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.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 19 December 2015Borussia Dortmund » Steckbrief Weltfussball.de – Borussia Dortmund honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
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: Club Qualified from Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions Hannover 96 Oberliga Nord runners-up Borussia Dortmund Oberliga West champions Schalke 04 Oberliga West runners-up Viktoria 89 Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest champions TuS Neuendorf Oberliga Südwest runners-up Karlsruher SC Oberliga Süd champions VfB Stuttgart Oberliga 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.
Second qualifying round
Replay
Group 1
Group 2
Final
BORUSSIA DORTMUND: GK Heinz KwiatkowskiDF Herbert Sandmann DF Max MichallekDF Wilhelm BurgsmüllerDF Helmut BrachtMF Elwin SchlebrowskiMW Alfred NiepiekloMF Alfred Kelbassa FW Alfred Preißler (c)FW Wolfgang PetersFW Helmut KapitulskiManager: Helmut SchneiderKARLSRUHE: GK Rudi FischerDF Siegfried GeesmannDF Max FischerDF Walter Baureis (c)MF Kurt SommerlattMF Heinz RuppensteinMF Herbert DannenmeierFW Oswald TraubFW Ernst KunkelFW Heinz BeckFW Bernhard TermathManager: Adolf Patek
References
External links 1955-56 at Weltfussball.de Germany - Championship 1956 at RSSSF.com German championship 1956 at Fussballdaten.de