1966–67 DDR-Oberliga

The 1966–67 DDR-Oberliga was the 18th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1966–67
ChampionsFC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Relegated
European CupFC Karl-Marx-Stadt
European Cup Winners' CupBSG Motor Zwickau
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored500 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerHartmut Rentzsch (17)[1]
Total attendance1,832,000[2]
Average attendance10,066[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the championship, the club's sole national East German championship, being a separate club from SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, a club that won three championships in the 1950s.[3][4]

Hartmut Rentzsch of BSG Motor Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,[5] while Dieter Erler of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1966–67 title Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1967–68 European Cup where the club was knocked out by R.S.C. Anderlecht in the first round. Third-placed club BSG Motor Zwickau qualified for the 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by FC Torpedo Moscow in the first round. Second-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by FK Vojvodina while fourth-placed Dynamo Dresden was knocked out by Rangers F.C. in the first round.[7]

Table

The 1966–67 season saw two newly promoted clubs, 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Wismut Gera.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (C) 26 14 9 3 39 23 +16 37 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 14 2 10 39 32 +7 30 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 BSG Motor Zwickau 26 9 9 8 41 26 +15 27 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Dynamo Dresden 26 11 5 10 35 31 +4 27 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 11 5 10 31 29 +2 27
6 1. FC Union Berlin 26 9 9 8 33 35 −2 27
7 BSG Lokomotive Stendal 26 11 5 10 39 44 −5 27
8 FC Vorwärts Berlin 26 10 6 10 43 34 +9 26
9 BSG Wismut Aue 26 11 4 11 45 43 +2 26
10 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 9 8 9 27 27 0 26
11 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 11 4 11 38 41 −3 26
12 BSG Chemie Leipzig 26 9 7 10 35 38 −3 25
13 Berliner FC Dynamo (R) 26 6 9 11 28 40 −12 21 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Wismut Gera (R) 26 4 4 18 27 57 −30 12
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  6. fuwo, page: 92
  7. "European Competitions 1967-68". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  9. "DDR » Oberliga 1966–67" [DDR-Oberliga 1966–67]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 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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