1961 DFB-Pokal

1960–61 DFB-Pokal

Country	West Germany
Teams	16
Champions	SV Werder Bremen
Runners-up	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Matches played	15
Goals scored	56 (3.73 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Horst Häfner, Klaus Hänel, Willy Reitgaßl (3)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 DFB-Pokal was the 18th season of the competition. It began on 28 July 1961 and ended on 13 September 1961. 16 teams competed in the tournament of four rounds. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Kaiserslautern 2–0.

Matches

First round

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

28 July 1961 20:00

Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln
Stein  10' Horn  44'	report (German)	Schäfer  69', 70' Müller  102'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Edgar Deuschel (Ludwigshafen)

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1. FC Saarbrücken v SV Werder Bremen

29 July 1961 17:30

1. FC Saarbrücken	0 – 1	SV Werder Bremen
	report (German)	Schröder  34'

Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Fritz Leidag (Dortmund)

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Tasmania 1900 Berlin v Altonaer FC 93

29 July 1961 17:30

Tasmania 1900 Berlin	4 – 1	Altonaer FC 93
Schlichting  29', 65' Rosenfeldt  79' Bäsler  85'	report (German)	Kurth  39'

Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Josef Hense (Oberhausen)

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VfV Hildesheim v VfB Stuttgart

29 July 1961 17:30

VfV Hildesheim	1 – 2	VfB Stuttgart
Klose  80'	report (German)	Geiger  33' Weise  76'

Friedrich-Ebert-Stadion, Hildesheim Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Günther Ternieden (Oberhausen)

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FK Pirmasens v VfL Bochum

29 July 1961 17:30

FK Pirmasens	3 – 2	VfL Bochum
Kapitulski  2' Matischak  17', 89'	report (German)	Backhaus  9' Kurtenbach  22'

Stadion an der Zweibrücker Straße, Pirmasens Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Matelski (Bremen)

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SF Hamborn 07 v SV Waldhof Mannheim

29 July 1961 17:30

SF Hamborn 07	3 – 1	SV Waldhof Mannheim
Häfner  13', 50', 68'	report (German)	Schöttle  37'

August-Thyssen-Stadion, Duisburg Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Werner Spiewak (Hamburg)

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1. FC Kaiserslautern v Heider SV 1925

29 July 1961 17:30

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 0	Heider SV 1925
Settelmeyer  20' Liebrich  71'	report (German)

Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Fritz Schörnich (Düsseldorf)

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Karlsruher SC v Wuppertaler SV Borussia

29 July 1961 20:00

Karlsruher SC	7 – 2	Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Herrmann  6', 31' Schwall  25' Reitgaßl  34', 80' Wischnowsky  68' Marx  74'	report (German)	Schulz  5' Sauer  13'

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Willi Ommerborn (Saarbrücken)

Quarterfinals

SV Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

16 August 1961 17:30

SV Werder Bremen	3 – 2	1. FC Köln
Hänel  14', 44' (pen.), 88'	report (German)	Thielen  64' Habig  65'

Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (Stuttgart)

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VfB Stuttgart v Karlsruher SC

16 August 1961 17:30

VfB Stuttgart	0 – 1	Karlsruher SC
	report (German)	Marx  28'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Regensburg)

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SF Hamborn 07 v FK Pirmasens

16 August 1961 17:30

SF Hamborn 07	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FK Pirmasens
Schwikart  2' Jesih  61' Plich  91'	report (German)	Kapitulski  24', 35' (pen.)

August-Thyssen-Stadion, Duisburg Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Kurt Handwerker (Ketsch)

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1. FC Kaiserslautern v Tasmania 1900 Berlin

16 August 1961 17:30

1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Tasmania 1900 Berlin
Kasperski  34' Richter  94'	report (German)	Schneider  52' (o.g.)

Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Rudolf Eisemann (Spechbach)

Semifinals

SF Hamborn 07 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

23 August 1961 17:15

SF Hamborn 07	1 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schwikart  70'	report (German)	Horn  59' Bauer  81'

August-Thyssen-Stadion, Duisburg Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Walter Zimmermann (Wolfsburg)

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SV Werder Bremen v Karlsruher SC

23 August 1961 20:00

SV Werder Bremen	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Karlsruher SC
Soya  29' Wilmovius  83' Schütz  100'	report (German)	Nedoschil  19' Reitgaßl  72'

Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Fritz Schörnich (Düsseldorf)

Final

SV Werder Bremen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 September 1961 19:30

SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Schröder  10' Jagielski  52'	report (German)

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Günter Sparing (Kassel)

SV WERDER BREMEN: GK 1 Heinrich Kokartis DF Sepp Piontek DF Walter Nachtwey MF Helmut Schimeczek MF Arnold Schütz MF Helmut Jagielski FW Günter Wilmovius FW Willi Schröder FW Horst Barth FW Willi Soya FW Klaus Hänel Manager: Georg Knöpfle

1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN: GK 1 Wolfgang Schnarr DF Gerhard Miksa DF Werner Liebrich MF Gerd Schneider MF Dieter Pulter MF Heinrich Bauer FW Günther Kasperski FW Jürgen Neumann FW Gerhard Settelmeyer FW Winfried Richter FW Manfred Feldmüller Manager: Günther Brocker

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)
• 1961 results at Fussballdaten.de (German)