1968–69 DDR-Oberliga

The 1968–69 DDR-Oberliga was the 20th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1968–69
ChampionsFC Vorwärts Berlin
Relegated
European CupFC Vorwärts Berlin
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Magdeburg
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored456 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerGerd Kostmann (18)[1]
Total attendance2,111,000[2]
Average attendance11,599[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's last of six East German championships.[3][4] It marked, together with a cup win in the following season, the last highlight in the club's history as, two seasons later, Vorwärts was moved from East Berlin to Frankfurt/Oder for political reasons and never again won another national title after the move.[5]

Gerd Kostmann of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the league's top scorer with 18 goals,[6] while Eberhard Vogel of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[7]

On the strength of the 1968–69 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Feyenoord in the quarter finals. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Académica de Coimbra in the second round. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by Ajax while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Inter Milan in the second round.[8]

Table

The 1968–69 season saw two newly promoted clubs Berliner FC Dynamo and BSG Stahl Riesa.[9][10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Vorwärts Berlin (C) 26 15 4 7 47 28 +19 34 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 13 6 7 43 22 +21 32 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 1. FC Magdeburg 26 13 5 8 43 41 +2 31 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 10 9 7 42 33 +9 29 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 10 7 9 23 19 +4 27
6 BSG Chemie Leipzig 26 8 11 7 30 27 +3 27
7 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 10 6 10 35 36 −1 26
8 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 10 5 11 32 27 +5 25
9 BSG Wismut Aue 26 9 7 10 33 31 +2 25
10 Berliner FC Dynamo 26 10 5 11 26 37 −11 25
11 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 6 10 10 32 35 −3 22
12 BSG Stahl Riesa 26 9 4 13 26 43 −17 22
13 1. FC Union Berlin (R) 26 6 8 12 29 41 −12 20 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (R) 26 5 9 12 17 38 −21 19
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. fuwo, page: 34 & 35
  6. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. fuwo, page: 92
  8. "European Competitions 1969-70". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. "DDR » Oberliga 1968–69" [DDR-Oberliga 1968–69]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 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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