| Season | 1962–63 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Hamburger SVHertha BSC Berlin1. FC Köln1. FC KaiserslauternTSV 1860 München |
| Relegated | 58 clubs |
| German champions | Borussia Dortmund 3rdGerman title |
| Top goalscorer | Hans-Joachim Altendorff(41 goals)[1] |
1963–64 (Bundesliga) → | |

The1962–63 Oberliga was the eighteenthOberliga season, the first tier of thefootball league system inWest Germany. The league operated in five regional divisions,Berlin,North,South,Southwest andWest. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the1963 German football championship which was won byBorussia Dortmund. It was Borussia Dortmund's thirdnational championship, having previously won it in1956 and1957.[2]
It was the last season of the Oberliga as a tier one league as, following the 1962–63 season, theBundesliga wasintroduced 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, theDDR-Oberliga, existed inEast Germany, set at the first tier of theEast German football league system. The1962–63 DDR-Oberliga was won bySC Motor Jena.[4]
The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league,VfB Lübeck andArminia Hannover, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer wasDieter 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 forGerman 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 toBundesliga |
| 4 | VfR Neumünster(R) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 35 | Relegation toRegionalliga 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 |
The 1962–63 season saw one new club in the league,SC Tegel, promoted from theAmateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer wasHans-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 forGerman championship &Bundesliga |
| 2 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin(R) | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 28 | +45 | 39 | Relegation toRegionalliga 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 toAmateurliga Berlin |
| 10 | SC Tegel(R) | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 15 |
The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league,Bayer 04 Leverkusen andWuppertaler SV, both promoted from the2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer wasJürgen 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 forGerman 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 toBundesliga |
| 4 | Preußen Münster | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 37 | |
| 5 | Alemannia Aachen(R) | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 37 | Relegation toRegionalliga West |
| 6 | FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 35 | Qualification toBundesliga |
| 7 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen(R) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 33 | Relegation toRegionalliga 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 |
The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league,SV Niederlahnstein andVfR Frankenthal, both promoted from the2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer wasDieter 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 forGerman championship &Bundesliga |
| 2 | Borussia Neunkirchen(R) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 41 | Qualification forGerman championship & Relegation toRegionalliga Südwest |
| 3 | FK Pirmasens(R) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 39 | +43 | 41 | Relegation toRegionalliga 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 toBundesliga |
| 6 | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken(R) | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 35 | Relegation toRegionalliga 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 |
The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league,KSV Hessen Kassel andTSG Ulm 1846, both promoted from the2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorers wereKurt Haseneder (1. FC Nürnberg),Rudolf Brunnenmeier (TSV 1860 München) andRainer 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 forGerman 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 toRegionalliga Süd |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 39 | Qualification toBundesliga |
| 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 toRegionalliga 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 |
The 1963 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won byBorussia Dortmund, defeating1. 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]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | SV Werder Bremen |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | 1. FC Köln |