# 1958 German football championship

The 1958 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957–58. Schalke 04 were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.
It was the club's first title since 1942 and also its last, as of present. It was won in impressive fashion, Schalke winning all its four finals games, scoring 19 goals and conceding only one; a reminder of how the club dominated German football in the 1930s and early 1940s. On the strength of this title, Schalke participated in the 1958–59 European Cup, where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Atlético Madrid.
For Hamburg, it was the second lost final in a row, having lost 4–1 in 1957 to Borussia Dortmund and having to wait another two seasons for its first title since 1928.
The format used to determine the German champion was the same as in the 1957 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and Southwest having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final.

## Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1957–58 Oberliga season:
| Club | Qualified from |
| Hamburger SV | Oberliga Nord champions |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Oberliga Nord runners-up |
| Schalke 04 | Oberliga West champions |
| 1. FC Köln | Oberliga West runners-up |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | Oberliga Berlin champions |
| FK Pirmasens | Oberliga Südwest champions |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Oberliga Südwest runners-up |
| Karlsruher SC | Oberliga Süd champions |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Oberliga Süd runners-up |

## Competition
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | HSV | FCN | FKP | KOE |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 6 | Advance to final | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 3 | | — | — | 4–3 | — |
| 3 | FK Pirmasens | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 2 | | — | 2–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | 1. FC Köln | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 1 | | — | — | — | — |
| Date | Match | Match | Match | Result | Stadium | Attendance |
| 26 April 1958 | Hamburger SV | – | 1. FC Köln | 3–1 (1–1) | Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion | 75,000 |
| 26 April 1958 | FK Pirmasens | – | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–2 (1–0) | Stuttgart, Neckarstadion | 70,000 |
| 4 May 1958 | Hamburger SV | – | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–1 (0–1) | Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion | 70,000 |
| 4 May 1958 | FK Pirmasens | – | 1. FC Köln | 1–1 (1–0) | Augsburg, Rosenaustadion | 50,000 |
| 10 May 1958 | 1. FC Nürnberg | – | 1. FC Köln | 4–3 (1–3) | Berlin, Olympiastadion | 25,000 |
| 10 May 1958 | Hamburger SV | – | FK Pirmasens | 2–1 (1–1) | Dortmund, Stadion Rote Erde | 40,000 |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | S04 | KSC | EBS | TBB |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16.000 | 6 | Advance to final | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Karlsruher SC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 4 | | — | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 2 | | — | — | — | 8–3 |
| 4 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0.167 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |
| Date | Match | Match | Match | Result | Stadium | Attendance |
| 26 April 1958 | Karlsruher SC | – | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1–0 (0–0) | Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadion | 8,000 |
| 26 April 1958 | FC Schalke 04 | – | Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–1 (1–1) | Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion | 20,000 |
| 4 May 1958 | Karlsruher SC | – | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–1 (0–0) | Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion | 25,000 |
| 4 May 1958 | FC Schalke 04 | – | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 9–0 (2–0) | Kassel, Auestadion | 35,000 |
| 10 May 1958 | FC Schalke 04 | – | Karlsruher SC | 3–0 (1–0) | Hamburg, Volksparkstadion | 75,000 |
| 10 May 1958 | Eintracht Braunschweig | – | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 8–3 (3–1) | Oberhausen, Niederrheinstadion | 2,000 |

### Final

| Date | Match | Match | Match | Result | Stadium | Attendance |
| 20 April 1958 | FC Schalke 04 | – | Hamburger SV | 3–0 (2–0) | Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion | 85,000 |
FC Schalke 04: :
| | 1 | Manfred Orzessek |
| | 2 | Helmut Sadlowski |
| | 3 | Günter Brocker |
| | 4 | Karl Borutta |
| | 5 | Otto Laszig |
| | 6 | Willi Koslowski |
| | 7 | Heinz Kördell |
| | 8 | Günter Karnhof |
| | 9 | Günter Siebert |
| | 10 | Manfred Kreuz 80' |
| | 11 | Bernhard Klodt 5' 29' |
| Manager: ||||
| Edi Frühwirth ||||
Hamburger SV: :
| | 1 | Horst Schnoor |
| | 2 | Jürgen Werner |
| | 3 | Günter Schlegel |
| | 4 | Jupp Posipal |
| | 5 | Erwin Piechowiak |
| | 6 | Jochen Meinke |
| | 7 | Gerhard Krug |
| | 8 | Franz Klepacz |
| | 9 | Uwe Reuter |
| | 10 | Klaus Stürmer |
| | 11 | Uwe Seeler |
| Manager: ||||
| Günter Mahlmann ||||