1961–62 Oberliga
| Season | 1961–62 |
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| Champions | Hamburger SV Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1. FC Köln Borussia Neunkirchen 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Relegated | Bremer SV Eintracht Nordhorn Union 06 Berlin SV Sodingen Duisburger SV Eintracht Trier Phönix Ludwigshafen FSV Frankfurt Waldhof Mannheim |
| German champions | 1. FC Köln |
| Top goalscorer | Rudi Dörrenbächer (37 goals) |
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The 1961–62 Oberliga was the seventeenth season of the Oberliga, 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 1962 German football championship which was won by 1. FC Köln. It was 1. FC Köln's first-ever national championship.
Hamburger SV equaled the Oberliga start record set in 1952–53 by 1. FC Köln and repeated by Hannover 96 the season after, winning its first eleven games, a mark never surpassed.
A similar league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1961–62 DDR-Oberliga was won by ASK Vorwärts Berlin.
The 1961–62 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bremer SV and Eintracht Nordhorn, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorers were Uwe Seeler (Hamburger SV) and Gerd Koll (Holstein Kiel) with 28 goals each.
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