1953 German football championship explained

German championship
Year:	1953
Other Titles:	Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Country:	West Germany
Dates:	3 May – 21 June
Num Teams:	8
Winners:	1. FC Kaiserslautern 2nd German title
Second:	VfB Stuttgart
Matches:	25
Goals:	93
Prev Season:	1952
Next Season:	1954

The 1953 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the West Germany in 1952–53. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were crowned champions for the second time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the championship in 1951.^{[1] [2]}

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1952–53 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
	Oberliga Nord champions
	Oberliga Nord runners-up
	Oberliga West champions
	Oberliga West runners-up
	Oberliga Berlin champions
	Oberliga Südwest champions
	Oberliga Süd champions
	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Group 1

Group 2

Final

KAISERSLAUTERN: GK Willi Hölz DF DF Werner Kohlmeyer MF Fritz Walter (c) MF Otto Render MF Ernst Liebrich MF Horst Eckel FW FW Erwin Scheffler FW Willi Wenzel FW Karl Wanger Manager: Richard Schneider

STUTTGART: GK Karl Bögelein DF Richard Steimle DF Erich Retter DF MF Robert Schlienz (c) MF Leo Kronenbitter FW Roland Wehrle FW Erwin Waldner FW Pit Krieger FW Rolf Blessing FW Otto Baitinger Manager: Georg Wurzer

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External links

• 1952-53 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1953 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1953 at Fussballdaten.de

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html (West) Germany -List of champions
2. http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-kaiserslautern/1/ 1. FC Kaiserslautern » Steckbrief