# 1963–64 Hertha BSC season

1963–64 Hertha BSC season was the 91st season in club history. Hertha BSC participated in the inaugural Bundesliga season.

## Review and events

Hertha BSC participated and finished 14th out of 16 clubs in the inaugural Bundesliga season.

## Match results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Match | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Hertha BSC goalscorers |
| 1 | 24 August | 17:00 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | 52,000 | Schimmöller 59' (pen.) |
| 2 | 31 August | 17:00 | Neckarstadion | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | 40,000 | |
| 3 | 7 September | 16:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–2 | 44,572 | Rühl 73' Faeder 79' |
| 4 | 14 September | 16:30 | Wedaustadion | Duisburg | Meidericher SV | 3–1 | 30,000 | Faeder 16' Beyer 73', 83' |
| 5 | 21 September | 16:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | 85,411 | |
| 6 | 5 October | 19:00 | Volksparkstadion | Hamburg | Hamburger SV | 1–5 | 40,000 | Faeder 45' |
| 7 | 12 October | 15:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–2 | 30,259 | Klimaschefski 45' |
| 8 | 19 October | 15:30 | Stadion Rote Erde | Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 2–7 | 28,000 | Rühl 21' Altendorff 88' |
| 9 | 26 October | 15:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3 | 23,272 | Faeder 38' |
| 10 | 9 November | 17:00 | Weserstadion | Bremen | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | 19,000 | Klimaschefski 64' Beyer 85' |
| 11 | 16 November | 19:00 | Glückauf-Kampfbahn | Gelsenkirchen | Schalke 04 | 0–1 | 18,000 | |
| 12 | 23 November | 14:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 3–2 | 24,941 | Beyer 22' Faeder 51' Rühl 88' |
| 13 | 30 November | 14:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Karlsruher SC | 2–3 | 24,000 | Beyer 20' Groß 55' |
| 14 | 7 December | 17:00 | Grünwalder Stadion | Munich | TSV 1860 München | 2–1 | 25,000 | Waclawiak 48' Klimaschefski 82' |
| 15 | 14 December | 17:00 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Preußen Münster | 2–0 | 17,215 | Steinert 35', 89' |
| 16 | 11 January | 14:30 | Städtisches Stadion | Nuremberg | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–2 | 15,000 | Waclawiak 2', 20', 49' |
| 17 | 18 January | 14:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | 30,000 | |
| 18 | 8 February | 15:30 | Stadion am Betzenberg | Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–3 | 6,000 | |
| 19 | 15 February | 15:30 | Müngersdorfer Stadion | Cologne | 1. FC Köln | 1–3 | 18,000 | Schäfer 50' (o.g.) |
| 20 | 22 February | 15:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 30,000 | Faeder 77' |
| 21 | 7 March | 16:00 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Borussia Dortmund | 0–0 | 20,510 | |
| 22 | 14 March | 16:30 | Waldstadion | Frankfurt | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–4 | 15,000 | |
| 23 | 27 March | 16:30 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Meidericher SV | 5–2 | 35,000 | Steinert 1', 4' Altendorff 39', 78' Rühl 46' |
| 24 | 30 March | 16:00 | Eintracht-Stadion | Braunschweig | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | 16,000 | Faeder 38' |
| 25 | 4 April | 17:00 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 40,000 | Rühl 41' |
| 26 | 11 April | 17:00 | Ludwigsparkstadion | Saarbrücken | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–3 | 10,000 | |
| 27 | 15 April | 20:00 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | Werder Bremen | 5–2 | 16,000 | Borchert 8', 44', 62' Faeder 48' Klimaschefski 69' |
| 28 | 18 April | 17:00 | Wildparkstadion | Karlsruhe | Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 35,000 | Altendorff 58' |
| 29 | 25 April | 17:00 | Olympic Stadium | West Berlin | TSV 1860 München | 3–1 | 55,000 | Rühl 23' Altendorff 59' Steinert 81' |
| 30 | 9 May | 17:00 | Preußenstadion | Münster | Preußen Münster | 2–4 | 3,000 | Faeder 24' Steinert 27' |

### Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
## Player information
### Squad & statistics

Squad Season 1963–64 :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Totals | Totals |
| Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Hertha since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Tillich | | 25 November 1939 | | | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Hans-Jürgen Krumnow | | 17 February 1943 | | | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| Hans-Günter Schimmöller | | 25 September 1935 | | | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Hans Eder | | 14 November 1934 | 1962 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Lothar Groß | | 10 February 1940 | | | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Otto Rehhagel | | 9 August 1938 | 1963 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 23 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| Klaus Heuer | | 14 September 1935 | | | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Günter Schüler | | 10 February 1934 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lothar Philipp | | 26 February 1937 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl-Heinz Wiegel | | 28 March 1938 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| Hans-Joachim Altendorff | | 20 December 1940 | | | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| Uwe Klimaschefski | | 11 December 1938 | | | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Helmut Faeder | | 3 July 1935 | | | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| Peter Schlesinger | | 8 October 1937 | | | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| Carl-Heinz Rühl | | 14 November 1939 | 1963 | SC Viktoria 04 Köln | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 |
| Lutz Steinert | | 18 March 1939 | | | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 |
| Harald Beyer | | 21 September 1939 | | | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| Horst Waclawiak | | 1 January 1938 | | | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| Eberhard Borchert | | 22 May 1941 | | | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| Klaus Scheinig | | 15 September 1941 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |