1961–62 Czechoslovak First League

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

Czechoslovak First League
Season1961–62
ChampionsDukla Prague
RelegatedDynamo Žilina
FC Spartak Trnava
Spartak Brno KPS
European CupDukla Prague
Cup Winners' CupSlovan Bratislava
Fairs CupSpartak ZJŠ Brno
Top goalscorerAdolf Scherer (24 goals)

Overview edit

It was contested by 14 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Adolf Scherer was the league's top scorer with 24 goals.[1]

Stadia and locations edit

League standings edit

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[a]
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:
  1. ^ Spartak Praha Sokolovo and Dynamo Žilina were finished on the level points so the play-off game were decided who was relegated to the lower tier.

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

Results edit

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:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off edit

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

Dynamo Žilina were relegated to the Czechoslovak Second League.

Top goalscorers edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.