The 1958 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957–58. Schalke 04 were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015
It was the club's first title since 1942 and also its last, as of present. It was won in impressive fashion, Schalke winning all its four finals games, scoring 19 goals and conceding only one; a reminder of how the club dominated German football in the 1930s and early 1940s. On the strength of this title, Schalke participated in the 1958–59 European Cup, where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Atlético Madrid.
For Hamburg, it was the second lost final in a row, having lost 4–1 in 1957 to Borussia Dortmund and having to wait another two seasons for its first title since 1928.
The format used to determine the German champion was the same as in the 1957 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and Southwest having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final.
Qualified teams The teams qualified through the 1957–58 Oberliga season: Club Qualified from Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions Eintracht Braunschweig Oberliga Nord runners-up Schalke 04 Oberliga West champions 1. FC Köln Oberliga West runners-up Tennis Borussia Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions FK Pirmasens Oberliga Südwest champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest runners-up Karlsruher SC Oberliga Süd champions 1. FC Nürnberg Oberliga Süd runners-up
Competition
Qualifying round
Replay
Group 1
Date Match Result Stadium Attendance 26 April 1958 Hamburger SV – 1. FC Köln 3–1 (1–1) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 75,000 26 April 1958 FK Pirmasens – 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 (1–0) Stuttgart, Neckarstadion 70,000 4 May 1958 Hamburger SV – 1. FC Nürnberg 3–1 (0–1) Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion 70,000 4 May 1958 FK Pirmasens – 1. FC Köln 1–1 (1–0) Augsburg, Rosenaustadion 50,000 10 May 1958 1. FC Nürnberg – 1. FC Köln 4–3 (1–3) Berlin, Olympiastadion 25,000 10 May 1958 Hamburger SV – FK Pirmasens 2–1 (1–1) Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde 40,000
Group 2
Date Match Result Stadium Attendance 26 April 1958 Karlsruher SC – Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 (0–0) Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion 8,000 26 April 1958 FC Schalke 04 – Eintracht Braunschweig 4–1 (1–1) Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion 20,000 4 May 1958 Karlsruher SC – Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 (0–0) Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion 25,000 4 May 1958 FC Schalke 04 – Tennis Borussia Berlin 9–0 (2–0) Kassel, Auestadion 35,000 10 May 1958 FC Schalke 04 – Karlsruher SC 3–0 (1–0) Hamburg, Volksparkstadion 75,000 10 May 1958 Eintracht Braunschweig – Tennis Borussia Berlin 8–3 (3–1) Oberhausen, Niederrheinstadion 2,000
Final Date Match Result Stadium Attendance 20 May 1958 FC Schalke 04 – Hamburger SV 3–0 (2–0) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 85,000
FC Schalke 04: 1 Manfred Orzessek 2 Helmut Sadlowski 3 Günter Brocker 4 Karl Borutta 5 Otto Laszig 6 Willi Koslowski 7 Heinz Kördell 8 Günter Karnhof 9 Günter Siebert 10 Manfred Kreuz 11 Bernhard Klodt Manager: Edi FrühwirthHamburger SV: 1 Horst Schnoor 2 Jürgen Werner 3 Günter Schlegel 4 Jupp Posipal 5 Erwin Piechowiak 6 Jochen Meinke 7 Gerhard Krug 8 Franz Klepacz 9 Uwe Reuter 10 Klaus Stürmer 11 Uwe SeelerManager: Günter Mahlmann
References
Sources kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship 1958
External links German Championship 1957-58 at Weltfussball.de Germany - Championship 1957-58 at RSSSF.com German championship 1958 at Fussballdaten.de