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1959 German football championship final

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.


Endspiel um die Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Match programme cover
1959 German football championship
Eintracht Frankfurt
Kickers Offenbach

5 3 | | After extra time | | 28 June 1959 (1959-06-28) | | Olympiastadion, Berlin | | Erich Asmussen (Flensburg) | | 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. With the win, Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the 1959–60 European Cup, where they went on to reach 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).

Column 1Column 2
Eintracht FrankfurtKickers Offenbach
GK1Egon Loy
RB5Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt
LB4Hermann Höfer
RH7Dieter Stinka
CH3Friedel Lutz
LH2Hans Weilbächer
OR11Richard Kress
IR6István Sztáni
CF9Eckehard Feigenspan
IL8Dieter Lindner
OL10Alfred Pfaff
Manager:
Paul Oßwald
GK1Walter Zimmermann
RB2Karl Waldmann
LB3Alfred Schultheis
RH10Willi Keim
CH6Heinz Lichtl
LH5Ernst Wade
OR9Berti Kraus
IR4Hermann Nuber
CF11Siegfried Gast
IL7Gerhard Kaufhold
OL8Helmut Preisendörfer
Manager:
Bogdan Cuvaj
Column 1
Match rules

90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. No substitutions. |

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