1952–53 Oberliga
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The 1952–53 Oberliga was the eighth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany and the Saar Protectorate. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the south, north and west then entered the 1953 German football championship which was won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern. It was 1. FC Kaiserslautern's second national championship, having previously won it in 1951.[2][3]
Season | 1952–53 |
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Champions | Hamburger SVUnion 06 BerlinBorussia Dortmund1. FC KaiserslauternEintracht Frankfurt |
Relegated | Concordia HamburgEintracht OsnabrückBFC SüdringSC Südwest BerlinHertha BSC BerlinSportfreunde KaternbergSpVgg ErkenschwickFV EngersBFV Hassia BingenVfR MannheimStuttgarter Kickers |
German champions | 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2nd German title |
Top goalscorer | Fritz Walter(38 goals)[1] |
← 1951–52 1953–54 → |
1. FC Köln set a new Oberliga start record in 1952–53, winning its first eleven games, a mark later equaled by Hannover 96 in 1953–54 and Hamburger SV in 1961–62 but never surpassed.[4]
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1952–53 DDR-Oberliga was won by Dynamo Dresden.[5]