# 1960 German football championship

The 1960 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959–60. Hamburger SV were crowned champions for the third time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the title in 1923 and 1928. It was the club's third appearance in the final in four years, having lost the 1957 and 1958 final. On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1960-61 European Cup, where HSV lost to FC Barcelona in the semi-finals.
Hamburg's Uwe Seeler was the 1960 championships top scorer with 13 goals, the highest total for any top scorer in the competition after the Second World War.
Runners-up 1. FC Köln made its first appearance in the national title game. The 1960 German championship saw an attendance record for the Oberliga era with 87,739 seeing Tasmania 1900 Berlin hosting 1. FC Köln.
The format used to determine the German champion was the same as the one used in the 1959 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West 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 1959–60 Oberliga season:
| Club | Qualified from |
| Hamburger SV | Oberliga Nord champions |
| SV Werder Bremen | Oberliga Nord runners-up |
| 1. FC Köln | Oberliga West champions |
| Westfalia Herne | Oberliga West runners-up |
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin | Oberliga Berlin champions |
| FK Pirmasens | Oberliga Südwest champions |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | Oberliga Südwest runners-up |
| Karlsruher SC | Oberliga Süd champions |
| Kickers Offenbach | Oberliga Süd runners-up |

## Competition
### Qualifying round

| Date | Match | Match | Match | Result | Stadium | Attendance |
| 7 May 1960 | Westfalia Herne | – | Kickers Offenbach | 1-0 (1–0) | Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion | 45,000 |

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | HSV | KSC | BNE | SCW |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2.000 | 9 | Advance to final | — | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 1.000 | 7 | | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 0.529 | 5 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Westfalia Herne | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0.813 | 3 | | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — |
Group phase - Group 1 :
| Match | Match | Match | Final result |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | - | Hamburger SV | 0:4 |
| Karlsruher SC | - | Westfalia Herne | 5:4 |
| Hamburger SV | - | Karlsruher SC | 3:3 |
| Westfalia Herne | - | Borussia Neunkirchen | 2:1 |
| Karlsruher SC | - | Borussia Neunkirchen | 2:4 |
| Westfalia Herne | - | Hamburger SV | 3:4 |
| Hamburger SV | - | Westfalia Herne | 2:1 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | - | Karlsruher SC | 2:2 |
| Karlsruher SC | - | Hamburger SV | 4:3 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | - | Westfalia Herne | 2:1 |
| Hamburger SV | - | Borussia Neunkirchen | 6:0 |
| Westfalia Herne | - | Karlsruher SC | 2:2 |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | KOE | SVW | SCT | FKP |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 9 | Advance to final | — | 2–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1.500 | 8 | | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Tasmania Berlin | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1.000 | 6 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | FK Pirmasens | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 0.429 | 1 | | 1–1 | 4–6 | 1–2 | — |
Group phase - Group 2 :
| Match | Match | Match | Final result |
| Werder Bremen | - | 1. FC Köln | 1:2 |
| FK Pirmasens | - | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 1:2 |
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin | - | Werder Bremen | 2:1 |
| 1. FC Köln | - | FK Pirmasens | 4:0 |
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin | - | 1. FC Köln | 1:2 |
| FK Pirmasens | - | Werder Bremen | 4:6 |
| 1. FC Köln | - | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 3:0 |
| Werder Bremen | - | FK Pirmasens | 3:1 |
| FK Pirmasens | - | 1. FC Köln | 1:1 |
| Werder Bremen | - | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 2:1 |
| 1. FC Köln | - | Werder Bremen | 2:5 |
| Tasmania 1900 Berlin | - | FK Pirmasens | 5:2 |

### Final

| Date | Match | Match | Match | Result | Stadium | Attendance |
| 25 June 1960 | Hamburger SV | – | 1. FC Köln | 3–2 (0–0) | Frankfurt, Waldstadion | 71,000 |
Hamburger SV: :
| | 1 | Horst Schnoor |
| | 2 | Jürgen Werner |
| | 3 | Erwin Piechowiak |
| | 4 | Jochen Meinke |
| | 5 | Gerhard Krug |
| | 6 | Klaus Neisner |
| | 7 | Dieter Seeler |
| | 8 | Klaus Stürmer |
| | 9 | Uwe Seeler 53' 88' |
| | 10 | Charly Dörfel 75' |
| | 11 | Horst Dehn |
| Manager: ||||
| Günter Mahlmann ||||
1. FC Köln: :
| | 1 | Fritz Ewert |
| | 2 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger |
| | 3 | Leo Wilden |
| | 4 | Georg Stollenwerk |
| | 5 | Hans Sturm |
| | 6 | Josef Röhrig |
| | 7 | Christian Breuer 53' |
| | 8 | Karl-Heinz Thielen |
| | 9 | Hans Schäfer |
| | 10 | Helmut Rahn |
| | 11 | Christian Müller 86' |
| Manager: ||||
| Oswald Pfau ||||