1960 German football championship

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.^[1] 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.

1960 German championship

Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	7 May – 25 June
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Hamburger SV 3rd German title
Runners-up	1. FC Köln
European Cup	Hamburger SV
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	120 (4.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Uwe Seeler (13 goals)
← 1959 1961 →

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		HSV	KSC	BNE	SCW
1	Hamburger SV	6	4	1	1	22	11	2.000	9	Advance to final		—	3–3	6–0	2–1
2	Karlsruher SC	6	2	3	1	18	18	1.000	7			4–3	—	2–4	5–4
3	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	1	3	9	17	0.529	5			0–4	2–2	—	2–1
4	Westfalia Herne	6	1	1	4	13	16	0.813	3			3–4	2–2	2–1	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		KOE	SVW	SCT	FKP
1	1. FC Köln	6	4	1	1	14	8	1.750	9	Advance to final		—	2–5	3–0	4–0
2	Werder Bremen	6	4	0	2	18	12	1.500	8			1–2	—	2–1	3–1
3	Tasmania Berlin	6	3	0	3	11	11	1.000	6			1–2	2–1	—	5–2
4	FK Pirmasens	6	0	1	5	9	21	0.429	1			1–1	4–6	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

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

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 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