1977–78 DDR-Oberliga

The 1977–78 DDR-Oberliga was the 29th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1977–78
ChampionsDynamo Dresden
Relegated
European CupDynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Magdeburg
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored528 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerKlaus Havenstein (15)[1]
Total attendance2,132,300[2]
Average attendance11,716[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's sixth of eight East German championships, thereby equalling FC Vorwärts Berlin's record.[3][4]

Klaus Havenstein of BSG Chemie Böhlen was the league's top scorer with 15 goals,[5] while Jürgen Croy of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award for a record third time.[6]

On the strength of the 1977–78 title Dresden qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup where the club was knocked out by FK Austria Wien in the quarter finals. Second-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Baník Ostrava in the quarter finals. For the first time three East German clubs qualified for the 1978–79 UEFA Cup with third-placed BFC Dynamo being knocked out in the first round by Red Star Belgrade while fourth-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig lost to Arsenal, also in the first round and fifth-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena was defeated by MSV Duisburg in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1977–78 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Chemie Böhlen and BSG Wismut Gera.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 18 5 3 70 25 +45 41 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 1. FC Magdeburg 26 16 6 4 52 17 +35 38 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 BFC Dynamo 26 14 7 5 54 25 +29 35 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 13 6 7 57 34 +23 32
5 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 13 5 8 53 32 +21 31
6 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 11 8 7 44 34 +10 30
7 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 6 12 8 34 37 −3 24
8 1. FC Union Berlin 26 9 6 11 27 36 −9 24
9 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 7 9 10 23 35 −12 23
10 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 8 7 11 22 45 −23 23
11 BSG Wismut Aue 26 8 6 12 22 47 −25 22
12 BSG Chemie Böhlen 26 6 8 12 34 51 −17 20
13 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt (R) 26 3 9 14 19 35 −16 15 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Wismut Gera (R) 26 1 4 21 17 75 −58 6
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 1978-79". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1977–78". 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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