1960–61 DFB-Pokal

The 1960–61 DFB-Pokal was the 18th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 28 July 1961 and ended on 13 September 1961. 16 teams competed in the tournament of four rounds. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Kaiserslautern 2–0.^[1]

1960–61 DFB-Pokal

Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	SV Werder Bremen
Runners-up	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	56 (3.73 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Horst Häfner, Klaus Hänel, Willy Reitgaßl (3)
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Matches

Round of 16

28 July 1961

20:00

Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln
Stein 10' Horn 44'	report (in German)	Schäfer 69', 70' Müller 102'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 12.000

Referee: Edgar Deuschel (Ludwigshafen)

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29 July 1961

17:30

1. FC Saarbrücken	0 – 1	SV Werder Bremen
	report (in German)	Schröder 34'

Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken

Attendance: 5.000

Referee: Fritz Leidag (Dortmund)

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29 July 1961

17:30

Tasmania 1900 Berlin	4 – 1	Altonaer FC 93
Schlichting 29', 65' Rosenfeldt 79' Bäsler 85'	report (in German)	Kurth 39'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 4.000

Referee: Josef Hense (Oberhausen)

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29 July 1961

17:30

VfV Hildesheim	1 – 2	VfB Stuttgart
Klose 80'	report (in German)	Geiger 33' Weise 76'

Friedrich-Ebert-Stadion, Hildesheim

Attendance: 7.000

Referee: Günther Ternieden (Oberhausen)

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29 July 1961

17:30

FK Pirmasens	3 – 2	VfL Bochum
Kapitulski 2' Matischak 17', 89'	report (in German)	Backhaus 9' Kurtenbach 22'

Stadion an der Zweibrücker Straße, Pirmasens

Attendance: 2.500

Referee: Matelski (Bremen)

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29 July 1961

17:30

SF Hamborn 07	3 – 1	SV Waldhof Mannheim
Häfner 13', 50', 68'	report (in German)	Schöttle 37'

August-Thyssen-Stadion, Duisburg

Attendance: 7.500

Referee: Werner Spiewak (Hamburg)

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29 July 1961

17:30

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 0	Heider SV 1925
Settelmeyer 20' Liebrich 71'	report (in German)

Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 1.500

Referee: Fritz Schörnich (Düsseldorf)

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29 July 1961

20:00

Karlsruher SC	7 – 2	Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Herrmann 6', 31' Schwall 25' Reitgaßl 34', 80' Wischnowsky 68' Marx 74'	report (in German)	Schulz 5' Sauer 13'

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 5.000

Referee: Willi Ommerborn (Saarbrücken)

Quarter-finals

16 August 1961

17:30

SV Werder Bremen	3 – 2	1. FC Köln
Hänel 14', 44' (pen.), 88'	report (in German)	Thielen 64' Habig 65'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 15.000

Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (Stuttgart)

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16 August 1961

17:30

VfB Stuttgart	0 – 1	Karlsruher SC
	report (in German)	Marx 28'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 15.000

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Regensburg)

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16 August 1961

17:30

SF Hamborn 07	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FK Pirmasens
Schwikart 2' Jesih 61' Plich 91'	report (in German)	Kapitulski 24', 35' (pen.)

August-Thyssen-Stadion, Duisburg

Attendance: 11.000

Referee: Kurt Handwerker (Ketsch)

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16 August 1961

17:30

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Tasmania 1900 Berlin
Kasperski 34' Richter 94'	report (in German)	Schneider 52' (o.g.)

Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 4.000

Referee: Rudolf Eisemann (Spechbach)

Semi-finals

23 August 1961

17:15

SF Hamborn 07	1 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schwikart 70'	report (in German)	Horn 59' Bauer [de] 81'

August-Thyssen-Stadion, Duisburg

Attendance: 18.000

Referee: Walter Zimmermann (Wolfsburg)

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23 August 1961

20:00

SV Werder Bremen	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Karlsruher SC
Soya 29' Wilmovius 83' Schütz 100'	report (in German)	Nedoschil 19' Reitgaßl 72'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 32.000

Referee: Fritz Schörnich (Düsseldorf)

Final

Main article: 1961 DFB-Pokal Final

13 September 1961 (1961-09-13)

19:30 CET

Werder Bremen	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schröder 10' Jagielski 52'	Report

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Günter Sparing (Kassel)