1959 German football championship final

January 2018 1959 German championship final Endspiel um die Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft frameless Match programme cover 1959 German football championship Eintracht Frankfurt 5 Kickers Offenbach 3 After extra time 1959 6 28 y Olympiastadion Berlin Erich Asmussen (Flensburg) 75,000 1958 1960 The 1959 German football championship final decided the winner of the 1959 German football championship, the 49th edition of the German football championship, a knockout football cup competition contested by the regional league winners to determine the national champions. The match was played on 28 June 1959 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 5–3 after extra time against Kickers Offenbach for their 1st German title.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duithist4763.html Germany - Championships 1947-1963 14 October 2016 RSSSF.com Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation With the win, Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the 1959–60 European Cup, where they went on to reach the final. Route to the final The German football championship was a nine team single-elimination knockout cup competition, featuring the champions and runners-up of the Oberliga Nord, West, Oberliga Südwest, and Oberliga Süd, and the champions of the Oberliga Berlin. The competition started with a qualification round between two teams in order to enter the group stage. During the group phase, four teams played each other in a home and away format, with the group winners advancing to the final. Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Eintracht Frankfurt Round Kickers Offenbach Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result Werder Bremen 7–2 (A) Matchday 1 Hamburger SV 3–2 (H) FK Pirmasens 3–2 (H) Matchday 2 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 2–2 (A) 1. FC Köln 2–1 (H) Matchday 3 Westfalia Herne 4–1 (A) 1. FC Köln 4–2 (A) Matchday 4 Westfalia Herne 2–1 (H) FK Pirmasens 6–2 (A) Matchday 5 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3–2 (H) Werder Bremen 4–2 (H) Matchday 6 Hamburger SV 0–1 (A) Group 1 winners Group 1 SGE yes no Final standings Group 2 winners Group 2 KOF yes no Match Details 1959 6 28 y 15:00 CET Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 yes https://www.dfb.de/historie/dfbde-archiv/archiv-ehemalige-wettbewerbe/deutsche-meisterschaft-bis-1963/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2032498 Kickers Offenbach Sztáni 1 108 Feigenspan 14 92 pen. 119 Kraus 8 Preisendörfer 23 Gast 110 Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,000 Erich Asmussen (Flensburg) _blackborder _redwhiteverticalcentral _blackborder _blacktop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Eintracht Frankfurt AA0000 AA0000 AA0000 000000 000000 Kickers Offenbach GK 1 FRG Egon LoyRB 5 FRG Hans-Walter EigenbrodtLB 4 FRG Hermann HöferRH 7 FRG Dieter StinkaCH 3 FRG Friedel LutzLH 2 FRG Hans WeilbächerOR 11FRG Richard KressIR 6 HUN István SztániCF 9 FRG Eckehard FeigenspanIL 8 FRG Dieter LindnerOL 10FRG Alfred PfaffManager:FRG Paul Oßwald300px GK 1 FRG Walter ZimmermannRB 2 FRG Karl WaldmannLB 3 FRG Alfred SchultheisRH 10FRG Willi KeimCH 6 FRG Heinz LichtlLH 5 FRG Ernst WadeOR 9 FRG Berti KrausIR 4 FRG Hermann NuberCF 11FRG Siegfried GastIL 7 FRG Gerhard KaufholdOL 8 FRG Helmut PreisendörferManager:YUG Bogdan Cuvaj Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. No substitutions. References 1959 Category:Eintracht Frankfurt matches Category:Kickers Offenbach matches Category:1958–59 in German football