The 1957–58 Oberliga was the thirteenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the

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. The league operated in five regional divisions,

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, South,

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and

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. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1959 German football championship which was won by FC Schalke 04. It was Schalke's seventh and last

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and its first since

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. A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in

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, set at the first tier of the

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. The

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was won by

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Oberliga Nord

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Lübeck and

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, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Werner Thamm of Eintracht Braunschweig with 23 goals.

Oberliga Berlin

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, Alemannia 90 Berlin and

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, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Dieter Blümchen of Viktoria 89 Berlin with 19 goals.

Oberliga West

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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and

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, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was

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of Borussia Dortmund with 24 goals.

Oberliga Südwest

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV St. Ingbert and TuRa Ludwigshafen, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Friedel Trapp of TuRa Ludwigshafen with 29 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1957–58.

Oberliga Süd

The 1957–58 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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and

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, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Siegfried Gast of Kickers Offenbach with 20 goals.

German championship

The 1958 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by FC Schalke 04, defeating

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in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga West and Südwest played a pre-qualifying match which had to be replayed as it originally ended in a three-all draw after extra time. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round of matches at neutral grounds in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1957/1958
Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 16 December 2015

Qualifying

:Replay

Group 1

Group 2

Final

References

Sources

* ''30 Jahre Bundesliga'' 30th anniversary special, publisher: '' kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1993 * ''kicker-Almanach 1990'' Yearbook of German football, publisher: ''kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1989, * ''DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945'' publisher: DSFS, published: 2005 * ''100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband'' 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997

External links

The Oberligas on Fussballdaten.de
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