1969–70 DDR-Oberliga

The 1969–70 DDR-Oberliga was the 21st season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1969–70
ChampionsFC Carl Zeiss Jena
Relegated
European CupFC Carl Zeiss Jena
European Cup Winners' CupFC Vorwärts Berlin
Inter-Cities Fairs CupDynamo Dresden
Matches played182
Goals scored452 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerOtto Skrowny (12)[1]
Total attendance1,934,000[2]
Average attendance10,629[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship, the club's last of three East German championships.[3][4]

Otto Skrowny of BSG Chemie Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 12 goals, the lowest total of any top scorer in the history of the league,[5] while Roland Ducke of FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

The 452 goals scored during the season marked the lowest total in the history of the DDR-Oberliga, as did the 2.48 goal average per game.[2]

On the strength of the 1969–70 title Jena qualified for the 1970–71 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Red Star Belgrade in the quarter finals. Second-placed club FC Vorwärts Berlin qualified for the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by PSV Eindhoven in the quarter finals. Third-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Leeds United.[7]

The 1969–70 season marked the half-way point for the DDR-Oberliga, with 21 seasons played and another 21 to come. Of the champions of the first 21 seasons only Dynamo Dresden won a championship in the second 21 which were dominated by Dresden, 1. FC Magdeburg and Berliner FC Dynamo.[4]

Table

The 1969–70 season saw two newly promoted clubs Dynamo Dresden and FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Carl Zeiss Jena (C) 26 16 7 3 50 16 +34 39 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Vorwärts Berlin 26 12 8 6 43 34 +9 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Dynamo Dresden 26 13 5 8 36 26 +10 31 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 BSG Chemie Leipzig 26 11 8 7 33 27 +6 30
5 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 9 10 7 25 26 −1 28
6 Berliner FC Dynamo 26 10 8 8 29 32 −3 28
7 BSG Wismut Aue 26 10 7 9 31 34 −3 27
8 1. FC Magdeburg 26 10 4 12 37 37 0 24
9 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 8 8 10 32 40 −8 24
10 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 8 6 12 35 34 +1 22
11 Stahl Riesa 26 9 4 13 31 35 −4 22
12 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 7 7 12 22 33 −11 21
13 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (R) 26 7 5 14 27 42 −15 19 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt (R) 26 5 7 14 21 36 −15 17
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. fuwo, page: 92
  7. "European Competitions 1970-71". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR » Oberliga 1969–70" [DDR-Oberliga 1969–70]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 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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