1930 German football championship

The 1930 German football championship, the 23rd edition of the competition, was won by Hertha BSC, defeating Holstein Kiel 5–4 in the final.[1]

1930 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Replica of the Viktoria trophy
Country	Germany
Dates	18 May – 22 June
Teams	16
Champions	Hertha BSC 1st German title
Runners-up	Holstein Kiel
Matches played	16
Goals scored	102 (6.38 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Josef Schmitt (7 goals)
← 1929 1931 →

For Hertha it was the fifth consecutive final the club played in and the first championship the club won, having lost all four previous finals. Hertha would go on to win the 1931 final as well and thereby become only the second club, after 1. FC Nürnberg, to defend its title. For Holstein Kiel it was the third and last appearance in the final, having lost the 1910 one and won two years later in 1912, both against Karlsruher FV.[2][3]

The final itself equaled the then-record of goals scored, nine, set in 1903. Hertha fell behind twice in the game, 0–2 and 2–3, before Hans Ruch scored the winning ninth goal of the game in the 87th minute.[4]

1. FC Nürnberg's Josef Schmitt was the top scorer of the 1930 championship with seven goals.[5]

Sixteen clubs qualified for the knock-out competition, two from each of the regional federations plus an additional third club from the South and West. In all cases the regional champions qualified and almost all of the runners-up, except in Central Germany where the second spot went to the regional cup winner. In the West the third spot went to the third placed team of the championship while, in the South, the third spot was determined in a separate qualifying competition for runners-up and third placed teams.[1]