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.
Season | 1961–62 |
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Champions | Hamburger SVTasmania 1900 Berlin1. FC KölnBorussia Neunkirchen1. FC Nürnberg |
Relegated | Bremer SVEintracht NordhornUnion 06 BerlinSV SodingenDuisburger SVEintracht TrierPhönix LudwigshafenFSV FrankfurtWaldhof Mannheim |
German champions | 1. FC Köln 1st German title |
Top goalscorer | Rudi Dörrenbächer(37 goals) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → |
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.
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.