1961–62 Oberliga

The 1961–62 Oberliga was the seventeenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1962 German football championship which was won by 1. FC Köln. It was 1. FC Köln's first-ever national championship.[2]

For other uses, see 1961–62 Oberliga (disambiguation).
Oberliga
Season1961–62
ChampionsHamburger SV
Tasmania 1900 Berlin
1. FC Köln
Borussia Neunkirchen
1. FC Nürnberg
RelegatedBremer SV
Eintracht Nordhorn
Union 06 Berlin
SV Sodingen
Duisburger SV
Eintracht Trier
Phönix Ludwigshafen
FSV Frankfurt
Waldhof Mannheim
German champions1. FC Köln
1st German title
Top goalscorerRudi Dörrenbächer
(37 goals)[1]
Map of the five German Oberligas 1945 to 1963

Hamburger SV equaled the Oberliga start record set in 1952–53 by 1. FC Köln and repeated by Hannover 96 the season after, winning its first eleven games, a mark never surpassed.[3]

A similar league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1961–62 DDR-Oberliga was won by ASK Vorwärts Berlin.[4]

Oberliga Nord

The 1961–62 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bremer SV and Eintracht Nordhorn, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorers were Uwe Seeler (Hamburger SV) and Gerd Koll (Holstein Kiel) with 28 goals each.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hamburger SV 30 24 2 4 100 34 +66 50 Qualification to German championship
2 Werder Bremen 30 18 8 4 87 33 +54 44
3 VfV Hildesheim 30 20 2 8 77 40 +37 42
4 FC St. Pauli 30 17 6 7 72 51 +21 40
5 Holstein Kiel 30 17 3 10 84 52 +32 37
6 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 13 10 7 67 55 +12 36
7 VfL Osnabrück 30 12 6 12 40 52 −12 30
8 VfR Neumünster 30 12 3 15 48 56 −8 27
9 ASV Bergedorf 85 30 10 7 13 45 55 −10 27
10 VfB Oldenburg 30 11 3 16 42 59 −17 25
11 FC Altona 93 30 10 4 16 47 79 −32 24
12 Concordia Hamburg 30 8 7 15 47 50 −3 23
13 Hannover 96 30 6 11 13 47 60 −13 23
14 TuS Bremerhaven 93 30 8 7 15 35 65 −30 23
15 Bremer SV (R) 30 6 6 18 40 84 −44 18 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 Eintracht Nordhorn (R) 30 4 3 23 42 95 −53 11
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Oberliga Berlin

The 1961–62 season saw one new club in the league, Union 06 Berlin, promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorers were Wolfgang Seeger (Tennis Borussia Berlin) and Lutz Steinert (Hertha BSC) with 18 goals each.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 27 19 6 2 72 19 +53 44 Qualification to German championship
2 Hertha BSC Berlin 27 19 5 3 73 32 +41 43
3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 27 12 8 7 54 35 +19 32
4 Spandauer SV 27 11 4 12 50 56 −6 26
5 Berliner SV 92 27 10 5 12 43 47 −4 25
6 BFC Südring 27 10 5 12 36 48 −12 25
7 Hertha Zehlendorf 27 8 6 13 45 51 −6 22
8 Wacker 04 Berlin 27 7 8 12 38 57 −19 22
9 Viktoria 89 Berlin 27 8 5 14 43 59 −16 21
10 Union 06 Berlin (R) 27 3 4 20 24 74 −50 10 Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Oberliga West

The 1961–62 season saw two new clubs in the league, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Schwarz-Weiß Essen, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Manfred Rummel of Schwarz-Weiß Essen with 26 goals.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln (C) 30 20 4 6 89 40 +49 44 Qualification to German championship
2 FC Schalke 04 30 18 7 5 68 40 +28 43
3 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 30 16 8 6 53 37 +16 40
4 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 30 13 12 5 64 39 +25 38
5 Meidericher SV 30 13 9 8 50 37 +13 35
6 Westfalia Herne 30 14 6 10 58 45 +13 34
7 Preußen Münster 30 11 12 7 60 47 +13 34
8 Borussia Dortmund 30 12 8 10 67 51 +16 32
9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 13 6 11 57 50 +7 32
10 Viktoria Köln 30 13 3 14 62 72 −10 29
11 Alemannia Aachen 30 8 11 11 50 56 −6 27
12 Sportfreunde Hamborn 30 8 6 16 38 68 −30 22
13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 30 9 3 18 42 57 −15 21
14 TSV Marl-Hüls 30 7 7 16 52 82 −30 21
15 SV Sodingen (R) 30 5 8 17 31 57 −26 18 Relegation to 2. Oberliga West
16 Duisburger SV (R) 30 3 4 23 28 91 −63 10
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Oberliga Südwest

The 1961–62 season saw two new clubs in the league, BSC Oppau and VfR Kaiserslautern, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Rudi Dörrenbächer of Borussia Neunkirchen with 37 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1961–62.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Neunkirchen 30 21 6 3 102 29 +73 48 Qualification to German championship
2 FK Pirmasens 30 20 5 5 104 33 +71 45
3 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 18 6 6 69 44 +25 42
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 16 8 6 66 37 +29 40
5 Wormatia Worms 30 14 9 7 66 40 +26 37
6 TuRa Ludwigshafen 30 11 12 7 62 54 +8 34
7 SC Ludwigshafen 30 10 8 12 38 48 −10 28
8 Sportfreunde Saarbrücken 30 11 4 15 52 75 −23 26
9 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 10 5 15 42 56 −14 25
10 FSV Mainz 05 30 10 5 15 47 69 −22 25
11 BSC Oppau 30 8 9 13 42 70 −28 25
12 TuS Neuendorf 30 9 6 15 53 60 −7 24
13 Eintracht Kreuznach 30 7 10 13 33 59 −26 24
14 VfR Kaiserslautern 30 10 3 17 35 63 −28 23
15 Eintracht Trier (R) 30 7 5 18 28 78 −50 19 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Südwest
16 Phönix Ludwigshafen (R) 30 4 7 19 28 62 −34 15
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Oberliga Süd

The 1961–62 season saw two new clubs in the league, BC Augsburg and Schwaben Augsburg, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Lothar Schämer of Eintracht Frankfurt with 26 goals.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg 30 20 3 7 70 30 +40 43 Qualification to German championship
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 19 5 6 81 37 +44 43
3 FC Bayern Munich 30 17 6 7 67 55 +12 40
4 Kickers Offenbach 30 16 5 9 65 50 +15 37
5 VfB Stuttgart 30 13 8 9 66 53 +13 34
6 FC Bayern Hof 30 12 8 10 55 56 −1 32
7 TSV 1860 München 30 11 8 11 64 57 +7 30
8 SSV Reutlingen 30 12 5 13 57 51 +6 29
9 Karlsruher SC 30 8 12 10 47 44 +3 28
10 VfR Mannheim 30 9 10 11 47 59 −12 28
11 BC Augsburg 30 9 8 13 55 63 −8 26
12 SpVgg Fürth 30 6 12 12 31 39 −8 24
13 Schwaben Augsburg 30 10 3 17 43 78 −35 23
14 FC Schweinfurt 05 30 9 4 17 39 63 −24 22
15 FSV Frankfurt (R) 30 7 7 16 35 65 −30 21 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd
16 SV Waldhof Mannheim (R) 30 6 8 16 39 61 −22 20
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

German championship
Main article: 1962 German football championship

The 1962 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by 1. FC Köln, defeating 1. FC Nürnberg in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga Nord and West played a pre-qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-or-away round in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.[6]

Qualifying
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Schalke 04 4–1 aet SV Werder Bremen

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation FCN TAS S04 BOR
1 1. FC Nürnberg (Q) 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 6 Qualified to final — — 3–1 3–2
2 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 1–2 — 1–1 —
3 FC Schalke 04 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 3 — — — 3–2
4 Borussia Neunkirchen 3 0 0 3 4 7 −3 0 — 0–1 — —
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation FCK EF HSV PIR
1 1. FC Köln (Q) 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 6 Qualified to final — — 1–0 10–0
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 4 1–3 — — 8–1
3 Hamburger SV 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 2 — 1–2 — —
4 FK Pirmasens 3 0 0 3 4 24 −20 0 — — 3–6 —
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
1. FC Köln 4–0 1. FC Nürnberg

References
  1. Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (in German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
  2. 1. FC Köln » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – 1. FC Köln honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
  3. kicker Allmanach 1990, page: 245
  4. East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.com, accessed: 13 December 2015
  5. 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband, page: 165
  6. Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1961/1962 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 8 December 2015

Sources
  • 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
  • kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
  • DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
  • 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (in German) 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997

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