the defeat of the national team by yugoslavia (0–1) in a 1962 world cup quarter final game in chile was one impetus (of many) to the formation of a national league. under new dfb president hermann gösmann (elected that very day) the bundesliga was created in dortmund at the westfalenhallen on 28 july 1962 to begin play starting with the 1963–64 season. the new german professional league was modelled on the long-established english league, which had been set up in 1888.