List of German football champions
Early German football championships (1903–32)
The new English game of football quickly caught on in late 19th-century Germany, which had previously been a nation of gymnasts.

List of German football champions

Section Title: Early German football championships (1903–32)
Table Section Text: The new English game of football quickly caught on in late 19th-century Germany, which had previously been a nation of gymnasts.

Season	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue

1903	VfB Leipzig	7–2	Deutscher FC Prag	Altona

1904	No champions (unresolved protest, final not played per DFB)	Kassel

1905	Union 92 Berlin	2–0	Karlsruher FV	Köln

1906	VfB Leipzig	2–1	1. FC Pforzheim	Nuremberg

1907	Freiburger FC	3–1	Viktoria Berlin	Mannheim

1908	Viktoria Berlin	3–0	Stuttgarter Kickers	Berlin

1909	Phönix Karlsruhe	4–2	Viktoria Berlin	Breslau

1910	Karlsruher FV	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Holstein Kiel	Köln

1911	Viktoria Berlin	3–1	VfB Leipzig	Dresden

1912	Holstein Kiel	1–0	Karlsruher FV	Hamburg

1913	VfB Leipzig	3–1	Duisburger SpV	München

1914	SpVgg Fürth	3–2 (a.e.t.)	VfB Leipzig	Magdeburg

1915–1919	Suspended – World War I

1920	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt

1921	1. FC Nürnberg	5–0	Berliner FC Vorwärts 1890	Düsseldorf

1922	No champions (title declined per DFB)	2–2 (a.e.t.) 1–1 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV 1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin Leipzig

1923	Hamburger SV	3–0	Union Oberschöneweide	Berlin

1924	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Hamburger SV	Berlin

1925	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt

1926	SpVgg Fürth	4–1	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt

1927	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Hertha BSC	Berlin

1928	Hamburger SV	5–2	Hertha BSC	Hamburg

1929	SpVgg Fürth	3–2	Hertha BSC	Nuremberg

1930	Hertha BSC	5–4	Holstein Kiel	Düsseldorf

1931	Hertha BSC	3–2	TSV 1860 Munich	Köln

1932	Bayern Munich	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg

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Holstein captured the German football championship in 1912.

final_sentence: Holstein captured the German football championship in 1912.