The 1907 German football championship was the fifth season in which teams competed for the national championship title. Six teams qualified to reach the final stages of the competition, and the winners were
Freiburger FC
Freiburger FC () is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC were one of the founding clubs of the DFB (German Football Association) in 1900.
History
Founded in 1897, for many decades FFC were the ...
, defeating
Viktoria 89 Berlin
Berliner Fußball-Club Viktoria 1889 was a German sports club based in the Tempelhof district of Berlin. Football, rugby, and cricket came to continental Europe in the late 19th century, and these "English games" became immediately popular in ma ...
3–1 in the final.
For Freiburger FC it was the sole appearance in the German championship final. Viktoria 89 Berlin made its first of four final appearances in 1907, going on to win the 1908 and 1911 championships as well as losing the 1909 final in between.
Viktoria's
Helmut Röpnack
Hellmuth Adolph August "Helmut" Röpnack (23 September 1884 in Läsikow, Ruppin – 19 August 1935) was a German amateur footballer who played as an inside forward and defender, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics
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and Freiburg's
Phillip Burkart were the top scorers of the 1907 championship with four goals each.
Six clubs qualified for the competition played in knock-out format, the champions of each of the six regional football championships.
Qualified teams
The teams qualified through the regional championships:
Competition
Quarter-finals
The preliminary round, played on 21 April 1907:
Semi-finals
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Final
References
Sources
* ''kicker Allmanach 1990'', by
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, page 160 to 178 – German championship
* ''Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897-1988'' History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
External links
German Championship 1906–07at weltfussball.de
at RSSSF
{{1906–07 in European football (UEFA)
German football championship seasons
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