The 1958

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was the culmination of the

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season in the

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in 1957–58.

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were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.(West) Germany -List of champions
rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015 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

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. For ''Hamburg'', it was the second lost final in a row, having lost 4–1 in 1957 to

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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

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season:

Competition

Qualifying round

Replay

Group 1

Group 2

Final

References

Sources

* ''kicker Allmanach 1990'', by

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, page 164 & 177 - German championship 1958

External links

German Championship 1957-58
at Weltfussball.de

at RSSSF.com
German championship 1958
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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...