The 1938 German football championship, the 31st edition of the competition, was won by Hannover 96, the club's first-ever German championship, by defeating Schalke 04 4–3 after extra time in the final. The 1938 final had to be replayed because the first game had ended in a three-all draw after extra time. For Hannover 96 it marked the first of two national championships, the second coming in 1954, while, for Schalke, it was a short setback in the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 and 1937 final and going on to win the 1939, 1940 and 1942 ones as well.[1][2][3]
The 1938 edition was only the second, after 1922, when a replay of the final was required.[1] FC Schalke 04 entered the final as heavy favourites, having won the national championship in the previous season.[4] In the first game Schalke twice took the lead, 2–0 and 3–1 before Erich Meng equalised in the 87th minute. No goals were scored in extra time, making a replay necessary.[5] The second game, one week later, saw Hannover take the lead before Schalke went ahead twice again only for Hannover to equalise once again in the 87th minute. In the following extra time Erich Meng scored the decisive goal in the 117th minute, giving Hannover its first national title.[6] Erich Meng, who, together with his brother Richard, played a big part in the title win for Hannover, was killed in action less than two years later in the Second World War.[4]
Hamburger SV's Gustav Carstens was the 1938 championships top scorer, with nine goals.[7]
The sixteen 1937–38 Gauliga champions competed in a group stage of four groups of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1938 championship final.[8]
From the following season, the German championship expanded to eighteen clubs and continued to increase in numbers through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas. In later years, the number of Gauligas reached a strength of thirty one in its last completed season, 1943–44.[9]
^ ab(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 27 December 2015
^FC Schalke 04 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – FC Schalke 04 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015
^Hannover 96 » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Hannover 96 honours, accessed: 27 December 2015
^ abFuffzig Mark für die „Deutsche“ (in German)Hannoversche Allgemeine, published: 26 June 2013, accessed: 28 December 2015
^Deutsche Meisterschaft 1937/1938 » Finale » Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04 3:3 (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015
^Deutsche Meisterschaft 1937/1938 » Finale » Hannover 96 - FC Schalke 04 4:3 (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 December 2015
^"Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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^kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 243-245
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