The 1963/64 season was the first season in  the men's German  Bundesliga  . The German champions  were 1. FC Cologne  , the top scorer was Uwe Seeler  from Hamburger SV with 30 goals.
 
Season overview 
 
Selection of the Bundesliga clubs
 
 The newly founded Bundesliga replaced the top leagues  as the only top national division . The championship was played in a double round with 16 teams. The North  German champions Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen and Eintracht Braunschweig were admitted to the Bundesliga from the Oberliga Nord  . Five clubs came from the Oberliga West  : the reigning German champions Borussia Dortmund, the German runner-up and West German champions 1. FC Cologne, Meidericher SV, Preußen Münster and Schalke 04. Five clubs also came from the Oberliga Süd  : the South German champions 1860 Munich, 1. FC Nürnberg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC and VfB Stuttgart. There were also the Southwest German champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Saarbrücken from the Oberliga Südwest  . Berlin was represented by Hertha BSC, the champion of the Berlin City League  .
 
The first game day was played on August 24, 1963. 1. FC Köln dominated the season, had been at the top of the table without interruption since the fifth match day and in the end had six points ahead of second-placed Meidericher SV. Preußen Münster and 1. FC Saarbrücken were relegated to the regional league.
Since it was the first Bundesliga season, there were a number of premieres: Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka  from Borussia Dortmund scored the first goal in history after 58 seconds at Werder Bremen (final score 3: 2 for Werder), and Helmut received  the first dismissal Rahn  vom Meidericher SV on the fourth matchday against Hertha (final score 1: 3 for Berlin). Jürgen Neumann  from 1. FC Kaiserslautern scored the first penalty goal in history on matchday one in Frankfurt (the equalizer to make it 1-1 came just two minutes later, also with a penalty). Willi Schulz  from Schalke 04 scored the first own goal a week later in a 3-2 win in Kaiserslautern. In addition, there was a Bundesliga record on the tenth match day when three own goals were scored within 13 minutes of the game between 1. FC Kaiserslautern and VfB Stuttgart (1: 3). It was not until the 2009/10 season that this record was set for the game between Borussia Mönchengladbach  and Hannover 96  (5-3).
 
League leader 
 
Bottom of the table 
 
 
Closing table 
 German champion and participation in the European Cup of  National Champions 1964/65  : 1. FC Köln  
 DFB Cup winner and participation in the 1964/65 European Cup Winners' Cup  : TSV 1860 Munich 
 Relegation to the Regionalliga 1964/65 West  : Preußen Münster 
 Descent into the  Regionalliga 1964/65 Southwest  : 1. FC Saarbrücken 
Crosstab The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.
1963/64 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. FC Cologne 3: 3 
1: 1 
5: 2 
2: 1 
4: 1 
2: 2 
2: 2 
5-0 
4: 3 
4: 1 
5: 1 
4-0 
3: 1 
3-0 
1: 3
 
 
Meidericher SV 2: 2 
3: 1 
3: 3 
3-0 
4-0 
3-0 
3-0 
0-0 
1-0 
5: 1 
3-0 
2-0 
1: 3 
0-0 
3: 1
 
 
Eintracht Frankfurt 2: 1 
2: 2 
2: 1 
3: 2 
2: 2 
5: 2 
4: 2 
2: 3 
7-0 
3-0 
1: 1 
0: 3 
4-0 
3-0 
3: 1
 
 
Borussia Dortmund 2: 3 
0-0 
3-0 
7: 1 
5: 2 
3: 3 
3-0 
3: 1 
4: 3 
3-0 
9: 3 
3: 2 
7: 2 
0-0 
2: 1
 
 
VfB Stuttgart 0: 1 
1: 2 
0-0 
2: 1 
2: 2 
1: 1 
2-0 
1-0 
2-0 
5-0 
4-0 
4: 1 
2-0 
0: 3 
3: 1
 
 
Hamburger SV 1: 1 
3: 3 
3-0 
2: 1 
1: 1 
5-0 
3: 1 
2: 2 
1: 1 
2: 1 
7: 3 
1: 1 
5: 1 
5-0 
4: 2
 
 
TSV 1860 Munich 1: 3 
0-0 
1: 1 
6: 1 
1: 1 
9: 2 
7: 1 
5-0 
3: 2 
1: 1 
3-0 
1-0 
1: 2 
3: 1 
7: 1
 
 
FC Schalke 04 2: 3 
2: 2 
1: 2 
3: 1 
2-0 
1-0 
2: 1 
4: 1 
2: 3 
2-0 
4-0 
2: 1 
1-0 
1: 2 
4: 1
 
 
1. FC Nuremberg 2: 2 
2-0 
1-0 
4-0 
0-0 
3: 2 
2: 2 
0: 2 
3-0 
1-0 
0: 5 
2: 4 
2: 3 
2: 2 
2-0
 
 
Werder Bremen 1: 1 
1: 1 
4: 1 
3: 2 
2: 2 
4: 2 
4: 1 
1-0 
2: 1 
2: 3 
2-0 
0-0 
2: 2 
4: 2 
0: 3
 
 
Eintracht Braunschweig 1: 1 
0-0 
0: 3 
2-0 
2-0 
2: 1 
0: 1 
4: 3 
2-0 
1: 1 
0: 1 
2-0 
1: 1 
1-0 
3: 1
 
 
1. FC Kaiserslautern 3: 3 
1: 1 
1: 1 
0: 1 
1: 3 
3: 2 
2: 1 
2: 3 
3: 1 
3-0 
2: 1 
1-0 
3-0 
0-0 
2: 4
 
 
Karlsruher SC 2: 2 
1: 4 
1: 2 
1: 3 
0: 3 
0: 4 
1-0 
1: 1 
1: 3 
1: 1 
3: 1 
5: 1 
1: 1 
4: 2 
2: 2
 
 
Hertha BSC 0: 3 
5: 2 
1: 3 
0-0 
0: 2 
1: 2 
3: 1 
1-0 
1: 1 
5: 2 
1: 2 
2: 2 
2: 3 
2-0 
3: 2
 
 
Prussia Munster 0: 2 
4: 2 
1: 3 
1: 2 
4: 2 
1: 1 
0-0 
2: 2 
0: 1 
1: 3 
0: 2 
1-0 
0-0 
4: 2 
2: 1
 
 
1. FC Saarbrücken 0: 2 
0: 2 
0: 4 
2: 1 
0: 1 
1: 1 
1: 2 
1: 1 
3: 5 
3: 2 
2: 2 
2: 4 
1: 3 
3-0 
1: 1 
 
 
 
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List of goalscorers 
 
Spectator table 
Custom-made football by Adi Dassler with the signatures of all players in the first Bundesliga season 1963/64, exhibited in the 
German Football  Museum in 
Dortmund 
 
 
society 
spectator 
per game
 
 
0 1. 
VfB Stuttgart 618,000 
41,200
 
 
0 2. 
Hamburger SV 538,000 
35,866
 
 
0 3. 
Hertha BSC 528.180 
35,212
 
 
0 4th 
TSV 1860 Munich 511,000 
34,066
 
 
0 5. 
1. FC Cologne 483.194 
32,213
 
 
0 6th 
Karlsruher SC 468,000 
31,200
 
 
0 7th 
1. FC Nuremberg 445,000 
29,666
 
 
0 8th. 
Meidericher SV 401,000 
26,733
 
 
0 9. 
Eintracht Frankfurt 397,000 
26,466
 
 
10. 
Borussia Dortmund 355,000 
23,666
 
 
10. Prussia Munster 355,000 
23,666
 
 
12. 
Eintracht Braunschweig 331,000 
22,066
 
 
13. 
1. FC Kaiserslautern 328,000 
21,866
 
 
14th 
FC Schalke 04 321,000 
21,400
 
 
15th 
Werder Bremen 293,000 
19,533
 
 
16. 
1. FC Saarbrücken 254,000 
16,933
 
 
total 
6,626,374 
27,610 
 
 
 
The championship team of 1. FC Köln 
 
 1.  
 1. FC Cologne  
 
 
 
 
 
Change of coach referee 
Surname 
Born 
Regional association 
Games 
annotation
 
 
Günther Baumgärtel 
74664283650 ♠ 0 May 2, 1929 
Westphalia 7th 
0 
FIFA referee
 
 
Alfons Betz 
74645213525 ♠ Nov 21, 1928 
Bavaria 3 
0 
 
 
Edgar Deuschel 
74331068100 ♠ 0 Oct. 4, 1920 
southwest 10 
1 
 
 
Heinz Fischer 
74682516550 ♠ 0 Nov 6, 1929 
Bavaria 
7th 
0 
 
 
Karl-Heinz Fork 
74709958925 ♠ July 13, 1930 
Westphalia 
1 
0 
 
 
Helmut Fritz 
74448558675 ♠ Oct 19, 1923 
southwest 
10 
0 
 
 
Oswald Fritz 
74507257450 ♠ Apr 10, 1925 
to bathe 6th 
0 
 
 
Willi Gusenburger 
74600189425 ♠ 17 Sep 1927 
Saarland 3 
1 
 
 
Josef Hager 
74513025000 ♠ 0 June 8, 1925 
to bathe 
1 
0 
 
 
Kurt Craftsman 
74376371275 ♠ December 11, 1921 
to bathe 
9 
0 
 
 
Josef Hoffmann 
74555723475 ♠ July 19, 1926 
Lower Rhine 1 
0 
 
 
Rudibert Jacobi 
74609677975 ♠ 23 Dec 1927 
to bathe 
7th 
0 
 
 
Josef Kandlbinder 
74420651175 ♠ 0 Jan. 7, 1923 
Bavaria 
4th 
0 
FIFA referee until the end of 1963
 
 
Rudolf Kreitlein 
74296276750 ♠ Nov 14, 1919 
Württemberg 13 
0 
FIFA referee
 
 
Fritz Leidag 
74452465725 ♠ Nov 29, 1923 
Westphalia 
3 
0 
 
 
Herbert Lutz 
74702889025 ♠ 0 May 1, 1930 
Bremen 8th 
1 
 
 
Johannes Malka 
74400650800 ♠ July 16, 1922 
Westphalia 
8th 
0 
FIFA referee
 
 
Horst Mathieu 
74938242275 ♠ 0 June 3, 1936 
Saarland 
6th 
0 
 
 
Karl Niemeyer 
74327440125 ♠ 29 Aug 1920 
Middle Rhine 8th 
0 
 
 
Alfred Ott 
74862333875 ♠ June 19, 1934 
Rhineland 11 
0 
 
 
Gerhard Pooch 
74387348225 ♠ 0 1st Mar 1922 
Schleswig-Holstein 5 
0 
 
 
Erich Reil 
74376092200 ♠ 0 Dec 8, 1921 
unknown 
2 
0 
 
 
Ewald Regely 
74853217425 ♠ 17th Mar 1934 
Berlin 5 
1 
 
 
Karl Riegg 
74683353775 ♠ Nov 15, 1929 
Bavaria 
8th 
0 
 
 
Berthold Schmidt 
74699354075 ♠ 27 Mar 1930 
Middle Rhine 
4th 
0 
 
 
Fritz Schömich 
74385766800 ♠ Feb 16, 1922 
Lower Rhine 
8th 
0 
 
 
Gerhard Schulenburg 
74563909675 ♠ Oct 11, 1926 
Lower Saxony 11 
1 
FIFA referee
 
 
Rolf Seekamp 
74367906000 ♠ 16 Sep 1921 
Bremen 
3 
0 
 
 
Günther Sparing 
74471628875 ♠ May 11, 1924 
Hesse 10 
2 
 
 
Werner Spiewak 
74601863875 ♠ 0 Oct 3, 1927 
Hamburg 5 
0 
 
 
Max Spinnler 
74328649450 ♠ Sep 10 1920 
southwest 
2 
0 
 
 
Erwin Sturm 
74413023125 ♠ Nov 21, 1922 
Lower Saxony 
5 
0 
 
 
Willi Thier 
74506606275 ♠ 0 Apr 3, 1925 
Westphalia 
6th 
0 
 
 
Werner Treichel 
74343905550 ♠ Jan. 14, 1921 
Berlin 
8th 
0 
FIFA referee
 
 
Kurt Tschenscher 
74640748325 ♠ 0 Oct 5, 1928 
to bathe 
11 
0 
FIFA referee
 
 
Hans-Joachim Weyland 
74678702525 ♠ 29 Sep 1929 
Lower Rhine 
8th 
1 
 
 
Alois Wieser 
74488838500 ♠ 0 Nov 4, 1924 
Middle Rhine 
3 
0 
 
 
Walter Zimmermann 
74334882125 ♠ Nov 13, 1920 
Lower Saxony 
10 
0 
 
 
Total: 
240 
8th 
 
 
Source: weltfussball.de 
 
 
 
Squad literature Individual evidence 
↑ a  b  c  d    Change of coach.  transfermarkt.de.  Retrieved October 5, 2017  .   
^  Referee.  weltfussball.de.  Retrieved October 30, 2015  .   
 
1963/64 season in club football of the DFB
 
 
 
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