# 1963–64 Borussia Dortmund season

The 1963–64 Borussia Dortmund season was the first season in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund. After winning the 1963 German football championship, they could not defend their title and ended up 4th in the inaugural Bundesliga season. In the European Cup they closely missed the final after losing the semi-final against Internazionale.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Franz Brungs (from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| — | FW | FRG | Hans-Jürgen Kurrat (?) |
| — | DF | FRG | Manfred Pfeiffer (?) |
| — | FW | FRG | Burghard Rylewicz (from VfB Oldenburg) |
| — | GK | FRG | Hans Tilkowski (from SC Westfalia Herne) |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Alfred Kelbassa (?) |
| — | FW | FRG | Wolfgang Peters (?) |
| — | FW | FRG | Gerd Roggensack (to Arminia Bielefeld) |
| — | MF | FRG | Jürgen Schütz (to A.S. Roma) |

## Results
### Bundesliga

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Borussia Dortmund score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Borussia Dortmund Goalscorers |
| 1 | 24 August 1963 | A | SV Werder Bremen | 2–3 | 30,000 | Konietzka 1', 90' |
| 2 | 31 August 1963 | H | TSV 1860 München | 3–3 | 25,000 | Sturm 16', 80', Cyliax 27' |
| 3 | 7 September 1963 | A | FC Schalke 04 | 1–3 | 36,000 | Wosab 6' |
| 4 | 14 September 1963 | H | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–1 | 18,000 | Wosab 78', Konietzka 81' |
| 5 | 21 September 1963 | A | Karlsruher SC | 3–1 | 35,000 | H. Kurrat 4', Rylewicz 12', Cyliax 82' |
| 6 | 5 October 1963 | H | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–0 | 18,000 | Emmerich 11', Redder 31', Konietzka 38' |
| 7 | 12 October 1963 | A | Preußen Münster | 2–1 | 37,000 | Brungs 65', Emmerich 82' |
| 8 | 19 October 1963 | H | Hertha BSC Berlin | 7–2 | 28,000 | Rylewicz 16' (pen.), Emmerich 22', 60', Schmidt 28', Konietzka 45', 85', Sturm 52' |
| 9 | 26 October 1963 | A | VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | 60,000 | Sturm 60' |
| 10 | 9 November 1963 | H | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–1 | 25,000 | Emmerich 27', 86', Wenauer 81' (o.g.) |
| 11 | 16 November 1963 | H | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 9–3 | 26,000 | Brungs 8', Wosab 17', 74', Schmidt 18', 56', 66', Emmerich 28', 85', Konietzka 44' |
| 12 | 23 November 1963 | A | Meidericher SV | 3–3 | 40,000 | Konietzka 5', 33', Emmerich 20' |
| 13 | 30 November 1963 | H | 1. FC Köln | 2–3 | 42,000 | Konietzka 7', 14' |
| 14 | 21 December 1963 | A | Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 35,000 | Wosab 7' |
| 15 | 14 December 1963 | H | Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–0 | 15,000 | Brungs 28', Konietzka 57', Wosab 81' |
| 16 | 11 January 1964 | H | Werder Bremen | 4–3 | 15,000 | Brungs 14', 20', Konietzka 16', 34' |
| 17 | 18 January 1964 | A | TSV 1860 München | 1–6 | 35,000 | Brungs 3' |
| 18 | 25 January 1964 | H | FC Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 38,000 | Emmerich 51', 89', Konietzka 65' |
| 19 | 30 March 1964 | A | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–2 | 18,000 | Emmerich 62' |
| 20 | 15 February 1964 | H | Karlsruher SC | 3–2 | 21,000 | Rylewicz 28', 48', Cyliax 38' |
| 21 | 22 February 1964 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–2 | 40,000 | Eigenbrodt 71' (o.g.) |
| 22 | 29 February 1964 | H | Preußen Münster | 0–0 | 25,000 | |
| 23 | 7 March 1964 | A | Hertha BSC Berlin | 0–0 | 20,510 | |
| 24 | 14 March 1964 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 7–1 | 28,000 | Konietzka 8', 55', 59', 88', Brungs 26', Emmerich 70', 74' |
| 25 | 21 March 1964 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–4 | 43,000 | |
| 26 | 4 April 1964 | A | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–0 | 30,000 | Konietzka 40' |
| 27 | 11 April 1964 | H | Meidericher SV | 0–0 | 23,000 | |
| 28 | 18 April 1964 | A | 1. FC Köln | 2–5 | 46,000 | Schmidt 22', Brungs 62' |
| 29 | 5 May 1964 | H | Hamburger SV | 5–2 | 8,000 | Rylewicz 31', Emmerich 38', 64', Brungs 55', Redder 85' |
| 30 | 9 May 1964 | A | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–2 | 15,000 | |

### European Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Borussia Dortmund score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Borussia Dortmund Goalscorers |
| PR1 | 11 September 1963 | A | FK Lyn | 4–2 | 18,159 | Emmerich 18', Schmidt 60', Wosab 65', 76' |
| PR2 | 2 October 1963 | H | FK Lyn | 3–1 | 10,700 | Konietzka 35', 82', Cyliax 86' |
| FR1 | 6 November 1963 | A | S.L. Benfica | 1–2 | 41,252 | Wosab 54' |
| FR2 | 4 December 1963 | H | S.L. Benfica | 5–0 | 40,675 | Konietzka 33', Brungs 35', 37', 47', Wosab 58' |
| QF1 | 4 March 1964 | A | Dukla Prague | 4–0 | 21,920 | Brungs 30', Konietzka 56', Wosab 70' (pen.), 89' |
| QF2 | 18 March 1964 | H | Dukla Prague | 1–3 | 42,415 | Rylewicz 20' |
| SF1 | 15 April 1964 | H | Internazionale | 2–2 | 42,356 | Brungs 23', 28' |
| SF2 | 29 April 1964 | A | Internazionale | 0–2 | 76,788 | |

### DFB-Pokal

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Borussia Dortmund score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Borussia Dortmund Goalscorers |
| 1 | 7 April 1964 | A | TSV 1860 München | 0–2 | 35,000 | |