1975–76 DDR-Oberliga

The 1975–76 DDR-Oberliga was the 27th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

For other uses, see 1975–76 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1975–76
ChampionsDynamo Dresden
Relegated
European CupDynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored575 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerHans-Jürgen Kreische (24)[1]
Total attendance2,283,200[2]
Average attendance12,545[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fourth of eight East German championships. The 1975–76 championship marked the beginning of a new era in the Oberliga with fifteen consecutive league titles between 1975 and 1990 going to the Dynamo clubs, Dynamo Dresden and BFC Dynamo.[3][4]

Hans-Jürgen Kreische of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 24 goals, the record fourth time for Kreische to finish as league top scorer,[5] while Jürgen Croy of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1975–76 title Dresden qualified for the 1976–77 European Cup where the club was knocked out by FC Zürich in the quarter finals. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Heart of Midlothian in the first round. Second-placed BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1976–77 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the first round by Shakhtar Donetsk while third-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Juventus in the quarter finals.[7]

Table

The 1975–76 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Chemie Leipzig and BSG Energie Cottbus.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 19 5 2 70 23 +47 43 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 BFC Dynamo 26 17 3 6 67 24 +43 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 1. FC Magdeburg 26 15 6 5 59 33 +26 36
4 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 13 5 8 40 34 +6 31 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 11 7 8 50 43 +7 29
6 BSG Wismut Aue 26 9 9 8 30 35 −5 27
7 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 8 10 8 44 36 +8 26
8 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 9 7 10 37 35 +2 25
9 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 8 11 29 43 −14 22
10 Stahl Riesa 26 7 7 12 35 46 −11 21
11 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 7 7 12 25 41 −16 21
12 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 8 4 14 41 57 −16 20
13 BSG Chemie Leipzig (R) 26 4 6 16 25 62 −37 14 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Energie Cottbus (R) 26 3 6 17 23 63 −40 12
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 1976-77". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1975–76". 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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