1959–60 Hamburger SV season
# 1959–60 Hamburger SV season

The 1959–60 Hamburger SV season was the 13th consecutive season playing in the Oberliga Nord, the first-tier of football in the region. Hamburg also competed in this season's editions of the German football championship and the 1958–59 DFB-Pokal, which was contested in the late autumn of 1959.

In 1960, HSV became German champions for the first time since 1928, defeating 1. FC Köln 3–2 in the championship final. Seeler, who scored twice in the final, was named the inaugural winner of the West German Footballer of the Year.

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Oberliga Nord | 16 August 1959 | 24 April 1960 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 96 | 38 | +58 | 066.67 |
| German football championship | 14 May 1960 | 25 June 1960 | Group stage | Winners | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 071.43 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 December 1959 | 12 December 1959 | First round | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 119 | 53 | +66 | 065.79 |

Source: World Football

### Oberliga Nord

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hamburger SV (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 96 | 38 | +58 | 45 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 41 | Qualification to German championship |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 39 | |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 36 | |
| 5 | TuS Bremerhaven 93 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 34 | |

### German football championship

**Results**

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 14 May 1960 | Group stage | Borussia Neunkirchen | Away | 0–4 | Schreier (own goal), Seeler (3) | 35,000 | Baumgärtel |
| 21 May 1960 | Group stage | Karlsruher SC | Home | 3–3 | Seeler (2), Neisner | 70,000 | Thier |
| 28 May 1960 | Group stage | Westfalia Herne | Away | 4–3 | Dörfel, Dehn, Seeler (2) | 35,000 | Sparing |
| 4 June 1960 | Group stage | Westfalia Herne | Home | 2–1 | Seeler (2) | 71,000 | Fischer |
| 11 June 1960 | Group stage | Karlsruher SC | Away | 3–4 | Neisner, Dehn, Ruppenstein (own goal) | 46,000 | Ommerborn |
| 18 June 1960 | Group stage | Borussia Neunkirchen | Home | 6–0 | Dehn, Dörfel (3), Seeler (2) | 67,000 | Tschenscher |
| 25 June 1960 | Final | 1. FC Köln | Neutral | 3–2 | Seeler (2), Dörfel | 71,000 | Kandlbinder |

### DFB Pokal

**Results**

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 12 December 1959 | Semi-finals | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | Home | 1–2 | Wulf | 15,000 | Sparing |
