1923 German football championship

The 1923 German football championship, the 16th edition of the competition, was won by Hamburger SV, defeating Union Oberschöneweide 3–0 in the final.[1]

1923 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
CountryGermany
Dates6 May – 10 June
Teams7
ChampionsHamburger SV
1st German title
Runners-upUnion Oberschöneweide
Matches played7
Goals scored20 (2.86 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Otto Harder (5 goals)
← 1922
1924 →

For Hamburger SV it was the first national championship, having played in the inconclusive 1922 final and declined the championship. Hamburg would make another appearance in the final in the following season but lose to 1. FC Nürnberg, followed by another championship in 1928, won against another club from Berlin, Hertha BSC. Union Oberschöneweide made its sole championship final appearance in 1923 and would eventually evolve into what is now 1. FC Union Berlin.[2][3]

Hamburg's Tull Harder was the top scorer of the 1923 championship with five goals, having previously done so in 1922 and, again, in 1926 and 1928.[4]

Seven clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, nominally the champions of each of the seven regional football championships. However, the Western German football championship was not contested in 1923 and a qualifying competition for the German football championship was held instead.[1]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional championships:[1]

ClubQualified as
VfB KönigsbergBaltic champions
Sportfreunde BreslauSouth Eastern German champions
Union OberschöneweideBrandenburg champion
Guts Muts DresdenCentral German champions
Hamburger SVNorthern German champions
Arminia BielefeldWestern German championship representative
SpVgg FürthSouthern German champions

Competition

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 6 and 13 May 1923, with the replay played on 20 May:[5]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hamburger SV 2–0 Guts Muts Dresden
SpVgg Fürth 4–0 Sportfreunde Breslau
Union Oberschöneweide 0–0 Arminia Bielefeld

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Union Oberschöneweide 2–1 Arminia Bielefeld

Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 27 May 1923:[5]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hamburger SV 3–2 VfB Königsberg
Union Oberschöneweide 2–1 SpVgg Fürth

Final
Union Oberschöneweide0 – 3Hamburger SV
Report Harder 34'
Breuel 70'
Schneider 90'
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Brucker
UNION OBERSCHÖNEWEIDE
 Germany Franz Müller
 Germany Franz Klautzsch
 Germany Hermann Lux
 Germany Erich Standke
 Germany Otto Martwig
 Germany August Hamann
 Germany Otto Splittgerber
 Germany Willi Jachmann
 Germany Max Franke
 Germany Horst Franke
 Germany Albert Dietz
Manager:
HAMBURGER SV
 Germany Hans Martens
 Sweden Otto Carlsson
 Germany Albert Beier
 Germany Marcel Speyer
 Germany Hans Krohn
 Germany Walter Kolzen
 Norway Asbjørn Halvorsen
 Germany Otto Harder
 Germany Ludwig Breuel
 Germany Karl Schneider
 Germany Hans Rave
Manager:
England A. W. Turner

References
  1. "German championship 1923". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. "Hamburger SV » Steckbrief" [Hamburger SV honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1922/1923 » Spielplan" [German championship 1922–23]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Sources
  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 160 to 178 – German championship
  • Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
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