1960 German football championship

The 1960 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959–60. Hamburger SV were crowned champions for the third time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the title in 1923 and 1928. It was the club's third appearance in the final in four years, having lost the 1957 and 1958 final.[1] On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1960-61 European Cup, where HSV lost to FC Barcelona in the semi-finals.

1960 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates7 May – 25 June
Teams9
Final positions
ChampionsHamburger SV
3rd German title
Runner-up1. FC Köln
European CupHamburger SV
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored120 (4.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Uwe Seeler (13 goals)
← 1959
1961 →

Hamburg's Uwe Seeler was the 1960 championships top scorer with 13 goals, the highest total for any top scorer in the competition after the Second World War.[2]

Runners-up 1. FC Köln made its first appearance in the national title game. The 1960 German championship saw an attendance record for the Oberliga era with 87,739 seeing Tasmania 1900 Berlin hosting 1. FC Köln.[3]

The format used to determine the German champion was the same as the one used in the 1959 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and South 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.

Qualified teams

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The teams qualified through the 1959–60 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
SV Werder Bremen Oberliga Nord runners-up
1. FC Köln Oberliga West champions
Westfalia Herne Oberliga West runners-up
Tasmania 1900 Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions
FK Pirmasens Oberliga Südwest champions
Borussia Neunkirchen Oberliga Südwest runners-up
Karlsruher SC Oberliga Süd champions
Kickers Offenbach Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

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Qualifying round

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Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
7 May 1960 Westfalia Herne Kickers Offenbach 1-0 (1–0) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 45,000

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification HSV KSC BNE SCW
1 Hamburger SV 6 4 1 1 22 11 2.000 9 Advance to final 3–3 6–0 2–1
2 Karlsruher SC 6 2 3 1 18 18 1.000 7 4–3 2–4 5–4
3 Borussia Neunkirchen 6 2 1 3 9 17 0.529 5 0–4 2–2 2–1
4 Westfalia Herne 6 1 1 4 13 16 0.813 3 3–4 2–2 2–1
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
Group phase - Group 1
Match Final result
Borussia Neunkirchen  - Hamburger SV 0:4
Karlsruher SC  - Westfalia Herne 5:4
Hamburger SV  - Karlsruher SC 3:3
Westfalia Herne  - Borussia Neunkirchen 2:1
Karlsruher SC  - Borussia Neunkirchen 2:4
Westfalia Herne  - Hamburger SV 3:4
Hamburger SV  - Westfalia Herne 2:1
Borussia Neunkirchen  - Karlsruher SC 2:2
Karlsruher SC  - Hamburger SV 4:3
Borussia Neunkirchen  - Westfalia Herne 2:1
Hamburger SV  - Borussia Neunkirchen 6:0
Westfalia Herne  - Karlsruher SC 2:2

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification KOE SVW SCT FKP
1 1. FC Köln 6 4 1 1 14 8 1.750 9 Advance to final 2–5 3–0 4–0
2 Werder Bremen 6 4 0 2 18 12 1.500 8 1–2 2–1 3–1
3 Tasmania Berlin 6 3 0 3 11 11 1.000 6 1–2 2–1 5–2
4 FK Pirmasens 6 0 1 5 9 21 0.429 1 1–1 4–6 1–2
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
Group phase - Group 2
Match Final result
Werder Bremen  - 1. FC Köln 1:2
FK Pirmasens  - Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1:2
Tasmania 1900 Berlin  - Werder Bremen 2:1
1. FC Köln  - FK Pirmasens 4:0
Tasmania 1900 Berlin  - 1. FC Köln 1:2
FK Pirmasens  - Werder Bremen 4:6
1. FC Köln  - Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3:0
Werder Bremen  - FK Pirmasens 3:1
FK Pirmasens  - 1. FC Köln 1:1
Werder Bremen  - Tasmania 1900 Berlin 2:1
1. FC Köln  - Werder Bremen 2:5
Tasmania 1900 Berlin  - FK Pirmasens 5:2

Final

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Date Match Result Stadium Attendance
25 June 1960 Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln 3–2 (0–0) Frankfurt, Waldstadion 71,000
Hamburger SV:
1   Horst Schnoor
2   Jürgen Werner
3   Erwin Piechowiak
4   Jochen Meinke
5   Gerhard Krug
6   Klaus Neisner
7   Dieter Seeler
8   Klaus Stürmer
9   Uwe Seeler   53'   88'
10   Charly Dörfel   75'
11   Horst Dehn
Manager:
  Günter Mahlmann
1. FC Köln:
1   Fritz Ewert
2   Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
3   Leo Wilden
4   Georg Stollenwerk
5   Hans Sturm
6   Josef Röhrig
7   Christian Breuer   53'
8   Karl-Heinz Thielen
9   Hans Schäfer
10   Helmut Rahn
11   Christian Müller   86'
Manager:
  Oswald Pfau

References

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  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015
  2. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige" [German championship: Top goal scorer]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ^ kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 245

Sources

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  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1960
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