1955 DDR-Oberliga

The 1955 DDR-Oberliga was the seventh season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. After the 1954–55 season the league played a transition round in autumn 1955, followed by five seasons, until 1960, where it played in the calendar year format. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.

For other uses, see 1954–55 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1955
ChampionsSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Relegatednone
Matches played91
Goals scored323 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorerKlaus Selignow (12)[1]
Total attendance1,057,000[2]
Average attendance11,615[2]
1956 →

The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won in the unofficial championship.[3][4]

Klaus Selignow of Rotation Babelsberg was the league's top scorer with 12 goals.[5]

Overview

After the conclusion of the 1954–55 season, the Oberliga was supposed to be played exclusively in the summer months, as was the standard in the Soviet Union. As it was deemed impractical to not hold a competition for almost a year (the 1954-55 season had ended in April, the 1956 season was planned to begin in March) a transition championship was played. 14 clubs competed, but neither a champion was determined, nor was any club relegated.[6]

Table

The 1955 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Fortschritt Weißenfels and BSG Lokomotive Stendal.[6][7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (C) 13 8 4 1 30 13 +17 20
2 SC Empor Rostock 13 8 3 2 25 13 +12 19
3 SC Dynamo Berlin 13 8 2 3 35 12 +23 18
4 BSG Motor Zwickau 13 7 3 3 36 21 +15 17
5 BSG Rotation Babelsberg 13 6 3 4 29 24 +5 15
6 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 13 6 2 5 21 17 +4 14
7 Fortschritt Weißenfels 13 5 3 5 19 20 −1 13
8 SC Turbine Erfurt 13 5 3 5 16 18 −2 13
9 BSG Lokomotive Stendal 13 5 1 7 16 31 −15 11
10 ZSK Vorwärts Berlin 13 4 2 7 26 28 −2 10
11 SC Rotation Leipzig 13 4 2 7 16 27 −11 10
12 SC Einheit Dresden 13 3 2 8 21 24 −3 8
13 SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 13 4 0 9 17 33 −16 8
14 BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt 13 2 2 9 16 42 −26 6
Source:
(C) Champion.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. "DDR » Oberliga 1955" [DDR-Oberliga 1955]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.

Sources
  • "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.
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