1961–62 Oberliga

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 and repeated by Hannover 96 the season after, winning its first eleven games, a mark never surpassed.

[4] 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.

The league's top scorers were Wolfgang Seeger (Tennis Borussia Berlin) and Lutz Steinert (Hertha BSC) with 18 goals each.

The 1962 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by 1.