1960 German football championship

1960 German championship final

Event

German football championship

Hamburger SV	1. FC Köln

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Date

25 June 1960

Venue

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Referee

Josef Kandlbinder

Attendance

71,000

The 56th 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 clubs third appearance in the final in four years, having lost the 1957 and 1958 final.

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.

Runners-up 1. FC Köln made its first appearance in the national title game.

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 qualification 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

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

Qualifying round

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

Group 1

Matches

**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

Table

**Final table - Group 1**
Placed	Club	Played	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1.	Hamburger SV	6	4	1	1	22:11	9-3
2.	Karlsruher SC	6	2	3	1	18:18	7-5
3.	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	1	3	9:17	5-7
4.	Westfalia Herne	6	1	1	4	13:16	3-9

Group 2

Matches

**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

Table

**Final table - Group 2**
Placed	Club	Played	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1.	1. FC Köln	6	4	1	1	14:8	9-3
2.	Werder Bremen	6	4	0	2	18:12	8-4
3.	Tasmania 1900 Berlin	6	3	0	3	11:11	6-6
4.	FK Pirmasens	6	0	1	5	9:21	1-11

Final

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
25 June 1960	Hamburger SV	–	1. FC Köln	3–2 (0–0)	Frankfurt, Waldstadion	71,000

Teams


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

Sources

German Championship 1959-60 at Weltfussball.de
Germany - Championship 1959-60 at RSSSF.com
kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1960
German championship 1960 at Fussballdaten.de

References

German football championships

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