Ditmar Jakobs (born 28 August 1953) is a German former footballer who played as a defender.He played as a centre-back, a classical libero in the mold of Franz Beckenbauer or Willi Schulz.
Jakobs played 493 games from 1971 to 1990 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Tennis Borussia Berlin, MSV Duisburg and Hamburger SV.With Hamburger SV he won the 1987 DFB-Pokal.
In 1982 and 1983 he became German champion and 1983 he won the UEFA Champions League.
Jakobs was a member of the German national football team, which was runner-up in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.
From 1980 to 1986, Jakobs collected 20 caps for the Deutscher Fußball-Bund.His name is often misspelled as "Dietmar Jakobs".