The 1962–63 Hamburger SV season was the 16th and final season playing in the Oberliga Nord, the first-tier of football in the region, before the formation of the national Bundesliga in 1963. Hamburg also competed in this season's editions of the German football championship and the DFB-Pokal.
On 14 August 1963, HSV won the DFB-Pokal for the first time in club history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final, at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover, by a score of 3–0 courtesy of an Uwe Seeler hat-trick.
Competitions Overall record
Oberliga Nord
League table
German football championship
Results WinDrawLoss
+DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceReferee25 May 1963Group stageBorussia NeunkirchenAway0–340,000Fischer29 May 1963Group stageTSV 1860 MunichHome3–0Wulf, Dörfel, Seeler58,000Malka1 June 1963Group stageBorussia DortmundAway2–3Seeler, Schmidt (own goal)39,000Tschenscher8 June 1963Group stageBorussia DortmundHome0–160,000Kreitlein15 June 1963Group stageTSV 1860 MunichAway1–2Kreuz47,000Treichel22 June 1963Group stageBorussia NeunkirchenHome1–1Fritzsche20,000Sparing
DFB-Pokal
Results WinDrawLoss
+DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceReferee30 June 1963Round of 16FC Bayern HofAway5–2Seeler (2), Kreuz, Dörfel (2)12,000Fritz31 July 1963Quarter-finals1. FC SaarbrückenHome1–0Seeler20,000Schmidt7 August 1963Semi-finalsWuppertaler SVAway1–0Boyens38,000Fritz14 August 1963FinalBorussia DortmundNeutral3–0Seeler (3)70,000Kreitlein
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