1956 German football championship

The 1956 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in West Germany in 1955-56. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the first time in their second final appearance, having previously lost the 1949 German football championship final to VfR Mannheim.[1][2]

1956 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
CountryWest Germany
Dates5 May – 24 June
Teams9
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund
1st German title
Runners-upKarlsruher SC
European CupBorussia Dortmund
Matches played29
Goals scored124 (4.28 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Alfred Niepieklo (10 goals)
← 1955
1957 →

On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1956–57 European Cup, where it went out to Manchester United 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1955–56 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
Hannover 96Oberliga Nord runners-up
Borussia DortmundOberliga West champions
Schalke 04Oberliga West runners-up
Viktoria 89 BerlinOberliga Berlin champions
1. FC KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
TuS NeuendorfOberliga Südwest runners-up
Karlsruher SCOberliga Süd champions
VfB StuttgartOberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

First qualifying round

The four qualified runners-up played two qualifying rounds to determine the three clubs which advanced to the group stage. The deciding game for the third qualified team had to be replayed after a three-all draw after extra time in the first match.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Schalke 04 2–1 aet Hannover 96
VfB Stuttgart 8–0 TuS Neuendorf

Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hannover 96 3–3 aet TuS Neuendorf

Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hannover 96 3–2 TuS Neuendorf

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification KSC S04 FCK H96
1 Karlsruher SC 6 3 1 2 7 5 1.400 7 Advance to final — 3–2 0–1 0–0
2 Schalke 04 6 3 1 2 16 12 1.333 7 0–3 — 3–1 3–1
3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 3 1 2 16 13 1.231 7 0–1 4–4 — 5–3
4 Hannover 96 6 1 1 4 8 17 0.471 3 2–0 0–4 2–5 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification BVB HSV VFB V89
1 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 19 4 4.750 9 Advance to final — 5–0 4–1 1–1
2 Hamburger SV 6 4 1 1 14 10 1.400 9 2–1 — 0–0 5–1
3 VfB Stuttgart 6 1 2 3 9 14 0.643 4 0–2 2–4 — 3–1
4 Viktoria Berlin 6 0 2 4 7 21 0.333 2 0–6 1–3 3–3 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Final
Borussia Dortmund4 – 2Karlsruher SC
Niepieklo 15'
Kelbassa 26'
Preißler 53'
Peters 57'		 Kunkel 10'
Burgsmüller 66' (o.g.)
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Dusch (Kaiserslautern
BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
GKGermany Heinz Kwiatkowski
DFGermany Herbert Sandmann
DFGermany Max Michallek
DFGermany Wilhelm Burgsmüller
DFGermany Helmut Bracht
MFGermany Elwin Schlebrowski
MWGermany Alfred Niepieklo
MFGermany Alfred Kelbassa
FWGermany Alfred Preißler
FWGermany Wolfgang Peters
FWGermany Helmut Kapitulski
Manager:
Germany Helmut Schneider
KARLSRUHE:
GKGermany Rudi Fischer
DFGermany Siegfried Geesmann
DFGermany Max Fischer
DFGermany Walter Baureis
MFGermany Kurt Sommerlatt
MFGermany Heinz Ruppenstein
MFGermany Herbert Dannenmeier
FWGermany Oswald Traub
FWGermany Ernst Kunkel
FWGermany Heinz Beck
FWGermany Bernhard Termath
Manager:
Austria Adolf Patek

References
  1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 19 December 2015
  2. Borussia Dortmund » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Borussia Dortmund honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
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