1961_German_football_championship

1961 German football championship

1961 German football championship

Football tournament season

The 1961 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1960–61. 1. FC Nürnberg were crowned champions for a record eighth time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the title in 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936 and 1948. It was the club's first appearance in the final since its 1948 title.[1]

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On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1961–62 European Cup, where 1. FCN lost to S.L. Benfica in the quarter-finals.

Runners-up Borussia Dortmund made its fourth appearance in the national title game, having lost the championship in 1949 and won it in 1956 and 1957.

The format used to determine the German champion was the same as the one used in the 1960 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of Southwest 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 1960–61 Oberliga season:

ClubQualified from
Hamburger SVOberliga Nord champions
SV Werder BremenOberliga Nord runners-up
1. FC KölnOberliga West champions
Borussia DortmundOberliga West runners-up
Hertha BSC BerlinOberliga Berlin champions
1. FC SaarbrückenOberliga Südwest champions
Borussia NeunkirchenOberliga Südwest runners-up
1. FC NürnbergOberliga Süd champions
Eintracht FrankfurtOberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
6 May 1961 Eintracht Frankfurt – Borussia Neunkirchen 5-0 (2–0) Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion 35,000

Group 1

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

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Final

DateMatchResultStadiumAttendance
24 June 1961 1. FC Nürnberg – Borussia Dortmund 3–0 (2–0) Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion 82,000
1. FC Nürnberg:
1Germany Roland Wabra
2Germany Ferdinand Wenauer
3Germany Helmut Hilpert
4Germany Paul Derbfuß
5Germany Stefan Reisch
6Germany Josef Zenger
7Germany Heinz Strehl 67'
8Germany Heinrich Müller 44'
9Germany Max Morlock
10Germany Kurt Haseneder 6'
11Germany Gustav Flachenecker
Manager:
Germany Herbert Widmayer
Borussia Dortmund:
1Germany Heinz Kwiatkowski
2Germany Rolf Thiemann
3Germany Gerd Cyliax
4Germany Wilhelm Burgsmüller
5Germany Aki Schmidt
6Germany Dieter Kurrat
7Germany Alfred Kelbassa
8Germany Lothar Geisler
9Germany Jürgen Schütz
10Germany Wolfgang Peters
11Germany Timo Konietzka
Manager:
Austria Max Merkel

References

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

Sources

  • kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1961
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