1959 German football championship Final

1959 German championship Final
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft

Match programme cover
Event 1959 German football championship
After extra time
Date 28 June 1959 (1959-06-28)
Venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee Erich Asmussen (Flensburg)
Attendance 75,000

The 1959 German football championship Final decided the winner of the 1959 German football championship, the 49th edition of the German football championship, a knockout football cup competition contested by the regional league winners to determine the national champions.

The match was played on 28 June 1959 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 5–3 after extra time against Kickers Offenbach for their 1st German title.[1] With the win, Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the 1959–60 European Cup, where they went on to reach the final.

Route to the final

The German football championship was a nine team single-elimination knockout cup competition, featuring the champions and runners-up of the Oberliga Nord, West, Oberliga Südwest, and Oberliga Süd, and the champions of the Oberliga Berlin. The competition started with a qualification round between two teams in order to enter the group stage. During the group phase, four teams played each other in a home and away format, with the group winners advancing to the final.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Eintracht Frankfurt Round Kickers Offenbach
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Werder Bremen 7–2 (A) Matchday 1 Hamburger SV 3–2 (H)
FK Pirmasens 3–2 (H) Matchday 2 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 2–2 (A)
1. FC Köln 2–1 (H) Matchday 3 Westfalia Herne 4–1 (A)
1. FC Köln 4–2 (A) Matchday 4 Westfalia Herne 2–1 (H)
FK Pirmasens 6–2 (A) Matchday 5 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3–2 (H)
Werder Bremen 4–2 (H) Matchday 6 Hamburger SV 0–1 (A)
Group 1 winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 12
2 1. FC Köln 6 5
3 FK Pirmasens 6 4
4 Werder Bremen 6 3
Source: RSSSF
Final standings Group 2 winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Kickers Offenbach 6 9
2 Hamburger SV 6 8
3 Westfalia Herne 6 4
4 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 6 3
Source: RSSSF

Match

Details

28 June 1959 (1959-06-28)
15:00 CET
Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 (a.e.t.) Kickers Offenbach
Report
  • Kraus  8'
  • Preisendörfer  23'
  • Gast  110'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Erich Asmussen (Flensburg)
Eintracht Frankfurt
Kickers Offenbach
GK 1 Germany Egon Loy
RB 5 Germany Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt
LB 4 Germany Hermann Höfer
RH 7 Germany Dieter Stinka
CH 3 Germany Friedel Lutz
LH 2 Germany Hans Weilbächer
OR 11Germany Richard Kress
IR 6 Hungary István Sztáni
CF 9 Germany Eckehard Feigenspan
IL 8 Germany Dieter Lindner
OL 10Germany Alfred Pfaff
Manager:
Germany Paul Oßwald
GK 1 Germany Walter Zimmermann
RB 2 Germany Karl Waldmann
LB 3 Germany Alfred Schultheis
RH 10Germany Willi Keim
CH 6 Germany Heinz Lichtl
LH 5 Germany Ernst Wade
OR 9 Germany Berti Kraus
IR 4 Germany Hermann Nuber
CF 11Germany Siegfried Gast
IL 7 Germany Gerhard Kaufhold
OL 8 Germany Helmut Preisendörfer
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Cuvaj

References

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