1962 German football championship

1962 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Dates	14 April – 12 May
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	1. FC Köln; 1st German title
Runner-up	1. FC Nürnberg
European Cup	1. FC Köln
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	65 (4.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Erwin Stein; Karl-Heinz Thielen; (6 goals each)
	← 1961 1963 →

The 1962 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961–62. 1. FC Köln were crowned champions for the first time after a group stage and a final, having previously reached the final in 1960, where they lost to Hamburger SV.^[1]

On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1962–63 European Cup, where Köln lost to Dundee F.C. in the preliminary round.

Runners-up 1. FC Nürnberg made its twelfth and last appearance in the national title game, having won the previous year's championship.

The format used to determine the German champion was similar to the one used in the 1961 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and North having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final. In previous years, a home-and-away round had been played in the group stages but because of the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Germany participated in, the schedule was reduced, as had been the case in previous world cup years.

Qualified teams

The teams qualified through the 1961–62 Oberliga season:

Club	Qualified from
Hamburger SV	Oberliga Nord champions
SV Werder Bremen	Oberliga Nord runners-up
1. FC Köln	Oberliga West champions
Schalke 04	Oberliga West runners-up
Tasmania 1900 Berlin	Oberliga Berlin champions
Borussia Neunkirchen	Oberliga Südwest champions
FK Pirmasens	Oberliga Südwest runners-up
1. FC Nürnberg	Oberliga Süd champions
Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberliga Süd runners-up

Competition

Qualifying round

14 April 1962	Schalke 04	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	Hannover
	Ipta 53' Koslowski 93' Assmy 98' Klodt 104' (pen.)		Schütz 90'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Dusch (Kaiserslautern)

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	FCN	SCT	S04	BNE
1	1. FC Nürnberg	3	3	0	0	8	4	2.000	6	Advance to final	—	—	3–1	3–2
2	Tasmania Berlin	3	1	1	1	3	3	1.000	3		1–2	—	1–1	—
3	Schalke 04	3	1	1	1	5	6	0.833	3		—	—	—	3–2
4	Borussia Neunkirchen	3	0	0	3	4	7	0.571	0		—	0–1	—	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	KOE	SGE	HSV	FKP
1	1. FC Köln	3	3	0	14	1	14.000	6	Advance to final	—	—	1–0	10–0
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	2	1	11	5	2.200	4		1–3	—	—	—
3	Hamburger SV	3	1	2	7	6	1.167	2		—	1–2	—	—
4	FK Pirmasens	3	0	3	4	24	0.167	0		—	8–1	3–6	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Final

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
12 May 1962	1. FC Köln	–	1. FC Nürnberg	4–0 (2–0)	Berlin, Olympiastadion	82,000


1. FC Köln:
	1	Fritz Ewert
	2	Leo Wilden
	3	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
	4	Fritz Pott 71'
	5	Matthias Hemmersbach
	6	Christian Breuer
	7	Hans Sturm
	8	Ernst-Günter Habig 26' 49'
	9	Karl-Heinz Thielen
	10	Hans Schäfer 22'
	11	Christian Müller
Manager:
Zlatko Čajkovski


1. FC Nürnberg:
	1	Roland Wabra
	2	Ferdinand Wenauer
	3	Helmut Hilpert
	4	Reinhold Gettinger
	5	Paul Derbfuß
	6	Stefan Reisch
	7	Josef Zenger
	8	Heinz Strehl
	9	Max Morlock
	10	Gustav Flachenecker
	11	Richard Albrecht
Manager:
Herbert Widmayer

References

^ (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015

Sources

kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 165 & 177 - German championship 1962

External links

German Championship 1961-62 at Weltfussball.de
Germany - Championship 1961-62 at RSSSF.com
German championship 1962 at Fussballdaten.de

[1] (West) Germany -List of champions rsssf.org, accessed: 22 December 2015

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