1961–62 Czechoslovak First League
# 1961–62 Czechoslovak First League

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.

## 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 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |
| 14 | Spartak Brno KPS (R) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 97 | 0.227 | 5 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |

* ↑ 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

| 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 | |

## 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 |
| 5 | Václav Mašek | Spartak Prague Sokolovo | 13 |
| 5 | Karol Petroš | TJ Tatran Prešov | 13 |
| 5 | Zdeněk Zikán | Spartak Hradec Králové | 13 |
| 9 | Jozef Obert | Slovan Bratislava | 12 |
