1963–64 Bundesliga

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

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.

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

;30 goals

• Germany Uwe Seeler (Hamburger SV)

;20 goals

• Germany Friedhelm Konietzka (Borussia Dortmund)

;19 goals

• Germany Rudolf Brunnenmeier (1860 Munich)

;18 goals

• Austria Wilhelm Huberts (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Germany Klaus Matischak (FC Schalke 04)

;16 goals

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

;15 goals

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

Champion squad

Attendances

VfB Stuttgart drew the highest average home attendance in the 1963-64 edition of the Bundesliga. !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || VfB Stuttgart || 15 || 40,133 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Hertha BSC || 15 || 35,487 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Hamburger SV || 15 || 34,600 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || 1860 Munich || 15 || 32,267 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || 1. FC Köln || 15 || 31,904 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Karlsruher SC || 15 || 31,667 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || 1. FC Nürnberg || 15 || 28,600 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Meidericher SV || 15 || 28,400 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Eintracht Frankfurt || 15 || 26,300 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || FC Schalke 04 || 15 || 23,933 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Borussia Dortmund || 15 || 23,133 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Preußen Münster || 15 || 22,267 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || 1. FC Kaiserslautern || 15 || 22,133 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Eintracht Braunschweig || 15 || 21,467 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Werder Bremen || 15 || 20,733 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || 1. FC Saarbrücken || 15 || 18,067 |- |} }}

References

References

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