1963 German football championship

1963 German championship final

Event	German football championship
Borussia Dortmund 1. FC Köln 3 1
Date	29 June 1963
Venue	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Referee	Kurt Tschenscher
Attendance	75,000

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 qualification 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 München	Oberliga Süd champions
1. FC Nuremberg	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

1. FC Nuremberg v Werder Bremen

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

Group 1

Matches

1. FC Nuremberg v 1. FC Köln

25 May 1963	1. FC Nuremberg	3 – 3	1. FC Köln	Nuremberg
	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 Nuremberg

29 May 1963	Hertha BSC	0 – 2	1. FC Nuremberg	Berlin
			Dachlauer  32' Strehl  79'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Fritz (Ludwigshafen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nuremberg

1 June 1963	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 2	1. FC Nuremberg	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 Nuremberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

8 June 1963	1. FC Nuremberg	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 Nuremberg v Hertha BSC

15 June 1963	1. FC Nuremberg	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 Nuremberg

22 June 1963	1. FC Köln	6 – 2	1. FC Nuremberg	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)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln	8	6	2	0	29	12	+17	14	Qualified to final
2	1. FC Nürnberg	6	3	2	1	19	12	+7	8
3	Hertha BSC Berlin	7	2	1	4	8	19	−11	5
4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	0	3	3	7	20	−13	3

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Group 2

Matches

TSV 1860 München v Borussia Dortmund

25 May 1963	TSV 1860 München	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 München

29 May 1963	Hamburger SV	3 – 0	TSV 1860 München	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)

TSV 1860 München v Borussia Neunkirchen

1 June 1963	TSV 1860 München	4 – 0	Borussia Neunkirchen	Munich
				Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

1 June 1963	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 2	Hamburger SV	Dortmund
				Stadium: Rote Erde

Borussia Neunkirchen v TSV 1860 München

8 June 1963	Borussia Neunkirchen	2 – 1	TSV 1860 München	Saarbrücken
				Stadium: Ludwigspark

Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund

8 June 1963	Hamburger SV	0 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
				Stadium: Volksparkstadion

TSV 1860 München v Hamburger SV

15 June 1963	TSV 1860 München	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Munich
				Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße

Borussia Neunkirchen v Borussia Dortmund

15 June 1963	Borussia Neunkirchen	2 – 5	Borussia Dortmund	Saarbrücken
				Stadium: Ludwigspark

Borussia Dortmund v TSV 1860 München

22 June 1963	Borussia Dortmund	4 – 0	TSV 1860 München	Dortmund
				Stadium: Rote Erde

Hamburger SV v Borussia Neunkirchen

22 June 1963	Hamburger SV	1 – 1	Borussia Neunkirchen	Hamburg
				Stadium: Volksparkstadion

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	9	Qualified to final
2	TSV 1860 München	6	3	0	3	10	12	−2	6
3	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	2	2	6	11	−5	6
4	Hamburger SV	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	3

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Final

Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Köln

29 June 1963

Borussia Dortmund	3 – 1	1. FC Köln
Kurrat  9' Wosab  57' Schmidt  65'		Schnellinger  73'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 75,000 Referee: K.Tschenscher

BORRUSIA DORTMUND: GK 1 Bernhard Wessel DF 2 Wolfgang Paul DF 3 Gerd Cyliax DF 4 Wilhelm Burgsmüller DF 5 Helmut Bracht MF 6 Reinhold Wosab MF 7 Alfred Schmidt MF 8 Dieter Kurrat MF 9 Lothar Geisler FW 10 Jürgen Schütz FW 11 Friedhelm Konietzka Manager: Hermann Eppenhoff

1. FC KÖLN: GK 1 Fritz Ewert DF 2 Leo Wilden DF 3 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 4 Anton Regh DF 5 Fritz Pott MF 6 Hans Sturm MF 7 Helmut Benthaus FW 8 Karl-Heinz Thielen FW 9 Hans Schäfer FW 10 Karl-Heinz Ripkens FW 11 Heinz Hornig Manager: Zlatko Čajkovski

References

1. (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.com, 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