1908 German football championship

1908 German championship final

Event	German football championship
Viktoria 89 Berlin Stuttgarter Kickers 3 1
Date	7 June 1908
Venue	Germania-Platz Tempelhof, Berlin
Referee	Otto Götzel
Attendance	4,000

The 1908 German football championship, the sixth edition of the competition, was won by Viktoria 89 Berlin, defeating Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1 in the final.^[1]

For Viktoria 89 Berlin it was the first national title, having lost the previous seasons final to Freiburger FC. The club would make another losing appearance in the final in the following season before winning its second title in 1911. For the Stuttgarter Kickers it was the clubs sole appearance in the championship final.^[2][3][4]

Viktoria's Willy Worpitzky and Stuttgart's Rudolf Ahorn were the top scorers of the 1908 championship with four goals each.^[5]

Eight clubs qualified for the competition played in knock-out format, 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
VfB Königsberg	Baltic champions
VfR Breslau	South Eastern German champions
Viktoria 89 Berlin	Berlin champions (Verband Berliner Ballspielvereine)
Wacker Leipzig	Central German champions
Eintracht Braunschweig	Northern German champions
Duisburger SpV	Western German champions
Stuttgarter Kickers	Southern German champions
Freiburger FC	Holder

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 3 May 1908, with the replay played on 17 May:^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Stuttgarter Kickers	0–1^1	Freiburger FC
Viktoria 89 Berlin	7–0	VfB Königsberg
Duisburger SpV	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig
Wacker Leipzig	3–1	VfR Breslau

• ¹ declared void.

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Stuttgarter Kickers	5–2	Freiburger FC

Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 17 and 24 May 1908:^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Stuttgarter Kickers	5–1	Duisburger SpV
Viktoria 89 Berlin	4–0	Wacker Leipzig

Final

Viktoria 89 Berlin v Stuttgarter Kickers

7 June 1908

Viktoria 89 Berlin	3 – 1	Stuttgarter Kickers
Worpitzky  6', 84' Röpnack  89'	Report	Ahorn  86'

Germania-Platz Tempelhof, Berlin Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Götzel

VIKTORIA BERLIN ' Paul Scranowitz ' Helmut Röpnack ' Willi Hahn ' Paul Fischer ' Willi Moeck ' Willi Knesebeck ' Paul Hunder ' Reinhold Bock ' Otto Pauke ' Willy Worpitzky ' Otto Dumke Manager:

STUTTGARTER KICKERS ' Richard Rüdinger ' Eugen Merkle ' Hermann Bürkle ' Paul Kühnle ' Carl Breitmeyer ' Gustav Unfried ' Hans Krebs ' Rudolf Ahorn ' Schmitt ' Megner ' Ingo Hanselmann Manager:

References

1. "German championship 1908". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
2. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
3. "Stuttgarter Kickers Steckbrief" [Stuttgarter Kickers honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
4. "FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin » Steckbrief" [FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
5. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
6. "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1907/1908 » Spielplan" [German championship 1907–08]. 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 (German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll

External links

• German Championship 1907–08 at weltfussball.de (German)
• German Championship 1908 at RSSSF