1950 German football championship explained

The 1950 German football championship, the 40th edition of the competition, was the culmination of the 1949–50 football season in Germany. VfB Stuttgart won their first championship in a one-leg knock-out tournament. It was the third championship after the end of World War II.^{[1] [2] [3]}

VfB Stuttgart appeared in their second final, having lost to Schalke 04 in 1935. Losing finalists Kickers Offenbach appeared in a championship final for the first time.

For the first time 16 teams competed for the title, including the runners-up of the Berlin championship. However, East German side Union Oberschöneweide did not receive a travel permit, like SG Planitz two years earlier. Their players nevertheless traveled to Kiel to play Hamburger SV and eventually founded SC Union 06 Berlin. Originally, the first three teams from the DDR-Oberliga had been slated to appear in the championship, but the two football associations eventually could not agree on a mode of play and their places were given to West German Oberliga sides.

Qualified teams

The clubs qualified through the 1949–50 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
	Oberliga Nord champions
	Oberliga Nord runners-up
	Oberliga Nord 3rd place
	Oberliga West champions
	Oberliga West runners-up
	Oberliga West 3rd place
	Oberliga West 4th place
	Oberliga Südwest champions
	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
	Oberliga Südwest 3rd place
	Oberliga Süd champions
	Oberliga Süd runners-up
	Oberliga Süd 3rd place
	Oberliga Süd 4th place
	Stadtliga Berlin champions
	Stadtliga Berlin runners-up

Competition

Round of 16

Replay

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Replay

Final

VFB STUTTGART Otto Schmid Josef Ledl Richard Steimle Erich Retter Erwin Läpple Robert Schlienz Ernst Otterbach Karl Barufka Otto Baitinger Walter Bühler Rolf Blessing Manager: Georg Wurzer

KICKERS OFFENBACH Josef Schepper Willi Magel Ferdinand Emberger Heinrich Baas Kurt Schreiner Gerhard Kaufhold Albert Wirsching Wilhelm Weber Anton Picard Willi Keim Manager: Paul Oßwald

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External links

• 1949-50 at Weltfussball.de
• German championship 1950 at Fussballdaten.de

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions
2. Web site: Winkler . Pierre . Germany - Championships 1947-1963 . . . 25 July 2011 . 9 September 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629063039/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/duithist4763.html . 29 June 2011 . live .
3. Web site: Deutsche Meisterschaft 1949/1950 .:. Finale. weltfussball.de. 25 July 2011. de.