1973–74 DDR-Oberliga

The 1973–74 DDR-Oberliga was the 25th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1973–74
Champions1. FC Magdeburg
Relegated
European Cup1. FC Magdeburg
European Cup Winners' CupFC Carl Zeiss Jena
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored534 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerHans-Bert Matoul (20)[1]
Total attendance2,161,000[2]
Average attendance11,876[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. 1. FC Magdeburg won the championship, the club's second of three East German championships.[3][4] During the season Magdeburg also won the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.[5]

Hans-Bert Matoul of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,[6] while Bernd Bransch of FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[7]

On the strength of the 1973–74 title Magdeburg qualified for the 1974–75 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Bundesliga champions FC Bayern Munich in the second round. It was the second time the East and West German champions were drawn against each other in an UEFA competition, Bayern having eliminated Dynamo Dresden in the previous season in the same competition. Second-placed club FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Benfica in the second round. Third-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1974–75 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the third round by Hamburger SV while fourth-placed FC Vorwärts Frankfurt lost to Juventus in the first round.[8]

Table

The 1973–74 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Stahl Riesa and BSG Energie Cottbus.[9][10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg (C) 26 16 7 3 50 27 +23 39 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 16 4 6 55 26 +29 36 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Dynamo Dresden 26 15 5 6 55 40 +15 35 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 13 8 5 48 27 +21 34
5 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 11 8 7 49 35 +14 30
6 BFC Dynamo 26 12 3 11 42 41 +1 27
7 Hansa Rostock 26 10 5 11 37 35 +2 25
8 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 10 5 11 37 41 −4 25
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 7 9 10 42 46 −4 23
10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 8 11 29 38 −9 22
11 BSG Stahl Riesa[lower-alpha 1] 26 7 9 10 25 42 −17 21
12 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 26 5 9 12 27 39 −12 19
13 BSG Chemie Leipzig (R) 26 3 9 14 22 39 −17 15 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Energie Cottbus (R) 26 1 8 17 16 58 −42 10
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Stahl Riesa had 2 points deducted for improper training camp

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. "European Competitions 1973-74". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. fuwo, page: 92
  8. "European Competitions 1974-75". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  10. "DDR » Oberliga 1973–74" [DDR-Oberliga 1973–74]. 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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