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Map of the five German Oberligas 1945 to 1963
The 1956–57 Oberliga was the twelfth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany and the Saar Protectorate. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1957 German football championship which was won by Borussia Dortmund. It was Borussia Dortmund's second national championship, having won its first in the previous season and thereby becoming the first club to win back-to-back championships since Dresdner SC in 1943 and 1944.[2][3]
During the season, on 1 January 1957, the Saar Protectorate officially joined West Germany, ending the post-Second World War political separation of the territory from the other parts of Germany,[4] which had also seen the Oberliga Südwest clubs from the Saarland, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Borussia Neunkirchen, Sportfreunde Saarbrücken, Saar 05 Saarbrücken and SV Röchling Völklingen, leave the German league system from 1948 to 1951.[5]
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1957 DDR-Oberliga was won by SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.[6]
Oberliga Nord
The 1956–57 season saw two new clubs in the league, Heider SV and Concordia Hamburg, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Uwe Seeler of Hamburger SV with 31 goals.[1]
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.
Oberliga Berlin
The 1956–57 season saw two new clubs in the league, BFC Südring and Rapide Wedding, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Helmut Faeder of Hertha BSC Berlin with 18 goals.[1]
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.
Oberliga West
The 1956–57 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfL Bochum and Meidericher SV, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Alfred Kelbassa of Borussia Dortmund with 30 goals.[1]
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champion;
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
Oberliga Südwest
The 1956–57 season saw two new clubs in the league, Sportfreunde Saarbrücken and FV Speyer, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Otto Hölzemann of TuS Neuendorf with 28 goals.[1]
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.
Oberliga Süd
The 1956–57 season saw two new clubs in the league, Freiburger FC and FC Bayern Munich, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Heinz Beck of Karlsruher SC with 34 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1956–57.[1][7]
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.
German championship
The 1957 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by Borussia Dortmund, defeating Hamburger SV in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga Nord and Süd played a pre-qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.[8]
Qualifying
Group 1
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Group 2
Source:
RSSSF.comRules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Final
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
- ↑ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, accessed: 19 December 2015
- ↑ Borussia Dortmund » Steckbrief (German) Weltfussball.de – Borussia Dortmund honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
- ↑ World Cup 2010 special: part two – Have any player-managers ever appeared at a World Cup The Guardian, published: 2 June 2010, accessed: 19 December 2015
- ↑ Germany - Oberliga Südwest 1945-63 rsssf.com, accessed: 19 December 2015
- ↑ East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.com, accessed: 15 December 2015
- ↑ 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband, page: 165
- ↑ Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1956/1957 (German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 16 December 2015
Sources
- 30 Jahre Bundesliga (German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
- kicker-Almanach 1990 (German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
- DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
- 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (German) 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997
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