1980–81 DDR-Oberliga

The 1980–81 DDR-Oberliga was the 32nd season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1980–81
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored621 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorerJoachim Streich (20)[1]
Total attendance2,265,400[2]
Average attendance12,445[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's third of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988.[3][4]

Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,[5] while Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin of FC Carl Zeiss Jena took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1980–81 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Aston Villa in the second round. Sixth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to FC Barcelona in the quarter finals. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1981–82 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Real Madrid while third-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the first round and fourth-placed Dynamo Dresden was eliminated by Feyenoord Rotterdam in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1980–81 season saw two newly promoted clubs F.C. Hansa Rostock and BSG Chemie Böhlen.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Berliner FC Dynamo (C) 26 17 5 4 74 31 +43 39 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 16 4 6 57 29 +28 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 1. FC Magdeburg 26 15 4 7 58 35 +23 34
4 Dynamo Dresden 26 16 2 8 49 37 +12 34
5 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 13 5 8 58 40 +18 31
6 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 4 10 46 35 +11 28 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 10 7 9 37 49 −12 27
8 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 11 3 12 41 41 0 25
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 6 9 11 37 54 −17 21
10 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 6 8 12 35 47 −12 20
11 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 4 15 32 51 −19 18
12 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 4 15 34 60 −26 18
13 Stahl Riesa (R) 26 6 5 15 38 64 −26 17 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) 26 5 6 15 25 48 −23 16
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 1981–82". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1980–81". 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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