German football championship 1960/61

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Final round of the German soccer championship in 1961
master 1. FC Nuremberg
European Cup of
National Champions		 1. FC Nuremberg
Cup winners Werder Bremen
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Werder Bremen
Teams 8th
Games 25th
Gates 106  (ø 4.24 per game)
Top scorer Uwe Seeler ( Hamburger SV )
← German football championship 1959/60

The final round of the German soccer championship in 1961 was held in two groups with a return game and a subsequent final between the two group winners.

Attendees

Participants in the qualifying round

Borussia Neunkirchen → Second in the Oberliga Südwest 1960/61
Eintracht Frankfurt → Second in the Oberliga Süd 1960/61

Participants in the final round

Hamburger SV → Champion of the Oberliga Nord 1960/61
Werder Bremen → Second in the Oberliga Nord 1960/61
Hertha BSC → Champion of the contract league Berlin 1960/61
1. FC Cologne → Champion of the Oberliga West 1960/61
Borussia Dortmund → Second in the Oberliga West 1960/61
1. FC Saarbrücken → Champion of the Oberliga Südwest 1960/61
1. FC Nuremberg → Champion of the Oberliga Süd 1960/61
Eintracht Frankfurt → Winner of the qualifying round

Qualifying round

date Result Stadion
05/06/1961 Eintracht Frankfurt 5: 0 (3: 0) Borussia Neunkirchen Ludwigshafen , Südweststadion
so Eintracht Frankfurt was qualified for the finals

Preliminary round

Group 1

date Result Stadion
05/20/1961 Hamburger SV 2: 5 (1: 1) Borussia Dortmund Hamburg , Volksparkstadion
05/20/1961 Eintracht Frankfurt 1: 1 (1: 0) 1. FC Saarbrücken Frankfurt , Waldstadion
05/27/1961 1. FC Saarbrücken 2: 3 (1: 0) Hamburger SV Saarbrücken , Ludwigsparkstadion
05/27/1961 Borussia Dortmund 0: 1 (0: 1) Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund , Red Earth Stadium
06/03/1961 Hamburger SV 2: 1 (0: 1) Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, Volksparkstadion
06/03/1961 Borussia Dortmund 2: 2 (0: 2) 1. FC Saarbrücken Dortmund, Red Earth Stadium
06/10/1961 Eintracht Frankfurt 4: 2 (1: 2) Hamburger SV Frankfurt, Waldstadion
06/10/1961 1. FC Saarbrücken 4: 3 (1: 2) Borussia Dortmund Saarbrücken, Ludwigsparkstadion
06/14/1961 Hamburger SV 3: 0 (0: 0) 1. FC Saarbrücken Hamburg, Volksparkstadion
06/14/1961 Eintracht Frankfurt 1: 2 (1: 1) Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt, Waldstadion
06/18/1961 Borussia Dortmund 7: 2 (2: 1) Hamburger SV Dortmund, Red Earth Stadium
06/18/1961 1. FC Saarbrücken 2: 5 (0: 1) Eintracht Frankfurt Saarbrücken, Ludwigsparkstadion

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Borussia Dortmund  6th  3  1  2 019:120 1.58 07: 50
 2. Eintracht Frankfurt  6th  3  1  2 013: 900 1.44 07: 50
 3. Hamburger SV  6th  3  0  3 014:190 0.74 06: 60
 4th 1. FC Saarbrücken  6th  1  2  3 011:170 0.65 04: 80
Qualification for the final of the German championship 1960/61

Group 2

date Result Stadion
05/20/1961 1. FC Cologne 1: 1 (1: 0) Werder Bremen Cologne , Müngersdorfer Stadium
05/20/1961 Hertha BSC 0: 2 (0: 2) 1. FC Nuremberg Berlin , Olympic Stadium
05/27/1961 1. FC Nuremberg 3: 3 (1: 1) 1. FC Cologne Nuremberg , municipal stadium
05/27/1961 Werder Bremen 1: 0 (1: 0) Hertha BSC Bremen , Weserstadion
06/03/1961 1. FC Cologne 3: 4 (1: 2) Hertha BSC Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadium
06/03/1961 Werder Bremen 2: 4 (2: 1) 1. FC Nuremberg Bremen, Weserstadion
06/10/1961 Hertha BSC 1: 2 (0: 0) 1. FC Cologne Berlin, Olympic Stadium
06/10/1961 1. FC Nuremberg 4: 0 (1: 0) Werder Bremen Nuremberg, municipal stadium
06/14/1961 1. FC Cologne 1: 2 (1: 1) 1. FC Nuremberg Cologne, Müngersdorfer Stadium
06/14/1961 Hertha BSC 1: 3 (1: 0) Werder Bremen Berlin, Olympic Stadium
06/18/1961 Werder Bremen 1: 1 (0: 1) 1. FC Cologne Bremen, Weserstadion
06/18/1961 1. FC Nuremberg 3: 3 (2: 2) Hertha BSC Nuremberg, municipal stadium

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. 1. FC Nuremberg  6th  4th  2  0 018: 900 2.00 10: 20
 2. Werder Bremen  6th  2  2  2 008:110 0.73 06: 60
 3. 1. FC Cologne  6th  1  3  2 011:120 0.92 05: 70
 4th Hertha BSC  6th  1  1  4th 009:140 0.64 03: 90
Qualification for the final of the German championship 1960/61

Endgame

pairing 1. FC Nuremberg 1. FC Nuremberg - Borussia DortmundBorussia Dortmund
Result 3: 0 (2: 0)
date June 24, 1961
Stadion Lower Saxony Stadium , Hanover
spectator 82,000
referee Gerhard Schulenburg ( Hamburg )
Gates 1: 0 Kurt Haseneder (6th)
2: 0 Heini Müller (44th)
3: 0 Heinz Strehl (67th)
1. FC Nuremberg Roland Wabra ; Paul Derbfuß , Helmut Hilpert ; Josef Zenger , Ferdinand Wenauer , Stefan Reisch ; Gustav Flachenecker , Max Morlock , Heinz Strehl , Heini Müller , Kurt Haseneder
Trainer: Herbert Widmayer
Borussia Dortmund Heinrich Kwiatkowski ; Wilhelm Burgsmüller , Rolf Thiemann ; Dieter Kurrat , Lothar Geisler , Wolfgang Peters ; Alfred Kelbassa , Aki Schmidt , Jürgen Schütz , Timo Konietzka , Gerhard Cyliax
Trainer: Max Merkel