1976–77 DDR-Oberliga

The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1976–77
ChampionsDynamo Dresden
Relegated
European CupDynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored500 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerJoachim Streich (17)[1]
Total attendance2,516,500[2]
Average attendance13,827[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fifth of eight East German championships.[3][4] Dynamo Dresden went on to win the FDGB-Pokal as well, defeating 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final and thereby repeating its double.[1]

Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, the first of four occasions to finish as league top scorer, a record jointly held with Hans-Jürgen Kreische,[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1976–77 title Dresden qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup where the club was knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool in the second round. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Real Betis in the second round. Second-placed 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by PSV Eindhoven while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to SEC Bastia, also in the quarter finals.[7]

Table

The 1976–77 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Union Berlin and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 16 6 4 66 27 +39 38 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 1. FC Magdeburg 26 14 6 6 47 28 +19 34 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 14 5 7 45 31 +14 33
4 BFC Dynamo 26 14 4 8 43 27 +16 32
5 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 10 9 7 40 29 +11 29 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 8 9 9 27 35 −8 25
7 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 7 10 9 34 39 −5 24
8 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 8 11 32 34 −2 22
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 10 2 14 35 39 −4 22
10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 6 10 10 27 45 −18 22
11 1. FC Union Berlin 26 7 7 12 30 42 −12 21
12 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 9 3 14 23 36 −13 21
13 Stahl Riesa (R) 26 8 5 13 28 47 −19 21 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) 26 6 8 12 23 41 −18 20
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 1977-78". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1976–77". 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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