1959–60 DFB-Pokal

The 1959–60 DFB-Pokal was the 17th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 7 September 1960 and ended on 5 October 1960. 4 teams competed in the tournament of two rounds. In the final Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Karlsruher SC 3 – 2.^[1]

1959–60 DFB-Pokal

Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Runners-up	Karlsruher SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	9 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Albert Brülls, Gustav Witlatschil (2)
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Matches

Qualification round

Hertha BSC	0 – 1	FK Pirmasens
	report (in German)	Matischak 89'

6 August 1960

Poststadion, Berlin

Attendance: 8.000

Referee: Günther Ternieden (Oberhausen)

Semi-finals

Hamburger SV	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	report (in German)	Brülls 2' Brungs 54'

7 September 1960

Preußenstadion

Attendance: 30.000

Referee: Günter Sparing (Kassel)

Karlsruher SC	3 – 4*	FK Pirmasens
Späth 37' Szymaniak 73' Nedoschil 85'	report (in German)	Seebach 41' Matischak 72', 87' Hohmann 79'

7 September 1960

Waldstadion

Attendance: 1.500

Referee: Willi Thier (Gelsenkirchen)

^* The game was nullified and repeated because FK Pirmasens lined up a player (Rolf Fritzsche) who was not entitled to play.

Replay

Karlsruher SC	2 – 0	FK Pirmasens
Witlatschil 34', 44'	report (in German)

21 September 1960

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 14.000

Referee: Günther Ternieden (Oberhausen)

Final

Main article: 1960 DFB-Pokal Final

Borussia München Gladbach	3–2	Karlsruher SC
Mühlhausen 5' Kohn 25' Brülls 60'	Report	Herrmann 22' Schwarz 58'

5 October 1960 (1960-10-05)

20:00 CET

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 49,000

Referee: Albert Dusch (Kaiserslautern)