1960 German football championship

January 2018 German championship 1960 Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft West Germany 7 May – 25 June 9 Hamburger SV3rd German title 1. FC Köln European Cup Hamburger SV 26 120 Uwe Seeler (13 goals) 1959 1961 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.(West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015 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. 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.http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/deutsche-meisterschaft/ Deutsche Meisterschaft » Torschützenkönige Weltfussball.de 2 January 2016 de German championship: Top goal scorer 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.kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 245 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 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 Qualifying round Date Match Result Stadium Attendance 7 May 1960 Westfalia Herne – Kickers Offenbach 1-0 (1–0) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 45,000 Group 1 main WDL Group 1 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF HSV KSC BNE SCW 4 1 1 22 11 2 3 1 18 18 2 1 3 9 17 1 1 4 13 16 Hamburger SV Karlsruher SC Borussia Neunkirchen Westfalia Herne HSV KSC BNE SCW Q FI green1 Advance to final 3–3 6–0 2–1 4–3 2–4 5–4 0–4 2–2 2–1 3–4 2–2 2–1 + Group phase - Group 1MatchFinal resultBorussia 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 2:1Hamburger SV  - Borussia Neunkirchen 6:0 Westfalia Herne  - Karlsruher SC 2:2 Group 2 main WDL Group 2 210 35 2 yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio. complete RSSSF KOE SVW SCT FKP 4 1 1 14 8 4 0 2 18 12 3 0 3 11 11 0 1 5 9 21 1. FC Köln Werder Bremen Tasmania Berlin FK Pirmasens KOE SVW SCT FKP Q FI green1 Advance to final 2–5 3–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 5–2 1–1 4–6 1–2 + Group phase - Group 2 MatchFinal resultWerder 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 Date Match Result Stadium Attendance 25 June 1960 Hamburger SV – 1. FC Köln 3–2 (0–0) Frankfurt, Waldstadion 71,000 Hamburger SV: 1 GER Horst Schnoor 2 GER Jürgen Werner 3 GER Erwin Piechowiak 4 GER Jochen Meinke 5 GER Gerhard Krug 6 GER Klaus Neisner 7 GER Dieter Seeler 8 GER Klaus Stürmer 9 GER Uwe Seeler 53 88 10 GER Charly Dörfel 75 11 GER Horst Dehn Manager: GER Günter Mahlmann1. FC Köln: 1 GER Fritz Ewert 2 GER Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 3 GER Leo Wilden 4 GER Georg Stollenwerk 5 GER Hans Sturm 6 GER Josef Röhrig 7 GER Christian Breuer 53 8 GER Karl-Heinz Thielen 9 GER Hans Schäfer 10 GER Helmut Rahn 11 GER Christian Müller 86 Manager: GER Oswald Pfau References Sources kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1960 External links German Championship 1959-60 at Weltfussball.de Germany - Championship 1959-60 at RSSSF.com German championship 1960 at Fussballdaten.de 1960 Category:1959–60 in German football