The last championship: Gelsenkirchen, 19 May 1958. The mining city waited for its champions. Berni Klodt and company had just beaten Hamburger SV 3–0 in Hanover. Escorted by mounted police, the Schalke players rode through euphoric crowds in open cars with the championship shield. More than 60 years later, that team remained Schalke’s last German champion side.