1963–64 Bundesliga

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football league season The 1963–64 Bundesliga season was the inaugural season<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for a single division highest tier of football in West Germany. It began on 24 August 1963 and ended on 9 May 1964.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first goal was scored by Friedhelm Konietzka for Borussia Dortmund in their game against Werder Bremen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The championship was won by 1. FC Köln. The first teams to be relegated were Preußen Münster and 1. FC Saarbrücken.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Teams

Template:More Sixteen teams were chosen from all Oberliga teams on both competitive and infrastructural aspects. The West and South divisions supplied five teams each, three clubs came from the North, while the Southwest provided two participants. The final member was chosen from the Oberliga Berlin.

The selection of teams for the inaugural Bundesliga season was controversial. Alemannia Aachen and Kickers Offenbach believed that they should have been chosen, due to their superior record over division rivals over the previous twelve seasons. They were not selected due to their relatively poorer performance in the seasons immediately preceding the start of the Bundesliga.

Club	Location	Oberliga	Ground<ref name="Vereinslexikon">Template:Cite book</ref>	Capacity<ref name="Vereinslexikon" />
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Oberliga West	Stadion Rote Erde	30,000
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Oberliga North	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	Oberliga South	Waldstadion	87,000
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Oberliga North	Volksparkstadion	80,000
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Oberliga Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
Template:Sort	Kaiserslautern	Oberliga Southwest	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Oberliga South	Wildparkstadion	50,000
Template:Sort	Cologne	Oberliga West	Müngersdorfer Stadion	76,000
Meidericher SV	Duisburg	Oberliga West	Wedaustadion	38,500
Template:Sort	Munich	Oberliga South	Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße	51,794
Template:Sort	Nuremberg	Oberliga South	Städtisches Stadion	64,238
Preußen Münster	Münster	Oberliga West	Preußen-Stadion	45,000
Template:Sort	Saarbrücken	Oberliga Southwest	Ludwigspark	40,000
Template:Sort	Gelsenkirchen	Oberliga West	Glückauf-Kampfbahn	35,000
Template:Sort	Stuttgart	Oberliga South	Neckarstadion	53,000
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Oberliga North	Weserstadion	32,000

League table

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Results

{{#invoke:Sports results|main | source = DFB | update = complete | matches_style = FBR

| team1 = BSC | name_BSC = Hertha BSC | team2 = EBS | name_EBS = Eintracht Braunschweig | team3 = SVW | name_SVW = Werder Bremen | team4 = BVB | name_BVB = Borussia Dortmund | team5 = SGE | name_SGE = Eintracht Frankfurt | team6 = HSV | name_HSV = Hamburger SV | team7 = FCK | name_FCK = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | team8 = KSC | name_KSC = Karlsruher SC | team9 = KOE | name_KOE = 1. FC Köln | team10 = MSV | name_MSV = Meidericher SV | team11 = M60 | name_M60 = 1860 Munich | team12 = PRM | name_PRM = Preußen Münster | team13 = FCN | name_FCN = 1. FC Nürnberg | team14 = FCS | name_FCS = 1. FC Saarbrücken | team15 = S04 | name_S04 = Schalke 04 | team16 = VFB | name_VFB = VfB Stuttgart

| match_HSV_BVB_note = The Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund match from 7 December 1963 was suspended after 61 minutes and a score of 1–2 due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog. The replay took place on 21 December 1963 and finished with a score of 2–1.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

| match_BSC_EBS = 1–2 | match_BSC_SVW = 5–2 | match_BSC_BVB = 0–0 | match_BSC_SGE = 1–3 | match_BSC_HSV = 1–2 | match_BSC_FCK = 2–2 | match_BSC_KSC = 2–3 | match_BSC_KOE = 0–3 | match_BSC_MSV = 5–2 | match_BSC_M60 = 3–1 | match_BSC_PRM = 2–0 | match_BSC_FCN = 1–1 | match_BSC_FCS = 3–2 | match_BSC_S04 = 1–0 | match_BSC_VFB = 0–2

| match_EBS_BSC = 1–1 | match_EBS_SVW = 1–1 | match_EBS_BVB = 2–0 | match_EBS_SGE = 0–3 | match_EBS_HSV = 2–1 | match_EBS_FCK = 0–1 | match_EBS_KSC = 2–0 | match_EBS_KOE = 1–1 | match_EBS_MSV = 0–0 | match_EBS_M60 = 0–1 | match_EBS_PRM = 1–0 | match_EBS_FCN = 2–0 | match_EBS_FCS = 3–1 | match_EBS_S04 = 4–3 | match_EBS_VFB = 2–0

| match_SVW_BSC = 2–2 | match_SVW_EBS = 2–3 | match_SVW_BVB = 3–2 | match_SVW_SGE = 4–1 | match_SVW_HSV = 4–2 | match_SVW_FCK = 2–0 | match_SVW_KSC = 0–0 | match_SVW_KOE = 1–1 | match_SVW_MSV = 1–1 | match_SVW_M60 = 4–1 | match_SVW_PRM = 4–2 | match_SVW_FCN = 2–1 | match_SVW_FCS = 0–3 | match_SVW_S04 = 1–0 | match_SVW_VFB = 2–2

| match_BVB_BSC = 7–2 | match_BVB_EBS = 3–0 | match_BVB_SVW = 4–3 | match_BVB_SGE = 3–0 | match_BVB_HSV = 5–2 | match_BVB_FCK = 9–3 | match_BVB_KSC = 3–2 | match_BVB_KOE = 2–3 | match_BVB_MSV = 0–0 | match_BVB_M60 = 3–3 | match_BVB_PRM = 0–0 | match_BVB_FCN = 3–1 | match_BVB_FCS = 2–1 | match_BVB_S04 = 3–0 | match_BVB_VFB = 7–1

| match_SGE_BSC = 4–0 | match_SGE_EBS = 3–0 | match_SGE_SVW = 7–0 | match_SGE_BVB = 2–1 | match_SGE_HSV = 2–2 | match_SGE_FCK = 1–1 | match_SGE_KSC = 0–3 | match_SGE_KOE = 2–1 | match_SGE_MSV = 2–2 | match_SGE_M60 = 5–2 | match_SGE_PRM = 3–0 | match_SGE_FCN = 2–3 | match_SGE_FCS = 3–1 | match_SGE_S04 = 4–2 | match_SGE_VFB = 3–2

| match_HSV_BSC = 5–1 | match_HSV_EBS = 2–1 | match_HSV_SVW = 1–1 | match_HSV_BVB = 2–1 | match_HSV_SGE = 3–0 | match_HSV_FCK = 7–3 | match_HSV_KSC = 1–1 | match_HSV_KOE = 1–1 | match_HSV_MSV = 3–3 | match_HSV_M60 = 5–0 | match_HSV_PRM = 5–0 | match_HSV_FCN = 2–2 | match_HSV_FCS = 4–2 | match_HSV_S04 = 3–1 | match_HSV_VFB = 1–1

| match_FCK_BSC = 3–0 | match_FCK_EBS = 2–1 | match_FCK_SVW = 3–0 | match_FCK_BVB = 0–1 | match_FCK_SGE = 1–1 | match_FCK_HSV = 3–2 | match_FCK_KSC = 1–0 | match_FCK_KOE = 3–3 | match_FCK_MSV = 1–1 | match_FCK_M60 = 2–1 | match_FCK_PRM = 0–0 | match_FCK_FCN = 3–1 | match_FCK_FCS = 2–4 | match_FCK_S04 = 2–3 | match_FCK_VFB = 1–3

| match_KSC_BSC = 1–1 | match_KSC_EBS = 3–1 | match_KSC_SVW = 1–1 | match_KSC_BVB = 1–3 | match_KSC_SGE = 1–2 | match_KSC_HSV = 0–4 | match_KSC_FCK = 5–1 | match_KSC_KOE = 2–2 | match_KSC_MSV = 1–4 | match_KSC_M60 = 1–0 | match_KSC_PRM = 4–2 | match_KSC_FCN = 1–3 | match_KSC_FCS = 2–2 | match_KSC_S04 = 1–1 | match_KSC_VFB = 0–3

| match_KOE_BSC = 3–1 | match_KOE_EBS = 4–1 | match_KOE_SVW = 4–3 | match_KOE_BVB = 5–2 | match_KOE_SGE = 1–1 | match_KOE_HSV = 4–1 | match_KOE_FCK = 5–1 | match_KOE_KSC = 4–0 | match_KOE_MSV = 3–3 | match_KOE_M60 = 2–2 | match_KOE_PRM = 3–0 | match_KOE_FCN = 5–0 | match_KOE_FCS = 1–3 | match_KOE_S04 = 2–2 | match_KOE_VFB = 2–1

| match_MSV_BSC = 1–3 | match_MSV_EBS = 5–1 | match_MSV_SVW = 1–0 | match_MSV_BVB = 3–3 | match_MSV_SGE = 3–1 | match_MSV_HSV = 4–0 | match_MSV_FCK = 3–0 | match_MSV_KSC = 2–0 | match_MSV_KOE = 2–2 | match_MSV_M60 = 3–0 | match_MSV_PRM = 0–0 | match_MSV_FCN = 0–0 | match_MSV_FCS = 3–1 | match_MSV_S04 = 3–0 | match_MSV_VFB = 3–0

| match_M60_BSC = 1–2 | match_M60_EBS = 1–1 | match_M60_SVW = 3–2 | match_M60_BVB = 6–1 | match_M60_SGE = 1–1 | match_M60_HSV = 9–2 | match_M60_FCK = 3–0 | match_M60_KSC = 1–0 | match_M60_KOE = 1–3 | match_M60_MSV = 0–0 | match_M60_PRM = 3–1 | match_M60_FCN = 5–0 | match_M60_FCS = 7–1 | match_M60_S04 = 7–1 | match_M60_VFB = 1–1

| match_PRM_BSC = 4–2 | match_PRM_EBS = 0–2 | match_PRM_SVW = 1–3 | match_PRM_BVB = 1–2 | match_PRM_SGE = 1–3 | match_PRM_HSV = 1–1 | match_PRM_FCK = 1–0 | match_PRM_KSC = 0–0 | match_PRM_KOE = 0–2 | match_PRM_MSV = 4–2 | match_PRM_M60 = 0–0 | match_PRM_FCN = 0–1 | match_PRM_FCS = 2–1 | match_PRM_S04 = 2–2 | match_PRM_VFB = 4–2

| match_FCN_BSC = 2–3 | match_FCN_EBS = 1–0 | match_FCN_SVW = 3–0 | match_FCN_BVB = 4–0 | match_FCN_SGE = 1–0 | match_FCN_HSV = 3–2 | match_FCN_FCK = 0–5 | match_FCN_KSC = 2–4 | match_FCN_KOE = 2–2 | match_FCN_MSV = 2–0 | match_FCN_M60 = 2–2 | match_FCN_PRM = 2–2 | match_FCN_FCS = 2–0 | match_FCN_S04 = 0–2 | match_FCN_VFB = 0–0

| match_FCS_BSC = 3–0 | match_FCS_EBS = 2–2 | match_FCS_SVW = 3–2 | match_FCS_BVB = 2–1 | match_FCS_SGE = 0–4 | match_FCS_HSV = 1–1 | match_FCS_FCK = 2–4 | match_FCS_KSC = 1–3 | match_FCS_KOE = 0–2 | match_FCS_MSV = 0–2 | match_FCS_M60 = 1–2 | match_FCS_PRM = 1–1 | match_FCS_FCN = 3–5 | match_FCS_S04 = 1–1 | match_FCS_VFB = 0–1

| match_S04_BSC = 1–0 | match_S04_EBS = 2–0 | match_S04_SVW = 2–3 | match_S04_BVB = 3–1 | match_S04_SGE = 1–2 | match_S04_HSV = 1–0 | match_S04_FCK = 4–0 | match_S04_KSC = 2–1 | match_S04_KOE = 2–3 | match_S04_MSV = 2–2 | match_S04_M60 = 2–1 | match_S04_PRM = 1–2 | match_S04_FCN = 4–1 | match_S04_FCS = 4–1 | match_S04_VFB = 2–0

| match_VFB_BSC = 2–0 | match_VFB_EBS = 5–0 | match_VFB_SVW = 2–0 | match_VFB_BVB = 2–1 | match_VFB_SGE = 0–0 | match_VFB_HSV = 2–2 | match_VFB_FCK = 4–0 | match_VFB_KSC = 4–1 | match_VFB_KOE = 0–1 | match_VFB_MSV = 1–2 | match_VFB_M60 = 1–1 | match_VFB_PRM = 0–3 | match_VFB_FCN = 1–0 | match_VFB_FCS = 3–1 | match_VFB_S04 = 2–0 }}

Top goalscorers

30 goals

• Template:Flagicon Uwe Seeler (Hamburger SV)

20 goals

• Template:Flagicon Friedhelm Konietzka (Borussia Dortmund)

19 goals

• Template:Flagicon Rudolf Brunnenmeier (1860 Munich)

18 goals

• Template:Flagicon Wilhelm Huberts (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Template:Flagicon Klaus Matischak (FC Schalke 04)

16 goals

• Template:Flagicon Lothar Emmerich (Borussia Dortmund)
• Template:Flagicon Heinz Strehl (1. FC Nürnberg)
• Template:Flagicon Karl-Heinz Thielen (1. FC Köln)

15 goals

• Template:Flagicon Christian Müller (1. FC Köln)
• Template:Flagicon Dieter Höller (VfB Stuttgart)
• Template:Flagicon Gert Dörfel (Hamburger SV)

Champion squad

1. FC Köln

Goalkeepers: Fritz Ewert (26); Anton Schumacher (4). Defenders: Leo Wilden (29 / 1); Anton Regh (29); Fritz Pott (27 / 1); Wolfgang Weber (27 / 1); Matthias Hemmersbach (17). Midfielders: Hans Sturm (30 / 13); Wolfgang Overath (30 / 9); Helmut Benthaus (27 / 1); Hans Schäfer (22 / 12); Wolfgang Weber (17 / 3). Forwards: Karl-Heinz Thielen (25 / 16); Christian Müller (22 / 15); Heinz Hornig (24 / 7); Karl-Heinz Ripkens (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Georg Knöpfle. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Fritz Breuer; Jürgen Rumor; Georg Stollenwerk.

Attendances

VfB Stuttgart drew the highest average home attendance in the 1963-64 edition of the Bundesliga. Template:Row counter

External links

• DFB archive, 1963–64 season Template:In lang
• Sebastian Stolz. The Bundesliga: a true success story. www.bundesliga.com. 2 June 2009 Template:In lang