1912 German football championship

1912 German championship final

Event	German football championship
Holstein Kiel Karlsruher FV 1 0
Date	26 May 1912
Venue	Hoheluft, Hamburg
Referee	Paul Schröder
Attendance	9,000

The 1912 German football championship, the 10th edition of the competition, was won by Holstein Kiel, defeating Karlsruher FV 1–0 in the final.^[1]

It was Kiel's sole German championship win, previously having made a losing appearance in the 1910 final. Holstein Kiel made one more final appearance, in 1930, where it lost to Hertha BSC. For Karlsruher FV it was the last final appearance for the club, having previously defeated Kiel in the 1910 final and lost the 1905 one to Union 92 Berlin.^[2][3][4]

Karlsruhe's Fritz Förderer was the top scorer of the 1912 championship with six goals.^[5]

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

Qualified teams

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

Club	Qualified as
BuEV Danzig	Baltic champions
ATV Liegnitz	South Eastern German champions
Preußen Berlin	Brandenburg champion
SpVgg Leipzig	Central German champions
Holstein Kiel	Northern German champions
Kölner BC	Western German champions
Karlsruher FV	Southern German champions
Viktoria 89 Berlin	Holders

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals, played on 5 and 12 May 1912:^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Holstein Kiel	2–1	Preußen Berlin
Karlsruher FV	8–1	Kölner BC
SpVgg Leipzig	3–2	ATV Liegnitz
Viktoria 89 Berlin	7–0	BuEV Danzig

Semi-finals

The semi-finals, played on 19 May 1912:^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Holstein Kiel	2–1 aet	Viktoria 89 Berlin
Karlsruher FV	3–1	SpVgg Leipzig

Final

Holstein Kiel v Karlsruher FV

26 May 1912

Holstein Kiel	1 – 0	Karlsruher FV
Möller  52' (pen.)	Report

Hoheluft, Hamburg Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Schröder

HOLSTEIN KIEL ' Adolf Werner ' Hans Reese ' Heinrich Hofmeister ' Willi Zincke ' Georg Krogmann ' Hans Dehning ' Ernst Möller ' Willi Fick ' Hugo Fick ' Helmut Bork ' David Binder Manager:

KARLSRUHER FV ' Franz Burger ' Max Breunig ' Curt Hüber ' Ernst Hollstein ' Julius Hirsch ' Wilhelm Gros ' Hermann Bosch ' Fritz Tscherter ' Hermann Kächele ' Gottfried Fuchs ' Fritz Förderer Manager:

References

1. "German championship 1912". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
2. "(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
3. "Karlsruher FV » Steckbrief" [Karlsruher FV honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
4. "Holstein Kiel » Steckbrief" [Holstein Kiel honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
5. "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
6. "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1911/1912 » Spielplan" [German championship 1911–12]. 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 1911–12 at weltfussball.de (German)
• German Championship 1912 at RSSSF