1959 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates3 May – 28 June
Teams9
Final positions
ChampionsEintracht Frankfurt
1st German title
Runner-upKickers Offenbach
European CupEintracht Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored122 (4.69 per match)
Attendance1,241,000 (47,731 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Eckehard Feigenspan (12 goals)
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The 1959 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1958–59. Eintracht Frankfurt were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final.[1]

It was Eintracht's second appearance in the German final, having previously lost to FC Bayern Munich in 1932. The team won all seven games it played in the finals. On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1959–60 European Cup, where it became the first German club to reach the final.

For the losing finalist, Kickers Offenbach, it was its second time to reach the national title game, having lost to VfB Stuttgart in 1950. It was also the only time the final was contested by two clubs from the state of Hesse.

The format used to determine the German champion was very similar to the one used in the 1957 and 1958 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of North and Southwest having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final. In previous seasons, only a single round had been played in the group stage, increasing the number of group games per team from three to six from 1959.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified for the finals through the 1958–59 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
SV Werder Bremen Oberliga Nord runners-up
Westfalia Herne Oberliga West champions
1. FC Köln Oberliga West runners-up
Tasmania 1900 Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions
FK Pirmasens Oberliga Südwest champions
Borussia Neunkirchen Oberliga Südwest runners-up
Eintracht Frankfurt Oberliga Süd champions
Kickers Offenbach Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

3 May 1959 Werder Bremen 6 – 3 Borussia Neunkirchen Düsseldorf
Schütz 15'
Schröder 17' (pen.), 83', 89'
Wilmovius 30'
Barth 51'		 Ringel 70'
Follmann 74'
Meurer 75'		 Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Malka (Herten)

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification SGE KOE FKP SVW
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 6 0 0 26 11 2.364 12 Advance to final — 2–1 3–2 4–2
2 1. FC Köln 6 2 1 3 10 14 0.714 5 2–4 — 3–2 2–2
3 FK Pirmasens 6 2 0 4 16 18 0.889 4 2–6 4–0 — 4–1
4 Werder Bremen 6 1 1 4 12 21 0.571 3 2–7 0–2 5–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
16 May 1959 FK Pirmasens 4 – 0 1. FC Köln Ludwigshafen
Kapitulski 15', 57'
Seebach 47'
Schroer 59'		 Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Kandlbinder (Regensburg)
16 May 1959 Werder Bremen 2 – 7 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen
Schütz 34', 65' (Report) Kress 10'
Feigenspan 14', 23', 89'
Stinka 55'
Pfaff 80'
Schymik 88'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Baumgärtel (Hagen)
23 May 1959 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 2 FK Pirmasens Frankfurt
Feigenspan 41'
Sztáni 56', 62'		 Kapitulski 37', 58' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 81,000
Referee: Schulenburg (Hamburg)
23 May 1959 1. FC Köln 2 – 2 Werder Bremen Cologne
Brungs 6'
Röhrig 76'		 Schütz 52'
Schröder 90'		 Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fritz (Oggersheim)
30 May 1959 FK Pirmasens 4 – 1 Werder Bremen Ludwigshafen
Kapitulski 12', 52'
Laag 22'
Seebach 39'		 Barth 56' Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Fischer (Augsburg)
30 May 1959 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 1 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
Kress 13'
Feigenspan 33'		 Dörner 75' (pen.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Treichel (Berlin)
7 June 1959 1. FC Köln 2 – 4 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
Fendel 19'
Röhrig 72'		 Lindner 3'
Kress 27'
Feigenspan 64'
Meier 75'		 Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Dusch (Kaiserslautern)
7 June 1959 Werder Bremen 5 – 2 FK Pirmasens Bremen
Schütz 13'
Schröder 62' (pen.)
Schimeczek 69'
Barth 75'
Hagenacker 87'		 Weishaar 2'
Seebach 57'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Thier (Gelsenkirchen)
13 June 1959 FK Pirmasens 2 – 6 Eintracht Frankfurt Ludwigshafen
Kapitulski 59' (pen.)
Lutz 78' (o.g.)		 Kress 2', 80'
Feigenspan 4', 22' (pen.)
Sztáni 19'
Lindner 72'		 Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 50,000
13 June 1959 Werder Bremen 0 – 2 1. FC Köln Bremen
Jost 61'
Bisanz 85'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eckel (Munich)
20 June 1959 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 – 2 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
Sztáni 23', 51'
Pfaff 43'
Feigenspan 89'		 Schütz 35'
Wilmovius 39'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Thier (Gelsenkirchen)
20 June 1959 1. FC Köln 3 – 2 FK Pirmasens Cologne
Müller 15', 64'
Jost 41'		 Seebach 28', 55' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Schulenburg (Hamburg)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification KOF HSV SCW SCT
1 Kickers Offenbach 6 4 1 1 14 9 1.556 9 Advance to final — 3–2 2–1 3–2
2 Hamburger SV 6 4 0 2 13 8 1.625 8 1–0 — 4–2 3–0
3 Westfalia Herne 6 2 0 4 8 13 0.615 4 1–4 3–1 — 1–0
4 Tasmania Berlin 6 1 1 4 6 11 0.545 3 2–2 0–2 2–0 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
16 May 1959 Westfalia Herne – Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1–0 (1–0) Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde 30,000
16 May 1959 Kickers Offenbach – Hamburger SV 3–2 (0–2) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 80,000
23 May 1959 Hamburger SV – Westfalia Herne 4–2 (2–0) Hamburg, Volksparkstadion 70,000
23 May 1959 Tasmania 1900 Berlin – Kickers Offenbach 2–2 (0–2) Berlin, Olympiastadion 70,000
30 May 1959 Tasmania 1900 Berlin – Hamburger SV 0–2 (0–0) Berlin, Olympiastadion 90,000
30 May 1959 Westfalia Herne – Kickers Offenbach 1–4 (0–1) Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde 45,000
7 June 1959 Hamburger SV – Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3–0 (0–0) Hamburg, Volksparkstadion 65,000
7 June 1959 Kickers Offenbach – Westfalia Herne 2–1 (0–0) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 56,000
13 June 1959 Westfalia Herne – Hamburger SV 3–1 (1–1) Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde 42,000
13 June 1959 Kickers Offenbach – Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3–2 (0–1) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 35,000
20 June 1959 Hamburger SV – Kickers Offenbach 1–0 (0–0) Hamburg, Volksparkstadion 65,000
20 June 1959 Tasmania 1900 Berlin – Westfalia Herne 2-0 (0–0) Berlin, Olympiastadion 22,000

Final

Main article: 1959 German football championship Final
Eintracht Frankfurt5–3 (a.e.t.)Kickers Offenbach
 Report
  • Kraus 8'
  • Preisendörfer 23'
  • Gast 110'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Erich Asmussen (Flensburg)

References

  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015

Sources

External links

German football championship
1958–59 in German football
1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
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