1962–63 Oberliga

For other uses, see 1962–63 Oberliga (disambiguation).

The 1962–63 Oberliga was the eighteenth Oberliga season, 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 1963 German football championship which was won by Borussia Dortmund. It was Borussia Dortmund's third national championship, having previously won it in 1956 and 1957.^[2]

Oberliga

Season	1962–63
Champions	Hamburger SV Hertha BSC Berlin 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern TSV 1860 München
Relegated	58 clubs
German champions	Borussia Dortmund 3rd German title
Top goalscorer	Hans-Joachim Altendorff (41 goals)[1]
← 1961–62 1963–64 (Bundesliga) →

Map of the five German Oberligas 1945 to 1963

It was the last season of the Oberliga as a tier one league as, following the 1962–63 season, the Bundesliga was introduced which the best Oberliga teams qualified for. Qualification for the new Bundesliga was determined by taking the previous ten seasons into account.^[3]

A similar league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1962–63 DDR-Oberliga was won by SC Motor Jena.^[4]

Oberliga Nord

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Lübeck and Arminia Hannover, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Dieter Meyer of Werder Bremen with 37 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hamburger SV	30	22	5	3	100	40	+60	49	Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga
2	Werder Bremen	30	22	3	5	102	44	+58	47
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	30	17	3	10	62	41	+21	37	Qualification to Bundesliga
4	VfR Neumünster (R)	30	14	7	9	48	46	+2	35	Relegation to Regionalliga Nord
5	Holstein Kiel (R)	30	14	6	10	73	58	+15	34
6	FC St.Pauli (R)	30	11	8	11	48	45	+3	30
7	VfL Osnabrück (R)	30	12	4	14	44	46	−2	28
8	VfV Hildesheim (R)	30	11	5	14	51	62	−11	27
9	Hannover 96 (R)	30	12	3	15	47	61	−14	27
10	Arminia Hannover (R)	30	11	4	15	56	64	−8	26
11	ASV Bergedorf 85 (R)	30	9	8	13	44	57	−13	26
12	VfB Oldenburg (R)	30	7	11	12	46	67	−21	25
13	TuS Bremerhaven 93 (R)	30	9	6	15	40	56	−16	24
14	Concordia Hamburg (R)	30	9	5	16	43	64	−21	23
15	FC Altona 93 (R)	30	10	2	18	51	76	−25	22
16	VfB Lübeck (R)	30	7	6	17	37	65	−28	20

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Berlin

The 1962–63 season saw one new club in the league, SC Tegel, promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Hans-Joachim Altendorff of Hertha BSC with 41 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1962–63.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hertha BSC Berlin	27	22	1	4	95	34	+61	45	Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga
2	Tasmania 1900 Berlin (R)	27	17	5	5	73	28	+45	39	Relegation to Regionalliga Berlin
3	Tennis Borussia Berlin (R)	27	14	6	7	66	36	+30	34
4	Spandauer SV (R)	27	11	11	5	52	37	+15	33
5	Hertha Zehlendorf (R)	27	10	5	12	44	54	−10	25
6	Wacker 04 Berlin (R)	27	9	3	15	43	59	−16	21
7	BFC Südring (R)	27	7	6	14	43	65	−22	20
8	Berliner SV 92 (R)	27	7	6	14	35	66	−31	20
9	Viktoria 89 Berlin (R)	27	6	6	15	39	65	−26	18	Relegation to Amateurliga Berlin
10	SC Tegel (R)	27	5	5	17	39	85	−46	15

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga West

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Wuppertaler SV, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Jürgen Schütz of Borussia Dortmund with 25 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln	30	18	6	6	65	37	+28	42	Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga
2	Borussia Dortmund (C)	30	19	2	9	77	39	+38	40
3	Meidericher SV	30	15	8	7	47	43	+4	38	Qualification to Bundesliga
4	Preußen Münster	30	14	9	7	51	32	+19	37
5	Alemannia Aachen (R)	30	14	9	7	58	42	+16	37	Relegation to Regionalliga West
6	FC Schalke 04	30	13	9	8	62	43	+19	35	Qualification to Bundesliga
7	Schwarz-Weiß Essen (R)	30	13	7	10	44	37	+7	33	Relegation to Regionalliga West
8	Viktoria Köln (R)	30	12	6	12	81	69	+12	30
9	Bayer Leverkusen (R)	30	10	10	10	50	54	−4	30
10	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R)	30	10	9	11	49	58	−9	29
11	Borussia Mönchengladbach (R)	30	8	8	14	44	60	−16	24
12	Sportfreunde Hamborn (R)	30	9	6	15	34	50	−16	24
13	Fortuna Düsseldorf (R)	30	8	6	16	43	64	−21	22
14	Westfalia Herne (R)	30	8	5	17	43	65	−22	21
15	Wuppertaler SV (R)	30	9	2	19	43	66	−23	20
16	TSV Marl-Hüls (R)	30	7	4	19	37	69	−32	18

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Oberliga Südwest

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV Niederlahnstein and VfR Frankenthal, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Dieter Krafczyk of 1. FC Saarbrücken with 29 goals.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	23	1	6	110	34	+76	47	Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga
2	Borussia Neunkirchen (R)	30	17	7	6	64	30	+34	41	Qualification for German championship & Relegation to Regionalliga Südwest
3	FK Pirmasens (R)	30	17	7	6	82	39	+43	41	Relegation to Regionalliga Südwest
4	Wormatia Worms (R)	30	17	7	6	70	36	+34	41
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	30	17	6	7	80	41	+39	40	Qualification to Bundesliga
6	Sportfreunde Saarbrücken (R)	30	15	5	10	63	47	+16	35	Relegation to Regionalliga Südwest
7	SC Ludwigshafen (R)	30	13	7	10	57	54	+3	33
8	TuRa Ludwigshafen (R)	30	14	4	12	48	59	−11	32
9	Saar 05 Saarbrücken (R)	30	10	9	11	44	48	−4	29
10	TuS Neuendorf (R)	30	12	4	14	54	70	−16	28
11	VfR Frankenthal (R)	30	10	4	16	57	74	−17	24
12	FSV Mainz 05 (R)	30	8	7	15	33	51	−18	23
13	VfR Kaiserslautern (R)	30	7	8	15	35	53	−18	22
14	BSC Oppau (R)	30	9	4	17	43	66	−23	22
15	Eintracht Kreuznach (R)	30	7	5	18	35	56	−21	19
16	SV Niederlahnstein (R)	30	0	3	27	19	136	−117	3

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Oberliga Süd

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league, KSV Hessen Kassel and TSG Ulm 1846, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorers were Kurt Haseneder (1. FC Nürnberg), Rudolf Brunnenmeier (TSV 1860 München) and Rainer Ohlhauser (FC Bayern Munich), all three with 24 goals.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	TSV 1860 München	30	19	6	5	72	38	+34	44	Qualification for German championship & Bundesliga
2	1. FC Nürnberg	30	18	5	7	87	41	+46	41
3	FC Bayern Munich (R)	30	18	4	8	67	52	+15	40	Relegation to Regionalliga Süd
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	14	11	5	56	32	+24	39	Qualification to Bundesliga
5	Karlsruher SC	30	13	8	9	59	48	+11	34
6	VfB Stuttgart	30	12	8	10	49	40	+9	32
7	Kickers Offenbach (R)	30	11	10	9	57	49	+8	32	Relegation to Regionalliga Süd
8	TSG Ulm 1846 (R)	30	10	10	10	64	58	+6	30
9	SpVgg Fürth (R)	30	11	7	12	49	48	+1	29
10	KSV Hessen Kassel (R)	30	9	11	10	49	57	−8	29
11	FC Schweinfurt 05 (R)	30	10	6	14	43	53	−10	26
12	VfR Mannheim (R)	30	9	8	13	49	62	−13	26
13	FC Bayern Hof (R)	30	9	3	18	40	62	−22	21
14	SSV Reutlingen (R)	30	6	9	15	48	75	−27	21
15	Schwaben Augsburg (R)	30	7	5	18	49	73	−24	19
16	BC Augsburg (R)	30	5	7	18	38	88	−50	17

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

German championship

Main article: 1963 German football championship

The 1963 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by Borussia Dortmund, defeating 1. FC Köln in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga Nord and Süd played a pre-qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.^[6]

Qualifying

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	SV Werder Bremen

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	1. FC Köln (Q)	6	4	2	0	29	12	+17	10	Qualification for final
2	1. FC Nürnberg	6	3	2	1	19	12	+7	8
3	Hertha BSC Berlin	6	1	1	4	8	19	−11	3
4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	0	3	3	7	20	−13	3

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borussia Dortmund (Q)	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	9	Qualification for final
2	TSV 1860 München	6	3	0	3	10	12	−2	6
3	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	6
4	Hamburger SV	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	3

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Borussia Dortmund	3–1	1. FC Köln

References

1. Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland (in German) Goal scorer statistics Germany, author: Walter Grüber, published: 2011, accessed: 21 December 2015
2. Borussia Dortmund » Steckbrief (in German) Weltfussball.de – Borussia Dortmund honours, accessed: 19 December 2015
3. DSFS Liga-Chronik, p. B 11
4. East Germany 1946-1990 rsssf.org, accessed: 13 December 2015
5. 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband, page: 165
6. Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1962/1963 (in German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 8 December 2015

Sources

• 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
• kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
• DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
• 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband (in German) 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997

External links

• The Oberligas on Fussballdaten.de (in German)