Oberliga Süd 1962/63

In 1962/63 the eighteenth and last championship was played in the Oberliga Süd, one of the five highest classes in the West German football. TSV 1860 champion and vice-champion FC Nuremberg. Both clubs qualified for the finals for the German league title . Both clubs were second in their group.

After this season, the Oberliga Süd was lifted like the other four Oberliga and replaced by the Bundesliga . For the first time since the birth of football in Germany there was a competition for the whole country.Because the Oberliga Süd one of the strongest was there were five clubs from the Oberliga to the Bundesliga. The German Football Association wanted to allow only one team per city which Bayern Munich got no ticket, despite a third place. It would take two years before Bayern would be promoted to the Bundesliga, to never leave and go to the Rekordmeister.