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.[2]

Oberliga
Season1960–61
ChampionsHamburger SV
Hertha BSC Berlin
1. FC Köln
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Nürnberg
RelegatedVfB Lübeck
Heider SV
Kickers 1900 Berlin
Rot-Weiß Essen
VfL Bochum
VfR Frankenthal
SV Niederlahnstein
TSG Ulm 1846
Jahn Regensburg
German champions1. FC Nürnberg
8th German title
Top goalscorerUwe Seeler
(29 goals)[1]
Map of the five German Oberligas 1945 to 1963

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 .[3]

Oberliga Nord

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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.[1]

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
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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Berlin

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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.[1]

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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga West

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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.[1]

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
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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Südwest

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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.[1]

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
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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Süd

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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.[4]

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
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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

German championship

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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.[5]

Qualifying

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

Group 1

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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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

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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
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (in German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
  2. ^ 1. FC Nürnberg » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Nürnberg honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
  3. ^ East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.org, accessed: 15 December 2015
  4. ^ 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband, page: 165
  5. ^ Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1960/1961 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 15 December 2015

Sources

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  • 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
  • kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
  • DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
  • 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (in German) 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997
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