1957 DDR-Oberliga

The 1957 DDR-Oberliga was the ninth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. Rather than in the traditional autumn-spring format the Oberliga played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.

For other uses, see 1956–57 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1956
ChampionsSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Relegated
European CupSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Matches played182
Goals scored524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerHeinz Kaulmann (15)[1]
Total attendance2,065,000[2]
Average attendance11,350[2]
← 1956
1958 →

The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, incidentally based at Aue and not Karl-Marx-Stadt, won the championship, the club's second consecutive one, having won the 1956 championship as well.[3][4] On the strength of the 1957 title Wismut qualified for the 1958–59 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Young Boys Bern in the quarter finals.[5]

Heinz Kaulmann of ASK Vorwärts Berlin was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.[6]

Table

The 1957 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Motor Jena and SC Chemie Halle-Leuna.[7][8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (C) 26 16 4 6 49 28 +21 36 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 ASK Vorwärts Berlin 26 13 7 6 45 22 +23 33
3 SC Rotation Leipzig 26 12 8 6 40 29 +11 32
4 SC Motor Jena 26 11 6 9 41 29 +12 28
5 SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 26 11 6 9 33 26 +7 28
6 SC Turbine Erfurt 26 10 7 9 37 33 +4 27
7 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 9 8 9 36 32 +4 26 FDGB-Pokal winners
8 SC Einheit Dresden 26 8 9 9 40 44 −4 25
9 Fortschritt Weißenfels 26 8 7 11 38 38 0 23
10 BSG Motor Zwickau 26 9 5 12 35 43 −8 23
11 BSG Rotation Babelsberg 26 8 7 11 29 44 −15 23
12 SC Chemie Halle-Leuna 26 9 4 13 42 51 −9 22
13 BSG Lokomotive Stendal (R) 26 9 4 13 28 43 −15 22 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt (R) 26 3 10 13 31 62 −31 16
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

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. "European Competitions 1958-59". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. "DDR » Oberliga 1957" [DDR-Oberliga 1957]. 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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