# 1962 German football championship

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.
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
### 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 | — | — |

### Group 2

| 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 | — |

### Final

| Date | Match | Match | 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 ||||