1961–62 Czechoslovak First League

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

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 →

Overview

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

Ostrava

ČKD Prague
Dukla
Spartak Sok.

Sp. Brno

Hradec Králové

ČH Bratislava
Slovan

Kladno

Nitra

Plzeň

Prešov

Trnava

Žilina

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[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 qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup from a lower division.

Relegation play-off

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

Dynamo Žilina were relegated to the Czechoslovak Second League.