1961–62 Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League

Season	1961–62
Champions	Dukla Prague
Relegated	Dynamo Žilina FC Spartak Trnava Spartak Brno KPS
European Cup	Dukla Prague
Cup Winners' Cup	Slovan Bratislava
Fairs Cup	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Top goalscorer	Adolf Scherer (24 goals)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1961–62 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Adolf Scherer was the league's top scorer with 24 goals.

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

ČKD Prague
Dukla
Spartak Sok.

Sp. Brno

Hradec Králové

ČH Bratislava
Slovan

Kladno

Nitra

Plzeň

Prešov

Trnava

Žilina

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Location of clubs in the 1961–62 Czechoslovak First League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dukla Prague (C)	26	15	5	6	81	30	2.700	35	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Slovan Nitra	26	13	6	7	49	44	1.114	32
3	CH Bratislava	26	11	8	7	56	32	1.750	30
4	ČKD Prague	26	13	3	10	54	47	1.149	29
5	Baník Ostrava	26	10	8	8	49	35	1.400	28
6	Spartak Hradec Králové	26	9	10	7	44	43	1.023	28
7	Slovan Bratislava	26	13	1	12	51	38	1.342	27	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Tatran Prešov	26	12	2	12	39	39	1.000	26
9	Spartak Plzeň	26	10	6	10	45	52	0.865	26
10	SONP Kladno	26	12	2	12	41	66	0.621	26
11	Spartak Prague Sokolovo	26	9	7	10	44	44	1.000	25
12	Dynamo Žilina (R)	26	8	9	9	51	46	1.109	25	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League
13	Spartak Trnava (R)	26	8	6	12	33	46	0.717	22
14	Spartak Brno KPS (R)	26	1	3	22	22	97	0.227	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Spartak ZJŠ Brno invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup from a lower division.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	BRA	ČKD	DUK	ŽIL	SLO	NIT	KLA	BRN	HRK	PLZ	SPA	TRN	PRE
Baník Ostrava		2–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	6–0	3–3	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–0
CH Bratislava	0–0		4–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–1
ČKD Prague	2–0	0–4		1–5	3–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–3
Dukla Prague	5–2	3–3	0–3		3–1	3–1	3–0	9–0	8–0	6–0	3–0	1–2	4–1	2–1
Dynamo Žilina	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–2		2–0	1–3	7–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–1
Slovan Bratislava	1–2	3–2	5–2	2–1	4–1		1–0	2–0	5–0	5–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–0
Slovan Nitra	2–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	3–3	3–4		3–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
SONP Kladno	3–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–4		4–1	2–1	4–2	0–3	2–1	2–0
Spartak Brno KPS	2–2	2–6	1–7	1–8	2–1	1–5	2–3	0–1		0–3	1–2	1–1	3–3	0–2
Spartak Hradec Králové	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	0–1	3–0		5–1	3–2	1–0	2–0
Spartak Plzeň	0–3	1–0	2–4	1–7	4–3	2–0	2–2	6–2	3–0	3–0		0–0	1–1	5–0
Spartak Sokolovo Prague	2–2	4–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	5–1		1–4	1–2
Spartak Trnava	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	0–2	1–0	5–3	0–0	2–2	3–1		0–1
Tatran Prešov	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–6	2–0	3–4	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak Prague Sokolovo	2–0	Dynamo Žilina

Dynamo Žilina were relegated to the Czechoslovak Second League.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adolf Scherer	ČH Bratislava	24
2	Michal Pucher	Slovan Nitra	19
3	Miroslav Wiecek	Baník Ostrava	17
4	Jiří Lopata	Spartak Plzeň	16
5	Rudolf Kučera	Dukla Prague	13
	Václav Mašek	Spartak Prague Sokolovo
	Karol Petroš	TJ Tatran Prešov
	Zdeněk Zikán	Spartak Hradec Králové
9	Jozef Obert	Slovan Bratislava	12

References

• Czechoslovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)