# 1962–63 Hamburger SV season

The 1962–63 Hamburger SV season was the 16th and final season playing in the Oberliga Nord, the first-tier of football in the region, before the formation of the national Bundesliga in 1963. Hamburg also competed in this season's editions of the German football championship and the DFB-Pokal.
On 14 August 1963, HSV won the DFB-Pokal for the first time in club history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final, at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover, by a score of 3–0 courtesy of an Uwe Seeler hat-trick.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Oberliga Nord | 19 August 1962 | 28 April 1963 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 100 | 40 | +60 | 073.33 |
| German football championship | 25 May 1960 | 22 June 1960 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 016.67 |
| DFB-Pokal | 30 June 1963 | 14 August 1963 | First round | Winners | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 117 | 52 | +65 | 065.85 |
Source: World Football

### Oberliga Nord
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 100 | 40 | +60 | 49 | Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 102 | 44 | +58 | 47 | Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 37 | Qualification to Bundesliga |
| 4 | VfR Neumünster (R) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 35 | Relegation to Regionalliga Nord |
| 5 | Holstein Kiel (R) | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga Nord |

### German football championship
#### Results

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 25 May 1963 | Group stage | Borussia Neunkirchen | Away | 0–3 | | 40,000 | Fischer |
| 29 May 1963 | Group stage | TSV 1860 Munich | Home | 3–0 | Wulf, Dörfel, Seeler | 58,000 | Malka |
| 1 June 1963 | Group stage | Borussia Dortmund | Away | 2–3 | Seeler, Schmidt (own goal) | 39,000 | Tschenscher |
| 8 June 1963 | Group stage | Borussia Dortmund | Home | 0–1 | | 60,000 | Kreitlein |
| 15 June 1963 | Group stage | TSV 1860 Munich | Away | 1–2 | Kreuz | 47,000 | Treichel |
| 22 June 1963 | Group stage | Borussia Neunkirchen | Home | 1–1 | Fritzsche | 20,000 | Sparing |

### DFB-Pokal
#### Results

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 30 June 1963 | Round of 16 | FC Bayern Hof | Away | 5–2 | Seeler (2), Kreuz, Dörfel (2) | 12,000 | Fritz |
| 31 July 1963 | Quarter-finals | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Home | 1–0 | Seeler | 20,000 | Schmidt |
| 7 August 1963 | Semi-finals | Wuppertaler SV | Away | 1–0 | Boyens | 38,000 | Fritz |
| 14 August 1963 | Final | Borussia Dortmund | Neutral | 3–0 | Seeler (3) | 70,000 | Kreitlein |