Football in Germany

Season	1953–54
Men's football
Champions	Hannover 96
DFB-Pokal	VfB Stuttgart
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The 1953–54 season was the 44th season of competitive football in Germany.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany (Q)	4	3	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Qualification to World Cup		—	3–0	5–1
2	Saar	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3			1–3	—	0–0
3	Norway	4	0	2	2	4	9	−5	2			1–1	2–3	—

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	17	3	+14	4	Advance to the knockout stage
2	West Germany	2	1	0	1	7	9	−2	2[a]
3	Turkey	2	1	0	1	8	4	+4	2[a]
4	South Korea	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0

  Win   Draw   Loss

West Germany[1]

Hungary[1]

GK 1 Toni Turek RB 7 Josef Posipal CB 10 Werner Liebrich LB 3 Werner Kohlmeyer HB 6 Horst Eckel HB 8 Karl Mai IR 13 Max Morlock IL 16 Fritz Walter (c) OR 12 Helmut Rahn CF 15 Ottmar Walter OL 20 Hans Schäfer Manager: Sepp Herberger

GK 1 Gyula Grosics RB 2 Jenő Buzánszky CB 3 Gyula Lóránt LB 4 Mihály Lantos HB 5 József Bozsik HB 6 József Zakariás RW 11 Zoltán Czibor AM 9 Nándor Hidegkuti LW 20 Mihály Tóth CF 8 Sándor Kocsis CF 10 Ferenc Puskás (c) Manager: Gusztáv Sebes

Assistant referees: Vincenzo Orlandini Sandy Griffiths

  Win   Draw   Loss

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Eintracht Braunschweig and Victoria Hamburg, both promoted from the Amateurliga.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hannover 96 (C)	30	20	6	4	64	26	+38	46	Qualification to German championship
2	FC St. Pauli	30	16	7	7	65	37	+28	39
3	FC Altona 93	30	13	6	11	68	59	+9	32
4	Eintracht Braunschweig	30	12	8	10	57	58	−1	32
5	Werder Bremen	30	13	5	12	53	43	+10	31
6	Arminia Hannover	30	12	5	13	78	77	+1	29
7	TuS Bremerhaven 93	30	11	7	12	53	55	−2	29
8	Eimsbütteler TV	30	11	7	12	51	55	−4	29
9	Holstein Kiel	30	10	9	11	50	68	−18	29
10	Göttingen 05	30	10	8	12	43	48	−5	28
11	Hamburger SV	30	12	8	10	77	58	+19	28[a]
12	VfL Osnabrück	30	11	5	14	48	46	+2	27
13	Bremer SV	30	11	5	14	44	56	−12	27
14	Harburger TB	30	10	6	14	43	60	−17	26
15	VfB Lübeck (R)	30	7	9	14	33	59	−26	23	Relegation to Amateurliga
16	Victoria Hamburg (R)	30	7	8	15	28	50	−22	22

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Kickers 1900 Berlin and Hertha Zehlendorf, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Berliner SV 92	22	15	4	3	58	29	+29	34	Qualification to German championship
2	Minerva 93 Berlin	22	14	3	5	59	40	+19	31
3	Union 06 Berlin	22	12	6	4	45	30	+15	30
4	Spandauer SV	22	12	3	7	45	35	+10	27
5	Alemannia 90 Berlin	22	11	4	7	44	36	+8	26
6	Tennis Borussia Berlin	22	8	8	6	38	30	+8	24
7	Viktoria 89 Berlin	22	9	3	10	51	42	+9	21
8	BFC Nordstern	22	7	5	10	34	40	−6	19
9	Wacker 04 Berlin	22	6	5	11	29	36	−7	17
10	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	22	5	6	11	39	47	−8	16
11	Hertha Zehlendorf (R)	22	4	6	12	23	50	−27	14	Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
12	Kickers 1900 Berlin (R)	22	0	5	17	19	69	−50	5

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Rheydter SV and VfL Bochum, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln	30	17	7	6	83	43	+40	41	Qualification to German championship
2	Rot-Weiss Essen	30	19	2	9	75	49	+26	40
3	FC Schalke 04	30	16	7	7	76	51	+25	39
4	Preußen Münster	30	11	11	8	60	54	+6	33
5	Borussia Dortmund	30	14	4	12	69	58	+11	32
6	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	30	13	5	12	72	53	+19	31
7	Bayer Leverkusen	30	13	5	12	58	67	−9	31
8	VfL Bochum	30	13	5	12	50	58	−8	31
9	Alemannia Aachen	30	12	4	14	59	59	0	28
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	30	12	3	15	53	49	+4	27
11	Meidericher SV	30	9	9	12	46	55	−9	27
12	Borussia München-Gladbach	30	10	7	13	56	73	−17	27
13	Preußen Dellbrück	30	10	7	13	41	55	−14	27
14	SV Sodingen	30	11	4	15	46	56	−10	26
15	Rheydter SV (R)	30	9	2	19	45	76	−31	20	Relegation to 2. Oberliga West
16	STV Horst-Emscher (R)	30	7	6	17	43	76	−33	20

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, ASV Landau and VfR Frankenthal, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	26	0	4	139	33	+106	52	Qualification to German championship
2	FK Pirmasens	30	24	3	3	73	30	+43	51
3	TuS Neuendorf	30	18	3	9	85	51	+34	39
4	Saar 05 Saarbrücken	30	16	3	11	80	62	+18	35
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	30	14	6	10	80	53	+27	34
6	Phönix Ludwigshafen	30	14	6	10	49	55	−6	34
7	FSV Mainz 05	30	13	5	12	61	50	+11	31
8	Borussia Neunkirchen	30	12	4	14	58	54	+4	28
9	VfR Frankenthal	30	9	9	12	38	45	−7	27
10	Eintracht Trier	30	12	2	16	57	66	−9	26
11	Wormatia Worms	30	10	6	14	53	68	−15	26
12	TuRa Ludwigshafen	30	10	4	16	52	65	−13	24
13	FV Speyer	30	10	2	18	35	80	−45	22
14	VfR Kaiserslautern	30	9	3	18	41	69	−28	21
15	ASV Landau (R)	30	6	5	19	27	93	−66	17	Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest
16	VfR Kirn (R)	30	4	5	21	34	83	−49	13

The 1953–54 season saw two new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg and KSV Hessen Kassel, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfB Stuttgart	30	18	7	5	64	39	+25	43	Qualification to German championship
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	17	8	5	70	31	+39	42
3	Kickers Offenbach	30	16	9	5	70	38	+32	41
4	1. FC Nürnberg	30	15	8	7	71	44	+27	38
5	Karlsruher SC	30	14	7	9	61	53	+8	35
6	Jahn Regensburg	30	14	5	11	42	48	−6	33
7	FSV Frankfurt	30	11	8	11	60	56	+4	30
8	FC Schweinfurt 05	30	12	4	14	53	50	+3	28
9	FC Bayern Munich	30	9	10	11	42	46	−4	28
10	VfR Mannheim	30	9	9	12	62	71	−9	27
11	SpVgg Fürth	30	9	8	13	42	54	−12	26
12	BC Augsburg	30	11	3	16	52	66	−14	25
13	KSV Hessen Kassel	30	9	5	16	54	74	−20	23
14	Stuttgarter Kickers	30	8	5	17	63	79	−16	21
15	SV Waldhof Mannheim (R)	30	5	10	15	47	66	−19	20	Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd
16	Viktoria Aschaffenburg (R)	30	8	4	18	44	82	−38	20

The 1954 German football championship was contested by the six qualified Oberliga teams and won by Hannover 96, defeating 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the final. The six clubs played single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of three. The two group winners then advanced to the final.^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		H96	VFB	BSV
1	Hannover 96	2	2	0	0	5	2	2.500	4	Advance to final		—	3–1	—
2	VfB Stuttgart	2	1	0	1	4	3	1.333	2			—	—	3–0
3	Berliner SV	2	0	0	2	1	5	0.200	0			1–2	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		FCK	KOE	SGE
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2	2	0	0	5	3	1.667	4	Advance to final		—	4–3	1–0
2	1. FC Köln	2	1	0	1	6	6	1.000	2			—	—	3–2
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	0	0	2	2	4	0.500	0			—	—	—

HANNOVER: GK Hans Krämer DF Hannes Kirk DF Helmut Geruschke DF Heinz Bothe MF Werner Müller MF Rolf Gehrcke FW Klemens Zielinski FW Heinz Wewetzer FW Hannes Tkotz FW Rolf Paetz FW Helmut Kruhl Manager: Helmut Kronsbein

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

The 1953–54 DFB-Pokal consisted eight teams competing in three rounds of a knockout tournament.^[4] VfB Stuttgart became champions by defeating 1. FC Köln 1–0 in the final.^[5]