1957–58 Oberliga

The 1957–58 Oberliga was the thirteenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1959 German football championship which was won by FC Schalke 04. It was Schalke's seventh and last national championship and its first since 1942.[2]

For other uses, see 1957–58 Oberliga (disambiguation).
Oberliga
Season1957–58
ChampionsHamburger SV
Tennis Borussia Berlin
FC Schalke 04
FK Pirmasens
Karlsruher SC
RelegatedVfB Lübeck
Göttingen 05
Minerva 93 Berlin
Alemannia 90 Berlin
Wuppertaler SV
Sportfreunde Hamborn
VfR Kaiserslautern
SV St. Ingbert
Jahn Regensburg
Stuttgarter Kickers
German championsSchalke 04
7th German title
Top goalscorerFriedel Trapp
(28 goals)[1]
Map of the five German Oberligas 1945 to 1963

A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1958 DDR-Oberliga was won by ASK Vorwärts Berlin.[3]

Oberliga Nord

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Lübeck and VfB Lübeck, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Werner Thamm of Eintracht Braunschweig with 23 goals.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hamburger SV 30 20 3 7 78 35 +43 43 Qualification to German championship
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 18 5 7 72 44 +28 41
3 FC Altona 93 30 14 7 9 49 44 +5 35
4 VfL Osnabrück 30 14 5 11 52 41 +11 33
5 TuS Bremerhaven 93 30 13 7 10 52 42 +10 33
6 Concordia Hamburg 30 14 4 12 61 49 +12 32
7 Werder Bremen 30 14 3 13 76 70 +6 31
8 Holstein Kiel 30 11 8 11 48 46 +2 30
9 FC St. Pauli 30 12 5 13 44 51 −7 29
10 Hannover 96 30 11 5 14 47 46 +1 27
11 VfL Wolfsburg 30 11 4 15 57 57 0 26
12 VfR Neumünster 30 8 10 12 33 54 −21 26
13 Eintracht Nordhorn 30 8 9 13 37 58 −21 25
14 Phönix Lübeck 30 10 5 15 37 64 −27 25
15 VfB Lübeck (R) 30 8 8 14 36 57 −21 24 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 Göttingen 05 (R) 30 8 4 18 47 67 −20 20
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Berlin

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, Alemannia 90 Berlin and Wacker 04 Berlin, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Dieter Blümchen of Viktoria 89 Berlin with 19 goals.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin 22 13 6 3 54 30 +24 32 Qualification to German championship
2 Viktoria 89 Berlin 22 14 3 5 60 22 +38 31
3 Spandauer SV 22 12 7 3 43 22 +21 31
4 Berliner SV 92 22 10 7 5 44 36 +8 27
5 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 22 8 7 7 27 30 −3 23
6 Hertha BSC Berlin 22 8 4 10 28 30 −2 20
7 Hertha Zehlendorf 22 8 4 10 36 41 −5 20
8 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 22 7 5 10 41 47 −6 19
9 Union 06 Berlin 22 9 1 12 40 54 −14 19
10 Wacker 04 Berlin 22 5 7 10 41 52 −11 17
11 Minerva 93 Berlin (R) 22 5 4 13 25 51 −26 14 Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
12 Alemannia 90 Berlin (R) 22 3 5 14 31 55 −24 11
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga West

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, Sportfreunde Hamborn and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Alfred Kelbassa of Borussia Dortmund with 24 goals.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Schalke 04 (C) 30 16 9 5 74 36 +38 41 Qualification to German championship
2 1. FC Köln 30 18 4 8 74 45 +29 40
3 Alemannia Aachen 30 15 7 8 47 38 +9 37
4 Meidericher SV 30 13 10 7 56 37 +19 36
5 Borussia Dortmund 30 14 7 9 67 44 +23 35
6 Preußen Münster 30 9 12 9 48 55 −7 30
7 Rot-Weiß Essen 30 11 8 11 40 42 −2 30
8 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 11 7 12 57 58 −1 29
9 Viktoria Köln 30 11 7 12 57 58 −1 29
10 Duisburger SV 30 12 5 13 41 48 −7 29
11 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 30 10 8 12 45 56 −11 28
12 Westfalia Herne 30 7 13 10 41 54 −13 27
13 SV Sodingen 30 7 10 13 44 55 −11 24
14 VfL Bochum 30 8 8 14 39 62 −23 24
15 Wuppertaler SV (R) 30 8 7 15 46 50 −4 23 Relegation to 2. Oberliga West
16 Sportfreunde Hamborn (R) 30 5 8 17 29 67 −38 18
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Oberliga Südwest

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV St. Ingbert and TuRa Ludwigshafen, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Friedel Trapp of TuRa Ludwigshafen with 29 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1957–58.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FK Pirmasens 30 18 6 6 63 32 +31 42 Qualification to German championship
2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 19 3 8 81 37 +44 41
3 Borussia Neunkirchen 30 19 3 8 67 47 +20 41
4 Phönix Ludwigshafen 30 14 7 9 61 48 +13 35
5 Wormatia Worms 30 14 7 9 48 41 +7 35
6 FSV Mainz 05 30 14 5 11 58 56 +2 33
7 Eintracht Kreuznach 30 13 5 12 67 54 +13 31
8 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 14 3 13 65 54 +11 31
9 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 14 3 13 59 56 +3 31
10 TuRa Ludwigshafen 30 12 3 15 58 63 −5 27
11 TuS Neuendorf 30 11 4 15 59 60 −1 26
12 VfR Frankenthal 30 11 4 15 49 57 −8 26
13 FV Speyer 30 11 3 16 46 59 −13 25
14 Eintracht Trier 30 8 8 14 39 56 −17 24
15 VfR Kaiserslautern (R) 30 5 6 19 35 71 −36 16 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest
16 SV St. Ingbert (R) 30 7 2 21 42 106 −64 16
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Süd

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, TSV 1860 München and SSV Reutlingen, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Siegfried Gast of Kickers Offenbach with 20 goals.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karlsruher SC 30 19 4 7 60 38 +22 42 Qualification to German championship
2 1. FC Nürnberg 30 19 3 8 74 45 +29 41
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 15 9 6 58 32 +26 39
4 SpVgg Fürth 30 17 5 8 54 33 +21 39
5 Kickers Offenbach 30 17 3 10 68 45 +23 37
6 TSV 1860 München 30 14 8 8 50 48 +2 36
7 FC Bayern Munich 30 12 6 12 66 56 +10 30
8 FC Schweinfurt 05 30 11 7 12 51 48 +3 29
9 VfB Stuttgart 30 11 6 13 55 46 +9 28
10 VfR Mannheim 30 11 5 14 43 57 −14 27
11 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 30 10 6 14 51 54 −3 26
12 BC Augsburg 30 8 10 12 45 66 −21 26
13 FSV Frankfurt 30 9 6 15 33 46 −13 24
14 SSV Reutlingen 30 9 5 16 41 55 −14 23
15 Jahn Regensburg (R) 30 5 7 18 29 79 −50 17 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd
16 Stuttgarter Kickers (R) 30 4 8 18 31 61 −30 16
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

German championship
Main article: 1958 German football championship

The 1958 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by FC Schalke 04, defeating Hamburger SV in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga West and Südwest played a pre-qualifying match which had to be replayed as it originally ended in a three-all draw after extra time. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.[5]

Qualifying
Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Köln 3–3 aet 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Replay
Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Köln 3–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hamburger SV (Q) 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 6 Qualified to final
2 1. FC Nürnberg 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 3
3 FK Pirmasens 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4 1. FC Köln 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
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
1 FC Schalke 04 (Q) 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 6 Qualified to final
2 Karlsruher SC 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 4
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 3 1 0 2 10 9 +1 2
4 Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Schalke 04 3–0 Hamburger SV

References
  1. Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (in German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
  2. FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
  3. East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.org, accessed: 15 December 2015
  4. 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband, page: 165
  5. Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1957/1958 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 16 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

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