The 1959

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was the culmination of the

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season in the

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in 1958–59.

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were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final.(West) Germany -List of champions
rsssf.com, accessed: 22 December 2015 It was ''Eintracht's'' second appearance in the German final, having previously lost to

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in 1932. The team won all seven games it played in the finals. On the strength of this title, the club participated in the

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, where it became the first German club to reach the

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. For the losing finalist, Kickers Offenbach, it was its second time to reach the national title game, having lost to

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in 1950. It was also the only time the final was contested by two clubs from the state of

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. The format used to determine the German champion was very similar to the one used in the 1957 and 1958 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of ''North'' and ''Southwest'' having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final. In previous seasons, only a single round had been played in the group stage, increasing the number of group games per team from three to six from 1959.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified for the finals through the

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season:

Competition

Qualifying round

Group 1

Group 2

Final

References

Sources

* ''kicker Allmanach 1990'', by

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, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1959

External links

German Championship 1958-59
at Weltfussball.de

at RSSSF.com
German championship 1959
at Fussballdaten.de {{DEFAULTSORT:German Football Championship 1959

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