1961 German football championship

1961 German championship final

Event	German football championship
1. FC Nuremberg Borussia Dortmund 3 0
Date	24 June 1961
Venue	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Referee	Gerhard Schulenburg
Attendance	82,000

The 1961 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1960–61. 1. FC Nuremberg were crowned champions for a record eight 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.

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 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.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1960–61 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 Saarbrücken	Oberliga Südwest champions
Borussia Neunkirchen	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
1. FC Nuremberg	Oberliga Süd champions
Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
6 May 1961	Eintracht Frankfurt	–	Borussia Neunkirchen	5-0 (2–0)	Ludwigshafen, Südweststadion	35,000

Group 1

Matches

Group phase - Group 1

Match			Final result
Hamburger SV	-	Borussia Dortmund	2:5
Eintracht Frankfurt	-	1. FC Saarbrücken	1:1
1. FC Saarbrücken	-	Hamburger SV	2:3
Borussia Dortmund	-	Eintracht Frankfurt	0:1
Hamburger SV	-	Eintracht Frankfurt	2:1
Borussia Dortmund	-	1. FC Saarbrücken	2:2
Eintracht Frankfurt	-	Hamburger SV	4:2
1. FC Saarbrücken	-	Borussia Dortmund	4:3
Hamburger SV	-	1. FC Saarbrücken	3:0
Eintracht Frankfurt	-	Borussia Dortmund	1:2
Borussia Dortmund	-	Hamburger SV	7:2
1. FC Saarbrücken	-	Eintracht Frankfurt	2:5

Group 2

Matches

Group phase - Group 2

Match			Final result
1. FC Köln	-	Werder Bremen	1:1
Hertha BSC Berlin	-	1. FC Nuremberg	0:2
1. FC Nuremberg	-	1. FC Köln	3:3
Werder Bremen	-	Hertha BSC Berlin	1:0
1. FC Köln	-	Hertha BSC Berlin	3:4
Werder Bremen	-	1. FC Nuremberg	2:4
Hertha BSC Berlin	-	1. FC Köln	1:2
1. FC Nuremberg	-	Werder Bremen	4:0
1. FC Köln	-	1. FC Nuremberg	1:2
Hertha BSC Berlin	-	Werder Bremen	1:3
Werder Bremen	-	1. FC Köln	1:1
1. FC Nuremberg	-	Hertha BSC Berlin	3:3

Final

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
24 June 1961	1. FC Nuremberg	–	Borussia Dortmund	3–0 (2–0)	Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion	82,000

Teams

1. FC Nuremberg: 1 Roland Wabra 2 Ferdinand Wenauer 3 Helmut Hilpert 4 Paul Derbfuß 5 Stefan Reisch 6 Josef Zenger 7 Heinz Strehl  67' 8 Heinrich Müller  44' 9 Max Morlock 10 Kurt Haseneder  6' 11 Gustav Flachenecker Manager: Herbert Widmayer

Borussia Dortmund: 1 Heinz Kwiatkowski 2 Rolf Thiemann 3 Gerd Cyliax 4 Wilhelm Burgsmüller 5 Aki Schmidt 6 Dieter Kurrat 7 Alfred Kelbassa 8 Lothar Geisler 9 Jürgen Schütz 10 Wolfgang Peters 11 Timo Konietzka Manager: Max Merkel

References

Sources

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

External links

• German Championship 1960-61 at Weltfussball.de
• Germany - Championship 1960-61 at RSSSF.com
• German championship 1961 at Fussballdaten.de