfR Mannheim Stuttgarter Kickers
German champions	1. FC Kaiserslautern 2nd German title
Top goalscorer	Fritz Walter (38 goals)[1]
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

Map of the five German Oberligas 1945 to 1963

1. FC Köln set a new Oberliga start record in 1952–53, winning its first eleven games, a mark later equaled by Hannover 96 in 1953–54 and Hamburger SV in 1961–62 but never surpassed.^[4]

A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1952–53 DDR-Oberliga was won by Dynamo Dresden.^[5]

Oberliga Nord

The 1952–53 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC Altona 93, Harburger TB and VfB Lübeck, all promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Günter Schlegel of Göttingen 05 with 26 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hamburger SV	30	18	7	5	78	57	+21	43	Qualification to German championship
2	Holstein Kiel	30	15	9	6	66	38	+28	39
3	Werder Bremen	30	15	7	8	71	55	+16	37
4	VfL Osnabrück	30	15	5	10	66	47	+19	35
5	Göttingen 05	30	13	6	11	73	57	+16	32
6	FC Altona 93	30	13	6	11	73	69	+4	32
7	Hannover 96	30	10	10	10	52	53	−1	30
8	TuS Bremerhaven 93	30	9	11	10	50	60	−10	29
9	FC St. Pauli	30	11	6	13	62	57	+5	28
10	Eimsbütteler TV	30	12	4	14	59	62	−3	28
11	VfB Lübeck	30	9	10	11	46	63	−17	28
12	Arminia Hannover	30	9	9	12	51	62	−11	27
13	Bremer SV	30	12	2	16	65	71	−6	26
14	Harburger TB	30	11	2	17	47	71	−24	24
15	Concordia Hamburg (R)	30	8	7	15	47	62	−15	23	Relegation to Amateurliga
16	Eintracht Osnabrück (R)	30	5	9	16	54	76	−22	19

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Berlin

The 1952–53 season saw two new clubs in the league, BFC Südring and SC Südwest Berlin, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Alfred Herrmann of Minerva 93 Berlin with 17 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Union 06 Berlin	24	17	6	1	57	26	+31	40	Qualification to German championship
2	Spandauer SV	24	14	3	7	53	23	+30	31
3	Tennis Borussia Berlin	24	12	7	5	46	29	+17	31
4	Viktoria 89 Berlin	24	11	6	7	62	41	+21	28
5	Berliner SV 92	24	12	4	8	56	39	+17	28
6	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	24	12	2	10	54	44	+10	26
7	Alemannia 90 Berlin	24	10	5	9	44	37	+7	25
8	Minerva 93 Berlin	24	9	5	10	45	48	−3	23
9	Wacker 04 Berlin	24	8	5	11	42	43	−1	21
10	BFC Nordstern	24	5	9	10	37	56	−19	19
11	BFC Südring (R)	24	5	6	13	30	60	−30	16	Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
12	SC Südwest Berlin (R)	24	3	6	15	32	64	−32	12
13	Hertha BSC Berlin (R)	24	3	6	15	32	79	−47	12

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga West

The 1952–53 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV Sodingen and Borussia München-Gladbach, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Hans Schäfer of 1. FC Köln with 26 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund	30	20	6	4	87	36	+51	46	Qualification to German championship
2	1. FC Köln	30	19	5	6	86	42	+44	43
3	Rot-Weiß Essen	30	18	4	8	86	40	+46	40
4	Meidericher SV	30	15	6	9	63	51	+12	36
5	Alemannia Aachen	30	14	6	10	61	57	+4	34
6	FC Schalke 04	30	14	5	11	67	49	+18	33
7	Preußen Münster	30	12	8	10	74	60	+14	32
8	Preußen Dellbrück	30	12	7	11	52	39	+13	31
9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	30	14	2	14	68	60	+8	30
10	Bayer Leverkusen	30	10	9	11	50	68	−18	29
11	SV Sodingen	30	7	11	12	47	54	−7	25
12	STV Horst-Emscher	30	9	5	16	42	73	−31	23
13	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	30	9	4	17	54	76	−22	22
14	Borussia München-Gladbach	30	7	7	16	31	80	−49	21
15	Sportfreunde Katernberg (R)	30	7	5	18	57	91	−34	19	Relegation to 2. Oberliga West
16	SpVgg Erkenschwick (R)	30	6	4	20	41	90	−49	16

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Südwest

The 1952–53 season saw four new clubs in the league, BFV Hassia Bingen, FV Speyer and VfR Kirn, all promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest while Saar 05 Saarbrücken was promoted from the Amateurliga Saarland. The league's top scorer was Fritz Walter of 1. FC Kaiserslautern with 38 goals, the highest total for the five Oberligas in 1952–53.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern (C)	30	23	5	2	127	31	+96	51	Qualification to German championship
2	TuS Neuendorf	30	21	4	5	97	28	+69	46
3	1. FC Saarbrücken	30	22	2	6	89	39	+50	46
4	Wormatia Worms	30	16	5	9	85	58	+27	37
5	TuRa Ludwigshafen	30	12	10	8	57	47	+10	34
6	Borussia Neunkirchen	30	12	7	11	36	46	−10	31
7	FK Pirmasens	30	12	6	12	64	56	+8	30
8	FSV Mainz 05	30	12	6	12	59	55	+4	30
9	Saar 05 Saarbrücken	30	12	4	14	54	62	−8	28
10	FV Speyer	30	10	8	12	33	39	−6	28
11	VfR Kaiserslautern	30	12	3	15	55	72	−17	27
12	Phönix Ludwigshafen	30	9	6	15	44	68	−24	24
13	Eintracht Trier	30	10	3	17	43	66	−23	23
14	VfR Kirn	30	9	4	17	41	73	−32	22
15	FV Engers (R)	30	7	6	17	46	81	−35	20	Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest
16	BFV Hassia Bingen[a] (R)	30	0	3	27	32	141	−109	3

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. BFV Hassia Bingen was promoted to the Oberliga because VfR Frankenthal was retrospectivly relegated from the league after the first round of the 1952–53 season for attempting to bribe 1. FC Saarbrücken to lose their game against Frankenthal during the 1951–52 season.^[6]

Oberliga Süd

The 1952–53 season saw two new clubs in the league, TSG Ulm 1846 and BC Augsburg, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Horst Schade of SpVgg Fürth with 22 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	16	7	7	62	49	+13	39	Qualification to German championship
2	VfB Stuttgart	30	15	8	7	69	33	+36	38
3	SpVgg Fürth	30	12	11	7	65	45	+20	35
4	Karlsruher SC	30	15	4	11	68	52	+16	34
5	FC Schweinfurt 05	30	12	8	10	40	51	−11	32
6	Kickers Offenbach	30	11	8	11	61	53	+8	30
7	FC Bayern Munich	30	12	6	12	59	56	+3	30
8	1. FC Nürnberg	30	11	7	12	67	61	+6	29
9	SV Waldhof Mannheim	30	13	3	14	56	62	−6	29
10	BC Augsburg	30	13	2	15	59	61	−2	28
11	FSV Frankfurt	30	9	10	11	38	44	−6	28
12	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	30	11	6	13	59	74	−15	28
13	VfR Mannheim	30	9	9	12	46	59	−13	27
14	Stuttgarter Kickers	30	10	6	14	65	69	−4	26
15	TSV 1860 München (R)	30	6	12	12	46	58	−12	24	Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd
16	TSG Ulm 1846 (R)	30	7	7	16	41	74	−33	21

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

German championship

Main article: 1953 German football championship

The 1953 German football championship was contested by the eight qualified Oberliga teams and won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, defeating VfB Stuttgart in the final. The eight clubs played a home-and-away round of matches in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.^[7]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation		KAI	EF	KOL	HK
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern (Q)	6	5	1	0	16	7	+9	11	Qualified to final		—	5–1	2–2	2–1
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	7			0–1	—	2–0	4–1
3	1. FC Köln	6	1	3	2	8	10	−2	5			1–2	0–0	—	3–2
4	Holstein Kiel	6	0	1	5	8	16	−8	1			2–4	0–1	2–2	—

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation		VFB	BD	HSV	UB
1	VfB Stuttgart (Q)	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	10	Qualified to final		—	2–1	2–1	6–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	5	0	1	17	7	+10	10			2–1	—	4–1	4–0
3	Hamburger SV	6	1	1	4	11	15	−4	3			1–2	3–4	—	3–1
4	SC Union 06 Berlin	6	0	1	5	4	20	−16	1			1–3	0–2	2–2	—

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	VfB Stuttgart

References

1. Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (in German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
2. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 21 December 2015
3. 1. FC Kaiserslautern » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Kaiserslautern honours, accessed: 21 December 2015
4. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 245
5. East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.org, accessed: 15 December 2015
6. VfR Frankenthal (in German) suedwest-fussball.de, Club profile, accessed: 22 December 2015
7. Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1952/1953 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 21 December 2015

Sources

• 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
• kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
• DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
• 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (in German) 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997

External links

• The Oberligas on Fussballdaten.de (in German)