1962 German football championship

1962 German championship
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft
Tournament details
CountryWest Germany
Dates14 April – 12 May
Teams9
Final positions
Champions1. FC Köln
1st German title
Runner-up1. FC Nürnberg
European Cup1. FC Köln
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored65 (4.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Erwin Stein
Karl-Heinz Thielen
(6 goals each)
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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

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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

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Qualifying round

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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification KOE SGE HSV FKP
1 1. FC Köln 3 3 0 0 14 1 14.000 6 Advance to final 1–0 10–0
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 2 0 1 11 5 2.200 4 1–3
3 Hamburger SV 3 1 0 2 7 6 1.167 2 1–2
4 FK Pirmasens 3 0 0 3 4 24 0.167 0 8–1 3–6
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Final

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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 Germany Fritz Ewert
2 Germany Leo Wilden
3 Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
4 Germany Fritz Pott 71'
5 Germany Matthias Hemmersbach
6 Germany Christian Breuer
7 Germany Hans Sturm
8 Germany Ernst-Günter Habig 26' 49'
9 Germany Karl-Heinz Thielen
10 Germany Hans Schäfer 22'
11 Germany Christian Müller
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Čajkovski
1. FC Nürnberg:
1 Germany Roland Wabra
2 Germany Ferdinand Wenauer
3 Germany Helmut Hilpert
4 Germany Reinhold Gettinger
5 Germany Paul Derbfuß
6 Germany Stefan Reisch
7 Germany Josef Zenger
8 Germany Heinz Strehl
9 Germany Max Morlock
10 Germany Gustav Flachenecker
11 Germany Richard Albrecht
Manager:
Germany Herbert Widmayer

References

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

Sources

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