1920 German football championship

1920 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
	Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Dates	16 May – 13 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	1. FC Nürnberg; 1st German title
Runner-up	SpVgg Fürth
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	26 (3.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Viktor Hierländer; Leonhard Seiderer; Heinrich Träg; (4 goals each)
	← 1914 1921 →

The 1920 German football championship, the 13th edition of the competition, was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating SpVgg Fürth 2–0 in the final. It was the first edition of the championship after the First World War and was staged six years after the previous championship in 1914.^[1]

For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the first national championship and was the start of Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons from 1920 to 1927, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship. Fürth, the defending champions, would go on to win the 1926 and 1929 championship. It was the only encounter of the two Middle Franconian rivals in the final.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Nuremberg's Heinrich Träg and Fürth's Lony Seiderer and Viktor Hierländer were the top scorer of the 1920 championship with four goals each.^[5]

Eight clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, the champions of each of the seven regional football championships and the defending German champions.^[1]

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the regional championships:^[1]

Club	Qualified as
Titania Stettin	Baltic champions
Sportfreunde Breslau	South Eastern German champions
Union Oberschoneweide	Brandenburg champion
VfB Leipzig	Central German champions
SV Arminia Hannover	Northern German champions
VfTuR Mönchengladbach	Western German champions
1. FC Nürnberg	Southern German champions
SpVgg Fürth	Holders

Competition

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 16 May 1920:^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	VfB Leipzig
Sportfreunde Breslau	3–2	Union Oberschoneweide
SpVgg Fürth	7–0	VfTuR Mönchengladbach
Titania Stettin	2–1 aet	SV Arminia Hannover

Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 30 May 1920:^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	Titania Stettin
SpVgg Fürth	4–0	Sportfreunde Breslau

Final

13 June 1920

1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 0	SpVgg Fürth
Popp 12' Szabo 73'	Report

Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen, Frankfurt

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Bauwens


1. FC Nürnberg
		Heinrich Stuhlfauth
		Jean Steinlein
		Anton Kugler
		Gustav Bark
		Peter Szabo
		Carl Riegel
		Hans Kalb
		Heinrich Träg
		Wolfgang Strobel
		Luitpold Popp
		Willy Böß
Manager:


SPVGG FÜRTH
		Ludwig Gebhardt
		Hans Ammerbacher
		Hans Hagen
		Heinrich Schuster
		Georg Löblein
		Georg Wellhöfer
		Viktor Hierländer
		Hans Sutor
		Lony Seiderer
		Andreas Franz
		Leo Fiederer
Manager:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "German championship 1920". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief" [1. FC Nürnberg honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth » Steckbrief" [SpVgg Greuther Fürth honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1919/1920 » Spielplan" [German championship 1919–20]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

Sources

kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 160 to 178 – German championship
Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988 (in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll

External links

German Championship 1919–20 at weltfussball.de (in German)
German Championship 1920 at RSSSF

[Rsssf-1] "German championship 1920". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[List-2] "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[3] "1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief" [1. FC Nürnberg honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[4] "SpVgg Greuther Fürth » Steckbrief" [SpVgg Greuther Fürth honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[5] "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[Welt-6] "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1919/1920 » Spielplan" [German championship 1919–20]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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