The 1933 German football championship, the 26th edition of the competition, ended with the first national title for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The title was won with a 3–0 win over Schalke 04. It was a replay of the Western German championship final, in which Schalke had defeated Fortuna 1–0 on 30 April 1933.[1][2][3]
For both clubs it was their first appearance in the German final. While Fortuna only played one more after this, in 1936, for Schalke it was the first in its golden era, playing in every final until 1942, except the 1936 one.[4] Fortuna became the first Champion from the industrial western part of Germany.
The 1933 final was played after the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany. After this season, the German league system was overhauled and instead of the regional championships as qualifying competitions, the 16 Gauligas were introduced.[5]
To qualify for the national championship, a team needed to win or finish runners-up in one of the seven regional championships. On top of those 14 clubs, the two strongest regions, West and South were allowed to send a third team each. In the West, this was the local cup winner while in the South, the third placed team of the championship received this place.
^"(West) Germany -List of champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^"FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief" [FC Schalke 04 honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^"Fortuna Düsseldorf » Steckbrief" [Fortuna Düsseldorf honours]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^FC Schalke 04 website – History Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 21 April 2009
^"German championship 1934". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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