The 1914 German football championship, the 12th edition of the competition, was won by SpVgg Fürth, defeating VfB Leipzig 3–2 after extra time in the final.

[1] For SpVgg Fürth it was the first national championship won with two more to follow in 1926 and 1929 as well as a losing appearance in the 1920 final.

VfB Leipzig, the first-ever German champions in 1903, had also won the 1906 and 1913 editions as well as making a losing appearance in 1911 and was the most successful club in the pre-First World War era of the competition.

The final lasted for an historic 153 minutes, until SpVgg scored the winning goal, the longest game in German football history.

The game was finally decided in the 153rd minute when Karl Franz scored the winning goal for SpVgg Fürth.