1904 German football championship

1904 German football championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Country	Germany
Teams	8
Matches played	6
Goals scored	36 (6 per match)
← 1903 1905 →

The 1904 German football championship was the second competition to determine the national champion of Germany. The competition was not fully played, however, as the German Football Association (DFB) aborted it due to a protest by Karlsruher FV. Karlsruhe had protested the fact that matches had not been played on neutral ground as was stipultated by the rules. The DFB had already ignored this rule for financial reasons in the previous year, but this time Karlsruhe argued that some of their players could not travel to the match in Berlin and this had caused Karlsruhe's defeat. As a result, the championship was annulled.^[1]

As in the previous season, all champions of local and regional associations were allowed to enter the competition, but clubs from outside Germany were excluded. Eight clubs eventually entered the competition, two more than in the year before.

Quarterfinals

Britannia Berlin v Karlsruher FV

24 April 1904 Quarterfinal	Britannia Berlin	6 – 1	Karlsruher FV	Berlin[2]
	R. Müller  6' (pen.) Jakob  39' Häfner  49' (o.g.) E. Müller  57' Perry  60' Damaschke  68'		Faber  30' (o.g.)	Referee: Behr

Duisburger SpV v FV Kassel

8 May 1904 Quarterfinal	Duisburger SpV	5 – 3	FV Kassel	Duisburg[2]
				Referee: Roth

Germania Hamburg v Hannover 96

24 April 1904 Quarterfinal	Germania Hamburg	11 – 0	Hannover 96	Hamburg[2]
				Referee: Hiller

VfB Leipzig v Viktoria 96 Magdeburg

24 April 1904 Quarterfinal	VfB Leipzig	1 – 0	Viktoria 96 Magdeburg	Leipzig[2]
	Stollberg  65' (o.g.)			Referee: Neumann

Semifinals

Germania Hamburg v Britannia Berlin

8 May 1904 Semifinal	Germania Hamburg	1 – 3	Britannia Berlin	Hamburg[2]
	Willis  65'		Schmidt  9' Müller  13' Perry  40'	Referee: Matthes

VfB Leipzig v Duisburger SpV

12 May 1904 Semifinal	VfB Leipzig	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Duisburger SpV	Leipzig[2]
	Oppermann  52' ?  85' Schneider  132'		?  25' van der Weppen  78'	Referee: Neumann

Final

VfB Leipzig v Britannia Berlin

29 May 1904

VfB Leipzig	Match not played	Britannia Berlin
	Report

Kassel

References

1. Ernst Otto Bräunche, Volker Steck (2006). Sport in Karlsruhe von den Anfängen bis heute. Karlsruhe: Info-Verl. p. 178. ISBN 3-88190-440-9.
2. Dinant Abbink (17 January 2008). "Germany - Championships 1902-1945". rsssf.com. rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

External links

• German Championship 1903-04 at weltfussball (German)