1963 German football championship

1963 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Country West Germany
Dates 18 May – 29 June
Teams 9
Champions Borussia Dortmund
3rd German title
Runners-up 1. FC Köln
European Cup Borussia Dortmund
Matches played 26
Goals scored 110 (4.23 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Christian Müller (9 goals)
← 1962

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:

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 KaiserslauternOberliga Südwest champions
Borussia NeunkirchenOberliga Südwest runners-up
TSV 1860 MunichOberliga Süd champions
1. FC NürnbergOberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

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.

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.

Final

Borussia Dortmund 3 – 1 1. FC Köln
Kurrat  9'
Wosab  57'
Schmidt  65'		 Schnellinger  73'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: K.Tschenscher
BORRUSIA DORTMUND:
GK1Germany Bernhard Wessel
DF2Germany Wolfgang Paul
DF3Germany Gerd Cyliax
DF4Germany Wilhelm Burgsmüller
DF5Germany Helmut Bracht
MF6Germany Reinhold Wosab
MF7Germany Alfred Schmidt
MF8Germany Dieter Kurrat
MF9Germany Lothar Geisler
FW10Germany Jürgen Schütz
FW11Germany Friedhelm Konietzka
Manager:
Germany Hermann Eppenhoff
1. FC KÖLN:
GK1Germany Fritz Ewert
DF2Germany Leo Wilden
DF3Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
DF4Germany Anton Regh
DF5Germany Fritz Pott
MF6Germany Hans Sturm
MF7Germany Helmut Benthaus
FW8Germany Karl-Heinz Thielen
FW9Germany Hans Schäfer
FW10Germany Karl-Heinz Ripkens
FW11Germany Heinz Hornig
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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
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