1971–72 DDR-Oberliga

The 1971–72 DDR-Oberliga was the 23rd season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1971–72
Champions1. FC Magdeburg
Relegated
European Cup1. FC Magdeburg
European Cup Winners' CupFC Carl Zeiss Jena
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored482 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerHans-Jürgen Kreische (14)[1]
Total attendance2,071,700[2]
Average attendance11,383[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. 1. FC Magdeburg won the championship, the club's first of three East German championships.[3][4]

Hans-Jürgen Kreische of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 14 goals, the second of a record four top scorer finishes for Kreische,[5] while Jürgen Croy of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1971–72 title Magdeburg qualified for the 1972–73 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Juventus in the second round. Fourth-placed club FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Leeds United in the second round. Second-placed Berliner FC Dynamo qualified for the 1972–73 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the third round by Liverpool F.C. while third-placed Dynamo Dresden lost to the same club in the quarter finals.[7]

Before the start of the season National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin, based in East Berlin, was moved to Frankfurt/Oder to become FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder for political reasons. Vorwärts had been quite a popular club with East Berlin football supporters but was seen as an obstacle to the ambitions of Berliner FC Dynamo, a club connected to and supported by the Ministry for State Security and its head Erich Mielke, forcing it to move.[8]

Table

The 1971–72 season saw two newly promoted clubs FC Karl-Marx-Stadt and ASG Vorwärts Stralsund.[9][10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg (C) 26 17 4 5 48 23 +25 38 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 BFC Dynamo 26 13 9 4 45 20 +25 35 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Dynamo Dresden 26 12 9 5 59 30 +29 33
4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 12 7 7 42 34 +8 31 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 9 9 8 33 36 −3 27
6 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 10 7 9 40 44 −4 27
7 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 11 8 26 25 +1 25
8 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 9 7 10 30 31 −1 25
9 Hansa Rostock 26 8 8 10 27 24 +3 24
10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 9 10 34 46 −12 23
11 1. FC Union Berlin 26 5 11 10 21 32 −11 21
12 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 7 5 14 34 48 −14 19
13 BSG Stahl Riesa (R) 26 5 8 13 23 41 −18 18 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 ASG Vorwärts Stralsund (R) 26 6 6 14 20 48 −28 18
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 1972-73". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. fuwo, page: 34 & 35
  9. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  10. "DDR » Oberliga 1971–72" [DDR-Oberliga 1971–72]. 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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