The 1962–63 Oberliga was the eighteenth Oberliga season, the first tier of the

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. The league operated in five regional divisions,

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, South,

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and

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. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the

1963 German football championship The 1963 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1962–63. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the third time after a group stage and a final, having previously won t ...

which was won by

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. It was Borussia Dortmund's third

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, having previously won it in

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and

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. It was the last season of the Oberliga as a tier one league as, following the 1962–63 season, the

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was introduced which the best Oberliga teams qualified for. Qualification for the new Bundesliga was determined by taking the previous ten seasons into account. A similar league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in

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, set at the first tier of the

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. The

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was won by SC Motor Jena.

Oberliga Nord

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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and Arminia Hannover, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was

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of Werder Bremen with 37 goals.

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.

Oberliga West

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and

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, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Jürgen Schütz of Borussia Dortmund with 25 goals.

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.

Oberliga Süd

The 1962–63 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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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

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(FC Bayern Munich), all three with 24 goals.

German championship

The 1963 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by

, 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.Das Finale der Deutschen Meisterschaft 1962/1963
Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 8 December 2015

Qualifying

Group 1

Group 2

Final

References

Sources

* ''30 Jahre Bundesliga'' 30th anniversary special, publisher: '' kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1993 * ''kicker-Almanach 1990'' Yearbook of German football, publisher: ''kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1989, * ''DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945'' publisher: DSFS, published: 2005 * ''100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband'' 100 Years of the Southern German Football Federation, publisher: SFV, published: 1997

External links

The Oberligas on Fussballdaten.de
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