German football championship 1961/62

Final round of the German soccer championship in 1962
master	1. FC Cologne
European Cup of National Champions	1. FC Cologne
Cup winners	1. FC Nuremberg
European Cup Winners' Cup	1. FC Nuremberg
Teams	8th
Games	13
Gates	60  (ø 4.62 per game)
Top scorer	Karl-Heinz Thielen ( 1. FC Cologne )
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Due to the upcoming soccer world championship in Chile , the group matches of the final round of the German soccer championship 1962 were played again in a single round. Each team had a home game, an away game and a game on neutral ground.

Attendees

Participants in the qualifying round

Werder Bremen	→ Second in the Oberliga Nord 1961/62
FC Schalke 04	→ Second in the Oberliga West 1961/62

Participants in the final round

Hamburger SV	→ Champion of the Oberliga Nord 1961/62
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	→ Champion of the contract league Berlin 1961/62
1. FC Cologne	→ Champion of the Oberliga West 1961/62
Borussia Neunkirchen	→ Champion of the Oberliga Südwest 1961/62
FK Pirmasens	→ Second in the Oberliga Südwest 1961/62
1. FC Nuremberg	→ Champion of the Oberliga Süd 1961/62
Eintracht Frankfurt	→ Second in the Oberliga Süd 1961/62
FC Schalke 04	→ Winner of the qualifying round

Qualifying round

date		Result		Stadion
April 14, 1962	FC Schalke 04	4: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)	Werder Bremen	Hanover , Lower Saxony Stadium
FC Schalke 04 was thus qualified for the finals

Preliminary round

Group 1

date		Result		Stadion
April 21, 1962	SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	1: 2 (1: 2)	1. FC Nuremberg	Berlin , Olympic Stadium
April 23, 1962	FC Schalke 04	3: 2 (0: 1)	Borussia Neunkirchen	Dortmund , Red Earth Stadium
April 28, 1962	1. FC Nuremberg	3: 2 (0: 2)	Borussia Neunkirchen	Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Südweststadion
April 28, 1962	SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	1: 1 (0: 0)	FC Schalke 04	Cologne , Müngersdorfer Stadium
0May 5th 1962	1. FC Nuremberg	3: 1 (2: 1)	FC Schalke 04	Nuremberg , municipal stadium
0May 5th 1962	Borussia Neunkirchen	0: 1 (0: 0)	SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	Saarbrücken , Ludwigsparkstadion

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	1. FC Nuremberg	3	3	0	0	008: 400	2.00	06-00
2.	SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	3	1	1	1	003: 300	1.00	03: 30
3.	FC Schalke 04	3	1	1	1	005: 600	0.83	03: 30
4th	Borussia Neunkirchen	3	0	0	3	004: 700	0.57	00: 60

Qualification for the final of the German championship 1961/62

Group 2

date		Result		Stadion
April 21, 1962	Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 3 (1: 1)	1. FC Cologne	Frankfurt , Waldstadion
April 21, 1962	FK Pirmasens	3: 6 (2: 3)	Hamburger SV	Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Südweststadion
April 28, 1962	1. FC Cologne	1: 0 (0: 0)	Hamburger SV	Hanover , Lower Saxony Stadium
April 28, 1962	Eintracht Frankfurt	8: 1 (4: 0)	FK Pirmasens	Stuttgart , Neckar Stadium
0May 5th 1962	1. FC Cologne	10: 0 (3: 0)0	FK Pirmasens	Cologne , Müngersdorfer Stadium
0May 5th 1962	Hamburger SV	1: 2 (1: 2)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg , Volksparkstadion

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	1. FC Cologne	3	3	0	0	014: 100	14.00	06-00
2.	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	2	0	1	011: 500	2.20	04: 20
3.	Hamburger SV	3	1	0	2	007: 600	1.17	02: 40
4th	FK Pirmasens	3	0	0	3	004:240	0.17	00: 60

Qualification for the final of the German championship 1961/62

Endgame

pairing	1. FC Cologne - 1. FC Nuremberg
Result	4: 0 (2: 0)
date	May 12, 1962
Stadion	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator	82,700
referee	Albert Dusch ( Kaiserslautern )
Gates	1-0 Hans Schäfer (22nd) 2-0 Ernst-Günter Habig (26th) 3-0 Ernst-Günter Habig (49th) 4-0 Fritz Pott (71st)
1. FC Cologne	Fritz Ewert ; Fritz Pott , Karl-Heinz Schnellinger ; Matthias Hemmersbach , Leo Wilden , Hans Sturm ; Karl-Heinz Thielen , Ernst-Günter Habig , Christian Müller , Hans Schäfer , Christian Breuer Trainer: Zlatko Čajkovski
1. FC Nuremberg	Roland Wabra ; Paul Derbfuß , Helmut Hilpert ; Josef Zenger , Ferdinand Wenauer , Stefan Reisch ; Gustav Flachenecker , Max Morlock , Heinz Strehl , Reinhold Gettinger , Richard Albrecht Trainer: Herbert Widmayer