1963 German football championship

Football tournament season
1963 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates18 May – 29 June
Teams9
Final positions
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund
3rd German title
Runner-up1. FC Köln
European CupBorussia Dortmund
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored110 (4.23 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Christian Müller (9 goals)
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The 1963 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1962–63. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the third time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the championship in 1956 and 1957.[1]

On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1963–64 European Cup, where Borussia lost to F.C. Internazionale Milano in the semi-finals.

Runners-up 1. FC Köln made its third appearance in the national title game, having won the previous years championship and lost in 1960.

The format used to determine the German champion was similar to the one used in the 1962 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of South and North 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. In the previous year, a single round had been played in the group stages because of the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Germany participated in, to reduce the schedule.

The 1963 edition marked the last year, where the German championship was decided in a final. From 1963 onwards, the championship would go to the new Bundesliga champion.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified through the 1962–63 Oberliga season:

Club Qualified from
Hamburger SV Oberliga Nord champions
SV Werder Bremen Oberliga Nord runners-up
1. FC Köln Oberliga West champions
Borussia Dortmund Oberliga West runners-up
Hertha BSC Berlin Oberliga Berlin champions
1. FC Kaiserslautern Oberliga Südwest champions
Borussia Neunkirchen Oberliga Südwest runners-up
TSV 1860 Munich Oberliga Süd champions
1. FC Nürnberg Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

1. FC Nürnberg v Werder Bremen
18 May 1963 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 Werder Bremen Ludwigshafen
Reisch 17', 51' (pen.) Schütz 37' (pen.) Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Hensel (Oberhausen)

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification KOE FCN BSC FCK
1 1. FC Köln 6 4 2 0 29 12 2.417 10 Advance to final — 6–2 5–1 8–2
2 1. FC Nürnberg 6 3 2 1 19 12 1.583 8 3–3 — 5–0 5–1
3 Hertha BSC 6 1 1 4 8 19 0.421 3 3–6 0–2 — 3–0
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 0 3 3 7 20 0.350 3 1–1 2–2 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Köln
25 May 1963 1. FC Nürnberg 3–3 1. FC Köln Nürnberg
Reisch 9'
Strehl 36', 45'		 Sturm 4'
Hemmersbach 14'
Hornig 14'		 Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Ott (Rheinbrohl)
1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hertha BSC
25 May 1963 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 Hertha BSC Ludwigshafen
Meier 59' Lange 57' Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Schörnig (Düsseldorf)
1. FC Köln v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
29 May 1963 1. FC Köln 8–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Cologne
Sturm 16'
Schäfer 37'
Müller 51', 73'
Benthaus 68'
Hornig 70'
Regh 75'
Thielen 83'		 Reitgaßl 2'
Neumann 6'		 Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kreitlein (Stuttgart)
Hertha BSC v 1. FC Nürnberg
29 May 1963 Hertha BSC 0–2 1. FC Nürnberg Berlin
Dachlauer 32'
Strehl 79'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Fritz (Ludwigshafen)
1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg
1 June 1963 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Ludwigshafen
Reitgaßl 47'
Settelmeyer 49'		 Flachenecker 66', 77' Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Schulenburg (Hamburg)
Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln
1 June 1963 Hertha BSC 3–6 1. FC Köln Berlin
Waclawiak 13'
Altendorff 58' (pen.), 65'		 Regh 1'
Schäfer 19'
Müller 39', 77'
Thielen 47', 75'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Handwerker (Ketsch)
1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
8 June 1963 1. FC Nürnberg 5–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Nuremberg
Wild 59', 65'
Morlock 67'
Dachlauer 83'
Reisch 90'		 Pulter 17' Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Thier (Gelsenkirchen)
1. FC Köln v Hertha BSC
8 June 1963 1. FC Köln 5–1 Hertha BSC Cologne
Müller 23', 50', 73', 90'
Sturm 88'		 Lange 60' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Sparing (Kassel)
1. FC Nürnberg v Hertha BSC
15 June 1963 1. FC Nürnberg 5–0 Hertha BSC Nuremberg
Morlock 20', 57'
Wild 45'
Haseneder 55', 65'		 Stadium: Club-Stadion im Zabo
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Deuschel (Ludwigshafen)
1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Köln
15 June 1963 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 1. FC Köln Ludwigshafen
Neumann 78' Regh 30' Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Kandlbinder (Regensburg)
1. FC Köln v 1. FC Nürnberg
22 June 1963 1. FC Köln 6–2 1. FC Nürnberg Cologne
Müller 5'
Schäfer 8'
Thielen 14', 43', 77'
Sturm 40' (pen.)		 Wild 63', 86' Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Schulenburg (Hamburg)
Hertha BSC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
22 June 1963 Hertha BSC 3–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Berlin
Faeder 35', 75'
Altendorff 55'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Schmidt (Waldbröl)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification BVB M60 BNE HSV
1 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 15 7 2.143 9 Advance to final — 4–0 0–0 3–2
2 1860 Munich 6 3 0 3 10 12 0.833 6 3–2 — 4–0 2–1
3 Borussia Neunkirchen 6 2 2 2 8 11 0.727 6 2–5 2–1 — 3–0
4 Hamburger SV 6 1 1 4 7 10 0.700 3 0–1 3–0 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
TSV 1860 Munich v Borussia Dortmund
25 May 1963 TSV 1860 Munich 3–2 Borussia Dortmund Munich
Brunnenmeier 7', 86'
Küppers 82'		 Wosab 23'
Konietzka 50'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zimmermann (Wolfsburg)
Borussia Neunkirchen v Hamburger SV
25 May 1963 Borussia Neunkirchen 3–0 Hamburger SV Saarbrücken
Pidancet 17'
May 78'
Melcher 90'		 Stadium: Ludwigspark
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Fischer (Augsburg)
Hamburger SV v TSV 1860 Munich
29 May 1963 Hamburger SV 3–0 TSV 1860 Munich Hamburg
Wulf 4'
Dörfel 48'
Seeler 84'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Malka (Herten)
Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Neunkirchen
29 May 1963 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 Borussia Neunkirchen Dortmund
Stadium: Rote Erde
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Lutz (Bremen)

Final

Borussia Dortmund3 – 11. FC Köln
Kurrat 9'
Wosab 57'
Schmidt 65'		 Schnellinger 73'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: K.Tschenscher
BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
GK 1 Germany Bernhard Wessel
DF 2 Germany Wolfgang Paul
DF 3 Germany Gerd Cyliax
DF 4 Germany Wilhelm Burgsmüller
DF 5 Germany Helmut Bracht
MF 6 Germany Reinhold Wosab
MF 7 Germany Alfred Schmidt
MF 8 Germany Dieter Kurrat
MF 9 Germany Lothar Geisler
FW 10 Germany Jürgen Schütz
FW 11 Germany Friedhelm Konietzka
Manager:
Germany Hermann Eppenhoff
1. FC KÖLN:
GK 1 Germany Fritz Ewert
DF 2 Germany Leo Wilden
DF 3 Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
DF 4 Germany Anton Regh
DF 5 Germany Fritz Pott
MF 6 Germany Hans Sturm
MF 7 Germany Helmut Benthaus
FW 8 Germany Karl-Heinz Thielen
FW 9 Germany Hans Schäfer
FW 10 Germany Karl-Heinz Ripkens
FW 11 Germany Heinz Hornig
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Čajkovski

References

  1. ^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015

Sources

  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, p. 165,177 - German championship 1963

External links

  • German Championship 1962-63 at Weltfussball.de
  • Germany - Championship 1962-63 at RSSSF.com
  • German championship 1963 at Fussballdaten.de
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