# 1960–61 Oberliga

The 1960–61 Oberliga was the sixteenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1961 German football championship which was won by 1. FC Nürnberg. It was 1. FC Nürnberg's eighth national championship and its first since 1948.
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1960 DDR-Oberliga was won by ASK Vorwärts Berlin, after which the league reverted to the traditional autumn-spring format and held its next season in 1961–62 .

## Oberliga Nord

The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Oldenburg and Heider SV, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Uwe Seeler of Hamburger SV with 29 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1960–61.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 101 | 29 | +72 | 50 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 43 | Qualification to German championship |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 39 | |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 36 | |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 35 | |
| 6 | FC Altona 93 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 30 | |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 29 | |
| 8 | VfV Hildesheim | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 28 | |
| 10 | VfB Oldenburg | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 26 | |
| 11 | VfR Neumünster | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 26 | |
| 12 | Concordia Hamburg | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 24 | |
| 13 | ASV Bergedorf 85 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 23 | |
| 14 | TuS Bremerhaven 93 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 23 | |
| 15 | VfB Lübeck (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 22 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
| 16 | Heider SV (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 73 | −35 | 18 | Relegation to Amateurliga |

## Oberliga Berlin

The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, Kickers 1900 Berlin and BFC Südring, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Helmut Faeder of Hertha BSC Berlin with 17 goals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 19 | +50 | 44 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 38 | |
| 3 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 31 | |
| 4 | Spandauer SV | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 30 | |
| 5 | Wacker 04 Berlin | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 23 | |
| 6 | Viktoria 89 Berlin | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 23 | |
| 7 | BFC Südring | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 21 | |
| 8 | Berliner SV 92 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 21 | |
| 9 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 20 | |
| 10 | Kickers 1900 Berlin (R) | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 19 | Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin |

## Oberliga West

The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV Sodingen and TSV Marl-Hüls, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Jürgen Schütz of Borussia Dortmund with 27 goals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 33 | +46 | 42 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 39 | Qualification to German championship |
| 3 | FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 35 | |
| 4 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 35 | |
| 5 | Westfalia Herne | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Borussia München-Gladbach | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Sportfreunde Hamborn | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Preußen Münster | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Viktoria Köln | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 27 | |
| 11 | Meidericher SV | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 26 | |
| 12 | TSV Marl-Hüls | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 26 | |
| 13 | Duisburger SV | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 26 | |
| 14 | SV Sodingen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 25 | |
| 15 | Rot-Weiß Essen (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 24 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga West |
| 16 | VfL Bochum (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 23 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga West |

## Oberliga Südwest

The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, TuS Neuendorf and SV Niederlahnstein, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Josef Christ of Sportfreunde Saarbrücken with 25 goals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 42 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 42 | Qualification to German championship |
| 3 | FK Pirmasens | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 79 | 32 | +47 | 41 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 36 | |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 30 | |
| 7 | Wormatia Worms | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 29 | |
| 9 | TuRa Ludwigshafen | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 28 | |
| 10 | Phönix Ludwigshafen | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 28 | |
| 11 | TuS Neuendorf | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 26 | |
| 12 | Eintracht Kreuznach | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 26 | |
| 13 | Eintracht Trier | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 26 | |
| 14 | SC Ludwigshafen | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 25 | |
| 15 | VfR Frankenthal (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 23 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest |
| 16 | SV Niederlahnstein (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 39 | 83 | −44 | 17 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest |

## Oberliga Süd

The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg and SV Waldhof Mannheim, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer were Rudolf Brunnenmeier, TSV 1860 München, and Erwin Stein, Eintracht Frankfurt, with 23 goals each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 96 | 30 | +66 | 48 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 78 | 38 | +40 | 41 | Qualification to German championship |
| 3 | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 38 | |
| 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 36 | |
| 5 | SSV Reutlingen | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 32 | |
| 6 | TSV 1860 München | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 32 | |
| 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Bayern Munich | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 30 | |
| 9 | VfR Mannheim | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | FC Bayern Hof | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 27 | |
| 11 | SpVgg Fürth | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 26 | |
| 12 | FSV Frankfurt | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 26 | |
| 13 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 25 | |
| 14 | FC Schweinfurt 05 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 25 | |
| 15 | TSG Ulm 1846 (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 24 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd |
| 16 | Jahn Regensburg (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 107 | −80 | 11 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd |

## German championship

The 1961 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga Süd and Südwest played a pre-qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.

### Qualifying

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 5–0 | Borussia Neunkirchen |

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | DOR | EF | HSV | FCS |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund (Q) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 7 | Qualified to final | — | 0–1 | 7–2 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 6 | | 2–5 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–3 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | FCN | WB | FCK | HB |
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 10 | Qualified to final | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–4 |
| 4 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–0 | Borussia Dortmund |